Jeremy Nygaard

I would think if you're one of those teams and you can't move up in the lottery, you just wouldn't be a part of it. If you're the worst team, you'd draft 7th. If you were the best non-playoff team, you'd stay in your original place. You simply can't move into the Top 6 picks.

There are some teams that are more well-known for having players fail physicals. This would probably be an independent group that does the physicals. If they aren't offered a contract, they become a free agent. If a player commits a crime that would leave their drafting team not wanting to sign them, they probably wouldn't be in demand to the rest of the teams. They'd become a free agent.

All non-playoff teams will participate in the lottery. The Top 6 picks will be determined by the lottery. So the team with the worst overall record won't pick worse than 7th.

The new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the MLB and players included some changes to the annual MLB Draft. While there are some interesting new wrinkles, there is still one big missing piece. The biggest, most significant change will be the introduction of a Draft Lottery beginning in 2023. In an anti-tanking measure, MLBPA was pushing for more teams to be included in the lottery. The more teams included, the less appealing having the worst record is. MLB wanted less teams. The compromise, eventually, was six teams, which should be considered a win for the union. The worst three teams will each have an equal shot (16.5%) at getting the first overall pick, while the tenth worst and better will all have less than a 2% chance at getting the first overall pick. There are some interesting caveats to be included in the lottery though. According to MLB.com, "teams that receive revenue-sharing payouts can't receive a lottery pick for more than two years in a row and those that don't can't get a top-six choice in consecutive Drafts. Furthermore, a club that's ineligible for the lottery can't select higher than 10th overall." The last sentence is interesting to me. I take that to read that a unsigned player in the top 10 will net the team a pick no higher than 10th. So if you don't sign the top pick, you're not getting pick #2 the following year. You're getting pick #10. Speaking of unsigned players, a rule will be put into place that any Top 300 player who submits to a pre-draft physical cannot be offered less than 75% of his drat slot. It's being referred to as the "Kumar Rocker Rule," which is interesting. Rocker was drafted and not offered a contract by the Mets after failing a post-draft physical, but he didn't share his pre-draft medicals. Maybe he would have taken a pre-draft physical... but either way, what this is aiming to solve wasn't the reason that Kumar Rocker didn't sign. Another interesting tidbit is the return of draft-and-follows. Nick Blackburn may be the best-known example as it pertains to the Twins. The "draft-and-follow" allows you to select a player and, if that player attends junior college, you retain his signing rights until the next year's draft. So teams will take a flyer on a guy, continue to watch him play the next season, and then sign him. The Twins drafted Nick Blackburn in the 29th round of the 2001 draft. He didn't sign, and instead pitched a second year at Seminole State College, and the Twins signed him before the 2002 draft. Blackburn became the organization's #1 prospect and a mainstay in the Twins rotation for five years. Additionally, the time of the 40-round draft has officially come to an end. The draft will be 20 rounds, as it was last year, for the next five years. There was not an agreement on an International Draft, but there will be before July 25. If there isn't, draft-pick compensation will be tied to free agents, something the union wants to rid themselves of. So what's missing? The ability to trade draft picks. I really thought/hoped it would find its way into this CBA. Guess we'll have to wait another five years. MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook, or email View full article

It’s hard to believe we’re nearing the 10 year anniversary of the Twins selecting Byron Buxton with the #2 overall pick in the 2012 draft. But, at the same time, considering the journey of Buxton’s career and the crazy times we’ve lived through recently, it also seems like it was forever ago. With the draft season just starting to get going, we’re going to take a week to look back to 2012 (and before) and pull back the covers on what all went into making Byron Buxton a Minnesota Twin. Twins Daily had a chance to talk recently with Jack Powell, the area scout responsible for signing Buxton. Powell gives us a front-row seat to everything that happened. “I first saw Byron at East Cobb during the summer going into his junior year of high school and didn’t know who he was,” Powell explained. “But I noticed his body and the way he threw the ball in long toss. Then warming up and running sprints. The way he swung a bat and got out of the box. I knew this kid was going to be special.” That first look put Buxton on the Twins' radar, but due to the lack of draftable talent in his area, Powell didn’t get to see Buxton at all during his junior baseball season. It was also known that Buxton was being recruited to play football and baseball at the University of Georgia and, at the time, it wasn't clear that Buxton would choose the diamond. “Then I saw him again at East Cobb Pro with (Twins scout Tim) O’Neill going into his senior year. For as good as he looked the year before, this time he looked even better. Byron could just dial it up.” “We went back to watch him play football that fall, and he switched between playing quarterback and wide receiver. I think his first three catches went for touchdowns,” Powell chuckled, “Who knows, he would probably have made the NFL if he wanted to.” A contingent of Twins personnel, including Powell, O’Neill, and former scouting director Deron Johnson, met with Buxton and his parents and Powell left that meeting impressed. “There was just something different about him. He had great parents, very supportive. He was so quiet and unassuming. It definitely took him a while to get to know people and open it. But I’ll never forget during that first meeting, I watched him out on the driveway playing pickup basketball with a big group of neighborhood kids. They were probably 8-12 years old. He was so great with them. He’d let them score and then tell them, ‘I’ll remember that.’ He made those kids feel great.” Unlike the previous year, Powell spent “all spring” watching Buxton play. “I’ll never forget at one of his games, I was taking video and Byron hit an absolute missile. I sent it to DJ and he called me right away and said, ‘Are you trying to kill me!?’ I didn’t know what he meant and he says, ‘I watched that video and almost wrecked.’” The excitement of potentially adding Buxton had spread throughout the organization. “We saw him at least a half dozen times. We were sold. (General Manager) Terry (Ryan) was sold.” The last day of Buxton’s high school career came as a doubleheader in the state championship. “Byron pitched the first game. He was 94-98 mph off the mound and am pretty sure he hit a home run. In the second game, he was in centerfield, catching everything and making highlight plays. He hit a line drive so hard past the second baseman, the kid didn’t even have time to put his glove up. He absolutely dominated that day.” But there was still time to go before the draft and, of course, the Twins were drafting second and didn’t know if Buxton would still be available. “We knew the Astros were considering Byron and Carlos Correa. We didn’t know who they would take. We knew that we would take Byron if he was available. We, the Twins, have a good working relationship with Byron’s agent, Al Goetz, and felt that we could get the deal done if he got to us. Al has been so great for Byron and his family.” The Twins got their wish. The Astros took Correa. “It’s been fun watching Byron now and seeing how much he’s improved his game. Injuries and luck are part of baseball and Byron hasn’t had great luck, but we’re going to see peak Byron Buxton this year. As guys mature they learn their limits. Rocco has done a great job helping Byron understand that he doesn’t always have to try to move the outfield wall. As Byron ages, his game may change, but he’s going to be better from this point forward.” When asked about Buxton’s names being in trade rumors over the past year, Powell said, “I never had the first feeling we’d trade him…unless someone was offering the ‘27 Yankees. Everyone understands how impactful Byron is.” And not only did the Twins hold onto Buxton, but they also wrapped him up for the next seven years with a $100 million contract. Buxton invited Powell to Target Field to celebrate that moment with him. “I’m so grateful that Byron and Derek (Falvey) and Thad (Levine) made that happen. He’s come so far since being the best high school player I’ve scouted since Josh Hamilton.” There were a few players that Powell mentioned as comparisons for the then-high school phenom: Eric Davis, Andruw Jones, and Hamilton. “They were all players with phenomenal tools who could carry teams. Davis took the Reds to the World Series. We saw Hamilton do it in Texas and Cincinnati. And it’s a shame that Jones isn’t in the Hall of Fame.” Speaking of Andruw Jones, Powell mentions his son, Druw as one of the “impactful players” that he hopes to see available when the Twins are on the clock, picking 8th in the 2022 draft. There are other prep players that he has seen in his area. “Druw reminds me of Buxton. Elijah Green has a little more swing-and-miss in his game right now than Buxton did in high school. Termarr Johnson is another one. They’re all going to be impactful players.” Like with Buxton, it’s going to be a wait-and-see when it comes to who’s available when the draft eventually happens. “I’ll see a couple hundred games between March 1 and July 1. Practices. Workouts. I’m not sure any of those three (mentioned above) will be available, but anything can happen between now and the draft.” And a lot of things will. For now, though, we’ll keep our fingers crossed that we get to see Byron Buxton patrolling Target Field again soon… and a lot over the next seven years. View full article

From a marketing standpoint, too, this makes sense. There's only so much information out there about the 16-year-olds that are going to be signing, but what is out there - mostly thanks to Baseball America and MLB.com - is widely consumed. MLB can put on events that promote exposure and also make them money. Of course, this all sounds great (MORE MONEY SPENT!) but this comes after rules were put in place to spend less money a handful of years ago.

The age requirements wouldn't change, so it would still be 16 year olds. I'm sure there's a ton of smaller details left to be worked out, but streamlining the whole process would make a lot of sense. You're probably going to see combines in a number of countries that help make everyone equally accessible.

The possibility of an International Draft (to replace the current system of International Free Agency) has been discussed for the last five or so year, but actual details of a proposal to be included in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement emerged Saturday morning according to MLB.com. Just a few weeks ago, teams throughout major league baseball added a number of international free agents. For the most part, these prospects are 16 or 17 years old. What has always been odd about International Free Agency is that teams enter agreements with players (or their trainers/agents) when they are as young as 12 or 13 years old. On the surface, that's problematic enough. But below the surface, there are lots of other shady - or worse - things happening. So it makes sense that MLB is trying to fix the problem and some details about the proposal have been revealed. A 20-round, 600-pick draft. Each pick would have a slotted signing bonus. Undrafted players could still be signed. Would increase money spent on international players by $13 to $15 million. Draft picks could be traded. There are also some other neat (in my opinion) parts of the proposal, including how the draft order would be determined. Teams would be placed into groups of six and each group would rotate where they select each year in the draft. For example, a teaming picking in the top six wouldn't get a top-six selection for the next five years (unless they traded into this spot). Simply speaking, each team would draft in each spot over a 30 year period. This reminded me of an article I read about a similar suggestion for the NBA back in 2013. Another interesting tidbit in the proposal is that teams would receive supplemental selections for drafting and signing players from non-traditional baseball countries. Though it's not clear which countries these are specifically, the Twins signing Max Kepler from Germany would be a great example of such a signing. Before an agreement is reached, there are likely to be some tweaks, but the reveal of any details would seem to suggest that progress towards a deal - at least in this aspect - is on the right track. What do you think of this concept? Do you like it, or does it present more questions? More Twins Daily Content — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook, or email View full article

While Target Field sits idly by without baseball, US Bank Stadium will host the Cambria College Classic beginning Friday, March 4 through Sunday, March 6. The Gophers will host five other teams, including two Big Ten teams and the #11 ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The inaugural event was hosted in 2020 and the 2022 version (following a one-year hiatus) will follow a similar schedule. The three Big Ten teams will rotate playing the non-Big Ten teams over the weekend. Friday, March 4 11:05 am Michigan State vs. Kansas 3:05 pm Illinois vs. Notre Dame 7:00 pm West Virginia vs. Minnesota Saturday, March 5 11:05 am Notre Dame vs. Michigan State 3:05 pm West Virginia vs. Illinois 7:05 pm Kansas vs. Minnesota Sunday, March 6 10:05 am West Virginia vs. Michigan State 2:05 pm Kansas vs. Illinois 6:05 pm Notre Dame vs. Minnesota From the view of prospect-watchers, the field doesn't offer too much (right now) in terms of high-end 2022 draftable talent. In fact, only Notre Dame 3B/RHP Jack Brannigan (Baseball America's #85 prospect) shows up in any of the most popular Top 100 lists. But that doesn't mean that there won't be talent in Minneapolis this weekend. The Gophers, whose roster boasts 16 players from Minnesota and 6 from Wisconsin, are 3-6 on the season and host South Dakota State on Wednesday night. Senior catcher Chase Stanke has five home runs in ten games. Sam Ireland, a junior pitcher, has been the Gophers best starter, but the rest of their pitching staff has been somewhat of a mess. Notre Dame, who is 5-1 this season, boasts a lineup that is batting a collective .348 and has an OPS just shy of 1.000 (.959). The offense is currently being led by sophomore CF TJ Williams and senior 1B Carter Putz. Notre Dame's rotation is a combined 5-0 (in 5 starts), striking out 44 in 34 innings. Notre Dame will play Minnesota in the tournament's finale. Nick Juaire, from Farmington, is a catcher on the team. Also of note, Casey Kmet, brother of Cole, who currently plays for the Chicago Bears, is also on the team. West Virginia is 6-2 and has two wins over Central Michigan, who was ranked #16. They've also been very good offensively so far, batting over .300 as a team. Michigan State is 3-4 on the season. Illinois (2-4) and Kansas (3-3) just played three games against each other a couple of weeks ago. At any rate, if you're a fan of baseball who needs a fix, nine games in a controlled climate might be what you need. Tickets for this weekend's event are available here. MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook, or email View full article

I don't have a great feel for what the Twins are thinking yet (nor do they, given the time of the year), but for reference, BA has their top college pitcher at 13 and MLB has their top college pitcher at 12. So I think it's fair to say that the general consensus is that it's not a great year for high-end college pitching.

While there may not be Major League Baseball in the near term, there is a lot of baseball to follow. Amateur scouts are already being kept busy recruiting college and high school games around the country. Each week, I'll take a look at whose stock is rising or falling, provide links to interesting mock drafts and update my personal Top 8 draft prospects. The return of baseball has been a welcome sight to fans. No, we’re not talking about Major League Baseball (yet), but we are talking about the rest of baseball. College seasons have started, with many northern playing teams having flown south for the spring. High school seasons are getting underway in some parts of the nation, while the Midwest will have to wait - for the most part - until the snow clears up. The season is upon us and there has been plenty happening already. Carlos Collazo of Baseball America dropped his weekly draft stock watch. Collazo was in Florida for the weekend where he was able to see one of my favorite prospects in this year’s draft, prep outfielder Elijah Green. He followed that up with another piece of rising and popup prospects. The Athletic took a very thorough look at shortstop Brooks Lee of Cal Poly. Lee, who many consider that top collegiate bat, would be a welcome sight if he were still available when the Twins come on the clock. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel put out his first draft ranking of the year. As exclusive ESPN+ content, it’s behind a paywall. The story of this draft is in both the prep-hitting class and how many of those top prospects - Druw Jones, Green, Jackson Holliday - are sons of former professional athletes. With the return of college baseball, the dudes over at Fangraphs posted their first-weekend update. The Twins are set to pick eighth, so I’ll leave you each week with my Top 8 Prospects. At this point, it is a baseline only based on who I like and less on anything else. As the draft approaches, I’ll try to make this reflect how I think the Twins will stack their board with some explanation. 1) Druw Jones, OF, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 2) Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly 3) Elijah Green, OF, Florida prep (Miami commit) 4) Termarr Johnson, 2B, Georgia prep 5) Jacob Berry, 3B, LSU 6) Dylan Lesko, SP, Georgia prep (Vanderbilt commit) 7) Jace Jung, 3B, Texas Tech 8.) Chase DeLauter, cOF, James Madison MOCK DRAFTS / PROSPECT BOARDS Baseball America - v1.0 (2/10/22) / Top 100 (1/17/22) MLB.com - Callis - Top 10 (12/15/21), Mayo - Top 20 (7/20/21) / Top 100 The Athletic ESPN - Early Draft Rankings (7/26/21) ($$$ - ESPN+) / McDaniel’s Draft Rankings (2/24/22) Fangraphs - The Board / 2022 MLB Draft Rankings and Offseason List Primer (11/30/21) Just Baseball v1.0 (2/10/22) Prospects Live v1.0 (1/24/22) My MLB Draft (1/18/22) MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook, or email View full article

I was going to chime in to add any critical information or questions that came up. But.... these comments are really good. There's a reason that TwinsDaily is the best place for Twins fans and it's because of the educated visitors/posters (not my mediocre articles).

College baseball started nationwide over the weekend and one name notably absent during the showdown in Nashville between Vanderbilt and Oklahoma State was former Commodore pitcher Kumar Rocker. Rocker, as you may recall, was drafted by the Mets last year but did not sign before the signing deadline. When Kumar Rocker and the Mets failed to reach an agreement last summer, it left few options for Rocker's baseball future: return to Vanderbilt for his senior season or play professionally, albeit in a league not affiliated with Major League Baseball. It became apparent quickly, if not immediately, that Rocker, who is represented by super-agent Scott Boras, would not be returning to play college baseball. So here we are in February, draft season upon us, with the most well-known draft-eligible pitcher appearing destined for independent baseball, eventually. The journey from now until the draft is going to be clouded in mystery. Let's look back at the path Kumar Rocker took to get here. Kumar, son of former NFL player Tracy Rocker, was drafted out of a Georgia high school by the Rockies in the 28th round of the 2018 draft but elected to enroll at Vanderbilt where he quickly burst onto the scene. The success he had as a freshman was unprecedented: striking out 114 batters in 99 2/3 innings, Rocker won 12 games and had an ERA of 3.25, but his persona grew as a big-game pitcher as he led the Commodores to a national championship. Along the way, Rocker was the eighth pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the NCAA tournament, but the first to ever do it in a Super Regional Game. He set a College World Series record, fanning 11 against Michigan on his way to a 2-0, 1.46 ERA in the CWS, taking home Most Outstanding Player honors. All the momentum he took into his sophomore year, which he also started with a bang came to a screeching halt when COVID shut it down in early March of 2020. Rocker, though, returned to dominance in the spring of 2021, posting a 14-4 record with an ERA of 2.73. He struck out 179 batters in 122 innings. But four of his starts, including his last one in the College World Series, are best described as clunkers and some of the polish that made Rocker such a shiny prospect had started to wear off. Teammate Jack Leiter flew past Rocker on draft boards and prospect lists and Rocker, who was widely mocked as the first overall picks for much of the spring, started to tumble amidst concerns that, physically, something wasn't right. The Mets, picking 10th, had agreed to pay Rocker well over-slot and executed their whole draft around this idea. The $6 million agreement was public knowledge before the paint was even dry on the rest of the draft. Rocker probably wouldn't have dropped to the Mets if this agreement wasn't in place before the draft started. And that's where things took a weird turn. Rocker, who didn't participate in the pre-draft sharing of medical information, was deemed to have some shoulder/elbow irregularities in a post-draft physical done by the Mets. Boras, on the other hand, shared that imagining showed no discernable difference from an MRI Rocker had done years prior. The Mets held firm and didn't even offer Rocker a contract (and they didn't have to because of the lack of shared medical information). Kumar Rocker will be draft-eligible again in 2022. Where, when and how much he throws prior to the draft will remain a mystery. But when the draft starts, there's little doubt that Rocker won't be among the best available arms. The question, though, is whether or not there are enough answers for the Twins to feel comfortable drafting him. Don't forget to check out the other content here at TwinsDaily. Our draft series kicked off last week and we'll have more throughout the weeks leading up to the draft. February 15 update And there's the prospect rankings series as well. Honorable Mentions Prospects 16-20 Prospects 11-15 #10: Josh Winder, RHP #9: Chase Petty, RHP #8: Simeon Woods Richardson, RHP #7: Jhoan Duran, RHP #6: Matt Canterino, RHP #5: Joe Ryan, RHP #4: Jordan Balazovic, RHP #3: Coming tomorrow View full article

With all the uncertainty surrounding the game of baseball, we can still count on high school and college seasons going on as scheduled*. And while a continued (and eventually resolved) lockout would definitely impact the 2022 MLB Draft, there are still many draft-related topics to be tackled between now and whenever that is. *Considering that weather is always a thing and COVID is, you know, still a thing. We don’t know when or where yet. We also don’t know how significantly all of the draft rules will change as the new CBA is negotiated. Things like forfeiting draft picks for signing free agents seem to be on the chopping block. Will small market teams still get compensatory picks? Will there be a lottery (or something crazier like Jayson Stark’s idea, subscription required) to determine draft order? Will we ever get to a point where teams are able to trade draft picks (besides the “competitive balance” picks)? All of these questions are going to be answered later, and we’ll have that coverage right here. In this first article leading into draft season, there will be a lot of links to other places, where you’re welcome to go and start forming your own opinions on players. (I'll get into specific players a bit next week.) Baseball America (led by Carlos Collazo) pushed out their first mock draft (subscription required) late last week. The two-headed monster of Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo at MLB.com have started their season with their Top 100 Prospects and Callis put out an early Top 10 picks mock draft last month and the two of them going back-and-forth through 20 picks before the draft order was settled in September. Neither ESPN (led by Kiley McDaniel) nor The Athletic (led by Keith Law) have dropped their first mocks. These sites and Fangraphs are widely considered the industry leaders in draft coverage. But there are other mock drafts out there too: Prospects Live released a mock draft early last month. My MLB Draft updated theirs on January 18th. Just Baseball put out their first mock draft last week. You can find many others as well. If you click through those mock drafts or look through prospect ratings, you’ll quickly see how they are top-heavy with hitters. But if you’ve clicked through mock drafts in previous years, you’ll also recall how opinions on players quickly evolve. In fact, Baseball America posted all of their mock drafts side-by-side after the 2021 draft. Their original #1 pick? Drafted tenth and didn’t sign. The college catcher that went first overall? They had him mocked at #21, but had a different college catcher mocked at #2 (who ended up going 67th.) All of that is just a long way to say: It’s super early… but that doesn’t make it less fun. And there will be plenty of Twins-focused coverage right here. ~~~~~ On a more personal note, I’m back! For draft coverage anyway. If you’ve been around Twins Daily for a while, you may remember me from its early years and covering the draft. (I’m pretty sure it was 2012-2017, but things all tend to run together.) I had to stop, though, when I took a job coaching basketball that required me to shift my focus. I’ve since stopped doing that, too, to spend more time watching my kids grow up and love to play sports as much as their dad did. I’ve always been enamored by drafts, in any sport. Did you know that WWE has an annual draft? I didn’t either… but when I learned they did, I started watching it. The NFL Draft is one of my favorite days of the year. Did I skip prom in high school to watch the NFL Draft? I might have. The MLB Draft, though, is so different. Very few names are household names or as the scouts say, “famous.” In no other draft does a team select someone that they don’t, won’t, or can’t sign. In no other drafts are players forced to make such a tough decision (go pro or not) after being drafted? In the middle of my original run covering the draft for Twins Daily, there was a situation where a player was drafted and agreed to sign before a physical turned up some new information. The Twins - within their rights - wanted the player to sign for less. With this potentially freed up money, they turned their sites on two other players who weren’t going to sign but could be convinced with additional bonus money. In the end, none of them ended up signing with the Twins (though they all ended up hearing their name called again). But at the time, trying to provide breaking draft coverage - and ending up in the crosshairs of a baseball agency - was more taxing than I wanted it to be. So it’s not going to be quite like that anymore. I’ll let Callis, Mayo, or whoever break the signing details. And I’ll keep readers updated here on those things. My plan is to post something weekly, probably on Tuesdays, covering the things that happened since the last update. Some posts figure to be longer than others. Some, especially those in February and March, might be much shorter (or possibly skipped if nothing noteworthy happened). And then we'll ramp it up as the draft gets closer. Heck, maybe even Aaron and John will let me back into the KFAN booth again to talk about the draft. Anyway, I’m glad you’ve come along for the ride. I hope you enjoy it. MORE FROM TWINS DAILY — Order the Offseason Handbook — Latest Twins coverage from our writers — Recent Twins discussion in our forums — Follow Twins Daily via Twitter, Facebook , or email View full article

Ceiling - if the power comes and he irons out all the defensive questions: Mookie Betts, with less speed. His floor: Marwin Gonzalez, Twins 2020. I do like my comp as a more versatile Luis Arraez as a median.

I wouldn't worry too much about being a RP yet. He's going to end up there if he doesn't get the walks under control, but he's had a really weird year with the Olympics interrupting his year. I'll give his 2021 year of stats a pass.

I love Martin and might drive the hype train. He was playing 3B at Vandy, but questions about his arm strength and accuracy led to a move to CF. You can live with seeing how that plays out while developing, but the likelihood is that SS/3B and CF won't be long-term homes. 2B/LF is probably how this plays out. He could turn out to be what you wish Arraez would be defensively, with a very similar offensive profile if the power doesn't develop.