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The wavier loses have sucked. The more you lose, the odds increase you lose some one special. I know the system is deep, but this off season they seem to lose every minor league free agent and wavier post.

A Canadian, who went to Kentucky, and was already drafted by the Twins? Is there any debate? Tristan Pompey is they’re #1 pick!

I think it had more to do with maximizing his strengths. He was fast and could cover a lot of ground, and had a lot to learn at SS. But if he's a great leader in the infield, has a drive to get better defensively, and the Twins have Buxton in CF, keep him at Short and you could have something special.

I think the key to picking these kids, were 1: Not part of the 40 man crunch, lots of years of control left. 2: filled holes in the organisation. 3: were scouted using the new FO approach (no old scouting reports). This is basically like trading for draft picks, pro ball stats don't matter much at this point. Look at Baddoo first year.

Sounds like Maitan and the others would be under the international cap due to their age. Give's the Twins an advantage, if he's planning on playing this year and not waiting until the July 2 deadline again.

The Odd thing.... Rosario lasted to a playoff team in the other league (meaning he almost got thru) but Palka got pick up by a horrible team in this league. Would have thought it would be the other way around.

The one thing that is hardly mentioned is the fact the Twins do have to field a 25 man team. The rest of the guys are call ups during next season, if they're ready. So give and take free agents and and 60 man DL, that leaves 15 guys who are not ready for the Twins on your 40 man. Most people's lists have them adding a lot of P (which I agree with), but you still need position players as well. Currently The Twins only have 4 position players who are not on the 25 man roster. If you're not adding any position players, I don’t think the Twins should be dropping Vargas, Palka, Vielma, and Garver and replacing them for “not ready for prime time” pitchers. You’d only drop these guys if they sign or trade for position players. I agree with other posters that a low A 1B like Diaz is not getting selected, plus no reason to start burning his options this quickly. Stewart, Rodriguez, Thrope, and Moya are also givens to get added IMO along with the top 4 of Seth’s list.

I am suggesting that, yes. Not to say other up the middle positions doesn't have value, but CF is 2nd to me to SS in the majors. Jeter's offensive would be a celling for Lewis, but I'm open to other comps.

The two biggest reasons are 1, trade value. 2, If he can stick you have Derek Jeter. People don't move on to SS they move off of it. The longer you keep him on it, the longer you keep the dream alive. This all might be moot though. If he starts at A ball next year, he have to split time with Wander Javier and Jose Miranda, so I'd guess he get time in the OF anyway.

It does sell out, so make sure you buy your tickets days in advance. Don't get to high up, because unlike Target Field as it goes up it also goes back futher.

New name posted on BA's Twins signed list today. Nomar Urdaneta, ss, Venezuela. Not much on him. He's part of KPL Baseball Academy in Valencia, Venezuela. Had tryouts with the Dbacks and Dodgers.

And that's just from the Dominican. If you look at the lists of top unsigned players they fall into 2 categories. Not yet 16 or from Venezuela. I think independent experts and sources are much stronger in DR. It will be interesting who the Twins sign from elsewhere.

Acording to BA team tracker the Twins also signed an OF "Luis Baez, of, Dominican Republic, $300,000." With them expected to sign Carlos Aguiar and Mauro Bonifacio in Aug. It sounds like they have their Outfield set.

It's hard to imagine but these guys are all years apart. Even Royce Lewis and Jeffry Marte. Marte will start in the DSL league next year. By the time he's in the Gulf Coast League, Lewis will be A or High A. That's 2-3 years apart on a normal timeline. By the time Marte is ready for the MLB Gordon will almost be a free agent if not signed to an extension.

Not many updates here lately... Nick Allen (ss) just sign with the A's in the 3rd round for 2 million. Top 30 draft prospect. Sound familiar? As the dust settles a few things are clear to me: -The Twins were looking for a top talent and wanted to save money for later in the draft. Lewis fit the bill. - The Twins were very high on Leach and didn't think he'd make it to the 3rd round. Leach was a late fast riser. This might have been because he played in Canada, and the fact that there wasn't a lot of hype on him before the draft. After the draft experts came back saying he was a great pick. People went back to check with their sources I guess. Also again, they saved money for other picks. - The Twins were banking on a top prep player like Carlson, Allen, or Enlow to fall to the 3rd. Allen and Enlow did, Carlson didn't. We know the Twins ranked Enlow higher than Allen (or they didn't want to draft two prep SS that high). We may never know if they had Carlson ranked higher than Enlow or the other way around. Anyway, its traditional to compare high picks with the guys selected around them. I might do the same with these 3 players.