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  1. maxisagod
    Giancarlo Stanton
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    Felix has now has 3 starts in the Appy League this year. He has not given up a run, Better SO/ Walk ration 12/7 over 15 IP and Better ground out ration with a GO/AO of 1.80 Given the state of the Kernels Pitching staff, a return to A ball seems possible, but Jorge needs to continue his progress and keep cutting back on the walks. The Twins won't want to promote him unless their confident he can show better control at higher levels and avoid the "One Bad Innings" he seems prone too.
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    Looks like one of the outfielders is Rowen Ebersohn: http://baseballsa.com/ Looks like a legit power Lefty who used to pitch. Not much on him, but a better prospect then our pervious two South Africans that's for sure.
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    Yankee's don't wait for them to become Major Leaguers, they trade these guys off while their value is high, for Major Leaguers. The Yankees are obtaining capital, which is important because less premium talent is making it to free agency, so the A's right now have an advantage over the Yankees, one the Yankees plan to by pass with money.
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    Hmmm, Well, you'd need to allow trading draft picks. This would allow teams who place more value on players a chance to draft them, and move more money into players pockets. In fact I think this is why you can trade cap space now, it a transition model, which would lead more creditability to the "set up to fail" argument some people have been preaching. Also, as it is right now, these trainers act as agents, so there is still a lot of money to be made, they can set up try outs with MLB clubs, sign them up for the draft, and as long as there is at least 30 big pay outs, and a couple hundred medium ones, they could stay in business, it just not a model that has a lot of growth in it (which is what the MLB wants). But if agents like Plummer (Sano's agent) start moving in, there would be less reason to set up shop. That being said, are these trainers really for the benefit of these kids? There big pay day is getting the kids signed, after that, they may not care, overusing kids arms or making pre draft deals and having them sit for almost a year can't be in their best long term interests. There are 30 MLB training facilities in the DR, wouldn't they be more interest it their future growth and successes. It's like that college route thing, do colleges that make young pitchers pitch 130-140 pitches, really care about their long term health, or are they just try to win now? Here's the question I still trying to figure out, how about the late bloomers, the 17 or 18 year olds who start showing off? Do they just go into the draft next year or is there a way for them to get paid sooner?
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    Same handler as his brother, who already had Tommy John's surgery.
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    There was a rumor a few days ago that 800,000 was his asking price after the bad outings. Some scouts felt that a team had already agree to it. So I'm guessing his trainer told the teams what they wanted, and the Twins agree to it first. Right now He's got a ceiling of a number 1 starter, 100 million dollar pitcher and a floor of a guy who never get's out of rookie ball. In a couple years, who knows what that range will be.
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    Mike Berardino's Article/Interview with Terry Ryan about the International signing period which starts Wednesday. Ryan doesn't give out too many new details but here a few interesting tidbits: - Ryan is skeptical about reports of the Yankees/other teams blowing past their cap space on players this years. - The Twins won't be trading away cap space. They have players they like. - Ynoa had a bad outing (I'm not sure if that increases or decrease the odds of the Twins signing him).
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    If your refering to Jesse Sanchez top 30 list at MLB.com, my comment came out before that list came out. That being said, the other International Prospect Guru, Ben Badler (how sad is it there really is only two guys?!) seems less convinced the Twins are the front runners. In his last insider article, he talks a lot about international pitching. Though he has the Twins as one of 3 teams in on Yona, he has the Red Sox breaking their cap and very much in on the top pitchers in this draft. Like Nicksaviking mentioned, The Twins don't over pay for prospects, the Reds Sox will, so if the Red Sox want Yona to go with the other two top 20 pitchers all they have to do is out bid the Twins over their limit. The Twins might be the favorites, but I don't get a feeling a deal is already in places like the Rays and Rondon or The Brewers and Lara.
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    Felix Jorge returned to the Appy league today and this was his line for his 1st rookie league start of the year: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K. This is a big improvement over his A ball numbers and hopefully after several strong starts he can prove he's rightened the ship and return to Cedar Rapids.
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    If their CF is still a mess and they're in a hunt for a playoff spot, I can't see why not. You'd have to put him on the 40 man this winter anyway, and also long as you don't send him back down, he still keeps all his options. Plus: no recreational drug testing in the majors. ;-)
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    Already has. He's played two games in the Appy League.
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    12 out of 30 connected/favored to the Yankees. the Astors have a few, the White Sox and Red Sox a couple. Some teams are going to be left out in the lurch. Selling cap space where they can.
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    They could get promoted the way Sano and Polanco were they year they signed, but Diaz and Tapia come off as more raw then those two were. Plus theirs a corner infielder numbers game. The Twins don't send Auzzie or Europeans to DSL, probably due to culture shock issues. So with Ruar Verkerk at 3rd, Jack Barrie at 1st, and Amaurys Minier now pushed into the outfield, your spots are filled.
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    I also like how Walker grades out better than Courtney Hawkins, the White Sox best outfielder. Much rather have Walker in our system.
  16. maxisagod
    Berrios Delivery "controlled violence", change up already a plus. Interesting.
  17. maxisagod
    I use Google drive, Apple backup, and a external hard drive. The Apple back up syncs all my devices together, so if one fails it easy to get the info off the other as well as my account thru Apple, I don't think about it, it just does it. Google drive is free up to like 20 GB, but you need to be hooked up to the internet to retrieve or save the info. The external hard drive is a one time buy. the thought of losing data and more importantly family photos, makes me not want to trust any system.
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    Hold on... I need to get my cipher out of a box of Frosted Flakes to read this. Godspeed on getting your hard drive replaced.
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    Rays And Yankees in the Even Years, Rangers and Cubs in the odd years, with teams like the Brewers blowing their budget out just to sign one guy sprinkled in between. Ben Badler reported another odd side effect. Some teams can't even see the top prospect play anymore, they come to verbal agreements 6-12 months ahead of time so their trainer take them off the show circuits to avoid injury. No high school ball so top pool teams never get to see these guys and reporters and experts can't get much info on them.
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    I get the feeling it's going to be 'always the bridesmaid' kind of year for the Twins. No top 20 guys. They'll spend the cash, but it going to be spread out. The top guys I liked were Gilbert Lara(3B), Huascar Ynoa(SP) , and Adrian Rondon (SS). The Twins were in on Lara and Ynoa, but it's believed Lara has agreed to big money from the Brewers, Rondon with Tampa Bay, and Ynoa will end up with either the Red or White Sox. You can get Fantastic players with $50,000 and under bonus, everyone is so far out its crazy trying to project 15-16 year olds, but it always fun hear about a high bonus guy going high. Don't know if there is any of those guys for the Twins this year.
  21. maxisagod
    "mntwins 33rd-rounder Trey Vavra (1B, Florida Southern) has agreed to terms. Bonus is the usual $1,000 given to college seniors." According to Mike Berardino. Twitter.
  22. maxisagod
    I do love a guy who can throw a good 12-6 curve and a slider, his fastball has good cut and speed, but he needs to work on that change up, he throws it too hard for it to be a useful pitch.
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    I think last year someone started a 2014 thread the day before the 2013 draft, so this is an improvement. There was a lot of talk about how the 2014 draft was week on college hitter because teams spent a lot 3 years before on high schoolers. It will be interesting to see if hitters pop back next year. Looking at the GCL and the DSL Twins they have a lot of corner Infielders. Depending who they sign on the international markets, I expect them to go BPA for the top rounds again, Then heavy on pitching and outfielders, to help fill out the ranks.
  24. maxisagod
    I love reading your initial reactions.
  25. maxisagod
    Arby's! Their food taste more like paper money than you know... food.
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