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  1. d-mac
    Decent enough stats in the Pac-12 and Cape Cod. Plus, what's not to like about a plus curveball? And you know the Twins love their 6'7 tall pitchers.
  2. d-mac
    Picks are not protected after round 2 or 3 I believe.
  3. d-mac
    Victory lap!
  4. d-mac
    If he's signable, I like it. Really only have a problem with Jax so far this draft. We shall see how it shakes out, but I like what the Twins are doing so far- not how i would have done it, but I think they are checking some empty boxes.
  5. d-mac
    The other pitchers had more than one pitch when they came to the org. I have yet to see the Twins develop a starter (or reliever for that matter) and turn them into a major league pitcher with only one above average pitch. I think stats verify what traditional scouting sees and traditional scouting adds context to what stats cannot see. The lack of strikeouts and the lack of quality competition tells me that he will struggle to get pro hitters out above A ball. Not to mention what to do about his military commitment. I just think there was better value available for the Twins at #93 than what Jax brings. Heck, there are plenty of over performing college seniors available every year that can be had for peanuts in the second day.
  6. d-mac
    Right, but those publications tend to weight actual performance in college very lightly. If the stats don't back up what the eye test says, then it is hard not to doubt them. In this particular case- that is moreso in this instance because his lack of probably the most important determining statistical factor for a college pitcher- K rate. Plus, his level of competition was severely lacking. He did not play in a power conference, nor did he play in the Cape with the top competition. Furthermore, at this point he is only a one pitch pitcher- decent fastball, but not much else. Do you trust the Twins' development staff to teach him out pitches? Because based on their track record, i sure don't.
  7. d-mac
    Yeah I see Neshek in him too. Little less herky-jerky delivery. Put up some redonkulous K/9 rates on the Cape and as a senior. Now these are the kind of signability picks I like. Find a college seniors with some great stats that traditional scouts have knocked for whatever reason and see if they can keep performing as a pro.
  8. d-mac
    Again, so?
  9. d-mac
    So? Their rankings aren't gospel.
  10. d-mac
    Unfortunately, an aging arm won't wait for millitary service to be fulfilled. The Twins' PR machine will go into high gear with a puff piece about drafting a millitary player.
  11. d-mac
    It's not in the top few tiers of college conferences. He had 6.6k/9 in the Northwoods league, and a little better 7.0 K/9 as junior. He didn't see top quality college hitters and still didn't get swings and misses. He will struggle to get outs in professional ball with the lack of an out pitch. The Twins could have gotten better value at #3 still.
  12. d-mac
    Signability pick? His strikeout numbers are awful coming from a poor conference, and were downright bad in the Northwoods league.
  13. d-mac
    Is there an outage with the draft system or something? Nothing has happened for a while.
  14. d-mac
    About damn time!!
  15. d-mac
    Much Baddoo about nothing! Sorry, I've wanted to do that for a while.
  16. d-mac
    I can't argue with any of this.
  17. d-mac
    I have my doubts about Kirilloff, though. His swing just screams contact issues to me- and his lack of bat speed is a red flag.
  18. d-mac
    Wow. All high school kids. You have to imagine they go all college from here on out.
  19. d-mac
    Oh you're serious. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
  20. d-mac
    Not sold on Kirilloff, but Rortovedt was the guy I liked at 56 for a long time.
  21. d-mac
    That'd be nice!!
  22. d-mac
    I wouldn't mind taking a flier on Latos. He's still only 28- he was a consistent high-end number 2 for so many years.
  23. d-mac
    I agree the those before me that it's about time somebody in the local "media" took a more critical tone with this organization.
  24. d-mac
    So BA has us taking Dakota Hudson (says we're also in on Dunn); Mayo and Callis both mocked Kirilloff to us; and KLaw has us taking Manning- really an outlier.
  25. d-mac
    I'd make the counter argument that it's the Twins drafting- they have done really, really bad at second round picks over the past 15 years.
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