Tom Froemming

Surprised they took another college hitter, but it sounds like DaShawn Keirsey will be able to stay in center and he may be a fun gamble. Sounds like that hip injury hurt his stock, could he regain some explosiveness as he gets further away from that recovery?

The third round is complete. Just four total high school players were taken, one of which was a pitcher, Kloffenstein.

I think the hunch from the outside looking in is the Twins will be targeting high school pitchers today. Here are the top 15 who are still available per MLB.com with their overall rank listed: 19. Cole Wilcox, RHP Nope, scratch that. Just minutes ago on Twitter he announced he was headed to Georgia for college. 23. Kumar Rocker, RHP out of GA He hasn't made any kind of announcement, but is committed to Vanderbilt, so it seems he'll likely be college bound unless some team goes way over slot. 43. Adam Kloffenstein, RHP out of TX 63. Slade Cecconi, RHP out of FL 78. Jaden Hill, RHP out of AR 81. Nicholas Northcut, RHP out of OH 92. Dominic Pipkin, RHP out of CA 94. Brett Hansen, LHP out of CA 95. Austin Becker, RHP out of OH 96. Garrett McDaniels, LHP out of SC 100. Garrett Wade, LHP out of AL 114. Mason Englert, RHP out of TX 115. Jonathan Childress, LHP out of TX 117. Landon Marceaux, RHP out of LA 119. Owen Sharts, RHP out of CA Of course, this isn't the Twins list, and maybe they don't go for a high school pitcher right away in the fourth round, but I would suspect the Twins will go pitching heavy today.

Can always trade an OF for a P, I guess? Not sure that's the best business model, but maybe this front office is more confident in their ability to evaluate pitching and thinks they can find some hidden gems here on Day 2? Question marks intentional, I'm just throwing out theories here.

Garver has looked rough around the edges at times, but the team is also 12-13 in games he's started and pitchers have a 3.51 ERA pitching to him. When someone else has been behind the plate, Twins pitchers have a 4.86 ERA and are 13-17. That has to count for something, right?

This pick only makes sense to me -- slot savings or otherwise -- if they're convinced they can keep his guy behind the plate. It's entirely possible his caught stealing rates were down because his pitchers were bad at holding on runners or maybe there are some minor mechanical tweaks the Twins think they've identified that would clean things up in a jiffy. I'm sure they'll talk up his character, which is particularly important for a catcher, but maybe they also see some things in Jeffers that make them believe he is/can be a plus pitch framer, blocker and manager of a pitching staff. Who knows? Above-average power is nice, but I have to imagine there were plenty of other 55 raw power guys still available at that pick if they were simply looking for a bat.

It seemed like a lot of folks wanted the Twins to draft a college catcher. Well, here you go

My knee-jerk perception is the Twins went with a safe bet, a player who may lack the upside of some of the other guys who were still available, but who they feel confident will develop into a nice piece. I'm not so sure that's the route I'd have taken, but it's probably the smart play considering the Twins only have two picks in the first three rounds. It would really hurt to swing and miss on either of these picks tonight.

Fair way to look at it. I'd always prefer what I'd consider a "skill position" player -- a SS, CF or a C -- but the thing that's most likely to carry any player to the major leagues is their bat. Hit enough and they'll find a place for you.

Ditto to Brady Singer.

I think it's only natural that there's a bit of luster lost after having the No. 1 pick last year, and obviously whoever the Twins get isn't going to have Royce Lewis-type upside, but it's becoming more and more clear that the Twins are going to be able to add a very talented player at 20.

The MLB Glossary entry for this is pretty solid. I believe that 31st pick originally belonged to the Pirates. There is a series of competitive balance picks after both the first and second rounds. The order in which they are awarded is somewhat complicated. It depends on how much the departing player signed for and whether or not the team collects revenue sharing. Here's another article that has some info on the qualifying offer rules.

Here's hoping Casey Mize has a long and healthy career ... after he gets trade out of the division First two picks have been Mize and Joey Bart, as expected.

Bisphenol A? I don't really think that's true. I think your third point, about signability, is a bigger factor than you're giving credit. The top player on the Twins' board when they pick may not be the guy they draft because, as Andrew laid out, the draft bonus pools add an extra element of strategy. Maybe your top guy requires an over slot deal to keep him from going to college and you can get the third guy on your board for an under-slot deal and there's no signability concerns. Maybe the difference in your perception of their overall future value is a smaller margin than that gap in expected signing bonus. Allowing you to take the cheaper guy at 20 would then open up doors to potentially land a player at 59 who most teams were avoiding due to signability concerns. The Twins didn't pay Blayne Enlow, the 76th pick last year, the 33d highest signing bonus just for fun. But, comparing last year's options to this year's for the Twins is like comparing apples to dinosaurs. There's just not much they can do with such a shallow bonus pool.

Just updated this to include links to the freshest mock draft out there. Perfect Game just published their final mock, which has the Twins picking Florida's Jackson Kowar. Here's what Andrew wrote about the 6-foot-5 right-hander in his rankings: "Kowar will rely heavily on his fastball and changeup as his curveball can be inconsistent at times. His fastball will sit around 93-95 but he can pump it up to 97 when he needs it. Kowar’s changeup is easily his best pitch. He has the uncanny ability to throw it to both righties and lefties and will produce a lot of swing and miss with the pitch."

Slama also walked 4.7 guys per nine in Triple A. The only pitcher on this list with those kind of control issues is Jovani Moran.

I think between the two approaches Andrew detailed in the most recent update, I'd rather see the Twins go with the best player available approach. With a big strength of the system right now being guys between the ages of 18-20, I don't think it would be that bad of a thing if they were handcuffed into taking more college seniors earlier than they typically would on Day 2. It may be a little nerve-racking to basically put all your eggs into one basket, but I say go for it.

FYI, this article has now been updated to include some of the projected picks from the experts in their mock drafts. Five different sources, five different projected picks. This is gonna be fun.

Eddie Rosario is not going to let this Twins season die. Rosie wore out Cleveland pitching all weekend, but today was something else. Eddie hit three home runs, the last of which was a walk-off to give his team a series victory.Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Current record: 25-30 Kyle Gibson: 61 Game Score, 5.2 IP, 2 ER, 7 K, 2 BB, 63.6% strikes Bullpen: 3.1 IP, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB Lineup: 1-for-8 w/RISP, 7 LOB Top three per WPA: Rosario .531, Dozier .315, Gibson .202 Download attachment: WinEx63.png Pitches beware! No zone is safe when you’re facing Eddie Rosario right now. Inside? Outside? High? Low? Nope, you’ve got nowhere to go. Take a look at the chart below via Baseball Savant that shows the location of Rosario’s three home runs on the day: Download attachment: Eddiechart1.png What a performance, and what a season Rosario is having. He’s hitting .317 with a .925 OPS and those were his 11th, 12th and 13th home runs of the year. It’s June 3, and he’s already tied the second-most homers he’s hit in a single season (he hit 13 in 2015, his rookie year). Cleveland also got a dominant effort of their own today from Edwin Encarnacion, who hit two homers and drove in four of their five runs. Pretty nice day at the park, but he’s no Rosie. Kyle Gibson started this game and was perfect through the first four frames, but he only lasted 5 2/3 innings. He exited the game with the Twins up 3-1, but Ryan Pressly gave up a three-run, go-ahead homer. The Twins stormed back to take the lead thanks to back-to-back home runs in the seventh, but Addison Reed gave up a round tripper in the top of the eighth to tie the game at 5-5. Brian Dozier led off the bottom of the ninth with a nine-pitch walk before Rosario destroyed a 2-1 fastball to walk it off. Here are the highlights: Bullpen Usage Here’s a quick look at the number of pitches thrown by the bullpen over the past five days: Download attachment: Bullpen63.png AL Central Standings CLE 30-28 DET 28-31 (-2.5) MIN 25-30 (-3.5) KC 21-38 (-9.5) CHW 18-38 (-11) Next Three Games Mon OFF Tue vs. CHW, 3:10 pm CT (DH) Wed vs. CHW, 7:10 pm CT Last Three Games MIN 7, CLE 1: Twins Battle Their Way to Another Victory MIN 7, CLE 4: Escobar é o Fogo CLE 9, MIN 8: Twins Fight Back, Fall Short More From Twins Daily WOLFSON: Zack Littell to Make MLB Debut Tuesday 2018 MLB Draft: Minnesota Connections Top Five Twins Prospects Who Should Be Promoted Click here to view the article

The Graterol move was just announced yesterday at around 3 pm, that's all the information that's out there right now.

He throws five: Two fastballs, a curve, changeup and slider. This front office clearly likes this move of getting a guy's debut in as the 26th man for a doubleheader. If I remember correctly, they did just that with both Felix Jorge and Aaron Slegers last season. So it could be that had more to do with it than anything. But, it's not like this doubleheader came up outta nowhere. They could have moved things around to line anyone up to make this start.

You know it. I'm sure I stole that from somebody on here but I don't remember who it was.

Darren Wolfson of KSTP reported Saturday night that the Twins would be calling up Zack Littell to start one of the games of their doubleheader Tuesday against the White Sox. Littell was promoted to Rochester at the start of May, where he's pitched to a 2.57 ERA over five appearances.Here's the full Tweet from Doogie: It comes as a bit of a surprise to see Littell getting the call above other, more experienced starters such as Aaron Slegers, Adalberto Mejia and Stephen Gonsalves, but Littell is coming off an excellent month. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but of that quartet, Littell is also the only one who was acquired under the Derek Falvey regime. Click here to view the article