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Read more about The Economics of drafting college pitchers

The Economics of drafting college pitchers

As a Twins fan, I have seen several different approaches to drafting and developing pitching. We saw the pitch to contact philosophy at work for a long time. We saw the ill-fated drafting college fireball relievers and trying to develop them as starters, which failed (although we did get a nice relief pitcher in Tyler Duffey out of it). However, the current philosophy seems to be drafting college pitchers who have good peripheral numbers, high spin rates, or some other trait that separates th

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• Bashwood12
• March 15, 20206 yr

Read more about Top 20 Twins Prospects

Top 20 Twins Prospects

I always know that baseball season is quickly approaching when I see all of the prospect lists coming out. It is always entertaining to read differing opinions about the same guy. At the end of the day, prospect lists are always a crapshoot. That being said, they can still be entertaining and informative, especially if the person conducting the list is plugged in with scouts who have seen the player or have seen the player live. Unfortunately, this is not one of those prospect lists. I have seen

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• Bashwood12
• March 11, 20206 yr

Read more about Alex Kirilloff vs. Royce Lewis as Twins top prospect

Alex Kirilloff vs. Royce Lewis as Twins top prospect

Like many diehard fans, it is easy to get immersed in the potential of young prospects. It can be more intoxicating when those prospects are taken first overall in the draft. Royce Lewis is a fantastic prospect with the potential to be one of the best players in the game. The speed, the power, the makeup; it is easy to see why he is viewed as one of the top prospects in the game. However, I have always thought that Royce Lewis is the second-best prospect in the Twins system.   Recently, Ke

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• Bashwood12
• March 3, 20206 yr