So, it's June 12th and I still have not completed my off-season prospect lists. The excuses are many. I'm married with a child in sports. I have dogs, my house needs work, I have a busy new job, PuckettsPond, etc... The fact remains, I posted prospect #4 on April 24th.... and that is even quite late. Next year, I might be better off not doing individual profiles for each of the top 15. With the Twins recently completing their draft and getting their picks signed, I need to get this done. Guys li
[TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, align: center] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0UQ6von5ffg/T5dT6LNwASI/AAAAAAAAAQE/uwmvOyoa-fg/s320/hendriks.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: theaustralianbaseballdigest.mlblogs.com[/TD] [/TABLE] 4. Liam Hendriks, RHP, 23 years old 2011 stats: 12-6 with a 3.36 ERA in 139.1 innings, with 111/21 K/BB for New Britain & Rochester Last Year's Rank: 6 Acquired: Signed out of Perth, Australia in February 2007. Fun fact about Liam Hendriks. He has only walked 60 g
[TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pZgVdEo5kps/T4tdwR5p1lI/AAAAAAAAAP0/7BoOvZXOqmA/s1600/rosario.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: milb.com[/TD] [/TABLE] 5. Eddie Rosario, 2B/OF, 20 years old 2011 stats: .337/.397/.670 with 21 HRs and 17 stolen bases in 23 attempts for Elizabethtown. Last Year's Rank: 17 Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 4th round pick in 2010 June Major League Draft out of Rafael Lopez Landron High School in Gua
http://www.twinstarget.com/images/stories/salcedo.jpg (courtesy of minorleaguebaseball.com) 6. Adrian Salcedo, Right-Handed Starter, 21 years old. 2011 Stats: 6-6 with a 2.93 ERA in 135 innings, with 92/27 K/BB for Class A Beloit. Last year's rank: 8 Acquired: Signed out of Mocha, Dominican Republic in December 2007. What would you say if I told you the Twins had a prospect that has a 2.76 ERA, strikes out 7.1/9 and only walks 1.5/9? He's a pitcher that gives up less than a hit per
originally posted at ontheroadwithshawn and TwinsTarget. [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://www.twinstarget.com/images/stories/hicks.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption](courtesy thesportsbank.net)[/TD] [/TABLE] 7. Aaron Hicks, Center field, 22 years old 2011 Stats: .242/.354/.368 with 5 HRs and 17 SB in 26 attempts for Fort Myers. Last Year's Rank: 2 Acquired: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins 14th overall in the 2008 June Major League Draft out of Woodrow Wils
[h=3]originally appeared @ontheroadwithshawn.blogspot.com & TwinsTarget.com.[/h] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7J4sogrnJO8/TGiD_uyL88I/AAAAAAAAAIs/nmDGTgxu824/s320/086.JPG 8. Kyle Gibson, Right-Handed Starter, 24 years old. 2011 Stats: 3-8 with a 4.81 ERA in 95 innings, with 91/27 K/BB for AAA Rochester. Last year's rank: 1 Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (22) of the 2009 MLB June Amateur Draft out of University of Missouri. Going into last season, Gibson was poised. He wa
[TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cPfM-ie6Qx4/T3itwHKTDFI/AAAAAAAAAPk/O5oJ76ltO2Q/s320/dozier.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: mlb.com[/TD] [/TABLE] 9. Brian Dozier, Shortstop, 24 years old 2011 stats: .320/.399/.491 with 9 HRs and 24 stolen bases in 35 attempts for Fort Myers & New Britain. Last Year's Rank: NA Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 8th round of the draft out of Southern Mississippi in 2009. Dozier had a quite a y
[h=3]originally posted at ontheroadwithshawn and TwinsTarget.[/h] [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o3o85_Qz0fg/T3fGsI1DsRI/AAAAAAAAAPY/juduo-YYLQo/s320/parmelee.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: twinkietown[/TD] [/TABLE] 10. Chris Parmelee, First Base/Outfield, 24 years old 2011 stats: .287/.366/.436 with 13 HRs for New Britain. Last Year's Rank: #18 Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 1st round (20th overall) out of Chino Hills, CA
[h=3]Originally posted at TwinsTarget and Ontheroadwithshawn.blogspot. com[/h] [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oHgPpjQ6qaw/T3aB91Yv0lI/AAAAAAAAAPM/ak71RDu-Qyo/s320/levi-michael.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]source: acc.blogs.starnewsonline.com[/TD] [/TABLE] 11. Levi Michael, Shortstop, 21 years old 2011 Stats: .289/.434/.434 with 4 HRs and 14 steals in 15 attempts at the University of North Carolina. Last year's rank: N/A Acquired: Drafte
Can also be found at TwinsTarget or ontheroadwithshawn.blogspot.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/images/2009/06/18/5zCWK9Ul.jpg (courtesy mlb.com) 12. David Bromberg, Right-handed Starter, 24 years old 2011 Stats: 1-3 with a 6.08 ERA 23/15 K/BB in 37 innings for AA New Britain. Last year's rank: 10 Acquired: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 32nd round of the 2005 June Major League Draft. Coming into 2011, David Bromberg was on the verge of making his MLB debut. He'd just be
Originally posted at ontheroad & Twinstarget[/url] [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qy5tkOpd1iA/T1zTa1N8wLI/AAAAAAAAAOo/mA33jFR-o_M/s320/wimmers.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]Source: minnesota.twins.mlb.com[/TD] [/TABLE] 13. Alex Wimmers, Right-handed Starter, 23 years old 2011 stats: 2-3 with a 4.20 ERA 39/22 K/BB in 40.2 innings for Fort Myers. Last year's rank: 5 Acquired: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins 21st overall in the 2010 Jun
[h=3]Originally posted at ontheroadwithshawn.[/h] [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JckYNi1-iOA/T1ljcNzOVjI/AAAAAAAAAOc/7b3AT4nw1gU/s1600/Herrmann.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]Source: Herrmann's Google Plus page[/TD] [/TABLE] 14. Chris Herrmann, Catcher/OF, 24 years old 2011 Stats: .269/.385/.399 with 8 HRs and 10 steals in 13 attempts between Fort Myers and New Britain. Last Year's Rank: N/A Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 6th round
[h=3][/h] [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, width: 1, align: center] http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JckYNi1-iOA/T1ljcNzOVjI/AAAAAAAAAOc/7b3AT4nw1gU/s1600/Herrmann.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]Source: Herrmann's Google Plus page[/TD] [/TABLE] 14. Chris Herrmann, Catcher/OF, 24 years old 2011 Stats: .269/.385/.399 with 8 HRs and 10 steals in 13 attempts between Fort Myers and New Britain. Last Year's Rank: N/A Acquired: Drafted by the Twins in the 6th round out of the University of Miami in 2009.
originally posted at http://www.TwinsTarget.com [TABLE=class: tr-caption-container, align: center] http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--CJOCaL529E/T1NxMjoCrLI/AAAAAAAAAOU/ZXgiuVe3qzA/s320/Carlos+Gutierrez.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption] source: mlb.com [/TD] [/TABLE] 15. Carlos Gutierrez, Right-Handed Reliever, 25 years old 2011 stats: 2-3 4.62 ERA 57/31 K/BB in 62.1 innings for AAA Rochester. Last year's rank: 43 Acquired: Drafted in the first round (27th overall) out of University of Miami in 2008 Gu
First posetd at www.ontheroadwithshawn.blogspot.com Spring training is getting going in earnest, the Twins won 7-3 today with contributions from Mauer, Morneau & Span. TwinsDaily is becoming the place to be to check out Twins content, check it out here. It is a good place to find much of the posted Twins content as well as discover new blogs. I recently discovered Twins fan from afar via TwinsDaily. Recently, I tried to convince Joel Zumaya not to retire, now I will continue my prospect
[h=3][/h] Spring training is getting going in earnest, the Twins won 7-3today with contributions from Mauer, Morneau & Span. TwinsDaily is becoming the place to be to check out Twins content, check it out here. It is a good place to find much of the posted Twins content as well as discover new blogs. I recently discovered Twins fan from afar via TwinsDaily. Recently, I tried to convince Joel Zumaya not to retire, now I will continue my prospect countdown with 20-16. Check out the rest of
[h=3]Originally posted at my blog: On Saturday, new Twins relief pitcher Joel Zumaya tore his UCL after throwing just 13 pitches to live batters. A torn UCL requires Tommy John surgery. Given his injury history and the fact that he hasn't pitched in a major league game since 2010 has Zumaya thinking of retiring.[/h] Zumaya was a sensation as a rookie in 2006. He went 6-3 with a 1.94 ERA and struck out 97 in 83.1 innings for Detroit. He threw 103 miles an hour. He was going to be a star......
Also posted at www.ontheroadwithshawn.blogspot.com As spring training rolls along, I have been counting down their top 50 prospects. Already looked at 50-46, 45-41, 40-36, 35-31 & 30-26. 25. Tyler Robertson Left-Handed Reliever 12/23/1987. Robertson was drafted by the Twins in the 3rd round of the 2006 draft out of Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks, California. He went 10-3 with 16 saves and a 3.61 ERA in 55 appearances for AA New Britain. He struck out 88 and walked 29 in 89.2 inni
Originally posted at my blog, but I figured i'd try this new format. Congrats on the site guys and good luck! The Twins pitchers and catchers reported yesterday, which also happened to be my second wedding anniversary. Perhaps you remember the marriage post? I set it up right. Two of my favorite days each year are occasionally going to be on the same day. Anyway, as the Twins players start to filter down to Fort Myers, let's look at 5 more guys that may be a part of the Twins future. Two exci
I really hold back what I would like to say about then payroll arguments here. The fact that people don't accept the amount taken in dictates the amount going out requires one of two things. Extreme financial ignorance or fanatical bias that prevents the acceptance of something some basic. I did not change the argument. It's the same idiocy over and over. Do you really want to be on the side that suggests revenues does not determine spending capacity?
At this point in the pre-season, I’m just so happy to be seeing games again, I don’t care about the Twins record in 2023. I think they’ll win it all, unrealistically speaking 🙂
I really hold back what I would like to say about then payroll arguments here. The fact that people don't accept the amount taken in dictates the amount going out requires one of two things. Extreme financial ignorance or fanatical bias that prevents the acceptance of something some basic. I did not change the argument. It's the same idiocy over and over. Do you really want to be on the side that suggests revenues does not determine spending capacity?· 0 replies
