2012 Draft Power Rankings

Six weeks have passed since the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft and I thought it would be interesting to see which new Twins players have jumped out to a quick start to begin their professional career. Obviously the players that were drafted in the earlier rounds still have the higher upside, and therefore would be listed higher on organizational prospect lists, but this ranking is strictly based on the player's production in the Twins minor league system. Here is the 1st edition of the Twins 2012 Draft Power Rankings with 20 total players accumulating stats:

1) RHP D.J. Baxendale- 0.00 ERA, 0.30 WHIP, 6.2 IP, 16 K, 1 BB

2) RHP Jose Berrios- 1.29 ERA, 0.57 WHIP 7.0 IP, 12 K, 2 BB

3) LHP Mason Melotakis- 1.35 ERA, 0.60 WHIP, 6.2 IP, 10 K, 2 BB

4) LHP Taylor Rogers- 1.88 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 24.0 IP, 29 K, 4 BB

5) RHP Kaleb Merck- 3.38 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 8 IP, 12 K, 1 BB

6) RHP Christian Powell- 0.00 ERA. 0.80 WHIP, 5.0 IP, 9 K, 2 BB

7)IF Joel Licon- .277/.360/.400, 6 2B, 1 3B, 3/3 SB, 16 K/ 6 BB

8) RHP Zack Jones- 0.00 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 6 IP, 9 K, 4 BB

9) OF John Murphy- .230/.329/.270, 3 2B, 9/11 SB, 18 K/10 BB

10) RHP J.T. Chargois- 0.00 ERA, 0.50 WHIP, 4 IP, 4 K, 2 BB

11) OF Adam Walker- .232/.290/.404 4 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 38 K/7 BB

12) C Jorge Fernandez- .325/.341/.350, 1 2B, 7 K/1 BB

13) 1B D.J. Hicks- .246/.373/.333, 3 2B, 1 HR, 24 K/12 BB

14) RHP Tyler Duffy- 4.50 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 2 IP, 4 K, 0 BB

15) 1B Bryan Haar- .250/.333/.309, 4 2B, 18 K/8 BB

16) RHP Alexander Muren- 2.57 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 7 IP, 4 K, 3 BB

17) OF Byron Buxton- .156/.240/.244, 1 2B, 1 HR, 2/4 SB, 10 K/4 BB

18) C Bryan Santy- .200/.333/.200, 0 K/1 BB

19) C Bo Altobelli- .118/.143/.147, 1 2B, 8 K/1 BB

20) SS Will Hurt- .063/.167/.063, 1/1 SB, 10 K/3 BB

Looks like most of the pitchers that the Twins picked have done well so far. Here's to them keeping it up. Hopefully, the hitters that they picked and signed will start to produce a little better.