Pre-draft prospect list

Here is my updated prospect list as the Twins head into the draft. I do this in order to provide context for my post-draft list. The post-draft list will be in detail (pre-season ranking in parentheses).

1. Byron Buxton (4)

2. Miguel Sano (1)

3. Oswaldo Arcia (3)

4. Kyle Gibson (8)

5. Alex Meyer (5)

6. Eddie Rosario (6)

7. Jose Berrios (7)

8. Jorge Polanco (28)

9. Trevor May (10)

10. Max Kepler (9)

11. Travis Harrison (12)

12. D.J. Baxendale (38)

13. Adam Walker (15)

14. Kennys Vargas (16)

15. Danny Santana (22)

16. Josmil Pinto (45)

17. Chris Herrmann (13)

18. Niko Goodrum (17)

19. Nate Roberts (14)

20. Tyler Duffey (48)

21. Daniel Ortiz (32)

22. Matthew Hauser (20)

23. Adrian Salcedo (18)

24. Levi Michael (25)

25. Taylor Rogers (53)

26. Mason Melotakis (30)

27. Corey Williams (42)

28. James Beresford (49)

29. Michael Tonkin (33)

30. Dalton Hicks (NL)

31. Luke Bard (31)

32. J.T. Chargois (35)

33. Angel Morales (40)

34. J.D. Williams (43)

35. Angel Mata (34)

36. Tom Stuifbergen (29)

37. Zach Jones (NL)

38. Jason Wheeler (27)

39. Aderlin Mejia (NL)

40. Hudson Boyd (19)

41. Josh Burris (21)

42. A.J. Achter (41)

43. Matthew Koch (59)

44. Steven Gruver (NL)

45. Matthew Summers (37)

46. Madison Boer (36)

47. Tyler Grimes (NL)

48. Ryan O'Rourke (NL)

49. Tyler Jones (57)

50. Nelvin Fuentes (NL)

51. Derek Rodriguez (26)

52. Lester Oliveros (46)

53. Logan Darnell (58)

54. Dakota Watts (47)

55. Bruce Pugh (50)

56. Pat Dean (52)

57. Romy Jimenez (56)

58. Lance Ray (44)

59. Candido Pimentel (NL)

60. Deolis Guerra (51)

Honorable mentions to Dan Rohlfling and Kyle Knudson.

Wow! Great job.

May has control issues, yes. I am not going to worry about those for the time being. He is chilling the long ball right now and I view that as an underrated thing. Anyway, I do not see May as a bullpen option at the moment, but I also see another full year minimum between AA and AAA. I think that he and Meyer arrive at the same point late next year. And I am fine with that.

Kepler is likely starting after the short season starts and thus after the draft. Cedar Rapids is his place and I would expect J.D. Williams to move to Fort Myers at that time.

Alex Wimmers, Randy Rosario, Kuo-hua Lo, and Felix Jorge are notable people off this list. I need to see how they do this year to put them somewhere. I have no idea what to do with Wimmers, in particular.