Phil Mackey ‏@PMac21

Oh. RT @JonHeymanCBS: (Mark Appel statement) "... I will address the possibility of a professional career in due time.''

They have to go BPA, if they have him higher than McCullers, Eflin, Smoral, even Piscotty or Gallo as hitters, you take him, but I have a hard time seeing them being that high on him when BA has him 44 and MLB has him 51. I have to believe he'll still be there at 42.

McCullers or Smoral!!!

Phil Mackey ‏@PMac21

Oh. RT @JonHeymanCBS: (Mark Appel statement) "... I will address the possibility of a professional career in due time.''

I'd be pretty upset if I was a Pirates fan right now. This is immature, hemade his bed by signing with Boras, he needs to sleep in it.

If McCullers has signability issues would the Twins simplify with a less demanding player (Smoral or Eflin?) or gamble on a pricier pick and trust Brown drops to the 40s with a hometown discount

If anyone can afford Mccullers it's the Twins. Bill Smith always said he was a numbers guy not a talent evaluator. Time to make yourself useful, crunch the numbers and make this fit.

I'd be pretty upset if I was a Pirates fan right now. This is immature, hemade his bed by signing with Boras, he needs to sleep in it.

There aren't many teams that can afford to just throw away a first round pick. The Pirates certainly aren't one of them.

Edited June 5, 201214 yr by minn55441

There aren't many teams that can just throw away a first round pick. The Pirates certainly aren't one of them.

Pirates loss is St Paul Saints gain lol

Pierce Johnson?

Pirates loss is St Paul Saints gain lol

He is a college Junior, he'll go back senior year.

Smoral would be great at #32

1 minute? Geeze, that's ridiculous.

One minute? That'll go fast

Best pitcher available or best player available?

What if they can't understand Tony O? Do we still get the guy we want?

Berrios? Wow, great pick.

So we essentially get Willingham, a solid prospect, and salary relief for Cuddyer? That seems like a "trade" we might have actually got right.

Never heard of this guy!

Well...clearly the Twins board is different than the bloggers' board, welcome aboard Orlando Berrios!

Um, wow. Overdraft if you trust BA, KLAW and others....Um, I hope everyone else is wrong....

Good pick! Power pitcher and an athlete. Keep it going.

KLAW had him 73...BA had him 49....

Drafts are so exciting. Wishing we had another pick for letting Capps walk though.

So we essentially get Willingham, a solid prospect, and salary relief for Cuddyer? That seems like a "trade" we might have actually got right.

I'm with you. That was a great decision. I don't think we lost much in essentially trading Cuddy for the hammer, for less money and then throw in a young pitcher. This is what a GM is supposed to do.

So, did they have to pay overslot to get Buxton, and this is their way of making up the difference?

Berrios = Meh. Would like to know what the staff saw that put this kid above several generally higher-ranked prospects. Disappointing.

The ESPN scout that ins't KLAW just said "chance to start" for the Twins pick, while the next pick "2/3" upside.....

So, did they have to pay overslot to get Buxton, and this is their way of making up the difference?

No, but he won't go under-slot. I like the pick a lot and he should be signable.

So, did they have to pay overslot to get Buxton, and this is their way of making up the difference?

He's not much (if any) of an overreach. Sickels had him 37 and took him at 32 in his shadow draft. Yankee blogs wanted him at 30. Has a real fastball, lots of time to get better.

OK, why not? I'm game.