This may be the worst thread start ive seen on here. No association between Buxton draft pick and Span.

IMO Span will be with the Twins longer than Joe Mauer will.

It's likely that both players played on youth traveling baseball teams. Both players played high school baseball, basketball and football. Both were high school quarterbacks. Both players played baseball on high school showcase teams after the high school season was over. Buxton pitched; Mauer didn't. Buxton has better foot speed. I don't see how Buxton's father's level of play could have any effect on Byron's abilities. I can see where Joe having brothers that played baseball would (possibly) make him a better player. I guess what I'm saying is I don't see that Mauer's youth history would give him much more polish than Byron's.

I agree with your point... Mauer did pitch in High School though (like Buxton, he likely would've been a 1st rounder as a pitcher)

There is no relationship between the Twins taking Buxton and Denard Span.

Exactly! Just as the Twins drafted Span in 2002 even though a guy named Torii Hunter was playing Gold Glove caliber CF. By the time Buxton is ready for The Show, Span may have already been replaced by Revere, Benson or even Hicks.

One thing has nothing to do with the other. They took the best guy on the board

My thoughts exactly. It will be years before we see Buxton in Minnesota. Span's future is more dependent on his own performance and that of the the Twin's win/lose record. Benson, Hicks and the rest are not close to a current level of play that could replace Span at the major league level.

 

I also agree that TR does not view this team as in rebuilding mode. As a GM you can't. I can see him trading some assets away to acquire some starting pitching for next year, but in no way can think that TR has given up on 2013, 2014 and already slotted them as rebuilding years.

I think somebody is confusing the MLB draft with those in the NFL and/or NBA.