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Mike Sixel
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1. The coverage here has been amazing. I doubt there is another site on the web this good (for 1 team). Thank you all.   2. Taking a "soft tossing" SP would really annoy me.   3. I want upside more th

Brock Beauchamp
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Just keep in mind that many Twins fans absolutely skewered the Twins for drafting Mauer over Prior.   Fans know virtually nothing.

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This pick makes me wonder if Falvey is taking the Cubs approach of "avoid pitchers". Not sure a mid-market team can play that game but whatever, we'll all know in a few years. I don't get riled up abo

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I wanted Greene, but since I absolutely didn't want McKay I guess this is a push for me.

Not many teams have whiffed taking a shortstop at or near the top of the draft lately. I'm already aboard the Lewis bandwagon I guess.

Now let's toss the rest of the cash at Baz.

Baz just went to Pittsburgh.

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Surprised and initially disappointed in the pick we of Lewis. I really wanted Weight or Gore if you want the high school route. Nut I freely admit I don't know anything compared to the guys in charge.

 

That being said, Lewis was considered a top 4-5 talent in this draft. A draft with no clear cut #1 player. By all reports he is a great athlete with lots of skill and potential. Probably the best overall HS player in the draft.

 

Can we really be upset if the Twins braintrust felt he was the best overall player available AND he may save money to make a nice move or two at 35 and/or 37?

 

I wanted a ready made SP as much as anyone. But isn't the mantra also "take the best player available"?

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Couple of interesting picks. Yanks take mlb.com's 49th ranked player who went down with TJS in April.

M's take another high contact college bat. Definitely seems to be a trend here.

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And a freak injury to Prior being tossed over Marcus Giles' shoulder around the bases and it might have been a bad call.  http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2003-07-12-inside-prior-gil.jpg

 

And a freak injury to Prior being tossed over Marcus Giles' shoulder around the bases and it might have been a bad call.  http://images.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/_photos/2003-07-12-inside-prior-gil.jpg
Great comment, as usual, and I agree, but. . . it still shows the riskiness of pitchers. Mauer tore up his knee and missed a season, but he came back great. If a position player has Prior's collision, he might miss a few months, but, as Prior showed, it's career altering for a pitcher.
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Great comment, as usual, and I agree, but. . . it still shows the riskiness of pitchers. Mauer tore up his knee and missed a season, but he came back great. If a position player has Prior's collision, he might miss a few months, but, as Prior showed, it's career altering for a pitcher.

Man Mauer was phenomenal before he tore his knee too. Part of me wonders if he would've been better had he never done so. It was such a freak play. Slid on a foul ball if I remember correctly

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Great comment, as usual, and I agree, but. . . it still shows the riskiness of pitchers. Mauer tore up his knee and missed a season, but he came back great. If a position player has Prior's collision, he might miss a few months, but, as Prior showed, it's career altering for a pitcher.

 

Luckily, the Twins play in the AL.

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Looks like a lot of HS pitchers are still on the board.

That could be good for the Twins as they may be looking at several of them. Unless the new FO already knows that Pohlad will open the wallet and buy some frontline pitchers the next 2 years.

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drivlikejehu First Round Pick

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No HS pitcher will be in Minnesota within the to five years. Not sure I understand this content.

 

They could be traded for an MLB pitcher within that time frame.

 

Making the best picks, regardless of position/level, is always the best strategy. 

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