Bill Mitchell from Baseball America wrote about Twins RHP prospect Dakota Chalmers. He missed most of 2018 and the first half of 2019 due to Tommy John surgery (during which he came to the Twins from the A's in the Fernando Rodney trade). 

 

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/dakota-chalmers-makes-up-for-lost-time-in-arizona/#.XbRoyL3cm5Y.twitter 

 

Chalmers is expected to make the start for the Salt River Rafters in today's AFL Championship game. 

 

 

 

 

“Right now, there’s a big gap between my good and my bad outings,” Chalmers said. “It’s no secret that at the higher levels it’s how you can compete on those days when you don’t have your best stuff . . . just making those adjustments in-game, trusting what I have that day and not trying to do too much is something that’s key for me. I think I made huge steps in figuring it out, and going into next year I’m going to have a good start.”

 

 

 

Good luck to him today! I hope he pitches a gem!

He showed some good stuff today. I am looking forward to seeing how he progresses in his first full season in the Twins system.

Hopefully another very good starting prospect.

Chalmers is a 35+ FV guy on Fangraphs, which grades 17 other Twins pitchers higher at the present time. If he's promising, then that's really good news.

Finished with, IIRC, 3 really good starts at Ft Myers to end the season. With his AFL experience, I wonder if he will begin next year at Ft Myers or move up to Pensacola?

Just the name alone grabs me: Dakota Chalmers. Gotta be a future all-star!