2017 Twins 10-round Mock Draft

This sounds amazing to me! Love it!

I hate that everyone on the planet has talked themselves out of Hunter Greene at #1, because he's a high schooler. I'll never understand the logic (if any) that says because X and Y failed as high schools RHers, that Z is then a bad pick at #1....no matter the current skill set, projected skill set, and other options available. Going to college for two years, or getting drafted outside of the top 10, doesn't make anyone a different player (aka, they didn't fail because they drafted in the top 10).

Take Greene, the most talented player in the draft, for crying out loud.

Was Wright a RH pitcher in high school at any point? We may want to dig into that and scratch him off the lists.

JJ Schwartz doesn't even catch anymore for Florida, he's the third string catcher behind (Mike Riveria- who will be drafted before JJ) and Mark Kolozsvary.  Anyone who says Schwartz is a catcher has never seen him behind the plate.  Sure he has a decent stick but he's a 1B/DH

I think Michael Baumann fits into that category too, though not a Top 10 pick, he was thought of as a possible 1st/2nd round pick. And weren't there some publications that had Dalton Guthrie ranked in the Top 100 before the season?

I think that there is a fair chance that Baumann still goes in the second round.

In my perfect scenario I take Kyle Wright with the first pick.  Then, in the third round I take Connor Wong, catcher, from Houston.

Assign both to the same affiliate and we can have Wright pitching to Wong.  A Wright / Wong battery.

At 35 and 37 I like the following prospects:

Seth Romero, Clarke Schmidt, Tanner Houck (college pitchers)

Heliot Ramos and Mark Vientos (toolsy prep position players)

Brent Rooker, Greg Deichmann (productive college bats)

Wow, Michael Baumann's considered this high of a draft pick? That's awesome! I graduated with him from Mahtomedi High School, so I kind of knew him. I can remember a time when my in-house team tried to recruit him to pitch a game, but he wasn't able to do it. That would be amazing if he could make the majors!

This is similar to my list except I would add Jeter Downs and MJ Melendez as well as anyone who drops due to signing concerns, i.e. Carlson or Baz. I will also be hoping for Connor Wong from Houston (my alma mater), he is a very athletic catcher who plays good D and is a good hitter as well, he batted lead off as a catcher which is pretty rare and showed some pop as well with 11 HRs

Wong actually came to Houston as a shortstop, right? Then switched over to catcher?

As a Mississippi State Bulldog would love if we took Rooker if he is there at 35 or 37.  But I will admit I know nothing about the MLB draft.   Seems to be a bit of a crapshoot but I love all the draft write-ups on this site - it is getting me educated.  

I'm in the Rooker camp at 35/37 if he lasts that long (strikes me as the type someone could cut a deal with early). Don't know enough about those prep pitchers to gauge them there, but if Wright is it at 1:1, I like one (just one) of those types there.

 

If that's the case though, I hope they have the speculated deal with Baz in place

Rooker gives good reasons to like all offensively but if you're taking him you, you know that he doesn't play a premium position and that he's old for the draft.

By mid-May, he led the Southeastern Conference in nine statistical categories (including all three triple crown stats) and was three stolen bases shy of becoming college baseball's first 20-20 player since Andrew Benintendi. Rooker was an all-SEC pick in 2016 and was drafted in the 38th round by the Twins, but has grown as a hitter in the last year. The righthanded hitter has reigned in his free-swinging tendencies, cutting his strikeout rate from 20.9 percent of his plate appearances to 17.4 percent. He has also gotten stronger, allowing him to drive the ball with more authority. Those improvements have turned him into a solid hitter with plus power. Rooker has primarily played first base this spring out of Mississippi State's necessity. He has become a capable defender at first, and also has the speed and athleticism to allow him to handle left field, though his throwing arm limits him to left. Rooker turns 22 in November. His age and lack of a premium defensive position will weigh his draft stock down. He earns praise for his work ethic, makeup and leadership.

You find spots for hitters. I'm not worried about that.

Hey I'm a Cubs fan, you don't have to tell me that, thus the drafting of advanced college hitting prospects (with defensive position questions) has worked well of late:  Kris Bryant (most didn't think Bryant was a 3B in the future), Kyle Schwarber (most didn't see him at anywhere but DH/1B), Ian Happ (played nowhere too well) the last three drafts where they've had a first rounder.

This is similar to my list except I would add Jeter Downs and MJ Melendez as well as anyone who drops due to signing concerns, i.e. Carlson or Baz. I will also be hoping for Connor Wong from Houston (my alma mater), he is a very athletic catcher who plays good D and is a good hitter as well, he batted lead off as a catcher which is pretty rare and showed some pop as well with 11 HRs

If you are given the name Jeter Downs you are pretty much destined to be a baseball player, right?