TwinsDaily Draft Kickoff and First-Round Mock

The Twins will draft 6th overall (and you already know this, man!) which has a slot value of $3,889,500. Because of the signing of pitcher Ervin Santana, the Twins had to forfeit their second round pick. They were, however, awarded a pick in the Compensation B Round (73rd overall) that has a value of $839,700. They will then go on to make eight selections on Tuesday and finish out the draft on Wednesday by making thirty more picks.

From now until the draft, Twins Daily will be your home for a ton of draft coverage. We'll profile several of the players who the Twins could potentially draft as well as posting Mock Drafts and much more. Of course, we'll continue to cover the Minnesota Twins and lead the market with the best minor league coverage of the organization, but these next two weeks will certainly have a strong draft focus.

We will be on top of the draft during the three days of the event. Join in on the discussion by commenting in our articles as well as posting in the forums.

We are also happy to announce that for the second straight year, Twins Daily will be hosting a draft-related show while the Twins pick. Last year, we did a Hangout during the first five picks, followed by a radio spot from 9-10 pm. We’re dropping that. On June 8 from 7-8 pm, John Bonnes will host a draft show on KFAN. I’ll be fighting the traffic to join him in studio and we’ll have Seth Stohs on the show as well. Be sure to put that on your calendar.

At some point in late June, we'll also be putting together a PDF-only Draft Prospect Handbook. It's going to be sick. And if you're draft-crazy, you won't be able to live without it. (Ok, that's hyperbole; but it will be great.)

All told, it's going to be more Twins-draft related information than you could shake a stick at.

So without further adieu, grab a water bottle, pop some popcorn and enjoy Twins Daily’s first-round mock draft:

1) Arizona: Dansby Swanson, SS, Vanderbilt

2) Houston: Daz Cameron, OF, Georgia HS

3) Colorado: Brendan Rodgers, SS, Florida HS

4) Texas: Dillon Tate, RHP, UC Santa Barbara

5) Houston: Alex Bregman, SS, LSU

If those five guys are off the board when the Twins draft, it will leave them with a difficult decision. At this point in time, there is no chance that Swanson drops and a very slim chance that Rodgers falls. Tate has a slightly better chance to drop, but it’s unlikely the first five picks are all hitters and Tate is still the best college pitcher. The Twins love Bregman and - again - at this point, would love to see him drop to them. The Twins like Cameron, but don’t have any desire to meet his asking price. And, lastly, despite only one of the top five picks above being pitchers, there is a strong feeling around the industry that they “all want pitching” which could muddy this up even more.

In this scenario, I would expect the decision to come down to Tyler Jay, LHP, Illinois and Kyle Tucker, OF, Florida HS.

6) Minnesota: Kyle Tucker, OF, Florida HS

7) Boston: Carson Fulmer, RHP, Vanderbilt

8) Chicago (AL): Tyler Jay, LHP, Illinois

9) Chicago (NL): Andrew Benintendi, OF, Arkansas

10) Philadelphia: Walker Buehler, RHP, Vanderbilt

11) Cincinnati: Jon Harris, RHP, Missouri State

12) Miami: Trenton Clark, OF, Texas HS

13) Tampa Bay: James Kaprielian, RHP, UCLA

14) Atlanta: Tyler Stephenson, C, Atlanta HS

15) Milwaukee: Kyle Funkhouser, RHP, Louisville

16) New York (AL): Garrett Whitley, OF, New York HS

17) Cleveland: Kolby Allard, LHP, California HS

18) San Francisco: Mike Nikorak, RHP, Pennsylvania HS

19) Pittsburgh: Ashe Russell, RHP, Indiana HS

20) Oakland: Donnie Dewees, OF, North Florida

21) Kansas City: Brady Aiken, LHP, IMG Academy

22) Detroit: Donny Everett, RHP, Tennessee HS

23) St Louis: Kevin Newman, SS, Arizona

24) Los Angeles (NL): Nathan Kirby, LHP, Virginia

25) Baltimore: Ian Happ, OF, Cincinnati

26) Los Angeles (AL): Phil Bickford, LHP, College of Southern Nevada

So there you have it: Mock Draft v. 1. What do you think? If the Top 5 go like that, did the Twins do the right thing? Leave your thoughts below.

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