3 Top Prospects Tied to Twins in Upcoming International Signing Period

Thanks, Cody.  Will be interesting to follow and see if they get this trio and for how much?

Hopefully, they will keep lots of dollars so they can sign many $100,000-$300,000 players who so often end up as the best major league players.

55 minutes ago, roger said:

Hopefully, they will keep lots of dollars so they can sign many $100,000-$300,000 players who so often end up as the best major league players.

Agreed, they need to bring in as many pitchers in that price range as possible.

 I like targeting shortstops since they often end out playing in a different position.  But it would be nice to see at least one top pitcher targeted. 

1 hour ago, strumdatjag said:

 I like targeting shortstops since they often end out playing in a different position.  But it would be nice to see at least one top pitcher targeted. 

Right? No 25-year-old starting pitching legends defecting from Cuba that hate the Yankees?

I would be happy with that haul if the Twins get that done.  They need up the middle depth on the farm and it looks like all three could provide it.  The Twins really have trouble developing shortstop's so would like to see more emphasis placed on guys that can stick at that position in International draft as well as armature draft.  Even better free agents would be welcome.  Solving shortstop cold really help this in multiple ways.

Odd thing with the international list, no pitchers listed in the top 50(besides a 22 year old). Is that just because young pitchers also play SS? 

Is Falvey a car guy? Austin Martin, Mercedes, Rolls Royce.

Sounds like an interesting class. Just from reading the scouting reports I am a bit more excited about Mercedes and Herrera. But who knows, maybe Bryan Acuna becomes as good as his brother. You never know with these 16-year-old prospects. 

2 hours ago, HrbieFan said:

Odd thing with the international list, no pitchers listed in the top 50(besides a 22 year old). Is that just because young pitchers also play SS? 

I would imagine there are quite a few 16-year-old pitchers in this class who will turn out to be really good. The problem is projecting who that will be. I mean, even drafting HS pitchers is incredibly risky and these guys are two years younger. 

All teams will no doubt sign pitchers as well. But at this age pitching prospects are probably just too raw to rank them as high as position players who are somewhat easier to project. 

1 hour ago, DJL44 said:

Is Falvey a car guy? Austin Martin, Mercedes, Rolls Royce.

It's not just the Twins, apparently it's a Minnesota sports thing.

The Wild just drafted a player named Carson Lambos in the first round. ?

Be outstanding if they can land all three. Adding talent every year through international signings is just as important as drafting well to keep that talent pipeline flowing. there's probably more risk involved (younger players, longer development time, rule 5 exposure, etc) but if you're scouting well and making smart decisions it's a huge opportunity.

Twins have had some good success this way and these look like interesting prospects.

I Think adding all three is the only way to go. They need to keep their farm system restocked. and coming next year they will be dipping into that pool Heavily. Depending on how Negotiations go with Buxton they could need a lot of Help!