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    Andrew Thares

    By Andrew Thares

    In most years, the purpose of this article is reserved for tracking the signing each of the 40 plus Minnesota Twins draftees. This year, things will be a little different, as the entire draft system has been changed, which I am sure all of you know about by now. So, in addition to tracking the eventual signing of each of the Twins four draft picks, we will also be tracking when the Twins sign undrafted players, in the signing period that began Sunday morning at 8 a.m. CT.

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    While the draft may be different, the bonus pool rules are still in place for the draft picks that were made. This year, the Twins have a total bonus pool allotment of just $4,528,600 to use across all four of their picks. If a player goes unsigned, the slot value for that particular pick is removed from the team’s total bonus pool.

    For the players that went undrafted, they are allowed to sign for a maximum of a $20,000 signing bonus. How many players are actually willing to sign for this amount remains to be seen, but the ones that choose to do so with the Minnesota Twins will be tracked here, along with a brief background on each of those players, so you can get to know them a little bit better.

    Bonus Pool Tracker:

    Draft Picks Signed: 4 | Bonus Pool Used: $4,330,000 | Bonus Pool Remaining: $198,600

    Pick Signings:

    Round 1: Aaron Sabato | 1B | Slot Value: $2,570,100 | Signed For: Signed for $2,750,000

    Round 2: Alerick Soularie | OF | Slot Value: $1,185,500 | Signed For: Signed for $900,000

    Round 4: Marco Raya | RHP | Slot Value: $442,900 | Signed For: Signed for $410,000

    Round 5: Kala’i Rosario | OF | Slot Value: $330,100 | Signed For: Signed for $270,000

    Undrafted Free Agent Signings:

    John Stankiewicz | RHP | Fordham

    In three seasons pitching for the Fordham Rams, John Stankiewicz posted a career 2.00 ERA, with a 145 to 37 strikeout to walk ratio over 135 innings pitched. After spending 2018 in the bullpen, Stankiewicz transitioned to the starting rotation in 2019, where he took his game to the next level. In 17 starts (plus 4 relief appearances) since the start of the 2019 season, Stankiewicz dominated the competition, on his way to a 1.51 ERA over that span.

    In 2019, Stankiewicz was named a 3rd-Team All-American by the ABCA, NCBWA, and Collegiate Baseball, and was also name the Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year, after finishing the season with the NCAA's 6th lowest ERA (1.47) and 9th lowest WHIP (.901).

    https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1239737239267160064

    Lucas Sweany | LHP | Pacific

    Lucas Sweany is a 6'6" junior LHP from the University of the Pacific. In three career seasons for the Tigers, Sweany has made 13 starts and 25 relief appearances to the tune of a 4.62 ERA. Sweany has also tallied 93 strikeouts and 32 walks in 113 career innings pitched.

    Allante Hall | C | Pensacola State

    After spending the 2019 season at Howard College where he had a .273/.431/.432 slash line in 22 games, Allante Hall transfer to Pensacola State, where he put up a .214/.340/.262 slash line 13 games before the season was cut short. Hall was ranked by Perfect Game as the 38th best catching prospect coming out of high school in 2018, and was originally committed to Arkansas before ending up at Howard College.

    https://twitter.com/SethTweets/status/1273398628648968192

    Zarion Sharpe | LHP | University of North Carolina Wilmington

    Zarion Sharpe is the third pitcher that the Twins have added thus far in the undrafted free agency process. In four seasons at UNCW, Sharpe threw 157 innings, with 33 of his 38 career appearances coming as a starting pitcher. For his career, Sharpe has a 4.07 ERA (2.18 in 4 starts in 2020), while striking out 147 batters and walking 60. Sharpe was teammates with Twins prospect Ryan Jeffers his first two seasons at UNCW. Jeffers caught Sharpe nine times in those two seasons, so if they were to link up at the same level in the future, there is already some built in familiarity there.

    Willy Diaz Vasquez | SS | Prairie Baseball Academy HS, Lethbridge, Alberta

    Willy Diaz Vasquez is the lone high school player that the Twins have signed in undrafted free agency. Diaz Vasquez is originally from the Dominican Republic, but played his high school ball in Alberta, Canada.

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    Trov

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    Saw in this morning's Strib that Soularie signed for $900,000, or $285,500 UNDER slot. Raya signed for a bit over $30k UNDER slot.  So they should have all the cash they need to get Sabato and Rosario signed in the next few days.

     

    Bloody shame this draft didn't go at least 12 rounds as they would have the cash to make a couple sweet moves later on.

    Heard a Doogie rumor that Sabato is in town and as long as physical goes well he is expected to sign above slot value. 

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    DocBauer

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    Not going to pretend I know enough to offer any real insight here, but thought I'd toss out some opinions nonetheless:

     

    Stankiewicz has ideal size and solid numbers. The ERA and SO/BB look especially nice. No clue where he might have been drafted in a normal year, but it would appear production vs velocity kept him undrafted. Wish we knew more about his secondary stuff. Can the Twins bump his MPH up a couple notches? Seems the control is there.

     

    Sweany is a tall LHP. Period. Guessing there is some velocity projection there. Why not for $20K?

     

    Hall, the catcher, is interesting to me in a unique way. His numbers, at a pair of smaller schools, is nothing to get excited about even a little bit. Seth states he's a good athlete. But what I find interesting is be was recruited to Arkansas by Dave VanHorn, one of the best college baseball programs in the country and one of the best and most respected head coaches in the sport. No clue why he didn't end up at Arkansas, but I find it interesting he was recruited and originally committed to such a powerhouse school.

     

    Sharpe is another LHP, which I have a fixation for, lol. Very little offered here in regard to, well, anything, except career ERA and SO/BB numbers. Think I may be too busy and/or lazy to look up more information, lol. But obviously Twins scouts are familiar with him from their initial scouting of Jeffers, if nothing else. Looks like he was off to a good start before the season was cancelled.

     

    Without more information on each of these guys, or some context where they might have been drafted/ranked, all just "meh" on the surface. But it sure seems like the current scouting department is pretty thorough these days. Maybe there's a surprise in there somewhere?

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    Seth Stohs

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    Saw in this morning's Strib that Soularie signed for $900,000, or $285,500 UNDER slot. Raya signed for a bit over $30k UNDER slot.  So they should have all the cash they need to get Sabato and Rosario signed in the next few days.

     

    Bloody shame this draft didn't go at least 12 rounds as they would have the cash to make a couple sweet moves later on.

     

    I heard right after he was drafted that Raya had agreed for underslot. I didn't believe it, with his profile. But, I suppose teams offer numbers and guys know that if they don't take it, they won't get more. Not sure why Sabato would go for overslot. My assumption is that they would have to go well overslot for Rosario. 

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    rdehring

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    My personal rankings of the undrafted guys the Twins signed, though subject to change: 

     

    Sharpe

    Sweany

    Stankiewicz

    Hall

    Very interesting, Seth. Looking at nothing more than numbers, I was assuming Stankiewicz was the guy to get most excited about. Too many similarities to Dougie M. to not like this kid.

     

    Expect that Sharpe and Sweany faced more difficult competition than Stankiewicz at Fordham?

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    DocBauer

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    So I'm trying to dig in to Zarion Sharpe a little more. I'm seeing 6' 5" and 205 lbs, up an inch and 30lbs since HS. Drafted by the Cardinals in the 19th round last year. From a couple pictures I've seen he appears lanky with a build to add more weight/strength. Low 90's velocity with 2 additional offerings, slider and change.

     

    That and the numbers listed above are all I could come up with. Solid numbers and a great start to last season. Sounds projectible.

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    Seth Stohs

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    Very interesting, Seth. Looking at nothing more than numbers, I was assuming Stankiewicz was the guy to get most excited about. Too many similarities to Dougie M. to not like this kid.

     

    Expect that Sharpe and Sweany faced more difficult competition than Stankiewicz at Fordham?

     

    probably? But scouts aren't looking at stats too much either. I did pass my above rankings by a Twins scout and that one person flip-flopped Sweany and Stankiewicz. 

     

    The three pitchers are all 6-5. Twins got a couple of lefties... 

     

    I know there were two other guys that they wanted. One went back to school and one signed elsewhere. 

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    Seth Stohs

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    So, do we expect other signings to trickle in over the summer or is this it?

     

    There may be one or two to trickle in, but I would suspect they are done.

     

    Just no sense in grabbing more guys at this point. 

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    sampleSizeOfOne

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    $4,528,600

    2,750,000

    900,000

    - 410,000

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    $468,600

     

    available for Rosario?

     

    Sound right?

     

    Think it will be enough to make it happen?

     

    And my impression is the $20k signings don't count towards the total...

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    snap4birds

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    Is there a database of all signings and their rankings by BA or such?  It would be nice to know how all teams are doing.

    I haven't looked much.  This https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2020-mlb-undrafted-free-agent-tracker-agreements-for-all-30-teams/ is free and still being updated.  They indicate if someone was on one of their lists (top 500 going into draft, top unsigned seniors, etc.).  Makes it look like KC is killing it in this phase.

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    DocBauer

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    You are talking about

     

    "Willy Diaz Vasquez, SS, Prairie Baseball Academy HS, Lethbridge, Alberta"

     

    and if i am patient enough, he will be added to the above article.

    5' 10" and around 170lbs. Athletic and supposedly fast. Plays SS and CF. Positive numbers in some tournaments, but such a SSS that they mean little. Found an opinion article a year old or so that spoke of his athleticism and that college recruiters might take notice.

     

    And that is pretty much all I could find on him.

     

    Not saying he couldn't turn out, but appears to be a young athlete with limited exposure who is an inexpensive flier. Unfortunately, also appears to be a year away from any sort of Rookie ball to look at.

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    operation mindcrime

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    If my math is correct, that means that the Twins have a little more than $200k in bonus pool allotment that they could have spent, but didn't.

     

    Why not just spend all of it?

    We must've had these dollar amounts in place when we drafted these guys. I figured Rosario was gonna get that remaining $200,000 of our bonus pool.
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