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15 K's for Rochester last night? I thought Buxton only had 6 plate appearances.

Seth, what does Niko Goodrum's future look like? Is he a career minor leaguer with all the other options at his position? He just seems to plug along year after year earning a promotion here and there. Does he follow Jairo Rodriguez and James Beresford, topping out at Rochester? Thanks for the report!

I am of the opinion to tank and tank hard. Mediocrity is so dangerous and to think any late season momentum carries over to next year is silly. Being horrendous has so many possitives attached to it. For instance, being so putrid FINALLY dislodged TR from the gm seat. Being ratty will give us our (hopefully) last super high draft pick. It will increase pool money, it brings about change. If youre going to do something, do it really great or really horrible.

Kepler started in Fort Myers last year??! What an awesome year and a half for him. He really looks to have figured some things out. Also good to see Lamonte Wade back in action.

I don't think power will ever be part of his game. I've seen Seth say that he is a tiny dude. He may just be a BA fueled guy. If he doesn't walk, he will be exposed when he goes up a level or two. Hopefully he can learn to take a few BB's, otherwise he'll be infielder Ben Revere.

While it's nice to think other teams' GM's will look at "a couple good games" and want to trade for a player, that's not really how it works. GM's can look at track record and such just as easily as we can. Not every front office is the DBacks. Milone will fetch nothing at the deadline no matter what he does until then. The only MLB player we have that may fetch anything at all may be Abad, and don't count on JR to capitalize on him. He is of the buy high sell low school of investing.

As much as we see Granite in these reports, his BA is 280 and OPS 711. Can he be a useful mlb player with those kinds of numbers? His obp is decent. I think he needs a bit of gap power to really improve. Also seth, do you think leblanc has the stuff to enjoy his previous success from low a?

haha, I wasn't commenting on your article. The quote function wasn't working on my phone at the time and I was referencing diehardtwinsfan one post above.

diehardtwinsfan, on 07 Jun 2016 - 05:44 AM, said: Chargois' sample size is getting a bit bigger. Got to think he gets promoted within the next couple of weeks. Well, for Chagois, I think you made a typo. He should definitely get promoted in the next couple seasons.

Should we be talking about Jason Wheeler as more of a prospect? He is putting up similar numbers to Gonsalves, Stewart et al at AAA.

It seems like Wheeler is having a bit more success and striking out more batters this year than last. IIRC he got demoted last year? Has he had a change in approach this year to make him more effective? If he can find consistency he may become another starting candidate at some point as if the twins didnt have enough kids needing a shot at the majors.

First off, thanks for putting the names with the pics. I had asked for that like a year ago and it's always so helpful. Whats impressive is Wade's isoD. Not spectacular but respectable especially for someone whose bat is so hot. Those numbers for the pitchers are sexy! Geez. Thats something to be excited about. Also surprised to see Wheeler's k/9 tick up at the start of the season here. I wonder where that will be in another month.

How are Blankenhorn and Cabbage doing so far this season. I haven't noticed their name in any reports yet. Are they cold, or at EST? I was intrigued by their selections last year, I hope they have some success.

Hey Guys - Can you tell me if you think Trey Vavra is a legit prospect? I believe he was injured for most of the second half last year iirc. Seems like the kid just hits whenever he is healthy. What about Luis Arraez? He's been a staple in these reports so far this year. I remember Seth wrote that he has been sticking around possibly until short seasons start. What's his profile?

Would somebody explain to me why a college team can score four off of pro players? It is always so surprising to me to see that. I realize that they're young EST players but thay are also the most elite that high school and college has to offer with a season or more of pro ball and training. Would they score similarily off of the higher level squads?

Anyone know where Palacios has been? He was such a mainstay in these reports. Is he ice cold, injured, or secret option #3?

To me, this leaderboard is discouraging. We only have three people in the whole system with BA > 300 and two with at least an 800 OPS? Two starters with k/9 at least 9? Where is the Twins vaunted farm. This screams mediocre to me. I hope that im mistaken.

Wow, looking at those k/9 leaders out of the pen is impressive especially since they are not as highly touted as some others. Van steensel was definitely an all star snub. Hopefully they start to get some attention and promotions. I wonder what it will take in the next season or so for TR to realize he has great in house options for the pen rather than the retreads that he loves so much.

Why is a 4.56 team ERA dreadful and Santana's 4.48 indicative of a difference maker? This is not to be sarcastic, but I'm truly interested.

This. As you said, he was not anything near an exciting pick and has underwhelmed at every turn. Show me a few starts in a row with a decent K rate and I may take note, but probably not. He's filler at this point, maybe makes the bugs in the pen.

It is comments like those from Steil that really help tell the while story and shed light on a player's situation. It makes me, for one, a tad less anxious to get him moved up in such a hurry. Thanks for that piece. Also its sad when there are so few games to read about but it will be a great read tomorrow!

I really did not like the Gordon pick at the time and nothing he's done has changed my mind. Now, I don't remember who I wanted at the time (Alex Jackson maybe?) but I just didn't want Gordon. I know he's really young but he screams mediocre to me and that's not what we want that high in the draft. As usual with anything Twins I'd be more than happy to proven wrong, but I don't think I will. Gut feeling and all.

How does Taylor Rodgers's scouting report read? Is he in the same mold as say, Scott Diamond, Andrew Albers, or Liam Hendricks? That is to say, AAAA or able to be effective for a short while before the report gets out on them?

I'm really interested in seeing what some of these early season performers can do when the twins start making promotions in the next month or so. Duffy, granite, gonsalves, Hu, and so on. I do wonder what it will take to get sano going though, as he just needs to add some contact. It seems as though the rest of his hitting is intact. Same with Burdi, I'd like to see him make a leap.

Nice article. I'm glad the twins stuck with him at the end of the season last year. I'm even happier that TR bungled into starting him at the beginning this year as he's definitely proven he belongs. Hope he continues to improve.