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Best player available! We won't know who that is until June. All I can hope for is the new prez gets his drafting and player development staff in place before this draft.

I'm no swing expert but wow that's a bad swing on Javier. Seems like he does everything my high school coach said not to do. How does he get out of the DSL with that?

Gordon has some problems with power, walks and he doesn't steal a lot of bases despite his speed.He is far from a perfect prospect and has some caution flags flying high. The good news is he is young for his level, doesn't seem overmatched at the plate and scouts who see him like his game/tools. If he can play the position at an elite level he should be considered an elite prospect. Next year when he is at AA as a 21 year old will be a very telling year for him.

He played most of the year at RF, and I didn't see a single E-town game but I would assume if his D was excellent he would be in CF. Also I think his lack of walks shows his approach is pretty raw and he is up there swinging away and relying on his talent - not a sustainable approach. I am not down on the kid at all, I just think #1 is a bit of a stretch. I would think the 3rd or 4th position player Gordon, Javier, and maybe even Blankenhorn/Diaz over him.

Why not Arraez? I get his numbers are probably unsustainable but wow he had a heck of a year as a 19 yearold.

Kiriloff at #1 Twins prospect? Wow. Seems high for a 14th guy. He had a nice start and twins fans should be pleased with his performance but #1 seems high to me.

2017 Closer: Johnny Papelbon World Series here we come

Hopefully its an improvement that sticks.

Post his adjustment he had a stretch of games of being one of the best hitters in the league. Then he had another stretch of games of tapering off....that's just what happened. So from whatever point you take he went from bad to getting better the he made the adjustment and was bad. Then he post adjustment he was amazingly great then he started to taper down back to simply decent. Seems like the definition of streaky/flukey.

His performance seems to be a little streaky to me. He had a really bad April and June, was decent in May and Aug with 1 amazing July. April - 21 Games, SLG .312, OPS - .656 May- 25 Games, SLG .490, OPS -.830 June -24 Games, SLG .256, OPS - .501 July -27 Games, SLG .600, OPS - 1.067 August -26 Games, SLG .429, OPS - .736 September -5 Games, SLG .840, OPS - 1.225 He is going to be 24 next year and has never seen an AB above Low A. He strike outs a lot with just so-so OB numbers. He is not a bad prospect and its not his fault for being hurt. But its telling the Twins didn’t promote him after his torrid July and let him stay as an overaged prospect the whole year in CR.

Watching Polanco has been one of the nice things about the end of this year. I have doubts that a manager like Gardy, or TK would put Polanco's name in the running for the 2017 SS but who knows what Moliter will do.

The regular season isn't even over and I am already looking forward to the GCL start in 9 months....its going to be a long offseason

Things I would ask that anyone who is down there would please note: What positions are Arraez,and Blankenhorn playing/learning? Is Balazovic worth the hype? Graterol - Nice year as a 16 year old in the DSL in 2015, but injured and didn't pitch in 2016. How does he look? Anything positive regarding Rortvedt & Romero.

Arias had a really disappointing year. After signing for 500K and his excellent 2015 in the DSL I was hoping he would take off. Hopefully he can get it,

Going onto Twins Daily from time to time and giving bloggers their desired "access" does not mean he is doing a fine job. The reality is none of us know if he is doing a good job or not. But any new GM is going to bring in his/her own people. And that probably means Goin is out - along with the rest of those folks. Its too bad but its the reality of any leadership change that the existing leadership team is out.

The best part about this is #its happening! It really looks like the Twins country club going to finally be disbanded. Brad Steil - Good bye!! Mike Radcliffe- Happy Trails! Deron Johnson - Enjoy your time off! Rob Antony - Go back to marketing! Wayne Krivsky - What do you do anyway? Jack Goin - Maybe they can keep you around to run the benefits database

Meaning it's not as likely Dozier is even on the trading block this winter

He doesn't seem to see the light at the end of the tunnel does he? He seems unexcited about Gonsalves/Stewart and doesn't see entirely hopeful when it comes to Berrios. I am not going to stand on line to buy tickets based off this interview, thats for sure.

Interesting they are using Dozier as the face of the Twins.

Yes Please - but only because then we can make Highlander jokes like: http://ct.weirdnutdaily.com/ol/wn/sw/i60/2/10/15/wnd_f8a16e5ab55a0f0c8bb026cc502f1d45.jpg

This is the kind of stuff we have been hearing about him since he started to do well in the MidWest league. We'll see but at some point you can't ignore the stats he is putting up and I don't see any major redflags except maybe he walks too many guys.

Mauer's comments on Gadea are strange. Gadea has 72K's in 50 IP with only 11 walks. So Gadea has been doing that all year to the MidWest League.

So you agree with my "fun" take! Great!

Weil is almost 2 years older than the ave age of the leauge. He strikes out way way too much and should not be lumped in with Arraez and Blankenhorn.

A sad way for him to play his last game as a Twin. Good Luck Plouffe. I am sure some other non contender will want you for a 2-3 year deal.