clutterheart

this is as good as it gets in terms of "prospect waves" Assuming that the 1st wave of hitters - Buxton, Kepler, Polanco, Sano, Rosario develop into good players by 2018 Then a young 2nd wave of pitchers can flood the team in 2018 - 2019. By 2020 we might actually win a playoff series 4 years away. Uhg. But...at least there is hope.

Over 2 seasons Rosario has 7 walks in 45 games at AAA. Its almost like he is going for some record.

If I were guy like Trevor Hildenberger or Westphal, I wouldn't be pleased that the Twins seem to have Greenwood on the fast track. Greenwood hasn't been good, he is hittable and not getting K's.

He doesn't have a lot of positional value. But if they can trade him for a good prospect, then do it!

Kepler #1? I am not sure I agree with that. I am not down on him, but really he has done nothing remarkable in 2016. And really he has only had 1 year of Minor league success. Part of the problem is the way he has been used when called up - But Polanco's numbers are much better than Kepler.

Luis Arraez - this kid is having a super year. I would like to learn more about his defense. But his bat looks nice. It would be great if he could get promoted this year, but its the Twins so...probably not If he keeps his play up at his age, he could be a top 15 prospect next year Zach Granite - Wow. that BB/SO is looking good. He needs to develop power, but if he keeps going he could become a good 4th OF'er

Zach Granite is quietly recovering from his horrid start and is having himself a nice year. He is looking like a solid prospect.

Id guess they kept him off the DL so he couldn't file a grievance to get his service time / MLB pay.

I wonder what the Twin's plans are for Vielma. His demotion was oddly timed and watching Gordon and Vielma flip fliop between SS and 2B is kind of a waste.

Best Player available. If that is a first baseman, I don't care. Take the best player. Drafting for need in baseball rarely works. - See Levi Michael as an example.

Prediction: Romero is the pitcher of the month for June Hopefully he can finish in Fort Meyers after they promote Gonsalves and Jay in July.

Comments like this are the worst....its the internet...its free...its full of interesting analysis on interesting prospects and lots of work went into it. Comment/disagree on that instead of trying to show how fluent you are in English.

With Ortiz Twins probably win the 2006 WS. If that happened, Mauer and Gardy could be HOF candidates If wishes were fishes....damn it.

They demoted Vielma or is it just rehab? Thats a bit odd.

Plouffe for Mike Trout?

I have not seen anyone say this. I have seen people say that we need to trust his process and lay the blame on basically ALL of the players who are underperforming. But even those folks agree that what he he has done hasn't worked well.

Gordon has 14 errors. (Errors are not predictive...but 14 is just bad) What the heck is going on down there? Every scouting report I have seen raves about his defensive tools. But he has 14 errors. Is this bad coaching? Poor effort? What?

I think guys like Dozier and Plouffe were overrated. Plouffe is an average player and Dozier is looking avergae to slightly below average. Average players have value, but counting on them to carry a team is a sign of a poorly constructed team. While Mauer hasnt been good since 2013. Perhaps it was foolish to give corner lockers to guys with the talent of role players.

Are the Twins making a mistake keeping him as a starter? Would he be better served as a reliever?

What?

This is what I can't get my brain around. Terry Ryan has totally tarnished his legacy and has become one of the worst GM's in baseball history. - I didn't look this up, but he has to be in among the leaders in losses as a GM, right? While Moliter HOF career now has the stain of being a manager for the MN Twins. Why do either want this job?

Brett Lee pitched vs Chatanooga yesterday. Good luck to him Francisco Rios pitched for the Blue Jays vs Fort Myers. Their young stud pitching prospect dominated Low A ball as a 21 year old, instead of holding him at Low A in the hopes they could secure a playoff spot, the Blue Jays promoted him to High A. Thats a novel approach.

12 MM a year to be a bullpen guy? Another great deal for our GM for Life

I don't see it. I don't think the Pohlads would throw millions at a nationally known guy who isn't part of the team. Does Andy McPhail have any kids? That is more likely.

Blue Jays have Dickie Thon's kid in their system. That is mildly interesting. Time to restart that forum?