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Good for Joe Best for his long term future and family. Big bummer for the team though. His "value" goes down significantly and it makes his contract much too high

Yuck. Albers, Correia & Deduno are 4th - 5th starters on most other teams Diamond is a spot starter/bulpen arm on a decent team, who is only good if he is getting GB. Vanimal is in the bullpen on most other teams. Over their career, these guys have shown to be sub-par pitchers, with a proven record of being bad. Any replacement level pitcher is capable of a putting together a few decent starts. In my opinion, Worley is the only guy who might have a "bounce back" year and become more than 4th or 5th starter. None of those guys should hold back anyone or stop Ryan from getting a good FA pitcher. Hughes would be an OK start, but if he is the best we get, its going to be another long year at target field.

Maybe. Its easy to say "not ready" but harder to say why. It would be interesting to know why you think that. His speed, approach at the plate, defense, power & batting eye suggest that he is pretty darn close. We will know in 7 - 8 months after extended AA action.

Polanco - he slugged .452 and showed a decent eye. Pretty good for a guy who started the year as a 19 year old. I am very high on him and think he could end the year at AA if his defense is good enough. Stewart is good. But in my opinion for a pitching prospect to be #1 he has to be at AA or above. Walker - he has too many strike outs and not enough walks. From what I have heard/read looked over matched against low A breaking balls. A player who went to college who still struggles with SO, tells me he is guy who struggles to change his approach. I hope I am wrong as he does appear to hit straight fastballs a long way. Harrison - he hit poorly this year and from the reports I read looked bad in the field. He should start at CR next year until he shows he can hit. Again, I hope I'm wrong.

I think he wasn't technically "a twin" when Seth built this list.

I still can't get my brain around Romero at 18... My prediction: Walker falls to the mid 20's next year Harrison does not make the list next year Santana is off th list next year because he plays for the Twins Polanco becomes the teams number 1 prospect next year - assuming Buxton and Sano lose prospect status.

Not sure why Kazmir would be a bargin He had a decent year last year. I think Target Field would fit him well. He is a guy i would target.

2015 can't come fast enough: Buxton CF Rosario LF/2B Mauer DH/C/1B Sano 3B Arcia 1B/RF Dozier 2B/OF Pinto C/DH Santana SS Hicks RF/LF man....

Arcia and the rangers does seem like a good match. But...I think you are undervaluing him. I would say he is a better prospect/player than Revere was and twins got a what looked to be a decent return at the time for Revere. So I think they could get more than some AA pitcher. Billingsley I am against. I would rather they wait for his recovery year and go after him next year.

Don't get me wrong, I like Gonsalves, but the reports I read about Felix combined with the stats he is throwing up make me think he might be the better prospect. But if both reach the level of Front Line No Hitter Every Night Ace Pitchers...well thats fine with me.

Santana needs to work on his walks...man. I have high hopes for this guy but his SO/BB is worriesome. His winter stats follow that trend Ibarra is he a MFA?

I think you will run into trouble when you try to extrapolate business lessons into sports. Its a unique industry whose product isn't wins, players, or even the brand. The only product is the location of the business. If a sport team moves, the customerbase doesn't follow the brand or players, their customers gather in public and burn their jerseys. So comparing how Walmart runs their company to the Twins probably isn't a good comparision. A better comparison is taking what we know about the Rays, A's, Cardinals, Yankees, Boston & others and using that metric to judge the Twins, their methodology and their openness.

Go twins!! Get better-soon!

milb.com has the name: Felix Jorge. Not Jorge Felix. I assume you have him below a player like Gonsalves. I see lot of prospect rankings keep players like Landa, Rosario and Jorge down yet elavate a guy like Gonsalves. All of them are teenagers, and Jorge has a longer track record than Gonsalves. Yet Gonsalves gets the higher ranking...I always wonder whats that about.

Agree - also his lack of SO If he is not striking guys out he needs to get his GB rate up there

Can't wait for the 2014 Handbook!

Thanks for that link That is a fun site to explore

The current Twins have screwed up my definition of "back of the rotation starter" Does that mean a 5 + era? Or does that mean a low 4 ERA, and pitch a lot of innings? My epxectations on this are all screwed up. But the latter is my hope for Baxendale

Is that based off game reports? I remember a prospect chat with Keith Law - I think - where he said Baxendale would be a upper round pick if he threw in the '90's. I tried to find the link but came up empty. Are Landa and Rosario playing winterball?

Under. But I wouldn't go over 4.50 He's a leftie who has average pitches and could put together a string of a few good starts. With a few clunkers between.

Why do we think the Indians won't be signing him?

If I was a betting man I would say that Darnell starts 10 games or more for the twins next year.

Navarreto over Turner? I wouldn't have done that but I guess you think their is more potential in Navarreto? This is a lot of fun, thanks for doing this!

Wow Those home/away splits are amazing....It looks like you missed his last start. MLB.com says his "home" ERA is 6.32 with 17 HR. His last home start was a bad one! Interesting that Kuroda & Nova both pitched much better at home but Hughes Fly Balls must have really carried in Yankee stadium. Hughes would be an OK pitcher, better than most other options the team has. But..if he is the only FA signing, that would be annoying

Meyer, Sano & Rosario are guys the team should play the service time game with and hopefully all are in the 2014 lineup before the all-star break. But opening day 2015: Meyer pitching Sano Rosario Arcia Buxton Mauer Those are guys a fan base can get excited about....we just got to get through 2014....