clutterheart

Wow. That would be a bummer for the kids who need it. Get Well Soon Florida! (And not just so Twins prospects have an opportunity to become better ball players)

Why is he the easy choice? What about his season stands out? (please don't say "wins") His numbers are OK, but nothing eye popping. He seems pretty "pitch to contacty," but his SO numbers are not high enough to make up for it. From my eye he plays with fire by letting on a lot of baserunners and MLB batters will make him pay for that. He had a nice season and deserves to stay on the 40 man and maybe he could take over the #5 spot if its open, but nothing about his numbers scream "great year" to me.

It would be fun if the winners got a $20 Twins Daily Chipotle Gift certificate or something. According to Twitter most of these guys like that place.

Yeah, thats a head scratcher. Contrarians sometimes have an interesting point of view but saying JC Arias had the best year of all Short Season hitters is ridiculous

Such a cool video you posted in the comments. As soon as it left his bat he knew it was gone. Nice season!

I think you could've considered DSL guys as "Short Season" If so, Michael Montero might be #2 on this list. As a 17 year old, he out pitched most of these guys. 58 IP, 64 SO, 12 BB, 2.78 ERA & 0.96 WHIP. Nice season for him, and I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do next year.

Any info on Moran's current pitches? His draft profile called him a "crafty LH pitcher with lots of projection." Is he above 90? How is his breaking pitches? Do you think Enlow will pitch Winterball anywhere?

Its hard to vote against a guy with 0 runs. But I would've voted for Jovani Moran 23 Strike outs in 10 innings?!? For the year he is at 45 SO in just 24 innings, with only 6 walks?!?!? And only 12 hits?!?! What a season! Poking around the internet, looks like he was a HS'er drafted with low 90's FB, good movement and a halfway decent breaking pitch. i am looking forward to what he can do in full season ball next year

Off the top of my head, I think Bill Smith signed Rosario, Dozier, Polanco, Kepler, Sano

Jean Carlos Arias has had a nice August. 315/.382/.533 Palacios has had a super stinker of an August. .200/.242/.244 Yikes! Either he is fighting some nagging injury or he has been unable to make an adjustment.

Rooker has been playing baseball since February. If I were him, I'd want a break

MLB.com says the twins will add two more pitchers and an outfielder. It would be cool if they went deep into their system and got an exception for a younger prospect or two.

Where do you see those run times? Again, I only have draft profiles to look at, and they all say "good speed" athletic, "up the middle type player" You are the one who said "Tweener" and that is very different than anything I have read on the kid so I am just wondering where that comes from. Very few of us have ever seen these guys play so all we have is stat lines and reports. If you have some other info, god I would love to read it.

Tweener? Where does that come from? I don't think I have seen that anywhere. Based off pre draft profiles he has the speed and athleticism for CF. I haven't read a thing about his arm but I assume it's ok. Since 2016 he has only incurred 2 errors playing mostly CF (low minor fielding stats are not significant but still 2 is pretty low.). He is slugging .520 for the year and he just turned 19 so even if he does move to the corner I think his bat might profile there. I'd like to see him steal more bases because if he keeps that SO/BB he could be a nice lead off bat. I dunno. It's early in his career so who knows. But today he is looking like a future star not a tweener.

Baxendale got sent down to AA? I can't keep up...

Agree on all counts. Nice List! I also think Kirilloff has fallen to the bottom of the top 10. Nothing against him and its probably recency bias, but the org has a lot of high ceiling guys who are just as young who had really nice years. Jay at #8 feels too high as he is a bullpen arm now. I would also have Ryley Widell in the 20 - 25 range. Kyle Edelbrock did a nice right up on him: https://www.twinkietown.com/2017/6/13/15794978/minnesota-twins-select-ryley-widell-in-the-seventh-7-round-of-the-2017-mlb-draft

Akil Baddoo just turned 19 a few days ago. Through 43 games has just 26 BB and 27 SO with a .494 slugging %. That pretty good. He has been surging with a Monster Aug. What a fun player!

I get why they would do that with filler type guys but not sure why they would do this with actual prospects. Some kind of message sending?

And his OB% is about .489 ish. If a guy strikes out a lot and doesn't get on base, its a problem. But if he is getting on base at a good clip, I can live with the strike outs. (but if he figures out how to cut down his swing on Strike 2 and started getting baehits, he could be a great one) What I am interested in is how he is striking out. If he is only hitting Fastballs out of the park, while flailing away at breaking stuff its a big concern.

So far Rooker gets on base at a better rate, has a better eye and has a better ISO.

Late August seems like a strange time for all of this. They have about 18 games left? So he has 3 starts + Playoffs? It will be good to push him but how much can you tell from so few starts?

Twins should keep their affiliates in a cold weather city. I wish they would get back to New Britain and leave Chattanooga.

2016 Draft remains my fav. I just love the moonshots they took on all the high risk/high reward HS kids. Its doubtful anyone from that draft will be in the mix for the 25 man roster until at least 2020. But that will be a fun to group to follow as they move up. Based off their ages, the '16 draft will go a long way in determining if the MLB team is competitive in the 2021-2025 years. (But I am very disappointed none of these kids will be playing an all-star game on Mars in 2025)

I thought Jay was out with that Thoratic thing-a-ma-jig? glad he is not

The defensive worries with Gordon keep coming up. I hope its just noise, but if he can't stick at SS, I don't see him being an everyday player.