melshmeister

This is my hope... Fernando Romero was to be the Twins International rep, but the Twins requested he be held back because they intended to call him up to join their bullpen for the rest of the season. With his innings count 2 starts away from a career high, now is the time to slow his roll, which means a new role.

Love the top 5, also love Wander & Thorpe! With F.Romero 20 innings from his career high, I'd like to see him promoted to the Twins bullpen immediately and for the rest of the season ( I know several others have suggested that as well). With Royce Lewis, SS or CF will not significantly affect his overall value. He's a high ceiling defender regardless. There's a pattern evolving under FalVine: 1st high priced FA: Defensive minded C 1st significant MiLB signee: Defensive minded C 1st significant waiver acq.: Defensive minded SS/2B 1st draft pick: the top Defensive ceiling player in consideration

And I know I weigh greater for defensive upside than most, while I am not as high on Kirilloff's potential PWR as many are. Like it's been said many times, these are fun exercises and a great platform for seeing the nuances of how others view the top Twins prospects.

I don't disagree anywhere, although the injury surely will take Kirilloff off of the top 100 boards. Not because of diminished skill, but because the margins at his prospect level are so thin... IOW, to be #80 is barely different than being #180... just a matter of taste, perspective, dogma, etc. So TJ for Sano will not bring his status down much and nor does it bring Kirilloff down much (but that little bit can take him, IMO, from #7 to #9 on the Twins list). Kirilloff does have a higher ceiling than L.Diaz, however there margins are thin enough for me to give the edge to Diaz. not saying I'm right though. However, I do think Gordon, Lewis, Gonsalves, F. Romero, Thorpe, Javier all grade significantly higher than Kirilloff and that would be true regardless of TJ surgery (although his missed playing time could have changed that opinion had he been on the field, he just didn't have that opportunity).

IMO... these comments provide zero value without there being a suggestion for who would be adequate (or at least 'better') replacements.

I put Kirilloff #9 because: -corner OF needs strong offensive production -overall numbers for Appy League (in E-town) not really a plus despite the MVP -would have expected either greater BB/K ratio or more PWR numbers to place him higher -Diaz and Rooker are ahead due to the TJ injury and Diaz has greatly outperformed in the small samples we have Others have him between 6-10 which seems more appropriate to me than #4... and I hope his swing shows my short-sightedness and he climbs to #2 or 3 by end of '18.

1 Gordon 2 Lewis (Drafted #1 for DEF upside, which gives him strong floor to go along with sky ceiling) 3 Gonsalves 4 F. Romero 5 Thorpe (obviously high on L.Thorpe) 6 Javier (big drop-off after #6, IMO) 7 L.Diaz 8 Rooker 9 Kiriloff 10 Granite 11 Blankenhorn 12 Enlow 13 Jay 14 L.Wade 15 M.Garver 16 Palacios 17 Whitefield 18 N.Burdi 19 Leach 20 Curtiss 21 Vielma (obviously low on Vielma) 22 Rortvedt/Graterol (Rortvedt has started hitting!) 24 R.Rosario/L.Bard/F.Jorge 27 Palka/Eades/Reed 30 K.Stewart/Z.Jones ** forgot about Luis Arraez... I'd put him #11 ahead of Blank'

Seems to me as though the Twins targeted the highest upside defender in the 1st round with Royce Lewis, regardless of current/future position. Twins have always gone after toolsy players, but now I think the new front office is expanding their search for quality defense to the draft. J.Castro, Gimenez and Adrianza are the only position players they've brought in at the ML level and now Royce as their 1st pick. Not to say they won't acquire other skill sets, but my sense in Falvey/Lavine see value in defense for the present and the future.