Ask yourself since 2000 have the Twins been one of baseballs better or more succesful organizations in the league?

If your initial thought was no

Who comes to mind ahead of the Twins? the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, maybe the Braves or Marlins....

If you answered yes

It is my opinion that you are largely correct

 

Record since 2000:

2000 69-93 (led by Tom Kelly)

2001 85-77 (Tom Kelly's last year as Manager)

2002 94 -67

2003 90 -72

2004 92 -70 -only hit .266 as a team that year (relied heavily on pitching)

2005  83-79

2006 96-66 (probably our single best year this decade)

2007 79-83

2008 88-75* lost in tiebreaker to Chi Sox

2009 87-76* won in tiebreaker over Detroit Tigers

TOTAL AVE.

86.3 Wins a year to 75.7 Losses

that is pretty darn good.

 

Also we have produced some of the games finest players , while boasting a strong to excellent farm system throughout the last ten years.

Torii Hunter                          Brad Radke

Jacque Jones                      Joe Mays

Johan Santana                    Kyle Lohse

Corey Koskie                       LaTroy Hawkins

Eric Milton                             J.C. Romero

Christian Guzman              Eddie Guardado

A.J. Pierzynski                     Grant Balfour

Doug Mientkiewicz             Jason Bartlett

Matt Lawton                         Matt Garza

Casey Blake                        Kevin Mulvey

Garrett Jones

David Arias (aka Big Pappi David Ortiz)

^^^^ all of those names are players NOT currently on the 25 man roster.

and those are just some examples I'm sure there are more albeit not many more.

1st pick Jamie Hoffmann goes to the Yankees as part of the Brian Bruney trade that the Nats were apart of.

My favorite player in the Major League portion -John Raynor OF

My Favorite Player in the AAA portion - Brian Horwitz OF - I could see him developing into a MLB 4th OFer..

I also like Winston Marquez LHP - Rangers selected

Major League Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2009 Club
1	Jamie Hoffmann*	OF	Washington	Los Angeles (NL)	Albuquerque
2	John Raynor	OF	Pittsburgh	Florida	New Orleans
3	Benjamin Snyder**	LHP	Baltimore	San Francisco	Connecticut
4	Edgar Osuna	LHP	Kansas City	Atlanta	Mississippi
5	Hector Ambriz	RHP	Cleveland	Arizona	Reno
6	Zachary Kroenke	LHP	Arizona	New York (AL)	Scranton/WB
7	Carlos Monasterios	RHP	New York (NL)	Philadelphia	Reading
8	Jorge Jimenez***	3B	Houston	Boston	Portland
9	Robert Cassevah	RHP	Oakland	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas
10	Zechry Zinicola	RHP	Toronto	Washington	Syracuse
11	Chuck Lofgren	LHP	Milwaukee	Cleveland	Columbus
12	Michael Parisi	RHP	Chicago (NL)	St. Louis	Memphis
13	Armando Zerpa	LHP	Tampa Bay	Boston	Salem
14	Kanekoa Texeira	RHP	Seattle	New York (AL)	Trenton
15	Steven Johnson	RHP	San Francisco	Baltimore	Bowie
16	Ben Jukich	LHP	St. Louis	Cincinnati	Louisville
17	David Herndon	RHP	Philadelphia	Los Angeles (AL)	Arkansas

* Acquired by Yankees as player to be named later in Brian Bruney trade
** Acquired by Texas as player to be named later in Kevin Millwood trade
*** Acquired by Florida as player to be named later in Matt Lindstrom trade

 

 

Triple-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2009 Club
1	Arismendy Mota	RHP	Syracuse (WAS)	Chicago (AL)	DSL White Sox
2	Rodolfo Cardona	SS	Indianapolis (PIT)	Baltimore	Delmarva
3	Jose Duran	RHP	Norfolk (BAL)	Houston	Lancaster
4	Brian Horwitz	OF	Columbus (CLE)	San Francisco	Fresno
5	John Lujan	RHP	Buffalo (NYM)	Chicago (AL)	Birmingham
6	Beau Vaughan	RHP	Sacramento (OAK)	Texas	Frisco
7	Ruben De La Rosa	RHP	Las Vegas (TOR)	Washington	GCL Nationals
8	Miguel Sierra	RHP	Durham (TB)	Chicago (NL)	AZL Cubs
9	Terrence Engles	RHP	Tacoma (SEA)	Washington	Potomac
10	James Tomlin	OF	Oklahoma (TEX)	Los Angeles (NL)	Chattanooga
11	Anillins Martinez	LHP	New Orleans (FLA)	Cleveland	Lake County
12	Jake Stevens	LHP	Fresno (SF)	Baltimore	Frederick
13	Matt Meyer	LHP	Memphis (STL)	Cleveland	Columbus
14	Angelo Sanchez	RHP	Lehigh Valley (PHI)	Minnesota	Elizabethton
15	Michael Wlodarczyk	LHP	Syracuse (WAS)	Tampa Bay	Durham
16	Marshall Hubbard	1B	Buffalo (NYM)	Seattle	West Tenn
17	Andrew Jenkins	C	Oklahoma (TEX)	Florida	Jacksonville
18	Nicholas Moresi	OF	Syracuse (WAS)	Houston	Corpus Christi
19	Rolando Valdez	RHP	Buffalo (NYM)	San Diego	San Antonio
20	Winston Marquez	LHP	Oklahoma (TEX)	Minnesota	Beloit
21	Orlando Lara	LHP	Buffalo (NYM)	San Diego	Mexico

 

Double-A Phase

Pick	Player	Position	Drafted By	Drafted From	2009 Club
1	Johan Figuereo	RHP	Binghamton (NYM)	Washington	Vermont
2	Hayden Beard	RHP	San Antonio (SD)	New York (NL)	Did not play
3	Douglas Salinas	RHP	Carolina (CIN)	Tampa Bay	Hudson Valley
4	Raul Burgos	RHP	Chattanooga (LAD)	San Francisco	AZL Giants

While I was at work today, someone stumbled upon me and mentioned he thought the Twins needed to make a few moves in addition to JJ Hardy, to compete with the likes of the Yankees, White Sox, Angels, Red Sox, Rays and maybe even Orioles or Rangers in the AL next year.....

^I don't think this is true btw

One of the moves he suggested was to move our CLOSER -Joe Nathan into the starting rotation, I immediately laughed that idea off, while at the same time giving him credit for recognizing Joe Nathan was/is probably the single best pitcher currently on the Twins active roster.

 

So that is the Idea ladies and gentleman, Move Our Closer Joe Nathan into the starting roation, ..can it be done?

 

I thought for a moment, and realized that Rob Delaney, Carlos Gutierrez, Alex Burnett, and Anthony Slama are all in AA or higher and pretty much all 4 of them could pitch for AAA Rochester come April and probably do just fine, I also thought about how the FA market is loaded with good relief pitchers, Fernando Rodney, Trevor Hoffman, Wagner, Brandon Lyon to name a few......

So after completly blowing the idea off and probably making this individual regret they even talked to me today, I actually feel like it MIGHT be an idea worth talking about. Crazy?

1. I Highly doubt a Ricky Nolasco, Dan Uggla, Jon Raynor type of deal is going to go down, because We'd probably have to give up Wilson Ramos and that would HURT ME (us) very bady, (in addition to Glen Perkins, Alexi Casilla and probably Carlso Gutierrez or Danny Valencia of some sort)

2. Lets face it Joe Nathan slowed down at seasons end, and I don't think it was due to fatigue or a tired arm. He is getting old and his velocity is dropping off, while he is still damn good enough to be a closer, his days of being in the same class as Mariano Rivera and Jonathan Broxton are probably over....

3. $ Money $ ...Maybe its just me, but the financial situation of Joe Nathan's contract doesn't strike me as appealing, for teams that may want to trade for him down the line, so why not maximize Nathan's use to our club, by making him  into a starter....  I am sure he'd only be comfortable going 5 or 6 innings into every game but 4 days rest in between starts I'm sure Nathan would enjoy....

 

discuss....

(P.S. I'm thrilled that our Twinkie Town top 50 'spects community list is under way - I voted for Aaron Hicks at #1 _ And Ramos would be my #2.....)

MLB Twins

1. Denard Span - CF

2. Joe Mauer- C

3. Michael Cuddyer - RF/1B

4. Justin Morneau - 1B

5. Jason Kubel - DH/OF

6. Delmon Young - LF

7. J.J. Hardy - SS

8. Danny Valencia - 3B

9. Nick Punto - 2B/ SS

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Matt Tolbert- 3B/2B (May start off season as actual starter untill Valencia is officially up)

Brendon Harris- SS/3B

Jose Morales- C

Dustin Martin- CF/RF

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SP 1 Scott Baker

SP 2 Nick Blackburn

SP 3 Ben Sheets 2010 5.0M with incentives that can earn him up to 5.5M, 2011 6.5M (buyout available) with player and or team option for 2012 at 6.25M

SP 4 Kevin Slowey

SP 5 Brian Duensing

CL - Joe Nathan

SU - Matt Guerrier

RP - Jon Rauch

RP- Jose Mijares

RP- Jesse Crain

RP- Pat Neshek (early reports look good and exciting again)

LR(loogy)- Francisco Liriano

 

AAA Rochester Red Wings (International League)

CF- Brandon Roberts

2B- Steven Tolleson  40 man

LF- Rene Tosoni

1B- Brock Peterson

RF- David Winfree 40 man? (although a likely RULE 5 selection by another team or is he a minor league FA now???)

DH- Eric Lis

C - Wilson Ramos  40 man

SS - Trevor Plouffe  40 man

3B - Matthew Macri

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SS- Yancarlos Ortiz

2B/LF- Brian Dinkelman

C - Drew Butera  40 man

Minor League FA or........ Pridie, Moses, Huber, Christy, maybe da lucas Hughes? someone to that effect.....

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SP Jeff Manship 40 man

SP Anthony Swarzak 40 man

SP Boof Bonser* (with the old up by July 1st or Becomes FA, I.E. Bobby Keppel Last year.)

SP Matt Fox

SP Reid Santos or Minor league FA (Keppel, Dickey, someone to that effect) maaaaybe even McCardell or DeVries

-CL- Anthony Slama

SU- Robert Delaney  40 man

RP- Juan Morillo  40 man Cole DeVries

RP- Jose Lugo  40 man

RP- Kyle Waldrop (probably decent to good friends with Fox)

RP- Jason Jones (I think he rebounds a little bit)

LR(loogy)- Ryan Mullins

AA New Britain Rock Cats (Eastern League)

C - Jair Fernandez

1B- Whitney Robbins

2B- Steven Singleton

SS- Toby Gardenhire

3B- Ramon Santana 

DH - Rene Leveret

CF - Ben Revere

OF/1B - Christopher Parmelee

OF - Juan Portes

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3B/LF/2B/ DH- Luke Hughes 40 man (time for him too explode, or probably a good trade candidate or even a future DFA)

OF- Mark Dolenc

C- Danny Lehmann

SS/2B- Chris Cates

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SP Michael McCardell  40 man

SP Deolis Guerra  40 man

SP David Bromberg

SP Tyler Robertson

SP Steven Hirshfeld

-CL- Carlos Gutierrez 40 man  (I think he moves up to Rochester rather quickly, BUT as a SP or RP ?)

SU- Alex Burnett

RP- Spencer Steedley

RP- Loek Van Mil

RP- Michael Tarsi (southpaw)

RP- Blair Erickson

LR- Henry Arias

 

A+ Ft. Myers Miracle (Florida State League)

C- Alexander Soto (BIG year for him pretty much flopped last year, I expect a good campaign from him in 2010)

1B- Jonathan Waltenbury  ( time for the big Canadian to do     if not, die,  gonna be tough in a pitchers league)

2B- James Beresford

SS- Estarlin De Los Santos

3B- Deibinson Romero or Nate Hanson (D.J. no Longer a REAL prospect, but could be a good org. filler)

DH- Hanson/ Romero

OF - Angel Morales

OF - Evan Bigley

OF -Ozzie Lewis  Joe Benson (I think Joe moves up to New Britain by mid-season)

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C- Allen de san Miguel

2B/3B- Nick Romero

INF- Andy Thompson (too soon to retire?)

OF/INF Dominic de la Osa

 

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SP Santos Arias

SP Bobby Lanigan

SP Kyle Gibson  (I changed him and Stuiffbergen around, thanks Seth! )

SP Bradley Tippett

SP Winston Marquez

-CL- Billy Bullock (should be in AA soon to help replace Gutierrez)

SU- Mathew Williams (had a nice rebound season in '09, I expect to see him in New Britian rather soon as well)

RP- Joe Testa (the next Rob Delaney??? only a southpaw?)

RP- Michael Allen

RP- Steven Blevins

RP- Tony Davis  (gotta be buds with Bullock, another '09 draftee) /// Steven Blevins

RP- Benjamin Tootle  (Pretty sure he'll start off at Beloit, but for now I place him here)

 

A Beloit Snappers (Midwest League)

 

C- Chris 'Perry' Herrmann  (can play a multitued of positions)

1B- P.M. Klingsberg

2B- Derek McCallum

SS- Ladendorf - Brian Dozier (the rock or max or whatever, but he's good, and i like him much more than McCallum)

3B - Anderson Hidalgo

DH - Daniel Rams (he can catch too, but is not a very polished catcher to date)

CF- Aaron Hicks

OF - Wang-Wei Lin (this is being aggresive with him, but Roger is right about him being good/great when healthy)

OF - Steven Liddle 

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1B- Michael Gonzalez

C- Toby Streich

UTL.- Reggie Williams

OF - Jonathan Goncalves 

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SP Tom Stuiffbergen

SP Liam Hendriks

SP Matt Bashore

SP Dan Osterbrock 

SP Brady Stillings

-CL-Matthew Tone (looks like one hell of a draft pick in '09 in a draft with several decent selections, could he start?)

RP - Zach See

RP- 'Big' Daniel Berlind

RP- Bruce Pugh

RP- Edgar Ibarra

RP- Dakota Watts 

LR- Kane Holbrooks

**** Shooter Hunt      (remember him? , big time talent but can't pitch the ball over the plate)

 

E-Towns players

DH Josmil Pinto

P Adrian Salcedo

P Brett Hermson

OF Danny Ortiz  (remember him ?? - i sure do )

P Andrei Lobanov

P Martie Garcia

P Mike Tonkin

C Buddy Monroe

P Angelo Sanchez

P Kelvin Mota

 

Gulf- Coast Players

SS Miguel Angel Sano

OF Max Kepler

OF Oswaldo Arcia

SS Jorge Palanco

SS Nick Lockwood

SS Daniel Santana

OF Candido Pimentel

OF Romy Trinidad

1B Kennys Vargas

P Blayne Weller ( i see him being in E-Town awfully quick)

P Jean Mijares

 

ANYBODY out there have any major objections or would like to enlighten me on any glaring omissions or just simply have any feed back at all?

Later, I think I'll put asteriks next to players who were first round picks or supplamental first rounders (sandwich round)

OK great !!!

 

everbody have a GREAT WEEKEND !!!!

and peace out !!!

 

Go Twins in 2010

-Top 100 (Part #1) can be found here

-Allow the skepticism to keep coming guys .... obviously, 100-200 is a lot more difficult that the top 100.

101. Aroldis Chapman SP ,  (FA)

102. Erik Hosmer 1B , Kansas City Royals

103. Michael Pineda SP , Seattle Mariners

104. Jarrod Parker SP , Arizona D' Backs

105. Tony Sanchez C , Pittsburgh Pirates

106. Alex White SP , Cleveland Indians

107. Mike Minor SP , Atlanta Braves   -    Caleb Gindl OF , Milwaukee Brewers

108. Brandon Allen 1B , Arizona D' Backs

109. Hak-ju Lee SS , Chicago Cubs

110. Tanner Scheppers SP , Texas Rangers

111. Tim Melville SP , Kansas City Royals

112. Carlos Carrasco SP , Cleveland Indians

113. Jared Mitchell OF , Chicago White Sox

114. Eric Young JR. 2B , Colorado Rockies

115. Arnold Leon  SP , Oakland Athletics

116. Nick Barnese SP , Tampa Bay Rays

117. Grant Green SS , Oakland Athletics

118. Phillip Aumont SP/RP , Seattle Mariners

119. Daniel Duffy SP , Kansas City Royals

120. Will Myers C , Kansas City Royals

121. Kirk Nieuwenhuis OF , New York Mets

122. Alex Avila C , Detroit Tigers

123. Drew Storen SP , Washington Nationals

124. Tyson Gillies OF , Seattle Mariners

125. Kyle Gibson SP , Minnesota Twins

126. Michael Brantley OF , Cleveland Indians

127. Ethan Martin SP/RP , LA Dodgers

128. Jiovanni Mier SS , Houston Astros

129. Cody Scarpetta SP , Milwaukee Brewers

130. JeanMar Gomez SP , Cleveland Indians

131. Chad James SP , Florida Marlins

132. Roger Kieschnick OF , San Francisco Giants

133. Logan Forsythe 3B , San Diego Padres

134. Kyle Lobstein SP , Tampa Bay Rays

135. Mike Trout OF , LA Angles

136. Alex Liddi 3B , Seattle Mariners

137. Arodys Vizcaino SP , New York Yankees

138. Henry Sosa SP , San Francisco Giants

139. Jairo Heredia SP , New York Yankees

140. Brandon Erbe SP , Baltimore Orioles

141. David Bromberg SP , Minnesota Twins

142. Bobby Borchering 3B , Arizona D' Backs

143. Travis Wood SP , Cincinnati Reds

144. Dexter Carter SP , San Diego Padres

145. Craig Kimbrel RP ,  Atlanta Braves 

146. A.J. Pollack OF , Notre Dame D' Backs

147. Tim Wheeler OF , Colorado Rockies

148. William Smith SP , LA Angels

149. Danny Valencia 3B , Minnesota Twins

150. Michael Main SP , Texas Rangers

151. Brett Morel 3B , Chicago White Sox

152. David Lough OF , Kansas City Royals

153. Adrian Cardenas 3B , Oakland Athletics

154. Zach Stewart SP , Toronto Blue Jays

155. Willin Rosario C , Colorado Rockies

156. Robbie Ross SP ,  Texas Rangers

157. Anthony Capra SP , Oakland Athletics 

158. Ian Desmond SS , Washington Nationals

159. Rex Brothers SP , Colorado Rockies

160. Yorman Rodriguez OF , Cincinnati Reds 

161. Travis D' Arnaud C , Philadelphia Phillies

162. Hank Conger C , LA Angels

163. Brett Jackson OF , Chicago Cubs

164. Ryan Wheeler 1B , Arizona D' Backs

165. T.J. House SP , Cleveland Indians

166. Bradley Meyers SP , Washington Nationals

167. Casey Kiker SP , Texas Rangers

168. Angel Morales OF , Minnesota Twins (seth stoh's #2 Twins prospect)

169. Christian Bethancourt C , Atlanta Braves

170. (.170-.190 , any order)

J.J. Hoover, Zeke Spruill, Christopher Parmelee, Chase D' Arnaud, Tim Alderson, Kellen Kulbackii, Jacob Odorizzi, Stolmy Pimental, Alexander Perez, Lorenzo Cain, Jordan Walden, Josh Lindblom, Dillon Betances, Everett Williams, Aaron Poreda(RP), Scott Elbert(RP), Adam Moore, Daryl Jones, Jaime Garcia , Michael Ynoa, Luis Exposito, Anthony Rizzo, Manny Banuelos

191. Aaron Miller SP , LA Dodgers

192. Chris Johnson 3B , Houston Astros

193. Clayton Mortenson SP , Oakland Athletics

194. Josh Thole C , New York Mets

195. Sean Doolittle 1B , Oakland Athletics

196. Beau Mills 1B, Cleveland Indians

197. Tyler Robertson SP , Minnesota Twins

198. Brandon Crawford SS , San Francisco Giants

199. Rudy Owens SP , Pittsburgh Pirates

200. Ross Seaton SP , Houston Astros

201. Max Stassi C , Oakland Athletics 

 

 

H.M.:  Zachary Collier OF , Philadelphia Phillies - Joe Savery SP , Philadelphia Phillies - J.P. Arencibia C , Blue Jays - Billy Bullock RP , Minnesota Twins - Dennis Raben OF , Seattle Mariners - Hector Gomez SS , Colorado Rockies - Nick Noonan 2B , San Fran Giants - Casey Weathers RP , Colorado Rockeis - Angel Salome C , Milwaukee Brewers - Ryan Chaffee SP , LA Angels - John Raynor OF , Florida Marlins - Kyle Skipworth C , Florida Marlins - Neftali Soto 3B , Cincinatti Reds - Drew Naylor SP , Philadelphia Phillies - The Gillispie brothers - Chris Carpenter SP , Chicago Cubs - Brand Hand SP , Florida Marlins - Lars Anderson 1B, Boston Red Sox

Any more obvious Honorable Mentions I'm forgetting ? -Matt Hobgood ? -the other Delgado on the Braves? Dayan Viciedo ? Yaimico Navvaro ?

 

Players by team in second group of 100

^49 in NL

Atlanta Braves (5 ) -- New York Mets (2 ) -- Florida Marlins (1 ) -- Washington Natinals (3 ) -- Philadelphia Phillies (1)

St. Louis Cards. (2) -- Chicago Cubs (2) -- Pittsburgh Pirates (4) -- Cincinnati Reds (2)-- Milwaukee Brewers (3) -- Houston Astros (3 )

LA Dodgers (4 ) -- Colorado Rockies (4 ) -- San Diego Padres (5 ) -- San Francisco Giants (3 ) -- Arizona D'Backs (5)

^52 in AL

New York Yankees (4) -- Boston Red Sox (3) -- Tampa Bay Rays (2) -- Baltimore Orioles (1) -- Toronto Blue Jays (1)

Minnesota Twins (6) - Detroit Tigers (1) -- Chicago White Sox (2) -- Kansas City Royals (5) -- Cleveland Indians (7)

 L.A. Angels (4) -- Texas Rangers (4) -- Seattle Mariners (5) -- Oakland Athletics(8)

 

*Removed from Original (Pre-Edit Post) = Adrian Salcedo (Min.), Daniel Cortes (Sea.)

*JUST ADDED = T.J. House (Cle.), Aaron Miller (LAD.)

*for me Jon Niese, Michael Bowden, Mark Rzyepsenski don't qualify due to innings pitched in the majors....(Bowden only pitching 17 innings , but made like 9 appearances, also otherwise all 3 of these guys would be in top 100)

 

My queston to you is who would you slot into the top 5 with that 5th spot? Jennings, Brown? Feliz, Montero? hmmm...
so who would you slide up? - I DECIDED to go with Buster Posey....

1. Jason Heyward OF, Atlanta Braves

2. Michael Stanton OF, Florida Marlins

3. Stephen Strasburg SP, Washington Nationals

4. Pedro Alvarez 3B, Pittsburgh Pirates

5. Buster Posey C , San Francisco Giants

6. Jesus Montero C/DH, New York Yankees

7. Neftali Feliz SP, Texas Rangers

8. Brian Matusz SP, Baltimore Orioles

9. Desmond Jennings OF, Tampa Bay Rays

10. Justin Smoak 1B , Texas Rangers

11. Dominic Brown OF, Philadelphia Phillies

12. Carlos Santana C , Cleveland Indians 

13. Madison Bumgarner SP, San Francisco Giants

14. Freddy Freeman 1B , Atlanta Braves

15. Jeremy Hellickson SP, Tampa Bay Rays

16. Martin Perez SP, Texas Rangers

17. Dustin Ackley OF , Seattle Mariners

18. Chris Carter DH, Oakland Athletics

19. Matthew Moore SP , Tampa Bay Rays

20. Tim Beckham SS, Tampa Bay Rays

21. Michael Taylor OF, Philadelphia Phillies

22. Kyle Drabek SP, Philadelphia Phillies

23. Jenrry Mejia SP , New York Mets

24. Alcides Escobar SS , Milwaukee Brewers

25. Yonder Alonso 1B , Cincinnati Reds

26. Chris Withrow SP , LA Dodgers

27. Julio Teheran SP , Atlanta Braves

28. Ryan Westmoreland OF , Boston Red Sox

29. Logan Morrison 1B , Florida Marlins

30. Jhoulys Chacin SP , Colorado Rockies

31. Christian Frederich SP , Colorado Rockies

32. Hector Rondon SP , Cleveland Indians

33. Wade Davis SP, Tampa Bay Rays

34. Fernando Martinez OF , New York Mets

35. Jaff Decker OF , San Diego Padres

36. Casey Kelly SP, Boston Red Sox

37. Aaron Hicks OF, Minnesota Twins

38. Jordan Lyles SP , Houston Astros

39. Lonnie Chisenhall 3B , Cleveland Indians

40. Ike Davis 1B , New York Mets

41. Daniel Hudson SP, Chicago White Sox

42. Reid Brignac SS , Tampa Bay Rays

43. Michael Saunders OF , Seattle Mariners 

44. Josh Vitters 3B , Chicago Cubs

45. Michael Montgomery SP, Kansas City Royals

46. James Darnell 3B , San Diego Padres

47. Tyler Flowers 1B/C , Chicago White Sox

48. Grant Desme OF , Oakland Athletics

49. Casey Crosby SP , Detroit Tigers

50. Jake Arrieta SP , Baltimore Orioles

51. Austin Jackson OF , New York Yankees

52. Jose Iglesias SS , Boston Red Sox

53. Carlos Trunifel SS , Seattle Mariners 

54. Matt Dominguez 3B , Florida Marlins

55. Zach Britton SP, Baltimore Orioles

56. Josh Bell 3B , Baltimore Orioles

57. Aaron Crow SP , Kansas City Royals

58. Derek Norris C , Washington Nationals

59. Brett Wallace 1B , Oakland Athletics

60. Starlin Castro SS , Chicago Cubs

61. Jacob Turner SP , Detroit Tigers

62. Mike Moustakas 3B , Kansas City Royals

63. Bradley Holt SP , New York Mets

64. Ben Revere OF , Minnesota Twins

65. Devaris-strange Gordon SS , LA Dodgers

66. Trevor Reckling SP , LA Angels

67. Donavan Tate OF , San Diego Padres

68. Brett Lawrie OF/2B , Milwaukee Brewers 

69. Jason Castro C , Houston Astros

70. Wilmer Flores SS , New York Mets

71. J.J. Reddick OF , Bo Red Sox

72. Zach McCalister SP , New York Yankees

73. Tyler Matzek SP , Colorado Rockies

74. Jonathan Lucroy C , Milwaukee Brewers

75. Thomas Neal OF , San Francisco Giants

76. Andrew Cashner SP , Chicago Cubs

77. Jose Tabata OF , Pittsburgh Pirates

78. Ryan Kalish OF , Bo Red Sox

79. Brad Lincoln SP, Pittsburgh Pirates

80. Shelby Miller SP , St Louis Cardinals

81. Andrew Lambo OF , LA Dodgers

82. Simon Castro SP , San Diego Padres

83. Wilson Ramos C , Minnesota Twins

84. Wilmer Font SP , Texas Rangers

85. Todd Frazier Utl. , Cincinnati Reds 

86. Jemile Weeks 2B , Oakland Athletics

87. Jay Jackson SP , Chicago Cubs

88. Nick Weglarz OF , Cleveland Indians

89. Austin Romine C , New York Yankees

90. Jason Knapp SP , Cleveland Indians 

91. Peter Bourjos OF , LA Angels

92. Danny Espinosa SS , Washington Nationals

93. Mike Leake SP , Cincinnati Reds

94. Scott Sizemore 2B, Detroit Tigers

95. Wynn Pelzer SP , San Diego Padres

96. Brandon Snyder 1B , Baltimore Orioles

97. Zachary Wheeler SP , San Francisco Giants

98. Randall Delgado SP , Atlanta Braves

99. Lance Lynn SP , St Louis Cards

100. Miguel Angel Sano SS , Minnesota Twins

LINK to 101-201

H.M.

Aroldis Chapman (FA)

Alex White

Mike Minor

Jarrod Parker

Roger Kieschnick

Kirk Nieuwenhuis

Kellen Kulbackii

Ethan Martin

Manny Banuelos

Arnold Leon

Michael Ynoa

Luis Exposito

Phillip Aumont

Kyle Gibson

Erik Hosmer

Adrian Cardenas

Hank Conger

Tony Sanchez

Willin Rosario

Hak-ju Lee

Brandon Allen

Alexander Soto

William Smith

Eric Young JR.

Robbie Ross

Alex Liddi

Logan Forsythe

Tyson Gillies

Daniel Duffy / Travis D' Arnaud

Chad James / Drew Storen

Tim Melville or Bradley Meyers? Tim Alderson? -30 man cutoff......

 

Players in top 100 by team...

TOTAL N.L. =50

Atlanta Braves (4) - New York Mets (5) - Florida Marlins (3) - Philadelphia Phillies (3){all top 25) - Washington Nats (3)

St Louis. Cards (2) - Chicago Cubs (4) - Pittsburgh Pirates (3) - Cincinatti Reds (3) - Houston Astros (2) - Milwaukee Brewers (3) 

LA Dodgers (3) - Colorado Rockies (3) - San Francisco Giants (4) - San Diego Padres (5) - Arizona D'Backs (0)

TOTAL A.L. =50

New York Yankees (4) - Boston Red Sox (5) - Tampa Bay Rays (6){all top 50} - Baltimore Orioles (5) - Toronto Jays (0)

Minnesota Twins (4) - Detroit Tigers (3) - Chicago White Sox (2) - Kansas City Royals (3) - Cleveland Indians (5)

LA Angels (2) - Texas Rangers (4) - Oakland Athletics (4) - Seattle Mariners (3)

 

*** Alcides Escobar and Fernando Martinez qualify for my list .......but no Matt Gamel, Matt Latos or Maybin

From MINOR LEAGUE BALL

For Me Personally there were about 3-5 guys with a 1/3 letter grade too low.... but there were guys in Bullock and probably Salcedo that I expected to be C+ Guys.... so.....

Overall tough grades, too many relievers mentioned, and No Rene Tosoni or Deolis Guerra in top 20...!!!!

wow, but interesting and good ( I like Stuiffbergen over Hendricks and Slama over Delaney for example)

sister site link

1) Aaron Hicks, OF, Grade B+: Excellent tools, numbers are better than they look on the surface. I think he'll break out in 2010.
2) Ben Revere, OF, Grade B: Kenny Lofton ceiling, Juan Pierre midpoint, Joey Gathright basement.
3) Kyle Gibson, RHP, Grade B-: Would be a Grade B+ at least if not for the injury concern.
4) Wilson Ramos, C, Grade B-: Power and defense are positives, main question is weak walk rate.
5) Adrian Salcedo, RHP, Grade B-: Best of the pitchability right-handers in a system full of them.
6) Billy Bullock, RHP, Grade B-: Borderline C+; great stuff but will he throw strikes?
7) Angel Morales, OF, Grade C+: Could make a case for B-. Very good tools, numbers are better than they look on the surface, needs to improve discipline.
8) Danny Valencia, 3B, Grade C+: Needs to improve strike zone judgment and glovework to get a job in 2010.
9) Chris Parmalee, OF-1B, Grade C+: Lotsa power, draws walks, other skills are unimpressive.
10) Miguel Sano, SS, Grade C+: I really have no idea how to rank him at this point. Might turn into Miguel Cabrera, could fizzle in A-ball, no way to know yet.
11) Carlos Gutierrez, RHP, Grade C+: Ground ball machine. Could rank as high as seventh.
12) Joe Benson, OF, Grade C+: Excellent tools and is showing signs of skill development. Could also rank as high as seventh.
13) David Bromberg, RHP, Grade C+: Classic Twins pitching prospect, relies on pitchability rather than pure stuff.
14) B.J. Hermsen, RHP, Grade C+: Great rookie ball performance, projectable, need data from higher levels.
15) Ben Tootle, RHP, Grade C+: High-ceiling arm, needs to improve command.
16) Anthony Slama, RHP, Grade C+: Deceptive delivery with high strikeout rates, tough on right-handed hitters, could slot into middle relief role in 2010.
17) Matt Bashore, LHP, Grade C+: Could rank higher if he stays healthy.
18) Tom Stuifbergen, RHP, Grade C+: Could be a Grade C. Another pitchability guy. Gets lots of grounders.
19) Jeff Manship, RHP, Grade C: Possible fifth starter or long relief type.
20) Tyler Robertson, LHP, Grade C: Stock has dropped a lot, but looks like a potential LOOGY to me.

OTHERS (all Grade C right now): Oswaldo Arcia, OF; Alex Burnett, RHP; Rob Delaney, RHP; Brian Dozier, SS; Deolis Guerra, RHP; Chris Herrmann, OF; Steve Hirschfeld, RHP; Luke Hughes, INF; Max Kepler-Rozycki, OF; Bobby Lanigan, RHP; Andrei Lobanov, LHP; Jose Lugo, LHP; Derek McCallum, 2B: Mike McCardell, RHP; Josmil Pinto, C-DH; Trevor Plouffe, SS; Tobias Streich, C; Brad Tippett, RHP; Mike Tonkin, RHP; Rene Tosoni, OF; Loek Van Mil, RHP, Blayne Weller, RHP.

 

I think Guerra and Tosoni should be C+s also Ramos a B and Valencia a B-, also probably Angel Morales as well...

 

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/09/sano-signs-with-twins.html

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4517993

Wow, I didn't think the timing of this was possible....

 

But the 16 year old Dominican, is a big, young man for his age, or his supposed age...

He will probably move to 3rd or even 1st base, if not Left-Field but the Twins farm system just got a whole lot stronger and I am very pleased. Despite the issues involving his true age and even talent, I think this was a great move by GM Bill Smith and the Twins organization.

Miguel Angel Sano

Also if you can add to that, please, come in 2nd in the AL MVP race.

You know, because you can like accomplish in-humane kind of tasks...so why not routinely finish the year batting only .330 and knowing you're 2nd in MVP vote tally while making it look easy and effortless.... IS that too much to ask? - LoL

This is no joke, I am by all means completely serious.

If Joe Mauer hits .400 and won the AL MVP this year in 2009 for a LOSING ball-club

then what in the world Universe would it take to pay him?

seriously?

I fear if he accomplished these feats this year right now..... We'd be watching him play for the Boston Red-Sox from about 2011 to 2019.....

UGH!

(I know this is not at all what Joe will try or want  to do, but I wish he would)

thoughts???

To word it another way, where would the Twins' system stack up with the rest of the league?
I have to say other than the clear-cut #1 going into 2010 Cleveland Indians farm system

there isn't exactly anybody else out there who would be far and away better than our system.

Oakland, Florida, Tampa Bay are all pretty good systems, I like what Pittsburgh and San Diego have done to re-up their respective systems they are both much stronger than they were this time a year ago.

this year's Easy #1 Texas Rangers have Andrus and Holland in the major leagues along with a cup of coffee with OF Julio Borbon and nasty P Neftali Feliz. So they won't be quite as strong going into this off-season....

Possible would be top-prospects include:

1. Aaron Hicks

2. Kyle Gibson

3. Miguel Angel Sano

4. Ben Revere

5. Danny Valencia

6. Chris Parmelee (best hitter -IMO- in FSL this year)

7. Wilson Ramos ( I question the bat, but defense is un-real)

8. David Bromberg

9. Joe Benson

10. Rene Tosoni

11. Deolis Guerra

12. Carlos Gutierrez

13. Tyler Robertson

14. B.J. Hermson

15. Matt Bashore

16. Anthony Slama

17. Angel Morales (wow - what a second half he is having so far :) )

18. Daniel Rams

19. Steven Tolleson (a good- great future #5,6 infielder, something we don't have right now)

20. Jeff Manship / Plouffe/ Salcedo/ Bullock/ Burnett/ McCardell/ Delaney/ Lobanov/ Weller/ Mulvey

 

Maybe this is just in my opinion, but, that would have to be (I would think) a top 10 or so system in all of the game today.      The thing is we'd probably be paying Sano at least 3 times as much as Gibson (bonus), 4 times as much as Hicks, and 5 times as much as Revere...... or so it would seem - and that wouldn't sit particularly well with me.

Thus in 2011 or surely 2012  we could compete with Cleveland for the AL central Title.

(assuming we somehow re-sign Mr. Joe Mauer)