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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/9/2025 5:14:07 PM   
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I'd give the Twins a C+. If Pablo was healthy we'd be solidly in 2nd place and in one of the WC slots.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/9/2025 7:36:36 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/9/2025 7:51:40 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/9/2025 9:02:24 PM   
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Status: online 		I would give the Twins an F. I don't know where the assessment that are talented and underachieving comes from. They aren't talented. The only significant position player they have is a hold over from the Terry Ryan era. The best pitchers are from other organizations. The drafting and development by this front office is an abysmal failure.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/10/2025 7:06:38 PM   
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I would give the Twins an F. I don't know where the assessment that are talented and underachieving comes from. They aren't talented. The only significant position player they have is a hold over from the Terry Ryan era. The best pitchers are from other organizations. The drafting and development by this front office is an abysmal failure.

So based on expectations, you're making the argument the Twins should get an A.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/10/2025 7:13:13 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/10/2025 7:45:16 PM   
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I would give the Twins an F. I don't know where the assessment that are talented and underachieving comes from. They aren't talented. The only significant position player they have is a hold over from the Terry Ryan era. The best pitchers are from other organizations. The drafting and development by this front office is an abysmal failure.

So based on expectations, you're making the argument the Twins should get an A.

No.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/11/2025 8:40:17 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/11/2025 9:25:54 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/12/2025 7:40:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Buxton 5-5 and a cycle today. It's the first ever cycle in Target Field history. I was there and it was one of the best days of my life!

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/13/2025 8:50:00 AM   
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It looks like the Correa injury was minor. He wanted to play yesterday and is lobbying to play today.

Zebby Matthews is set to make his first rehab start with the Saints.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/13/2025 11:55:08 AM   
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Buxton 5-5 and a cycle today. It's the first ever cycle in Target Field history. I was there and it was one of the best days of my life!


I was surprised that was the first cycle at TF. With all the good hitters both 4 and against the Twins over the years. just shows how hard it is to do. Glad you got to see it in person.

Let's get a W today be .500 at the break.
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/13/2025 7:20:34 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/13/2025 8:30:42 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/14/2025 8:41:08 AM   
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Marek Houston
Wake Forest
SS

Bats: R / Throws: R
Age: 21
Slot Money: $4,929,600
Signing Money:
Scouting Report
Houston was an unheralded recruit who started immediately for Wake Forest as a freshman, locking up the shortstop position. If you watch him play defense, it's easy to see why. It's plus defense at shortstop, with good lateral quickness, soft hands, a great internal clock and a plus arm combining for a complete offensive profile. He's 1B to Billy Carlson's 1A defensively for shortstops in this class.

There's plenty to like in the offensive profile, too. It's a hit over power profile, headlined by strong bat-to-ball metrics and a history of walking more than he strikes out wherever he plays, including an excellent stint on the Cape after the 2024 season.

The ceiling for Houston hinges on what you think of the power. For much of his collegiate career, it's been absent (35 grade). In 2025, he's off to a more impactful start, almost matching his career high in home runs through non-conference play. The exit velocities (~104 mph) suggest that it might not be real, despite Houston adding 20 pounds of good weight in advance of the 2025 season.

Houston's power numbers (under the hood) didn't really hold up in ACC play. He finished the season with a .354/.458/.597 (1.055) line with 15 home runs and identical 15.4% strikeout and walk rates. Even so, it's above average hit and run, with plus defense and a plus arm at shortstop. He's a first half of the first round type guy in this class.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/14/2025 8:52:46 AM   
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Riley Quick
RHP Alabama

Bats: R / Throws: R
Age: 21
Slot Money: $2,692,100
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Scouting Report
Quick is another riser in the 2025 cycle on the pitching side. A physically imposing frame at 6 '6, 250, the stuff and the results are starting to come together for the Alabama righty after recovering from TJ surgery.

Quick's fastball is a sinker that sits in the mid-90s. He can reach back for 98 mph. It generated a ground ball rate north of 60% in 2024, and it's easy to see why, with the pitch creating 20 inches or so of run. Quick has a relatively low release height for his size. He mixes in a sweeper, which is already above average and could be plus in time. His changeup, like his sinker, gets a ton of horizontal break.

Quick delivery is relatively consistent for such a physical pitcher. It's easy to see him carrying a significant workload as a pro if he can stay healthy. Despite the size and stuff, Quick hasn’t missed the amount of bats you’d like to see. In 2025, he finished with a 3.49 FIP, 25.9 K%, and 8.9 BB% in 62 IP. If the right organization gets him, you can see him being a tweak or two away from being a monster.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/14/2025 9:00:11 AM   
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Quentin Young
Bats: R / Throws: R
Age: 18
Slot Money: $1,761,100
Signing Money:
Scouting Report
At 6'5, 215, Quentin Young (nephew of Delmon and Dmitri) is a physical monster with a ton of projection in a super athletic frame. A right-handed hitter, there's a ton of raw power here, combined with some swing and miss concerns, particularly against off-speed stuff. It's a violent swing and aggressive approach at the plate that could be reined in to get to a little more refinement with his swing decisions and control of at-bats. He's easily got a plus arm, and with infield and outfield experience, that's likely a 3B/RF profile in time.

How the hit tool develops and the pitch recognition, in particular, will likely govern Young's ceiling. He's committed to LSU, which may be a tough connection to break, depending on where he's taken.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/14/2025 9:04:45 AM   
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James Ellwanger
Dallas Baptist
RHP

Bats: R / Throws: R
Age: 21
Slot Money: $893,000
Signing Money:
Scouting Report
Ellwanger was a notable prospect before the 2023 draft and slipped due to signability concerns. The Nats took him in the 19th round, and he is their type of prep power arm. It's an intriguing combination of size, stuff, and refinement needed, particularly on the secondary pitches and with his control.

Ellwanger stands 6'5", 205, it's a lean frame with more strength to add. Even so, he can run his fastball up into the high 90s with good ride and armside run. There's a good curveball present too, an above-average pitch, with a slider and changeup that haven't proven to be as effective yet. Strike throwing has also been a challenge for Ellwanger at times. Despite too many free passes (13.5%), he's performed solidly in 2025. It's a 3.07 FIP and 33 K%. You'll need a drafting organization that knows what they're doing with pitchers, but the arm talent is considerable.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/14/2025 10:40:48 AM   
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Status: online 		Interesting, that in 4 picks, the Twins have drafted someone rated at or even better than where they were picked.

Houston was rated 15 and drafted 16
Quick was rated 38 and drafted 36
Young was rated 37 and drafted 54. Twins scouts were apparently attempting back flips after this pick.
Ellwanger was ranked 76 and drafted 88.

Strange to see the Twins so closely aligned with MLB. Usually, they have taken someone outside the top 200 by now.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/15/2025 8:34:28 AM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/15/2025 1:19:24 PM   
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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/15/2025 2:37:00 PM   
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The draft had more credibility when there were 50 rounds.

Your confusing hypothesis intrigues me. Please elaborate.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/15/2025 3:00:03 PM   
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The draft had more credibility when there were 50 rounds.

Your confusing hypothesis intrigues me. Please elaborate.

Yeah, I'd kind of like to hear this too.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/18/2025 2:35:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		And...Ober and Keaschall are going on rehab assignments, with Zebby Mathews already on one. they could all return before the Trade deadline...


WHICH WOULD BE JUST LIKE MAKING A TRADE.









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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/18/2025 2:37:34 PM   
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Before they had a few guys that wanted to buy minority stakes 10-30% but not a principle yet....now they have one.

Enough of the secrecy. Get it done.

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