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TJSweens -> RE: Players and prospects III (7/13/2021 9:20:30 AM)
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Let me start this by saying that I get that we don't know who any of these guys are and they may surprise us. With that said I don't know that I have ever felt more blah about a Twins draft.
I started out feeling good when they drafted Chase Petty. HS kid who regularly tops 100 mph. They made that pick and I thought,...finally, they're getting it! Then the rest of the first ten rounds happened. They took four more pitchers in those rounds. Not one of them had anything remotely resembling a plus fastball. The first two were Charlie Barnes clones. Lefties with fastballs that couldn't break a window, but decent secondary pitches.
The position players don't offer much to get excited about either. I take that back. Sean Johnson is extremely excited about Noah Miller. He went as far as to say that they considered taking him at 26. They believe they got a switch hitter with power from both sides of the plate. The reports are also that he is not real athletic, so even though the Twins insist he can stick at SS, he can't. The Twins currently have guys playing 1B, 2B and CF, who they insisted would stick at SS when they drafted them. Oddly, they don't have anyone playing SS, who they insisted would stick at SS.
Beyond that, a couple of power bats at 3B in the 6th and 7th rounds, although a couple of days ago, Sean Johnson said their was no reason to get excited about bats from the second round on. Jake Rucker apparently fields the position about as well you could hope for a statue to field it.
It's just the over all vibe I get. Same old same old. Seems like we drafted the pitchers we always draft with one notable exception and maybe drafted our next Trevor Plouffe.
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