Minnesota Twins Prospect #12 (Poll)
by SethSpeaks on Oct 19, 2008 3:21 PM EDT
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PrintShooter Hunt easily was our pick for the team's #11 prospect, so now it is time to vote for #12. So, keep discussing your choices:
- Danny Valencia, 3B
- Ben Revere, OF
- Aaron Hicks, OF
- Angel Morales, OF
- Wilson Ramos, C
- Jose Mijares, LH RP
- Anthony Swarzak, RHP
- Tyler Robertson, LHP
- Deolis Guerra, RHP
- Luke Hughes, 3B/2B/OF/DH
- Shooter Hunt, RHP
Off the ballot (for this round) - Joe Benson, Dustin Martin
On the ballot - Brian Duensing, Carlos Gutierrez, Steven Tolleson
Again, please vote for the player that you think is the Twins top prospect among those remaining on the ballot. Poll will be up approximately 24 hours. Please vote, but also discuss your selection and the players available. Finally, if there are names you feel should be added to a ballot, mention them as well.
Again, if you have any questions or want to do some research on any of the prospects mentioned, one starting point might be http://www.sethspeaks.net/100208.htm. That is my personal Top 10 list, and it has links to all of my top 50 choices.
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I'm going Delaney
Very solid this year, should be a superb reliever in the majors with a long career.
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Manship
I went Manship, though Mulvey is a good choice too I think.
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Tosoni isn't as well known,
…but when he played this year, he played as well as anyone in the organization not named Revere. If you look at his numbers compared to teammate Wilson Ramos, you will see that Tosoni had the better numbers. All of this without the benefit of every having played at Beloit (except a couple games following the end of the ETon season last year). Everything about his performance this season points to a very high ceiling. No question that Manship and Mulvey are both excellent prospects, but Tosoni is the best of this group…IMO.
I feel
the same way about Parmalee. He has the power potential the Twins need and should covet. Granted he will probably be a career DH since the OF has so much depth and we already have a 1B locked up. Both deserved to be Top 15 and hopefully both will make a lot of noise next year.
Mulvey
I just think it’s his turn, Then I’m going with McCardell.
I don’t like Plouffe much. He’s never had an OPS above .800 in his career. And he’s not a enough of a defensive wiz to offset his mediocre hitting. It was a very bad sign when he was promoted to Rochester and did not start at shortstop ahead of journeymen. Some say he’s young for each level. True enough, but you have to have some success at the levels for which you’re young. He’s shown a couple of glimmers of hope, but nothing worth a top 20 ranking.
And I hate to pronounce the same judgment on Parmelee, but, for goodness sake, he repeated at Beloit and he actually got worse than his horrible first year down there. Sure, his OPS went up because of a high slugging percentage, but his strikeout rate also went up. When you strike out a third of the time, you better hit the ball over the fence from time to time.
I actually rank Waltenbury ahead of Parmelee at the first base position. He had an awesome year at Elizabethton. Nothing in Parmelee’s career can be called awesome.
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Parmelee's
.. walks went up a lot. He played in 59 fewer games this year then last year and had 6 more walks. He only hit 1 less HR from the year before as well. He could have had a high 20s to 30 HR season if he didn’t get hurt. His power potential is the best in the entire Twins system and he is only 20 years old. It would have been interesting to see if he could’ve lowered his K rate during the whole course of the season.
I can’t pass any sort of judgement on a played who hasn’t played in a full season league yet. Waltenbury and Parmelee are actually the same age.
Mulvey
Seems pretty solid across the board, maybe a few too many walks, but that should improve. Hasn’t he been relatively young for the competition he’s faced? As Seth points out in his rankings, Mulvey would have been pitching for the Mets this year if he hadn’t been traded. Not to say he would have done well, but it does speak to the depth in the upper levels.
I have high hopes for Parmalee, but there are plenty of guys in softball leagues who can hit for power. Hopefully he doesn’t have too many holes in his swing.
Seth had D.J. Romero at #39 in his rankings. Sure, he was injured for most of the season, but at what point do you draw the line? Parmalee was hurt for a good spell, as was Tosoni, Robertson, even Revere. Why does the injury downgrade Romero so much? He is still young and should have no problem bouncing back. I am not advocating Romero at #12, but does anybody else think he should enter the discussion sometime soon? For me, in a lot of ways, I’d rank him higher than Valencia based on tools, upside, and his limited performance.
Romero
I rate him much higher than Seth. He’s in the late teens, as is Parmelee. Take away Romero’s injury year and he’s had a great career so far.
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mulvey
I went with mulvey. a solid pitcher is worth more than a solid 2b. plus Mulvey is closer to being ready than Plouffe.
Next I’d go with Manship, then McCardell and Delaney.
After that, Id probably start going with some of the hitters. In no particular order:Plouffe, Martin, Tosini, Tolleson, Parmalee. I haven’t decided if I prefer Tolleson and Martin’s well rounded play or the power of Parmalee
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