Minnesota Twins Prospect #20 (Poll)

I hope we can get to 30, but we shall see.

…should certainly be picked sometime soon. With numbers similar to the #1 and #5 selection with Ft. Myers, this young man should likely have been chosen before this time. Was curious Seth, with a one vote difference why wasn’t there a runoff between Duensing and Tosoni? I know that there were four with votes 1 vote less than the next player…could have had a four player run off had you wished.

As for how far this goes, I for one would like to see it go all the way to #50. There are so many good prospects remaining. Each of these nine (well, we don’t know much about Hermsen who has yet to pitch to his first professional hitter) is deserving of recognition and there many others that getting to #50 would be easy, especially the way you are using runoffs this year and filling 2 or 3 spots.

Just too much upside to ignore IMO.

Tosoni should be in the mix shortly though for me.

He kind of snuck in there without much discussion. Here’s hoping he can slide into some spot starts and exceed my lofty Gassneresque expectations.

I forget who Hermsen is, other that he was the pick not expected to sign—position, etc.

I guess I must be a dreaded flip-flopper. I look at this list and realize I was voting for McCardell at 15 but not at 19. If Duensing is at 19 because he is the #7 starter, then I go McCardell next, as at age 26 I expect he could be a #3.

Deunsing is Dave Gassner.

I went with McCardell. I think Bromberg, McCardell and Tolleson should be picked before Tosini. I see some potential with Tosini, but he hasn’t shown enough of a history. He can take a walk, and hit .300. Looks like a future Shannon Stewart with less speed based on what I have seen so far. He did skip a level last year. but The others show promise too and a longer track record. being as I am not a scout, the best I can do is go off the numbers and Tosini is inconclusive comparably speaking at this time. I have no doubt he is a prospect, just not sure where to put him in the pecking order.

and I hope we trade him in one of our packages this winter.

McCardell has a lot of upside – great curveball, great K/BB ratio. I think they left him in Beloit to work with ex-AA pitching coach Gary Lucas. I won’t be surprised it he makes it to AA before the end of the season. Seth ranked him #18 with this to say, “McCardell has a good fastball, a great curveball and terrific control. But he needed to work on his changeup. A report from a scout from another organization says that he "has major league potential, has command of all three pitches, and he has moxie." He continued, "nothing rattles him… He goes out and does his job."”

Next, should be Rene Tosoni – I watched him play in Elizabethton and he has some arm. I think he has real potential. Let’s hope he is healthy this season and proves that he belongs in the low 20"s on this list.