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In the fourth round of the MLB Draft, the Twins selected LHP Charlie Barnes, a college junior from Clemson University.
Barnes is a 6’0”, 175 lb born October 1st, 1995 in Sumter, SC. He just finished his junior season for the Tigers, where he had 5-5 record and a 3.20 ERA. If you were hoping this would be a guy who could throw gas for the Twins, I regret to inform you he is not—his fastball sits around 88 mph. Instead, Barnes is known as a “crafty lefty”, meaning he has excellent control and several offs-peed pitches to keep batters on their toes.
Here’s a video example.
Strikeout on a 76 mph change from Charlie Barnes. He goes to that pitch often against righties. #mlbdraft pic.twitter.com/N029vvDuV9
— Michael Lananna (@mlananna) May 12, 2017
Looks nice.
If everything goes right, Barnes will probably move through the minors quickly. In the majors, Barnes projects as a solid back of the rotation type guy—again, if things don’t go terribly, terribly wrong, which is always possible.