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Hey! This article compares Walker to Stanton....and here is a quote from MLB.com's Twins top-20 list about Walker: " His body type and power potential remind some of Giancarlo Stanton, a fellow former second-rounder, and the Twins wouldn't complain if that's what Walker becomes"......! Only problem is that Walker was a 3rd round pick, not 2nd

Looks like Adam Walker will be top-20 following this season. Maybe even top-10.

Originally Posted by shs_59

Aaron Hicks ?

Kyle Gibson ?

Oswaldo Arcia ?

all losing eta in 2013? I guess we'll see. It could be accurate.

Dead accurate

At least one person had the foresight to list Z. Jones and Baxendale in the top-20 of Twins prospects. This list was intended to be the "picture" post 2013. And its shaping up pretty much dead-on

Jones is dealing at A+ this year, and still not on MLB's top-20 list. Neither is Baxendale. Whoever is running that page is not "on-top" of stuff.

Wow, this is STILL relevant. Would much rather see these four guys than Vance Worley, Kevin Correia, and ? Pelfrey.

Agreed. Hicks has a much higher ceiling than both Benson and Mastro. But why rush Hicks when he can stay in AAA til June, and secure another year of team control.

Arcia is a better all -around hitter, but Hicks and Oswaldo will both serve vital roles in the 2014 line-up.

To leave Hicks in the minors for a couple of months seems to make sense.
I like Benson, but he does not have the ceiling of a Hicks (defensively speaking) or Arcia (offensively speaking).
If he can cut it, he is the perfect player to have as the CF or 4th outfielder to start the season.

I really like Benson. I think he could be serviceable this year. I actually would rather see him start in CF, than Mastro...but Darin could change my mind with a good spring.

If Hunter and Hicks both seem like late bloomers, why doesn't anyone give Benson more of a chance? He's very toolsy and is coming off an injury riddled season.

Originally Posted by Oldgoat_MN

very similar to Miguel Sano’s at the same age

A year apart age-wise (Sano @ 19, Arcia @ 20) in low A ball. Sano hit:
.258/.373/.521
and Arcia hit:
.352/.420/.704 (1.124 OPS)
Last year in AA Acia hit:
.328/.398/..557 as the youngest member of the Rock Cats.

I have high hopes for Sano, but Arcia is the guy I am really excited about.

Very nice Old Goat. Yeah, concerns surround Sano's high K totals and he still hasn't hit .300 at any level above the GCL. Their GCL stats are similar, and they were both 17 in that league. But beyond their GCL stats, Arcia has been a true high-average-hitter, while Sano has been a true power-guy.

Obviously, we will all be glued to milb.com's boxscores to see if Sano can hit around .290 next year in a tough FSL. Just a myriad of interesting players to follow in the Twins org.

very similar to Miguel Sano’s at the same age

A year apart age-wise (Sano @ 19, Arcia @ 20) in low A ball. Sano hit:
.258/.373/.521
and Arcia hit:
.352/.420/.704 (1.124 OPS)
Last year in AA Acia hit:
.328/.398/..557 as the youngest member of the Rock Cats.

I have high hopes for Sano, but Arcia is the guy I am really excited about.

Originally Posted by johnnydakota

at age 18 he hit .375 21 doubles,7 triples,14 hr. in under 260 at bats

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at age 18 he hit .375 21 doubles,7 triples,14 hr. in under 260 at bats

He looks like an All-Star caliber RF. I think he will stick in RF, while the other guys (Roberts, Benson, Mastroianni, eventually Kepler and Buxton) fight over LF and Hicks takes over CF. He makes some very exciting plays with his arm, and I think he stays in RF where he can loose his cannon more often.

Nice work! I like Arcia. I could see him rounding into a Andre Ethier type. .280/.360/.500 with more doubles than home runs, but 20-25 home runs consistently and 30 home runs always a possibility. He might be more of a left fielder, especially with the outfield arms the Twins have in the system, but his defense is not why he is an exciting player anyway.


Also I think "The Blizzard of Oz" could really catch on.

Completely agree Old Goat. This was the positive end of the Sano spectrum.
I was pretty negative in my top-20-post-2013 list of prospects. But Sano is on another level, and could force a big league debut in 2014. But 2015 to start the year is a good bet. If he needs to go to AAA in 2015, then he isn't Five-Star, in my opinion.

Stay tuned for Ozzie's blog gush...

Of course I wish the very best for Sano and the Twins. I know he was the youngest player on the team.
Still, there seems a long bridge between hitting .258 in low A ball and being a star in MLB. Hope that all comes to pass.
And as for my own 'over exuberance', I still think Arcia is the real deal.

Hope they both become super-stars.

Maybe a sequel is in the works?...but there is hardly any footage from his monster 2012 season on youtube. I have found about three home-run videos as a Beloit Snapper (~10% of his HR's)

When is the sequal to the movie coming out?? Are there still camera's following him around minor league ball?