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Seth recently highlighted Trevor May and his ascent from 4th round pick to #1 Philly prospect in four short years. Jones is a college arm, but could move into the top-10 with a dominant follow-up to his 2012.

Jones starts in A+?

Originally Posted by Oldgoat_MN

I wonder about Jones having anything but a fastball. How developed are his secondary pitches? A guy who throws that hard has not, historically, had to learn another pitch.
Interesting conundrum.

Yes Old Goat. I am also concerned about the lack of "buzz" surrounding Jones' secondary pitch(es). Again, he is a converted two-way player, so maybe he has more time to tinker in the pitcher's workshop moving forward. His fastball, and his potential, make him a legit Twins prospect going into 2013.

I wonder about Jones having anything but a fastball. How developed are his secondary pitches? A guy who throws that hard has not, historically, had to learn another pitch.
Interesting conundrum.

Harrison did look slow in that clip. He did have good bat speed though.

Originally Posted by gil4

I guess I see a little Big papi resemblance in the lower picture with Sano, but none in the upper one. He needs to eat a dozen extra cheeseburgers a week for about a year to really get there. (He makes Sano look small, which is pretty scary.)

NO DOUBT! Anyone see Vargas hitting 4, Sano - 5 in Minnesota someday?

Yeah he isn't going to be considered for Minnesota if he doesn't produce at Cedar Rapids

Yes, the Twins have a history of letting projected relievers start in the minor leagues. We'll see how Zach's story plays out...

Hope he does well, Twins need pitchers with stuff

Polanco's got a lot more power hitting right. Hitting left his hip pull looks unnatural.

Harrison at third looks like his shoes weigh ten pounds each, and he will be a total sucker for change-ups the way he lunges forward in the box.

Originally Posted by mnfanforlife

If you read the Kennys Vargas quip, I compare his "look" to Big Papi....now do you see the correlation?

I guess I see a little Big papi resemblance in the lower picture with Sano, but none in the upper one. He needs to eat a dozen extra cheeseburgers a week for about a year to really get there. (He makes Sano look small, which is pretty scary.)

One thing that should probably be an any profile is age. Walker is 21, and we haven't seen him above rookie league. Expectations need to be tempered.

Originally Posted by gil4

I did, but I'm not sure exactly how it fit.

One of my fovorite headlines of all time was for a little blurb in the old USA Today Baseball Weekly: Player Really To Be Named Later. It was about Arias informing the Twins that he preferred to go by Ortiz after he came to the team from Seattle as the PTBNL in the Dave Hollins trade.

At the time I figured it was just a funny story about a guy we would most likely never hear from again.

HA! Yes, David Arias was wayyy better than the Twins could perceive. As for the title and how it pertains to the article......If you read the Kennys Vargas quip, I compare his "look" to Big Papi....now do you see the correlation?

Originally Posted by mnfanforlife

Did anyone catch the D.Arias reference at all??

I did, but I'm not sure exactly how it fit.

One of my fovorite headlines of all time was for a little blurb in the old USA Today Baseball Weekly: Player Really To Be Named Later. It was about Arias informing the Twins that he preferred to go by Ortiz after he came to the team from Seattle as the PTBNL in the Dave Hollins trade.

At the time I figured it was just a funny story about a guy we would most likely never hear from again.

Thank you Old Goat, I appreciate your optimism. Life is too short to interrupt every dream with practicality

yeah, those three are ready to get called up after May 7. We still have Morneau because he was about as valuable as Francisco Liriano at the trade-deadline and on the market last off-season. If he had been dealt, Arcia would have a legit shot in RF instead of the joke we are sending out there everyday this coming year. Nothing like having a big, slow guy covering a third of that spacious outfield in Minnesota.

Oh wait...we have TWO big slow guys covering TWO-THIRDS of our outfield this year. But its ok, because we have a really good 4th outfielder that is ready to start for us. And if he doesn't work we have a rookie that has never hit .300 in a full season of minor league ball.

Our pitching is going to suffer mightily as a result of this outfield defense.

Did anyone catch the D.Arias reference at all??

"Vargas missed time last year for both injury and PED use. (performance enhancing drug)"

uhh, yeah...I think anyone that is reading this is well aware of what PED stands for. But are you certain he was using PED's or are you tarnishing his sweet name??

And you will see...Vargas is a legit top-20 and will have reason to move into the top-10 if he is healthy and hits up to his potential in 2013.

shs_59........ the relievers I listed here are better than anyone that is not listed here (starters, outfielders, infielders, catchers, managers, coaches, mascots, fans, unborn babies) in my humble opinion, of course. C.Williams is not an impressive "stuff" guy, but he's got guts. Roberts is going to be very popular in Minnesota, and won't spend much longer on ANY "prospect" list.

Also, looks like James had some conflicting info about the positive drug test. What was Vargas' injury last year?

Originally Posted by James

Vargas was suspended 50 games for violating the MiLB drug policy after testing positive for phentermine, which can be used to help with weight loss. He missed the final 18 games of 2011 and the suspension carried over into 2012. That's why his "games played" stat looks low.

Thank you James, exactly what we needed here. Vargas is big enough to not need PED's, so I am thankful he was just trying to trim that beautiful physique of his....