J-Dog Dungan

According to MLBTradeRumors, both Kevin Gausman (1,4 Orioles) and Mark Appel (1,8 Pirates) are both leaning against signing with their draft teams, both for different reasons.
When teams learned that Appel, a Scott Boras client, wanted a $6 million+ bonus, he fell down all the way to the Pirates at the #8 pick. This means that instead of being able to get that much money for getting picked at #'s 1-3, he dropped to #8, and the most the Pirates can offer him without losing a first round ...

While the All-Star Break is still about a month away, it is usually the best indicator of whether or not teams will be competing for a spot in the postseason and whether teams will be buyers or sellers at the deadline. The Twins, while having gotten out to another abysmal start due (this year, anyway) to horrendous starting pitching and the Twins' complete lack of any kind of hitting, with RISP or otherwise, are again using a weak schedule in the months of May, June, and hopefully July to give us ...

2013 Roster (not in any particular order):
Bullpen:

1. Burton
2. Perkins
3. Duensing
4. Swarzak
5. Guerra
6. Slama
7. Burnett

Starting Pitching:

1. Scott Diamond
2. Hendriks
3. Blackburn
4. P.J. Walters (?)/ FA Pitcher
5. FA Pitcher

Starting Lineup:

1. Span
2. Revere
3. Mauer
4. Morneau
5. Willingham
6. Doumit
7. Plouffe
8. Dozier
9. Carroll

Bench:

1. Wilkin Ramirez
2. Butera
3. Mastroianni
4. Parmelee

Valencia could be in this lineup if he figures things out on offense and defense. I am assuming that the Twins trade ...

The Twins have several highly-touted prospects that are currently climbing through their system. The prospect that is most likely to make his debut this year is Brian Dozier, who is a solid middle infielder who took this year in the Minors and turned it into his breakout season.

Unfortunately for the Twins, they have several other highly-touted prospects that are all playing the same positions. For Chris Herrmann, this isn't a problem, as he could finally be Drew Butera's nightmare ...

Tags: decisions, draft picks, miguel sano, minor league baseball, prospects

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With so many options going into Spring Training, and with so few spots left to claim, the Twins seems to have most of their lineup and pitching rotation already set. But with 66 guys in camp, they are clearly being prepared in case the injury bug returns and continues to bite them. There are so many interesting stories in camp, but you have to wonder: How much will each of these guys need to do to consider being taken north with the team? Lets face the truth. In almost all predictions, the Twins ...