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Good Wednesday, All! I pretty much passed out last night after my podcast, but I wanted to get up early this morning and at least provide you with some links!
- First of all, I thought that last night’s SethSpeaks.net Weekly Minnesota Twins Podcast was a very good one. Twins pitching prospect Blayne Weller was the first guest, and he did a tremendous job answering a lot of questions. Then Doogie Wolfson joined us, prior to his appearance last night on Fox 9’s Sports with Jim Rich (who made an appearance on our show too!). Finally, Parker from Over the Baggy called in and he and I talked Twins topics for about eight minutes beyond the live podcast. So, check it out if you haven’t already.
- Baseball America just posted its Top 10 Twins Prospects. It’s a good, interesting list, so be sure to check that out. John Manuel did a great job on the list. I’m going to try to have him on next week’s Twins podcast. He has said he’d like to do that, so it should work.
- At Twinkie Town, the Twins Prospect vote is now up to #37. I’m sure you’re all voting every day, right?
- Josh Johnson’s Top 50 Twins Prospect series is down currently at Twins Prospect #38.
- The Twins Geek wrote a great article on Michael Cuddyer and people’s perceptions of him. I definitely recommend this one!
- Speaking of, the Twins Geek is going to be on Twins Talk, Fanatic Jack’s Podcast, tonight at 9:00. So check that out. The Twins Geek also was on Monday night’s Travis Talks Minnesota Sports podcast.
- Granny Baseball asks if the Steroid Era is Really Over.
- Star Tribune’s Michael Rand did a nice Q&A with Pat Neshek.
- Yesterday, Joel Sherman of the NY Post noted that the Yankees have signed former Twins minor league IF/OF David Winfree to a minor league contract. I have mixed feelings on that, of course. First, after looking at my Twins minor league roster projections, I thought that the Twins could use a right-handed power bat for right field in Rochester. Second, I met David Winfree for the first time at Twins Fest several years ago. He was just walking around the Dome, and no one recognized him. I stood next to him and we talked for 10 minutes. Each year after that, we would talk a bit as well. He is a terrific guy. But at the same time, the Twins have clearly made the decision that he does not fit into their plans at all, so this is a good move for him. Obviously I wish him well.
- I meant to post this last week and just forgot, but Matt from Minor League Baseball Prospects posted his Top 40 Twins Prospects list.
- Brian from BP Baseball says that the offseason has been about patience.
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That’s it for now, have a great day! Any thoughts?
It is always fun to look at the Baseball Prospectus list. Specifically look at the top 10 prospects of 2006, and the projected 2010 line-ups. Sometimes they are dead on, sometimes it amazes me how quickly a prospect falls of the planet (Chris Parmelee).
How has Parmelee fallen off the face of the planet? He had another solid year, this time in the Florida State League. He held his own in the Arizona Fall League. He’ll likely be in AA this year.
In November, I did an analysis of top prospects from ten years ago and compared what happened with BBA’s top ten.
http://grannybaseball.blogspot.com/2009/11/top-ten-prospects-of-2000-10-years.html
The list is not unusual. The top prospects on the BBA list then were Cuddyer and Restovich. Morneau didn’t appear on the list at all, neither did Pierzynski. Cuddyer and Santana are the only unqualified successes on the BBA list. I think it puts in perspective the “can miss” nature of “can’t miss” prospects.
“…..the offseason has been about patience ……”
the list of free agents at positions of need is getting shorter and shorter. i’ve read that mauer is waiting to see if the twins improve the team this winter before he signs. at this point it would be hard to say they have improved.
I read some where that Mauer is waiting to sign so that the Twins still have money to sign free agents.
I thought I heard a rumor that Mauer was likely to wait until after the season to see what other offers he gets. Oh, wait, I guess I started that rumor.
Two pieces of information I thought everyone would be interested in.
1. Joe Crede is likely headed to Baltimore in a incentiveladen contract.
2. With Jarrod Washburn turning down Twins offer the Twins have moved on and are now targeting doug davis.
Twins site notes in Transactions they re-signed Brock Peterson to a contract on the 8th.