2017 Minnesota Twins

C – Rainis Silva – R/R – Rookie Elizabethton

1B – Lewin Diaz – L/L – LoA Cedar Rapids 

2B – Jose Miranda – R/R – Rookie Elizabethton

3B – Travis Blankenhorn – L/R – LoA Cedar Rapids 

SS – Royce Lewis – R/R – GCL/LoA Cedar Rapids 

LF – Brent Rooker – R/R – Rookie Elizabethton/HiA Fort Myers 

CF – Akil Baddoo – L/L – GCL/Rookie Elizabethton

RF – Alberoni Nunez – R/R – DSL

 

Top 5 Starting Pitchers – (Factor Score) / Highest Level Attained

 

1. RHP Clark Beeker – (23) / HiA Fort Myers 

2. RHP Sean Poppen  – (21) / HiA Fort Myers 

3. RHP Eduardo Del Rosario – (19) / HiA Fort Myers    2017 “One to Watch”

4. RHP Cody Stashak –  (15)  / AA Chattanooga    “Legit UTR”

5.  RHP Tyler Wells –  (14) / LoA Cedar Rapids

 

Mid-Season Trade Impact: Zack Littell has never had the honor to be named as an Organizational All-Star. The 21 year old right-hander has been traded twice over the last two seasons. He would have been ranked #4 with the Seattle Mariners in 2016, but was sent to the Yankees for James Pazos during the off-season. With his new team, Littell came out of the gate quickly with HiA Tampa, and scored high enough, to again, be ranked #4 UTR-OAS. He was sent to the Twins for Jaime Garcia at the trade-deadline, but fell off the UTR radar being assigned at Double-A Chattanooga. I would definitely assign Littell with the “Take a Flyer” tag heading into 2018. The Twins also got Tyler Watson (16) from the Washington Nationals in the Brandon Kintzler trade. Watson would have ranked #2 amongst the Nationals starters.

 

 

 

Top 3 Relief Pitchers – (Factor Score) / Highest Level Attained

 

1. LHP Andrew Vasquez – (17) / HiA Fort Myers

2. LHP Alex Robinson – (11) / HiA Fort Myers

3. RHP Colton Davis – (10) / LoA Cedar Rapids