2007 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects

1. Matt Garza, RHP, Grade A (hasn't exceeded 50 innings yet)
   
2. Kevin Slowey, RHP, Grade B+ (cross between Brad Radke and Jon Lieber)
   
3. Chris Parmalee, OF, B+ (impressive power production)
   
4. Anthony Swarzak, RHP, B+ (sometimes overlooked but he shouldn't be)
   
5. Glen Perkins, LHP, B  
   
6. Pat Neshek, RHP, B-  (under the 50 inning limit)
   
7. Alexander Smit, LHP, B-  (made major progress this year)
   
8. Eduardo Morlan, RHP, B-  (overlooked by many but has a live arm and good numbers)
   
9. Alexi Casilla, 2B, B- (future Luis Castillo)
   
10. Paul Kelly, SS, B-
    
11. Jeff Manship, RHP, B-  (a major sleeper from the '06 draft, this is a very aggressive grade but I want people to notice him)
    
12. Kyle Waldrop, RHP, B-  (very projectable)
    
13. Erik Lis, 1B, C+  (strong bat but can he repeat at higher levels?)
    
14. Whit Robbins, 1B, C+
    
15. Brian Duensing, LHP, C+
    
16. Oswaldo Sosa, RHP, C+
    
17. Zach Ward, RHP, C+
    
18. Joe Benson, OF, C+ (impressive tools but will need some time)
    
19. Jose Mijares, LHP, C+  (throws very hard but weight and control are issues)
    
20. Garrett Olson, 3B, C+

Others: Alex Burnett, RHP; Doug Deeds, OF; Julio DePaula, RHP; J.D. Durbin, RHP; Brian Kirwan, RHP' Matt Moses, 3B;  Ryan Mullins, LHP; Trent Oeltjen, OF; Brock Peterson, 1B; Yohan Pino, RHP; Tyler Robertson, LHP; Alex Romero, OF; Jay Sawatski, LHP; Denard Span, OF; Andrew Thompson, INF.

The Twins in One Sentence: A very solid farm system with a good foundation for the future, although they could use additional depth in position players and impact hitters.

Note: ALL GRADES ARE PRELIMINARY. There is a lot of slack in the B-/C+ range and players may move up and down depending on how my thinking progresses. Feel free to make comments, point out sleepers I may have missed, etc. Note that there is only a limited amount of space in the book, and the max I can do is 35-36 players per team.

Of course, the best thing you can do is buy my book.

UPDATE: After listening to people's suggestions and complaints, I've decided that I need to get Dave Winfree, Jay Rainville, and Dan Valencia in the book. The problem is that this blows past the player limit for this organization, and I really don't want to cut people. I might dump Sawatski and Peterson, although I consider both to be sleepers and would rather not do so.