I’m guessing here of course but I like him more than some. He just looks like he is going to be an exciting, top of the order hitter. Like him more if he gets a lot better as a CF.

But it’s already pretty well established that I like him less than most.

I’m obviously high on this guy, but he has impressed almost everybody. Sure, he is still in the very low levels but he has the potential to be MVP-caliber.

He has the rare quality of being able to move Mauer from catcher to third. Once he arrives on the scene, probably 2010 or 2011 Mauer will have the option of prolonging his career by three or four years and letting the new kid wreck his knees.

Ramos has great defense and a great bat.

i really like this kid. he could be a real mover/shaker next yr.

Lots of boom-or-bust potential here. He can be the next Johan Santana, or the next Ramon Ortiz. He did very well in low levels, but when he arrived in Low-A Beloit he hit a stone wall. He needs to find the strikezone.

Valencia will have a decent bat in the majors, but his glove is his Achilles heel. Unless the Twins sign a young third baseman soon Valencia will enter 2010 as the starting third baseman with virtually no competition.

He looked phenomenal in his brief stint in the majors this Sept, but once his scouting reports get passed around and batters get used to him he will be above-average.

I don’t like him nearly as much as others, but he will probably be called upon to make a few starts in 2009. He is overvalued because of the lack of pitching in the High levels of the Twins’ system.

Still think he’s a big leaguer eevn though he has dropped in some eyes. Would love to at least ATTEMP to argue his case as the 10th best prospect.

He’s a few years away but could be a great #2 starter. He has struggled with injury, which is his main concern, but if he can overcome that he is one of the top Twins’ prospects.

Morales has great potential, but also great bust potential. He is only 18 years old but could be in Low-A ball next year. He is a five-tools player and reminds me of Ichiro – he could be that good.

I only rate him because he is so close. He could make starts for the Twins in 2009, and should have a fine career as a middle-of-the-rotation guy.

He demolished Double A pitching this year as he hit at a .319 /.385 /.551 clip with an OPS of 936. He was promoted to Triple A Rochester and hit .283 /.325 /.453 with an OPS of 778 through 29 games.

I’m not nearly as high on him as others because he doesn’t have a real position. He can play anywhere, which is a good problem, but a problem nonetheless. He could be in Minnesota next year playing any role.

No opinions on ANY Twins players I suppose? Just on my idea I guess. OK.

..I’ll go REAL slow for you… I can COUNT the players who are going to be listed, COUNT THEM you see? So when we are at the poll for say, the #49 prospect there will be how many players remaining to rank? …take a wild guess…ok, I’ll tell you… 49 PLAYERS! There is a ZERO PERCENT chance of ther ebeing 20 players left for 19 spots or 70 players left for 14 spots or a 1.000,000 players left for 3 spots. There will exactly as many players left as there are spots! Sorry, but I’ve heard that 6-7 times now and it is getting old. Why would I do that when all you have to do is count the players remaining on your list.

The problem here is you guys (all the people supporting the normal list) think that you don’t eliminate players on your list but you do. There are like 200 guys not being considered from the #5 spot right now and that is OK. Its ok to do it the other way too. Mike Moustakas is out of the running for the 100 spot. He isnt going to be on that poll.

The answer to the second question is that I don’t like the other method. Just the concept of worrying about how much time it takes instead of debating the players more is boring to me.

Also I think voting for who is the WORST prospect is an intersting way to turn the conversation about prospects around and look at it from a different angle, that all. Just for fun and kicks, thats all :-)

It’ll only be inaccurate if the community…aka YOU…doesnt tell me that a player like Ben Revere should be moved up to say 99th so he can stay off the poll for the 100th player. It’ll be just as accurate as the people who chime in say it should be.

You don’t even have an opinion on the players so I dont really know where you are coming from.

…guys will be in. If I get down to guys who are ranked, say 70-80. there may be already 100 players. In fact I anticipated it going like that. Its the nature of liking ones own teams prospects.

I also kinda anticipated that there may be whole poll of guys who were rated 50-60 in the poll for the 75th prospect.

It’ll be kind of a dogfight for the 100 spot which I havent fiured out how to adress exactly but it’ll be interesting sorting it out.

Players ARE going to eliminated.

He asked for my opinion. I don’t claim to be an expert on every teams’ minor league system.

I doubt this system works, anyway…