Shadow Draft Top 20 FAKE Twins Farm System
As long-time readers know, I have been doing a Shadow Draft for the Twins each year since 1996 and have built up a fake Twins farm system. You can read more about the background here and here.
Here is the Top 20 Prospects from my Shadow Twins system, with the grade they got in the 2008 Baseball Prospect Book.
1. Brandon Wood, SS, Arizona HS (1st round 2003), Grade B+
2. Lars Anderson, 1B, California HS (1st round 2006), Grade B+
3. Tyler Robertson, LHP, California HS (3rd round 2006), Grade B+
4. Brett Lillibridge, SS, University of Washington (3rd round 2005), Grade B
5. Jon Meloan, RHP, University of Arizona (4th round 2005), Grade B
6. Michael Bowden, RHP, Illinois HS (1st round Supp 2005) Grade B
7. Jeff Manship, RHP, Notre Dame (14th round 2006) Grade B
8. Glen Perkins, LHP, University of Minnesota (1st round 2004) Grade B-
9. Jason Pridie, OF, Arizona HS (1st round Supp. 2002) Grade C+
10. Brian Friday, SS, Rice (2nd round 2007) Grade C+
11. Danny Valencia, 3B, University of Miami-Florida (19th round 2006) Grade C+
12. Damon Sublett, 2B, Wichita State (6th round 2007) Grade C+
13. Justin Orenduff, RHP, Virginia Commonwealth (1st round 2004) Grade C+
14. Kevin Whelan, RHP, Texas A&M (3rd round 2005) Grade C+
15. Nevin Griffith, RHP, Florida HS (1st round 2007) Grade C+
16. Dustin Richardson, LHP, Texas Tech (5th round 2006) Grade C+
17. Matt Torra, RHP, University of Massachusetts (1st round 2004) Grade C+
18. Daryl Thompson, RHP, Maryland HS (7th round 2003) Grade C
19. Leo Rosales, RHP, Cal State Northridge, (19th round 2003) Grade C
20. David Newmann, LHP, Texas A&M (3rd round 2007), Grade C
I try to be as objective as possible when dealing with any player I have a Shadow Draft interest in, so let me know if any of these look off to you.
Tomorrow, I am going to start a series of posts about Controversial Prospects, starting with Tyler Robertson, so stay tuned.
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Wondering...
by Boxkutter on Jan 22, 2026 1:40 PM EST 0 recs
Previous years
by hungry hipo on
Jan 22, 2026 1:54 PM EST
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Latin American signings...
by GuyinNY on Jan 22, 2026 2:41 PM EST 0 recs
Or Rule V picks
by wrightHOF on
Jan 22, 2026 4:18 PM EST
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Projection for Brandon Wood?
by smittybanton on Jan 22, 2026 4:58 PM EST 0 recs
My Royals List
- Brett Anderson, LHP, Ok HS, 2nd Rd, 2006
- Josh Vitters, 3B, Cal HS, 1st Rd, 2007
- JR Towles, C, Tex JuCo, 19th Rd, 2004
- Brad Lincoln, RHP, Houston, 1st Rd, 2006
- Jeff Manship, RHP, Notre Dame, 9th Rd, 2006
- Billy Buckner, RHP, South Carolina, 2nd Rd, 2004
- Josh Bell, 3B, Fla HS, 4th Rd, 2005
- Nevin Griffith, RHP, Fla HS, 2nd Rd, 2007
- Damon Sublett, 2B, Wichita State, 7th Rd, 2007
- Danny Valencia, 3B, Miami, 18th Rd, 2006
- Mitch Maier, CF, Toledo, 1st Rd, 2003
- Brian Dinkelman, 2B, McKendree College, 7th Rd, 2006
- Kenny Maiques, RHP, Cal JuCo, 3rd Rd, 2005
- Anthony Varvaro, RHP, St John's, 7th Rd, 2005
- Mark Halberg, SS, Florida State, 7th Rd, 2007
- Eric Farris, 2B, Loyola Marymount, 4th Rd, 2007
- Noah Krol, RHP, Wichita State, 15th Rd, 2007
- Graham Godfrey, RHP, Col of Charleston, 25th Rd, 2006
- Marco Estrada, RHP, Long Beach State, 6th rd, 2005
- Ryan Goleski, OF, Eastern Michigan, 12th Rd, 2003
by JM Barten on Jan 22, 2026 5:35 PM EST 0 recs
John
Some were, some weren't. Just wondering
by nms on Jan 23, 2026 8:05 AM EST 0 recs
Question for John..
Is Glen Perkins still considered a prospect? I guess he hasn't pitched a lot of innings at the MLB level yet, but because of injury he..
what is your logic on this?
THANKS!!!
by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Jan 26, 2026 10:56 PM EST 0 recs





