1. Deolis Guerra, RHP, 4/17/89, Ft. Myers (A+), The final piece of the Santana-trade puzzle. Considered one of the best young pitching prospects in baseball. Has a huge frame and big-time ability, but the stats don’t match. Youngest player (by almost a year) in Twins full-season leagues. Now with the Twins organization, will slowly climb through the organization. Will probably arrive in Minnesota as a mid-season call-up in 2011.
2. Ben Revere, OF, 5/3/88, Beloit (A-), Twins first-round pick in ’07. Many believed he was drafted way too high. Started season in EST, but was moved up to Beloit where he has been unreal. Batting over .400 and been a huge spark for the team. Projects as lead-off CF with little pop, but is a long ways away. An estimation of 2012 – with Gomez moving to LF (and 3rd in the order) and Young to RF – is as good of guess as any.
3. Tyler Robertson, LHP, 12/23/87, Ft. Myers (A+), Widely considered the top Twins prospect going into last offseason. Has statistically been similar to Guerra, with much better K numbers; ranked lower based on age/stat comparison. As left-handed arms are short in supply, Robertson may be able to scratch the major-league surface as soon as 2010.
4. Kevin Mulvey, RHP, 5/26/85, Rochester (AAA), Forgotten amongst Santana trade chips. His stats for ’08 are not very good (2-6, 1.63 WHIP, 24-23 K/BB), but let’s not forget about his age – he’s only a couple months older than Anthony Swarzak, who is considered a top prospect and pitching a level lower. Not on the 40-man roster, Mulvey, realistically, probably won’t contend for a spot on the big club until 2010.
5. Trevor Plouffe, SS, 6/15/86, New Britain (AA), It seems like Plouffe has been around forever, so languishing at AA must mean he’s been a bust. After doing some research I believe the opposite. Steadily climbing the organizational ladder, Plouffe is repeating AA. Offensively, Plouffe has always been just ok, even showing a little bit of power, and has been a little better this year. He needs to lower his Ks and Es, but the fact is, Plouffe is young for AA and would even be considered young if playing in Ft. Myers. Compares favorably to former-Twin Jason Bartlett. Could become utility backup by 2010.
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Interesting note on Revere: through his 1st 300 professional ABs, he has more triples (14) than doubles (13). Unusual.
Not as unusual as Guzman's BA being higher than his OBP for a few days this April!
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