College Splits: Minnesota Twins 2010 Draft Recap

Minnesota Twins 2010 Draft Recap

June 14, 2010

The following sentence will shock you. The Twins drafted a strike-throwing pitcher. I know, hard to believe, huh? Organizational philosophy or no organizational philosphy, Alex Wimmers was a great college pitcher. His junior year K/9 of 10.7 was the lowest of his career. And, as our friend Bryan Smith pointed out in his must-read piece on Wimmers at FanGraphs, the addition of a changeup allowed the Twins' first pick to hold left-handed batters to the following slash line this past season: .110/.168/.120.

In the sixth round, Minnesota selected Kentucky LHP Logan Darnell. Here's Darnell's K/9 and BB/9 for the past three seasons:

2010: 6.7 | 3.4
2009: 9.7 | 4.1
2008: 6.4 | 7.4

Trust your scouts, we guess.

Sixty picks later, the Twins took Darnell's Kentucky teammate 1B/OF Lance Ray. Whatever he does in the majors, it seems to us he'll have to do with the bat, as his defense registered -10 (regressed!) runs below average according to our play-by-play metric.

Draft Class Breakdown

Here's a general idea of who they took, and where they got 'em. To compare to other teams and MLB averages, check out this post at THT Live.

  Pos    4YR  JC  HS  Total  
  RHP     13   5   1     19  
  LHP      8   1   2     11  
  C        1   1   1      3  
  1B       1   0   1      2  
  3B       1   0   1      2  
  SS       2   1   4      7  
  CF       1   1   1      3  
  RF       1   0   2      3  
  Total   28   9  13

Splits for Twins Draftees

21 - Alex Wimmers, Ohio State

71 - Cartier Goodrum, Fayette County HS (GA)

102 - Pat Dean, Boston College

135 - Eddie Rosario, Rafael Lopez Landron HS

165 - Nathaniel Roberts, High Point University

195 - Logan Darnell, Kentucky

225 - Matthew Hauser, University of San Diego

255 - Lance Ray, U Kentucky

285 - Kyle Knudson, Minnesota

315 - JaDamion Williams, Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate HS (FL)

345 - Tyler Kuresa, Oakmont HS (CA)