6/9/09

MLB Draft Coverage - Day I: rounds 1-3

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Here are the Twins' picks in the first three Rounds:

Round 1:

#22: Kyle Gibson, RHP, Missouri. 6'6", 210 lbs, Junior. Here is his scouting report and a video from mlb.com and here is John Manuel's take from Baseball America. Also, here is a scouting report from Saber Scouting with an additional video. Here is a scouting report from Project Prospect, and here is another from The College Baseball Blog. Here is a page full of videos of Kyle Gibson.

Round 1 supplementary (compensation round; the Twins got that pick because of Dennis Reyes singing as a free agent with another team) :

#46: Matt Bashore, LHP, Indiana. 6'3", 200 lbs, Junior. Here are his numbers, here is a quick report, here is an article by Sporting News and here is a scouting video from mlb.com. He was named as one of the top 3 Big Ten starting pitchers by College Baseball Insider.

Round 2:

#70: Billy Bullock, RHP, U Florida. 6'6", 225 lbs, Junior. Here are his numbers and here is an article from The Gainsville Sun.

Round 3:

#101: Ben Tootle, RHP, Jacksonvile State. Here is a scouting report and video from MLB.com and here is an article and here is another one. He was the ninth best college pitcher available according to the College Baseball Blog.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thrylos,

Looks like the Twins are stocking the system with power arms. I guess they realize they've got too many "throw strikes, throw sinkerballs" pitchers in the system...

-Blake

thrylos98 said...

Blake,

Bullock and Tootle are power arms. They are not Morillo but closer to Crain. Gibson can be really good and could develop more velocity. Bashore is a finesse lefty. Great draft so far, but I'd love to see more LHP

Anonymous said...

Thrylos,

Speaking of Morillo, how is he doing at Triple A?

Blake

Anonymous said...

Nevermind, I found what I needed further down the site.

Thanks.

-Blake