Comments on: Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2012: 30, 29, 28, 27, 26 http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/23/top-40-twins-prospects-of-2012-30-29-28-27-26/ Baseball news, insight and analysis from Aaron Gleeman Fri, 17 May 2013 19:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve L. http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/23/top-40-twins-prospects-of-2012-30-29-28-27-26/comment-page-1/#comment-10224 Steve L. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:17:50 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69289#comment-10224 I get the sense the Twins worked a bunch with Guerra on refining his mechanics when he came over to keep him as a starter, at the expense of hit velocity. With the shift to the bullpen, the mechanics aren’t as much of an issue, so I suspect he’s back to throwing harder in that role.

]]> By: Josh http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/23/top-40-twins-prospects-of-2012-30-29-28-27-26/comment-page-1/#comment-10222 Josh Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:11:24 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69289#comment-10222 Does low 90′s count as being a “power arm” these days? Either way, the k’s and K-BB ratio for Guerra as a reliever are pretty impressive. He has the look of a future late-inning reliever for the Twins, and I suspect he’ll be one of the first guys that gets a look if Zumaya can’t stay healthy.

That’s actually a pretty smart plan by the Twins: Zumaya as the RH set-up guy out of spring training, and if (when?) he gets hurt, turn to Guerra, who won’t have had the pressure of filling the role out of camp, had some time to get a few more innings under him at AAA, and hopefully be ready to go. And if Zumaya somehow stays healthy (and effective) the Twins can give Guerra one more year int he minors and have him ready to contribute next season.

]]> By: Wade http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/23/top-40-twins-prospects-of-2012-30-29-28-27-26/comment-page-1/#comment-10221 Wade Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:21:46 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69289#comment-10221 Jeremy Hellickson is an Iowan. He graduated from Hoover HS (Des Moines) in 2005.

]]> By: Ben H. http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/23/top-40-twins-prospects-of-2012-30-29-28-27-26/comment-page-1/#comment-10220 Ben H. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:43:45 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69289#comment-10220 Joel Hanrahan, Tony Watson (Pittsburgh Pirates), and Jeremy Hellickson (Tampa Bay Rays) are from Iowa.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/IA_born.shtml

]]> By: Guy http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/23/top-40-twins-prospects-of-2012-30-29-28-27-26/comment-page-1/#comment-10219 Guy Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:17:23 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69289#comment-10219 My brother played against BJ Hermson in hs in Iowa. I had high expectations for him. Then again, I had those for Ryan Sweeney and Jeff Clement as well. I really can’t think of the last good player to come from Iowa. Casey Blake? Am I missing someone?

]]> By: wrong em http://aarongleeman.com/2012/02/23/top-40-twins-prospects-of-2012-30-29-28-27-26/comment-page-1/#comment-10218 wrong em Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:16:14 +0000 http://aarongleeman.com/?p=69289#comment-10218 If I were to read the verbal descriptions out of order, and in the absence of the number rankings, I would guess that Dean and Hauser would be flipped at 30 and 28.

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