[BA] 2004 Draft Report Cards

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MINNESOTA TWINS Best Pro Debut: 3B/SS Juan Portes (15) hit .327, tied for the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League lead with eight homers and topped the GCL with a .530 slugging percentage. LHPs Glen Perkins (1) and Jay Sawatski (8) both reached low Class A Quad Cities and posted sub-1.40 ERAs with more than a strikeout per inning. RHP Kyle Waldrop (1) went 5-2, 2.14 between two Rookie clubs and was rated as the top pitching prospect in the Appalachian League. OF/DH Deacon Burns (26), an Appy League all-star, batted .314-12-49 and led the league with 80 hits and 20 doubles. Best Athlete: OF Ricky Prady (29) combines speed and power, though he'll be a long-term project. SS Trevor Plouffe (1) entered 2004 more highly regarded as a pitcher, but his potential as an all-around shortstop was too much for Minnesota to ignore. RHP Jay Rainville (1) was an NHL prospect as a defenseman. Best Pure Hitter: Plouffe, with Portes right on his heels. Best Raw Power: OF Jeremy Pickrel (10). He's a 6-foot-4, 210-pounder who's a good athlete for his size. Fastest Runner: Prady. Best Defensive Player: The Twins see Plouffe as a shortstop in the mold of Greg Gagne. Few infielders have quicker hands than 2B Matt Tolbert (16), who also hit .308 in the Appy League. Best Fastball: Rainville projects to throw the hardest of the Minnesota draftees, currently working at 93-94 mph with very heavy sink. RHP Eduardo Morlan (3) has the best present velocity, hitting 95-96 during instructional league. RHP Anthony Swarzak (2) can touch 95, while RHP Matt Fox (1) can reach 94. Best Breaking Ball: Swarzak's and Waldrop's curveballs, with Swarzak's more consistent at this point. Sawatski's slider is his out pitch. Most Intriguing Background: Sawatski's grandfather Carl caught for 11 years in the majors and served as president of the Texas League. Four draftees have football connections. RHP Shane Boyd (12) is Kentucky's starting quarterback. The Twins thought they had him signed as a 13th-round pick out of high school in 2000, but his mom nixed the deal. Minnesota controls his rights because he's a fifth-year senior. RHP Tate Casey (19) is a tight end and OF Tony Joiner (44) is a defensive back at Florida. Burns, the only signee among the group, was a running back/kick returner at Northern State (S.D.). Closest To The Majors: Perkins or Sawatski. Perkins has very good command of three average or better pitches, plus he's lefthanded. So is Sawatski, who pitches aggressively with his high-80s fastball and his slider. Best Late-Round Pick: Portes slipped through the cracks of the draft after dropping out of his Massachusetts high school to play in Iowa's spring wood- bat league. He still needs to find a position, however. The One Who Got Away: The Twins thought they could get Casey signed, but the pressure to play football was too much. Casey had a mostly disappointing spring, but he does have a strong body and a low-90s fastball. Assessment: Minnesota had baseball's best draft, replenishing the talent in the game's most consistently productive system. Though other clubs wondered about the Twins' budget, they didn't sacrifice talent for signability and signed their 15 picks, including five first-rounders. -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 140.112.251.104