-Arcia has continued his tremendous hitting in 2011 and jumped a level to Fort Myers where the 20.3-year-old has an OPS of .753 while still recovery from injury. He is striking out too much still, but that is to be expected for his age at high-A ball. He will undoubtedly begin next season at Fort Myers.
2. Miguel Sano
-Sano's .899 OPS is impressive, to say the least, especially when considering his age (18.3). He has 10 homers and 27 extra base hits in just 204 plate appearances. It is unclear where he will end up defensively. It would be tremendous if he could develop his third base skills and stay there. That will be his task next year at Beloit.
3. Liam Hendriks
- Hendriks has been steady up until his last start in Rochester. He has shot up the rankings and may potentially see a September call up. He will be in contention for the starting rotation next year, though will likely start in Rochester.
4. Aaron Hicks
-Hicks seems to underachieve every other year, but the secondary stats are still good despite hitting around .240 and slumping miserably. I think he would have roughly the same numbers if he were up in New Britain, so I hope the Twins don't make a foolish decision and start him at Fort Myers again next year. He belongs in New Britain at the beginning of 2012.
5. Joe Benson
-Benson has cut down on the strikeouts a bit while his power numbers have declined some. He looks like a potential doubles machine and will be ready, I think, for a 2012 September callup at the very least. Of course if two of the Young-Kubel-Cuddyer triad are gone next year, he may be up much sooner.
6. Kyle Gibson
-His elbow problems are scary. It might be best to undergo surgery now and thus be ready for the beginning of 2013. He is a hard worker, so I would think the 18 months would be enough. But that means . . . NOW.
7. Angel Morales
-He's back. And he has come back in stride at Fort Myers with a .764 OPS after getting off to a slow start. He is whiffing too much, but I would expect him to start at Fort Myers and eventually move up to join Hicks at New Britain at some point next season.
8. Adrian Salcedo
-Still solid. Probably should be moved up to Fort Myers by now to see what he can do. Will start there next year.
9. Chris Parmelee
-Has done everything right this year and has managed to take the positives from the last two seasons and blend them together for a more polished all-around hitting game. And he is walking more. He will start at Rochester next year and be ready for a call-up if Justin Morneau continues to be the problem that he is.
10. B.J. Hermsen
--It's good to get another pitcher up here with the problems Wimmers has had and the injury to Bromberg. Hermsen gives up a lot of hits, but he doesn't let many of them score. Should start at Fort Myers next year.
11. Eddie Rosario
12. David Bromberg
13. Max Kepler
14. Manuel Soliman
15. Alex Wimmers
16. Carlos Gutierrez
17. Brian Dozier
18. Bruce Pugh
19. Chris Hermmann
20. Lance Ray
I am leaving Revere, Tosoni, and Plouffe off, though they would be on this list. Nishioka is off off off. Some others to look at are Daniel Ortiz, Logan Darnell, Andrew Albers, Niko Goodrum, and Nate Roberts.
