Composite Prospect Lists 2011, 2012

From Seth Stohs, Twinkie Town, and me:

2011

1. Aaron Hicks (OF)
1. Kyle Gibson (RHS)
3. Miguel Sano (3B/SS)
4. Alex Wimmers (RHS)
5. Joe Benson (OF)
6. Liam Hendriks (RHS)
7. Angel Morales (OF)
8. Oswaldo Arcia (OF)
9. David Bromberg (RHS)
10. Adrian Salcedo (RHS)
11. Max Kepler (OF)
12. Chris Parmelee (1B/OF)
13. Carlos Gutierrez (RHR)
14. Manuel Soliman (RHS)
15. Eddie Rosario (OF)
16. B.J. Hermsen (RHS)
17. Rene Tosoni (OF)
18. Pat Dean (LHS)
19. Daniel Ortiz (OF)
20. Niko Goodrum (SS/3B/2B/OF)
20. Trevor Plouffe (SS)
20. Scott Diamond (LHS)
23. Anthony Slama (RHR)
24. Kane Holbrooks (RHS)
25. Deolis Guerra (RHS)
25. Kyle Waldrop (RHR)
27. Dakota Watts (RHR)
27. Tom Stuifbergen (RHS)
27. Bruce Pugh (RHR)
30. Bobby Lanigan (RHS)
31. James Beresford (SS/2B)
32. Luke Hughes (2B/1B/3B)
33. Brian Dozier (SS/2B)
33. Nate Roberts (OF)
35. Danny Rams (C)
36. Anderson Hidalgo (3B)
37. Chris Herrmann (C/OF)
37. Evan Bigley (OF)
39. Brett Jacobson (RHR)
40. Michael Tonkin (RHR)
41. Lance Ray (1B/OF)
42. Logan Darnell (LHS)
42. Daniel Osterbrock (LHS)
44. Miguel Munoz (RHS)
45. Jorge Polanco (SS)
46. Daniel Santana (SS/2B)
47. Edgar Ibarra (LHR)
48. Matt Bashore (LHR)
49. Tony Davis (LHR)
50. Kennys Vargas (1B)

2012

1. Miguel Sano (3B)
2. Eddie Rosario (OF/2B)
3. Oswaldo Arcia (OF/DH)
4. Aaron Hicks (OF)
5. Joe Benson (OF)
6. Liam Hendriks (RHS)
7. Kyle Gibson (RHS)
8. Chris Parmelee (1B/OF)
9. Adrian Salcedo (RHS)
10. Brian Dozier (SS/2B)
11. Alex Wimmers (RHS)
12. Chris Herrmann (C/OF)
13. Max Kepler (OF)
14. Angel Morales (OF)
15. Travis Harrison (3B/1B)
16. Levi Michael (SS/2B)
17. Manuel Soliman (RHR)
18. Niko Goodrum (SS/2B/OF)
19. Hudson Boyd (RHS)
20. Madison Boer (RHS)
21. Tom Stuifbergen (RHS)
22. B.J. Hermsen (RHS)
23. David Bromberg (RHS)
24. Carlos Gutierrez (RHR)
25. Matt Hauser (RHS)
26. Logan Darnell (LHS)
27. J.D. Williams (OF)
28. Terry Doyle (RHS)
29. Nate Roberts (OF)
30. Scott Diamond (LHS)
31. Deolis Guerra (RHR)
32. Pat Dean (LHS)
33. Matt Summers (RHR)
34. Jairo Perez (3B/OF/DH)
35. Corey Williams (LHR)
36. Lester Oliveros (RHR)
37. Lance Ray (1B/OF)
38. Danny Rams (C/OF)
39. Daniel Santana (SS/2B/OF)
40. Tyler Robertson (LHR)
41. Angel Mata (RHS)
42. Tim Shibuya (RHS)
43. Daniel Ortiz (OF)
44. James Beresford (2B/SS)
45. Bobby Lanigan (RHS)
46. Dakota Watts (RHR)
47. Evan Bigley (OF)
48. Cole DeVries (RHR)
49. Matt Bashore (LHR)
50. Anderson Hidalgo (3B/DH)

Top 50 Twins Prospects 2012

I will be posting statistics and comments about each player on the list in the next few days, but I wanted to post the list (with last year's ranking in parentheses).

1.       Miguel Sano (2)

2.       Aaron Hicks (1)

3.       Oswaldo Arcia (10)

4.       Eddie Rosario (19)

5.       Liam Hendriks (7)

6.       Joe Benson (8)

7.       Kyle Gibson (4)

8.       Adrian Salcedo (12)

9.       Chris Parmelee (14)

10.   Brian Dozier (36)

11.   Alex Wimmers (5)

12.   Max Kepler (13)

13.   Chris Herrmann (35)

14.   Angel Morales (5)

15.   Manuel Soliman (16)

16.   Travis Harrison (NR)

17.   Niko Goodrum (24)

18.   Hudson Boyd (NR)

19.   David Bromberg (11)

20.   Levi Michael (NR)

21.   Madison Boer (NR)

22.   B.J. Hermsen (18)

23.   Nate Roberts (27)

24.   JaDamion Williams (NR)

25.   Carlos Gutierrez (15)

26.   Jairo Perez (NR)

27.   Tom Stuifbergen (32)

28.   Matt Hauser (NR)

29.   Deolis Guerra (39)

30.   Lance Ray (41)

31.   Pat Dean (23)

32.   Scott Diamond (26)

33.   Danny Santana (50)

34.   Tyler Robertson (NR)

35.   Terry Doyle (NR)

36.   Corey Williams (NR)

37.   Matthew Summers (NR)

38.   Tim Shibuya (NR)

39.   Logan Darnell (48)

40.   Bobby Lanigan (40)

41.   Danny Ortiz (21)

42.   Danny Rams (46)

43.   Rory Rhodes (HM)

44.   Angel Mata (NR)

45.   Evan Bigley (42)

46.   Bruce Pugh (34)

47.   Dakota Watts (29)

48.   James Beresford (30)

49.   Anderson Hidalgo (31)

50.   Jorge Polanco (NR)

Honorable Mentions: Matt Bashore, Danny Lehmann, Josmil Pinto, Nick Lockwood, Kennys Vargas, Anthony Slama, Kane Holbrooks, Kyle Waldrop, Brett Jacobsen, Matthew Koch

Jason Marquis

The Twins spent $3 million on Jason Marquis, which I don't fully understand. Why not just have a competition for the fifth spot between guys making 500k (Doyle, Diamond, Hendriks, DeVries, etc.)?

The self-imposed $100 million spending cap seems to be for real and that is a pretty low move for an organization in the third year of a new stadium.