Prospect watch

1. Aaron Hicks (CF/RF)

AGE: 21.8. .262/.360/.378. Ok bb/k ratio. 6/10 steals.  2012 forecast: New Britain full year.

2. Miguel Sano (SS/3B/1B)

AGE: 18.1. Extended spring training.  Can't wait to see how this season goes. 2012 forecast: Beloit.

3. Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2B/SS)

AGE: 26.10. Back soon with the Twins.  Looked bewildered, but should be fine. 2012 forecast: Twins.

4. Kyle Gibson (SP)

AGE: 23.8. 3.90 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 64 K, 11 BB in 60 innings. Some inconsistency. He seems like a Scott Baker clone.  That would be a good thing this year. 2012 forecast: Twins 3-4 starter

5. Angel Morales (CF/RF)

AGE: 21.7. ulgh! injuries. Done for the year. What a tragedy for this guy. 2012 forecast: recovering from injury and spending the rest of the year at Fort Myers. Still very young.

6. Alex Wimmers (SP)

AGE: 22.7. ulgh, hopefully this is just a fluke.  Total disaster this year.

7. Liam Hendricks (SP).

AGE: 22.4. 2.75 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 58K, 13 BB in 59 innings. Fantastic start again.  2012 Forecast: Rochester full season, threatening MLB roster.

8. Joe Benson (CF/RF)
AGE 23.3. .294/.380/.489 with still too many strikeouts. A few more walks, however, and Benson has impressed by bringing that average up.  Power is down, though. 2012 forecast: Rochester full year, September MLB callup.

9. Ben Revere (CF/LF)
AGE:23.1. Batted over .300 at Rochester. Now batting over .300 for the Twins. 2012 forecast: Twins starting LF (assuming that two of these three are gone next year: Young, Cuddyer, Kubel).

10. Oswaldo Arcia (CF/RF)
AGE: 20.1.  Was going ape like last year before getting injured but should be back by August. 2012 forecast: Fort Myers full year for the real test.