Puckett's Pond » Bubba Starling http://puckettspond.com A Minnesota Twins Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Sat, 18 May 2013 17:34:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Mock Draft Breakdown: John Sickels and Kolten Wong http://puckettspond.com/2011/05/11/mock-draft-breakdown-john-sickels-and-kolten-wong/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/05/11/mock-draft-breakdown-john-sickels-and-kolten-wong/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 05:01:41 +0000 Wally Fish http://puckettspond.com/?p=5306 Stop number two on our mock draft tour takes us over to John Sickels’ site, Minor League Ball. Outside of the guys on Baseball America’s staff, John is probably my favorite writer when it comes to the coverage of the minor leagues, prospects, and draft for all MLB teams. His yearly Prospect Book has become a staple in my baseball reference library, and is one of the few publications I make it a point to pre-order.

In addition to his top notch work, Sickels gets bonus points for being a Midwest guy and a Twins fan but enough of the praise. Let’s see who he has the Royals, Indians and Twins selecting in the first round. (more…)

]]> http://puckettspond.com/2011/05/11/mock-draft-breakdown-john-sickels-and-kolten-wong/feed/ 0 Mock Draft Breakdown: Sodo Mojo and Alex Meyer http://puckettspond.com/2011/05/01/mock-draft-breakdown-sodo-mojo-and-alex-meyer/ http://puckettspond.com/2011/05/01/mock-draft-breakdown-sodo-mojo-and-alex-meyer/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 02:13:47 +0000 Wally Fish http://puckettspond.com/?p=5147 Our first stop around the mock draft world as we prepare for the 2011 MLB Draft is none other than Sodo Mojo. If you’re not aware, Sodo is FanSided’s Seattle Mariners site. It is staffed by four very capable writers and is led by Harrison Crow who authored the April 13th mock draft we examine today.

Since this is the first 2011 mock draft it seems appropriate to set the stage with respect to the AL Central teams.

This year the Minnesota Twins have the 30th pick in the first round. That, of course, means they will make their selection well after the Royals and Indians who pick at 5th and 8th respectively. The Detroit Tigers do not have a first round selection (19th) since they signed Type-A free agent Victor Martinez. Likewise, the Chicago White Sox lost their first round pick (23rd overall) when they signed Type-A free agent Adam Dunn.

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