Saturday marks the longest day of the 2014 MLB Draft with teams selecting players in rounds 11-40. While some of these draftees don’t have the pedigree or the hype those in the top rounds see, they end up being some of the best value picks in the draft. Late round picks are the culmination of solid scouting work coming to fruition for their respective Major League ball clubs.
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The Minnesota Twins went through a solid run of college arms in rounds 2-10 and bolstered their pitching prowess for the forseeable future. Looking to continue to make one of the best farm systems in baseball even deeper, let’s take a look at how the Twins attacked rounds 11-40.
Round 11
Tanner English CF-South Carolina (5’10” 165lbs)
Round 12
Pat Kelly 2B-Nebraska (5’11” 170lbs)
Round 13
Zach Tillery RHP-Florida Gulf Coast (6’3″ 210lbs)
Round 14
Tyler Mautner 3B-U Buffalo (6’2″ 220lbs)
Round 15
Roberto Gonzalez RF-University HS (6’0″ 195lbs)
Round 16
Tyler Kuresa 1B-University of California-Santa Barbara (6’4″ 215lbs)
Round 17
Mat Batts LHP-UNC Wilmington (5’11” 185lbs)
Round 18
T.J. White 3B-UNLV (5’10” 200 lbs)
Round 19
Jarrard Poteete C-Connors St. Col (6’1″ 200lbs)
Round 20
McCarthy Tatum 3B-Clovis HS (6’4″ 205lbs)
Round 21
Onas Farfan LHP-Ridgewater Col (5’11” 185lbs)
Round 22
Trevor Hildenberger RHP-UC Berkeley (6’2″ 200lbs)
Round 23
Miles Nordgren RHP-Birmingham Southern Col (6’2″ 190lbs)
Round 24
Alex Real C-New Mexico (6’0″ 205lbs)
Round 25
Taylor Hearn LHP-San Jacinto College North (6’5″ 210lbs)
Round 26
Blake Schmit SS-U Maryland College Park (6’1″ 185lbs)
Round 27
Gabriel Ojeda C-Colegio Hector Urdaneta (6’0″ 195lbs)
Round 28
Austin Diemer CF-Cal State Fullerton (6’1″ 180lbs)
Round 29
Cameron Avila-Leeper LHP-Grant HS (5’11” 150lbs)
Round 30
Theo Theofanopoulos LHP-UC Berkeley (6’1″ 185lbs)
Round 31
Sam Hilliard LHP-Crowder College (6’5″ 225lbs)
Round 32
Orynn Veillon RHP-St Thomas More HS (6’3″ 180lbs)
Round 33
Trey Vavra 1B-Florida Southern College (6’2″ 185lbs)
Round 34
Mike Baumann RHP-Mahtomedi HS (6’4″ 200lbs)
Round 35
Brad Mathiowetz C-Rochester Mayo HS (5’10” 180lbs)
Round 36
Kirvin Moesquit SS-Highlands Christian HS (5’8″ 165lbs)
Round 37
Tyree Davis CF-Centennial HS (6’3″ 175lbs)
Round 38
Brett Doe C-Baylor (5’10” 175lbs)
Round 39
John Jones C-Orangewood Christian HS (5’10” 190lbs)
Round 40
Dalton Guthrie SS-Venice HS (5’11” 160lbs)