[Cameron] Overnight rumors of a pitching heavy day one for the Twins. Schmidt or Brecht and interest in other prep arms like David Shields (that Jeremy Nygaard called). I’d be surprised if a hitter isn’t one of the first two picks, but that would be very fun.
July 14, 2024
[Cameron] Overnight rumors of a pitching heavy day one for the Twins. Schmidt or Brecht and interest in other prep arms like David Shields (that Jeremy Nygaard called). I’d be surprised if a hitter isn’t one of the first two picks, but that would be very fun.
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Some of Kieth Law’s blurbs on these dudes:
Brody Brecht – RHP – Iowa
>”Brecht is a project as a pitcher with the upside to justify taking him in the first round despite his current flaws. He can hit 100 regularly as a starter and shows a plus slider that he throws more than the heater because he can land it more consistently and gets a ton of whiffs on it — 56 percent this spring, per data from Synergy Sports. He has a changeup that he doesn’t use very often, and it’s both too straight and too firm right now, although college hitters geared up for the fastball did whiff on it nearly half the time they swung.
>A former wide receiver at Iowa, Brecht is extremely athletic and should be able to make some big adjustments, which he’ll need to do, starting with his loose but long arm action to get him a delivery he can repeat.”
William Schmidt – RHP – High School (Louisiana)
>”Schmidt is committed to the local university (LSU), I forget the name of it, and I doubt it’ll be easy to pry him away, but he’s the top prep right-hander in the class and should get first-round money as a result. He’s got a 70 curveball and 60 changeup, with a fastball that’s hard but straight, offering projection and an athletic delivery that should indicate room for him to make some adjustments. He comes from a high three-quarters arm slot that does present some effort and give him a head-snap at release. If you think you can fix the fastball, he might end up with three grade-70 offerings, and there aren’t many of those players in any draft.”
David Shields – LHP – High School (PA)
>”Shields is another reclassifier from 2025 — I guess agents saw the ’24 class was weak and encouraged their older high school clients to jump forward a year — and may benefit from the industry panic over UCL tears because he’s got a very easy delivery and is more of a command/projection guy than a now-stuff guy. (That’s not to say the panic over UCL tears is wrong; more like, what took you so long?) He’s a former quarterback and a Miami commit who has a very easy arm action, working low-90s with projection left and feel to spin a curveball already. He cuts himself off when he lands and doesn’t get the extension he should from his 6-2 frame, something I would expect a pro team to try to address, and that would help his stuff play up. He missed some time earlier this spring due to mono but bounced back quickly when he returned to the mound.”
With the cost of even ok pitchers now and our organizations insane position player depth besides at catcher I’d love to see a full day of pitchers ik you don’t draft for existing needs just feel like the infields set for a while
the outfield will be Buxton-Jenkins-Wallner/Erod in like 2 years
Infield : 1b-Miranda 2B- Lee SS-Correa 3B-Lewis
utility- Keaschal
SP-Ryan, SWR, Pablo then I honestly don’t know
I would be a happy man if they take Brecht.
He has a legit chance to get to the Majors within 2 years and be an absolutely filthy elite-level reliever
Our farm team needs to develop more starting pitching if the twins refuse to pay for them then we have to draft them.
I feel like we don’t have any high end lefty prospects.
5 comments
Some of Kieth Law’s blurbs on these dudes:
Brody Brecht – RHP – Iowa
>”Brecht is a project as a pitcher with the upside to justify taking him in the first round despite his current flaws. He can hit 100 regularly as a starter and shows a plus slider that he throws more than the heater because he can land it more consistently and gets a ton of whiffs on it — 56 percent this spring, per data from Synergy Sports. He has a changeup that he doesn’t use very often, and it’s both too straight and too firm right now, although college hitters geared up for the fastball did whiff on it nearly half the time they swung.
>A former wide receiver at Iowa, Brecht is extremely athletic and should be able to make some big adjustments, which he’ll need to do, starting with his loose but long arm action to get him a delivery he can repeat.”
William Schmidt – RHP – High School (Louisiana)
>”Schmidt is committed to the local university (LSU), I forget the name of it, and I doubt it’ll be easy to pry him away, but he’s the top prep right-hander in the class and should get first-round money as a result. He’s got a 70 curveball and 60 changeup, with a fastball that’s hard but straight, offering projection and an athletic delivery that should indicate room for him to make some adjustments. He comes from a high three-quarters arm slot that does present some effort and give him a head-snap at release. If you think you can fix the fastball, he might end up with three grade-70 offerings, and there aren’t many of those players in any draft.”
David Shields – LHP – High School (PA)
>”Shields is another reclassifier from 2025 — I guess agents saw the ’24 class was weak and encouraged their older high school clients to jump forward a year — and may benefit from the industry panic over UCL tears because he’s got a very easy delivery and is more of a command/projection guy than a now-stuff guy. (That’s not to say the panic over UCL tears is wrong; more like, what took you so long?) He’s a former quarterback and a Miami commit who has a very easy arm action, working low-90s with projection left and feel to spin a curveball already. He cuts himself off when he lands and doesn’t get the extension he should from his 6-2 frame, something I would expect a pro team to try to address, and that would help his stuff play up. He missed some time earlier this spring due to mono but bounced back quickly when he returned to the mound.”
With the cost of even ok pitchers now and our organizations insane position player depth besides at catcher I’d love to see a full day of pitchers ik you don’t draft for existing needs just feel like the infields set for a while
the outfield will be Buxton-Jenkins-Wallner/Erod in like 2 years
Infield : 1b-Miranda 2B- Lee SS-Correa 3B-Lewis
utility- Keaschal
SP-Ryan, SWR, Pablo then I honestly don’t know
I would be a happy man if they take Brecht.
He has a legit chance to get to the Majors within 2 years and be an absolutely filthy elite-level reliever
Our farm team needs to develop more starting pitching if the twins refuse to pay for them then we have to draft them.
I feel like we don’t have any high end lefty prospects.