Roster Wrap: International and Pacific Coast Leagues (AAA)

Pitching: Carmen Cali is a generic fringe fastball-slider lefty. He's in the right organization. I can't believe anyone signed Danny Graves. Phil Humber and Kevin Mulvey, both acquired in the Santana deal, are good prospects. Humber is noted for his curve. Glen Perkins is a good prospect as well.

Batting: Jose Morales has no power but he is a good contact hitter at the plate, sort of like a switch-hitting Jason Kendall with a less dirty uniform. Eli Whiteside isn't a bad catcher either. Howie Clark defines "fringe utilityman." Randy Ruiz has power but is 30 and never has played much above AA ball. He might be a decent pinch hitter-type in the majors. I wrote an entire article about Jon Knott and how he should be in the majors: the Twins should install him in left, Young in right, and Cuddyer in center to give Gomez more minors time. Knott is way better than what a Quad-A player should be. How good should one be? Look at Garrett Jones, who has one tool--power--and not quite enough to make a really strong case for an everyday job. Alexi Casilla is a fast slap hitter who can't play short, which doesn't bode well. Darnell McDonald would be a useful fourth outfielder, but he isn't as good as Knott. Jason Pridie is something of an overrated prospect who really isn't too different from Carlos Gomez--except Pridie is older, less talented, and has less upside. Denard Span is small, fast, plays a good center, and that's it, but if Minnesota isn't going to get creative and use Young or Cuddyer in center, they should use Span.

Overall: The Red Wings have three good pitchers--Humber, Mulvey, and Perkins--and a ton of Quad-A sluggers with various levels of deserving to be Quad-A. Unfortunately, the Twins aren't a team that values sluggers as much as people who "do the little things," so there's a ton of danger that this team will finish 10-15 games worse than it should. Seriously guys, Knott-Cuddyer-Young in the outfield. Or Young-Monroe-Cuddyer when Kubel doesn't play and DH Knott. I apologize for the Quad-A ranting, but I'm just an 18-year-old kid and I see this stuff and Bill Smith doesn't?

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees

Pitching: Chris Britton is really fat and really ordinary when it comes to pitching--he's a generic MLB sixth-inning guy. Alan Horne is considered to be pretty good, but he's already 25, so the jury's still out. Jeff Marquez is an underrated prospect who could probably be Carlos Silva right now without the $48 million contract. Heath Phillips is the second coming of Mark Buehrle if you ask me, but a generic lefty arm if you ask anyone else. He has one hell of a pickoff move. Edwar Ramirez has a filthy changeup that has resulted in some filthy minor league K rates. He deserves 50 more big league innings to see if he can have success there. Scott Strickland is back from arm troubles; I have no idea if there's anything left. Jose Veras is another generic sixth-inning arm.

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