Draft Dope: Twins

June 6, 2007

Draft History (Click the year to view the picks)
Year	Top Pick
1992	Dan Serafini
1993	Torii Hunter
1994	Todd Walker
1995	Mark Redman
1996	*Travis Lee
1997	Michael Cuddyer
1998	Ryan Mills
1999	B.J. Garbe
2000	Adam Johnson
2001	Joe Mauer
2002	Denard Span
2003	Matt Moses
2004	Trevor Plouffe
2005	Matt Garza
2006	Chris Parmelee
* did not sign

Scouting Director: Mike Radcliff (first year: 1994)
Order in 2007 Rotation: 28th
Extra Picks: None
Lost Picks: None
Trend: Simply put, the Twins take players their scouts like. Mike Radcliff is the game's longest-tenured scouting director, and the Twins trust their scouts and crosscheckers. They draft college players and high schoolers from any part of North America, and seem to have put their reputation for not signing first-rounders behind them.
This Year's Outlook: The Twins' love of prep athletes could lead them to take someone who's not a consensus first-rounder. General manager Terry Ryan, a former Twins scouting director himself, lets Radcliff do his job and sign who he wants to sign, and the results have been quite good.