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03/04/2003 7:39 pm ET
Q&A with Jim Rantz
By Christie Cowles / MLB.com
FT. MYERS, Fla. -- Minnesota Twins minor league director Jim Rantz took time out to give
MLB.com the inside scoop on the Twins' minor league system and some of its
blue chip players, including Justin Morneau, Lew Ford and 2001 No. 1 overall draft pick, catcher Joe
Mauer.
MLB.com: Who are some of the top Twins prospects this year?
Jim Rantz: When you've got 150 players in camp, you think they all
are prospects. Obviously, some are more high profile than others. Denard
Span hasn't been out this year yet, because he was a late sign. We had him
in the instructional league. But, he is a guy that we're anxious to get in
camp, and get playing. He'll be at probably Class A or Rookie level next
year. So he's a guy that you'll be looking at.
But a lot of the guys that have been out, are really over there in Major
League camp, some of the higher picks. A guy like J.D. Durbin is a pitcher
for us, he was the Pitcher of the Year in our system. He is a
guy that we're looking at to put up some big numbers again this year. He was
in Quad Cities last year, won 13 ballgames, but our Player of
the Year was Lew Ford and he's in big league camp. Those guys put up some
numbers.
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