Comments on: College Team Profiles: Minnesota Golden Gophers

By: Rob Ozga

Rob Ozga — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:37:55 +0000

My sincerest apologies for forcing you to read this free website. I prob think it is a bad idea to even ask this, but is there any specific part of this post (written over 20 months ago, by the way) that you find particularly objectionable? If so, I’d be happy to discuss it in greater detail if you’d like.

For the record, I was easily the least athletic of all of my “fat beer bellied never played a sport friends,” so in the future if you could just leave them out and instead focus all the hate on me that would be super. Thanks for the comment, and, as always, thanks for being a loyal reader!

By: .....

..... — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:01:53 +0000

First of all I would just like to say that It is really sad that I would even acknowledge the moron that would write something with such little to no validity to anything that he would say. This guy prob just thought it would be a good idea to google search the guys on the Minnesota team and come up with no information outside of that. Also prob got cut from a high school baseball or if he did make the team he is prob that guy that thinks he is good enought to play college but never got asked let alone talked to any big league team Yet if you ask all his fat beer bellied never played a sport friends he told them he should be playing for the twins. Sorry about it worthless blogger. Get a job and move out of your parents basement.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:26:05 +0000

Maytas is not going to be drafted above Rosin, bot Seth and Kvasnicka should be top 5 rounders while Maytas will likely slide due to signability issues and injury history.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on where O’Shea and Pettersen will go in the draft. I’d imagine AJ will be a top 20 round pick while Nick’s power potential and defense could land him around 25 (assuming his power numbers pick up in the second half of the season. Do those seem like accurate guesses to you?

By: Rob Ozga

Rob Ozga — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:51:05 +0000

Loving the improvements that Kvasnicka and Rosin have both reportedly made to their games so far. I now think both are solid top five round targets. It would be pretty hard to continue to justify Matyas above Rosin at this point, now that Rosin has shown the improved offspeed stuff he’ll need to start professionally. If he’s healthy now, I think Matyas to the rotation would help both the team’s immediate success and the player’s future draft stock a ton. I know I said I think his future is in the bullpen all the way, but he needs steady innings in front of scouts before the season starts to get too deep. I’d love to see a mid-week start against Alabama, but don’t really see any way that actually happens.

On the whole, I’m still not quite sure what to make of the Gophers. The starting pitching outside of Rosin has really held them back and, outside of Kvasnicka and Pettersen, they don’t really have true offensive weapons at the moment. Disappointing showing in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge, too. Still looks like a three team conference race to me, with Ohio State and Michigan also at the top.

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:38:39 +0000

It looks like, early in the year, there may have been some changes in the draft status reports of some of the top Minnesota guys…Maytas, Rosin, and Kvasnicka. Maytas didn’t make an appearance in the four games that the Gophers had this week, reportedly due to pain in his elbow/forearm. Rosin had a better start this week than he showed last week in the Big Ten/Big East Challenge, and showed much better control of his plus fastball. And Kvasnicka, after showing scouts his above average catch and throw skills last week in the BT/BE Challenge, had another solid week at the plate with 4 doubles, a triple, and a HR in the Metrodome during the annual DQ Classic. (And he has 10 extra base hits-9 walks-and just 1 strikeout)
Would you agree that this news could affect any of these three guy’s draft status? Also, is Minnesota really looking like the team that so many thought they were going to be?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:10:25 +0000

Pettersen , Oshea, and Geason are all DE Sophs. Nice trio of defense there.
Definitely knew you weren’t insulting Rosin. His off-speed has improved significantly with a nice cutter and change from what we’re hearing. He’ll need to show them this season and, if he does, he will be a very high pick.
Thanks again for all of your hard work !

By: Rob Ozga

Rob Ozga — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:47:38 +0000

Pettersen will be draft-eligible this June, right? If so, that’s a miss on my part. Once I finish writing up all of the seniors and juniors, I get lazy and don’t bother combing through the sophomores to see if any of them are eligible here in 2010. I’ll have to add him in this weekend.

The comparison to Bonser wasn’t meant to insult Rosin. Heck, Boof was a first round pick back in 2000, a draft spot that Rosin can only dream about. When I see Rosin, I see a pitcher without a current above-average or better secondary pitch at present. Bonser’s slider was/is miles ahead of Rosin’s curve. I acknowledged that many believe he’ll develop the offspeed stuff to pitch in the big leagues as a starter, but that’s something I’d need to see this spring before ranking him any higher on my personal board.

If it all comes together this spring for Rosin, he could see a rise a little like Indiana’s Eric Arnett’s draft jump from last year. That’s his best case scenario, I think.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:44:13 +0000

AJ Pettersen is the best SS in the Big Ten. Rosin projects way beyond Bonser levels and is projected as a first three round guy. Overall a nice summary. Thanks for including the Gophers