The easy possibility is Josmil Pinto. His bat is MLB ready, as his .257/.339/.445 actual MLB line over 2013-2014 indicates. But his defensive game was always rough and things look bleak after the staff (mainly Glen Perkins) publicly threw his game-calling and pitch-framing under the bus. Then he got a concussion in 2015. So, he may be done catching.

The suck thing about the pitch framing issue is that Perkins mentioned Pinto by name, but didn't mention Kurt Suzuki - who has routinely graded out worse in that regard. And also, can't hit at all. Thanks, Glen!

Pitch framing shouldn't be an issue with the top two Twins catching prospects. Mitch Garver and Stuart Turner both are good defense catchers, with Turner getting raves for his glovework ever since his college days. He's legitimately excellet, apparently. Garver spent a mostly rough year hitting in Ft. Myers. His game is power, so we'll give him a pass since that's a terrible environment for offense, but he'll need to rebound in 2016. He also controls the strikezone well, with a 10%+ walk rate. So there's real offensive potential with Garver.

Turner actually outhit Garver in Ft. Myers when he was there in 2014, and his glove was advanced enough to see 98 games at Chattanooga this year. But the bat kind of cratered in his AA transition. He does control the strikezone well and can put the ball in play, so there's hope for an upside that will look a lot like the non-terrible version of Kurt Suzuki. Combined with his defensive chops, that's a real player.

Both guys are in the AFL now. Garver is raking with a .417/.481/.667 line. Turner isn't with a .208/.345/.292 line and an uncharacteristic strikeout rate. That league is too weird to judge the stat-line, but the takeaway is that Turner is closer to the big leagues on the basis of his great, great defense - but until the bat comes around the profile is as a backup.

If there's a guy who can hit, say, .279/.320/.380 in Turner, that'd be a real win with his glove. To do that, he'll have to continue to keep his strikeouts low and hope the linedrive bat just keeps cranking out singles.

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