Not bad but I'm a little nervous depending on Rooker at DH. Also I think Ray will get more in FA than estimated.

3 hours ago, Karbo said:

Not bad but I'm a little nervous depending on Rooker at DH. Also I think Ray will get more in FA than estimated.

I think the Twins will not have a full time DH, Donaldson, Arraez and Rooker will all have significant DH time

I think the salaries are a tad light.  But then I am of the opinion the team will push up the budget this offseason.

Not putting any money down in Vegas on that though.

I dont think Thorpe will be on the roster.  Good insight on the idea of trading Sano.  

The thing I struggle with is the 3rd starter the Twins need.  I fir sure see Pineda and a solid starter like Ray, Desclafini, Gray, Matz,..... But do they get a third with all of the prospects we have coming up soon and with Maeda potentially back after the all star break but more likely August....

They need to Brandon.  They will have every one of those young pitchers on pitch and innings limits.  Plus, I don't think Maeda is pitching at all next year.  They need at least 2 other SP's in addition to Pineda and I'd maintain they need a 4th.  I'd go with a 6-man pitching staff with Ryan and Ober #5 & #6.  And from time to time, those guys would be "skipped" to further protect them.  They may get some reinforcements from the minors (Balazovic, Winder, Duran) but they can't "count" on them.  

Going into next season the Twins do not have a major league starting staff.  With the top two starters next year having a combined 25 games started in MLB career, it is a little scary.  Even if they go the way of the Rays and do a lot of bullpen games;. You still need talented players to do that.  I don't think most of the Twins pitching prospects are ready to be MLB starters.  Plus we are assuming the Twins may increase or maintain their payroll.  My guess is it will be stagnant or likely decrease perhaps significantly.

And what about the CBA? If there is a work stoppage by the players or owners that cuts into next season will there be any fans left who cares?

On 10/24/2021 at 10:58 AM, Karbo said:

Not bad but I'm a little nervous depending on Rooker at DH. Also I think Ray will get more in FA than estimated.

I bet the $25M allotted here is already higher than other estimates we're going to see for Ray. He was great this year, but he hasn't been consistently this good and had a clunker in 2020.