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White Sox and Twins: Rebuilding

By jorgenswest

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The contrast in rebuild between the a White a Sox and Twins is shown in the acquisition of 27 and under players since last opening day.

 

 

White Sox

 

 

Adam Eaton

Adrian Nieto

Avisail Garcia

Jose Abreau

Leary Garcia

Maikel Clato

Conor Gilaspie almost makes the list. He was acquired last spring training.

 

 

Twins

 

 

Phil Hughes (actually it is his age 28 season and he is older than any of the White Sox 7)

 

 

There has been an argument that the Twins can't go young because they don't gave any young players. Maybe they need to go out and acquire them. Maybe they need to let Willingham go and create the need for an Adam Eaton. Maybe they need to deal a Perkins to get a young talent like Avisail Garcia.

 

 

It has been said that it can't hurt to sign guys like Bartlett, Kubel and Guerrier. Maybe it does hurt. Maybe it keeps the Twins from looking for younger options.

 

 

Teams need young players to rebuild. The Twins enter this season with 14 players in their 30s. I don't know if it is an opening day record for them. I do know that only the 1991 Twins ended the season having played more players in their 30s. They played 15. They weren't rebuilding. They were going for it with a core that was getting older. What are these Twins doing?

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    Wichita Wind Surge

    Richie the Rally Goat

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    I agree that Bartlett and Kubel preclude the front office from acquiring young talent for a rebuild, and this is indeed far too old of a team to be considered a youthful rebuild.

     

    What does AA and AAA look like for major league caliber and ready prospects for each team? I'm not certain, but maybe Chicago had to acquire young players because they had none in their system ready and adequate for the bigs.

     

    i think this will be a telling season for the Twins front office. By mid season you could see the full rebuild on.

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    • Cedar Rapids Kernels

    jorgenswest

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    I think you are right about Chicago. They didn't have young talent near ready so they went out and acquired it.

     

    Seems like the Twins are in a similar space. While they may have expected Sano and Meyer to play this year, they still have several other spots to fill. They chose veterans. The White chose the upside of youth. Both teams don't look very good this year. If the White Sox develop two players out of those 7, they will be two players better off.

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    old nurse

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    To get some of these players the White Sox had to have the major league talent to trade, which they did. Rios and Peavey are above average players heading towards the downside of their careers. The return for these players offers youth but not necessarily even above average talent. The signing of Abreu is a different conversation.

    Although they may have looked good for one game against the Twins, your list other than Abreu looks like a list of replacement level players. The skill level is more important. Blast away at the Twins for not adding a higher level of skill in position players. The age is irrelevant.

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