Minnesota Twins Talk

I know the Twins are stuck with Kevin Correia for 2 years, but would you rather had Roberto Hernandez or Brett Myers? The sad part is we are talking about a #3 or 4 in Correia not a 5 like he should be...

I know we still need a pitcher or three, but I'm nervous about our IF. Between Morneau and Parmelee we've got 1b covered, and I'm willing to accept Plouffe as a regular at 3b, but for the middle we've got Carroll, Dozier, Escobar, Florimon and Santana on the 40 man. Carroll is the most proven guy, but he's getting old and isn't exactly a big threat offensively. The other 4 guys have played in 190 MLB games COMBINED. But what can we do to get a little insurance? Skip is going to the Dodgers, the Yankees signed Youk, Jack is headed to the Reds, Scutaro is with the Giants, Maicer Izturis went to Toronto. Is there anyone left on the FA market or trading block tha…

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/article_09b4717c-79bb-528a-a5cd-851f004ba37e.html Saw this on Rotoworld this morning. This would be a great move for the right price, he could platoon with Mastro in CF to start the season and move to more 2B once Hicks is ready. I wonder what the Cards would want for him?

ESPN's sweetland had an article about how much WAR is needed to win the Central. They concluded 38 and did a model for the Royals. I don't like WAR but it's a neat exercise. For the Twins to get there we'd need: C- Mauer 5.0 1B Morneau 2.5 2B Carroll 2.5 3B Plouffe 3.0 SS Floriman 0.0 RF Parmelee 2.0 CF Hicks 2.5 LF Willingham 3.0 DH Doumit 2.0 Bench 1-4 -.5 Total 22 WAR. That's sorta doable, Twins position players had that last year. Hicks should be worth 2WAR on defense/base running alone. Expects improvement from Parmelee and Plouffe but what the heck. Expects solid seasons from the cor…

I just read that the Twins are close to signing Kevin Correia to a 2 yr deal.I hope the second yr is a club option. I feel I would rather have Brett Myers than Correia. Bad choice Mr Ryan, now go sign Edwin Jackson so we can be done with the starting rotation.

Rockies signed Jeff Manship yesterday to a minor league deal.

Will it be Edwin Jackson or someone off the scrap heap?

Just saw on MLBTR that the Twins are closing in on a two-year deal with Correia. Hope it works better than the Marquis deal.

Per Jerry Crasnick on twitter: Twitter / jcrasnick: Free agent starter Kevin Correia ... I don't like this at all.

With the Dodgers about to sign Zack Greinke to a 6 YR deal and possibly beating the deadline to sign Ryu Hyun-Jinthe Dodgers would have 8 starting pitchers on their roster. Chris Capuano, Aaron Harang and Ted Lilly would be available in a trade. Ted Lilly 2013 $12M Aaron Harang 2013 $7M, with 2014 mutual option between $7M and $8M ($2M buyout) Chris Capuano 2013 $6M, 2014 $8M mutual option ($1M buyout) I would prefer Capuano to the other 2 pitchers. If the Twins could add Anibal Sanchez to a long term contract they could have a very good rotation once again. Just think of the following rotation and tell me that they would not be on the road to being contenders. 1. An…

From what I gather, our 4 FA options in pitching are Saunders, Myers, Correia, and Lannan. LEN3 said on Twitter we aren't in on Jackson or Marcum. If we aren't in on Jackson or Marcum, we aren't in on Sanchez. I forgot who also reported it, but we didn't make an offer to McCarthy. So with ditching ony further speculation on one of the better arms, let's look at the 4 available (from my limited perspectice): Saunders: Pros: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/saundjo01.shtml -Pitched most of his career in AL. -Had best year in AL. -Was able to switch from NL to AL last year and do well with Baltimore. -Appears to at least be consistent enough to make 28-30 st…

Twins fans here never really put much value or thought into Ben Revere's future here. With all the other great outfielders in the minor league system, he really didn't have much of a chance. Now with 2/3 the 2012 OF gone, what is the plan for 2013 as of now? The Twins have a lot of money they can spend. Like Ben Revere, Vance Worley is a making next to nothing baseball wise. We just added a pitcher without really even spending any money! Terry Ryan now has at least 25 million to divvy up between 2 starting pitchers and could even stand to improve the lineup. If you want a write-up from a neutral source. Here it is. http://is.gd/G0BNsP I loved this article and it is appr…

Does anyone have easy access to a list of players that the Twins have promoted straight from AA? I believe Hicks will be the newest addition to that list (I will explain more in a later thread or blog post). I know Mauer spent a tiny amount of time in 2004 . . .

I see that a few people have posted their own blueprints for the Twins' offseason, either on the forum or in a blog post, and that's great. But I thought it would create a thread where we can collect everyone's takes in one place and get a look at the various directions people think the club should go this winter. Please feel free to post your suggested course for the Terry Ryan and the front office below, whether it's aimed at getting the team back to contention in 2013 or starting a more long-term rebuilding effort. Include any moves you'd make, your projected 25-man Opening Day roster and a projected payroll. If you have one, use your Offseason Handbook to identify f…

Ryan Dempster has turned down a 2 year, $25 million offer from the Red Sox that would have paid him $12.5 million per year, according to ESPN: http://espn.go.com/boston/mlb/story/_/id/8725821/ryan-dempster-rejects-two-year-25m-offer-boston-red-sox-source-says According to the story, he fielded an even larger 2 year, $26 million offer from the Royals but turned that down too. Apparently he is really pushing hard for that third year. Maybe he thinks this will be his last contract? So, TwinsDaily, would you give him three years? Would you go to, say, 3 and $30 million? 3 and $33 million? Or if the years are the issue, would you take a pass?

Here are five young Twins pitchers. Which one will start the most games or the Twins in the next five years. Why do you think your guy will start the most games?

Whether you believe the Twins can compete in 2013 or not would it be crazy to acquire Johan Santana and R.A. Dickey from the Mets? From the Twins perspective they would get at least one top of the rotation pitcher and possibly two if Santana regains his form after several years of injuries. Neither is signed to a long-term contract, though a 2-year, say $30M extension to Dickey would not necessarily be ridiculous. From the Mets perspective they would be trading a valuable commodity, a top-flight pitcher, but they would also be dumping about $31.5M in obligations for 2013 and $5.5M in obligations for 2014. Why it works: for the Twins these two pitchers would make them …

Well, now I am a little disappointed. This is the pitcher that I wanted in the off-season Brandon McCarthy signs with the Diamondbacks....bummer. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2012/12/diamondbacks-to-sign-brandon-mccarthy.html

Span to WAS, Revere to PHI. Who do you got as the regular CF to start the season? Who bats 1 and 2?

It's early December and the Twins have 38 players on the 40 man roster. I'd say they have 6 scrubs on it as of now. Tim Wood, Josh Roenicke, Alex Burnett, Drew Butera, Eduardo Escobar, and Brian Dozier. It doesn't look like Butera, Burnett, or Escobar are going away soon and I'm not sure what the thoughts on Dozier are for the Twins. The Twins just got Wood (forgive my wording) and Roenicke. Question is, how likely is it that the Twins will sign more than 2 players and later on waive someone?

Man, people are being mean spirited in their posts......is there a reason we cannot be respectful of each other while still strongly disagreeing in our ideas. We have long time people being condescending. We have people calling each other names. It would be awesome to come here and enjoy the site.....btw, some comments in posts are sarcastic, before responding, think about if the author was serious or not....

You are Terry Ryan. You know trading Joe Mauer is a terrible idea... But you just traded both of your awesome center fielders for pitching. The Red Sox keep asking you about it. You probably told them you would take the sun, moon, and stars in return. The Red Sox just signed Mike Napoli. So the question is what would it take? And from which team? I would hate to do it... but if they took on all of that contract, we got back an MLB starter, a near MLB ready shortstop, an MLB catcher, and a hot pitching prospect. Would that do it for you? Is there a scenario that makes you call up Mauer and see if he would waive his no trade clause?

Now there are a few more facts coming to light in the case of RA Dickey. Basically he wants a two year extension for $26 million dollars. Which means his contract would be as follow: 2013: 5 million 2014: 13 million 2015: 13 million Honestly? That isn't to bad all things considered, especially coming for a guy with a Cy Young. Now, this of course means he won't come cheaply. If you are the Twins do you consider trading away a package of prospects for him? (You will have to trade at least one of the "top 8" and at least two more top 20 guys, which still might not be enough) Thoughts?

I know Chone Figgins has been bad since he left the Angels. Really one of the biggest free agent busts in Mariner history if not in all of baseball. That said, the Twins need a lead off hitter, they want someone to compete at thirdbase. Figgins can do both and can play second and the outffield. I wouldn't do anything more than a one year minor league deal with a spring training invite. After batting less than .200 the last 2 years, I don't think anyone else is going to give him anything more. He was a good player for the Angels and a bad player for the Mariners. Maybe a change of uniforms is all he needs. If not, the Twins release him or leave him in the minors. …

It seems to me that the Twins got a great deal from the Phillies for Revere, but a less great deal from the Nats for Span? Who produced more value -- Revere or Span? And please feel free to elaborate your reasoning after you take the poll.

Given the escalated salaries for starting pitchers, how high would you be willing to go for Brandon McCarthy? He's been very good when healthy, but also has only thrown 111 and 170 innings the last two years. He was out all of 2010. So there is plenty of gamble there. Would you be willing to go three years? Would you be willing to go up to $10M/year? $11M? Think of this as a blind bid situation. If you get the biggest total number, you get him. What would you be willing to do? (I think I top out at 2/22 or 3/30.)

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Rumors are just rumors but there are a few teams being reported as John Lannan Suitors. Since Washington just let him go. Can anyone think of a reason that Lannan wasn't someone that could have been included in the deal. I think it's quite possible that a throw in in the Span/Meyer trade wasn't a consideration because I assume that Washington came up to Terry Ryan's price with Meyer. So someone like Lombardozzi was an impossible consideration. But... Since Washington was just letting Lannan go. I fail to see a reason why Lannan couldn't have been thrown in. That way the Twins could have grabbed him and not had to go thru the FA process. It was an Arb year cor…

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Here's what it should be presuming the current roster (IThis is tough): 1. Mastro CF 2. Mauer C (I know, they'll always bat Joe #3, but he should be #2) 3. Doumit DH 4. Willingham LF 5. Morneau 1B 6. Plouffe 3B 7. Parmalee RF 8. Dozier 2B 9. Florimon SS Starting Pitcher: Worley That's the makings for another 90 loss team in 2013, imho. Hopefully, we can later ride prospects to the promised land like the KC Royals have (ooops, bad analogy, I'm actually more optimistic because of TR's prior success)