And pitch more than 20 innings in that stretch...

I'd be ok with 15 innings.    If Santana hurts his hamstring and is out for a couple weeks I don't care if he has a few rehab starts where he gives up 8 runs in 9 innings.   I just want him to say he is ready to go.  The performance is not the issue but rather his health.    If you miss most of two years now the issue should be performance and earning your way back.   I don't care how low they set the bar.  No one that has missed as much time as he has should object to performing at a certain level of competence.    I would say the same about Perkins last year.    Size of the contract and past performance should not carry much weight.    A ship does not sail with yesterday's wind.

Yes. Cy Young candidate. Biggest surprise and comeback player of the year. Anchors staff that is the best in baseball. Fastball consistently sits at 96. Oh how I love the offseason.

The reality is that Hughes is owed $13.5 M each of the 2018 and 2019 seasons.  I think that the best case scenario for the Twins is to package him along with all their international bonus $ to Otani's suitor who will give them the best breathing prospect back.

I expect Hughes to contribute as much in 2018 as Perkins did in 2017.

It is really too bad. He was a great pick up and for a short time a great asset and it should have stopped there. The extension was one of the worst moves Ryan ever made.

From the somewhat limited view in my recliner, I have no idea if he makes it back to the level of even an expensive long reliever. The surprise I am looking for is whether the new FO makes the decision based more on his usefulness to the roster, than his usefulness to the accounting department!

I would not be surprised if he surprises us.

 

He might have another year left in his arm, he might fail miserably. It can go either way.

I don’t think Hughes will pitch for the Twins again, so if he does, it will surprise me.

 

Low bar... but possible.

 

 

Side note, what does a second TOS procedure mean? They didn’t remove a second rib, did they?

 

I don’t think Hughes will pitch for the Twins again, so if he does, it will surprise me.

Low bar... but possible.


Side note, what does a second TOS procedure mean? They didn’t remove a second rib, did they?

The first surgery partially removed one of his ribs, and the second surgery removed the rest of that same rib.

 

The reality is that Hughes is owed $13.5 M each of the 2018 and 2019 seasons.  I think that the best case scenario for the Twins is to package him along with all their international bonus $ to Otani's suitor who will give them the best breathing prospect back.

 

This would actually be a great idea....if Ohtani showed any care whatsoever to the size of the bonus he can get. Damn selfless kid......