November 6, 20188 yr 2019 Offseason: Signings:Joe Kelly 2yr/$22MCody Allen 1yr/$12MNelson Cruz 2yr/$34MJed Lowrie 3yr/$36MTotal—> $104M Trades:(CLE) Yonder Alonso <—> Magill/Cave/Diaz (+1yr/$8M)(SEA) Dee Gordon <—> Hildenberger/Arraez (+2yr/$20M) (Lowrie alternative) Non-tender:Robbie Grossman (trade if you can)Tyler Duffey Lineup:2nd- Jed Lowrie (or Dee Gordon)SS- Jorge PolancoRF- Eddie Rosario DH- Nelson Cruz 1st- Yonder Alonso 3rd- Miguel Sano CF- Byron Buxton C- Mitch GarverRF- Max Kepler Bench:Tyler Austin Ehire Adrianza Lamonte WadeJason Castro AAA Depth:Nick Gordon Willians Astudillo Michael Reed Rotation:Jose BerriosFernando Romero Kyle Gibson Michael Pineda Jake Odorizzi CL- Joe Kelly SU- Trevor MaySU- Cody Allen Adalberto MejiaAddison ReedTaylor Rogers Kohl Stewart AAA Depth:Gabriel MoyaStephen GonsalvesAlan Busenitz Andrew Vasquez Chase De JongLewis ThorpeJohn Curtiss
November 7, 20188 yr Need to add Dee Gordon to your bench, and cut someone, I think...... What role is Dee playing? Super utility? Or, is that if you don't sign Lowrie?
November 7, 20188 yr I think Gordon is if Lowrie isn't signed. But he'll cost a LOT more than Hildy and Arraez. I like Kelly and Allen.
November 7, 20188 yr A "bridge the gap" (next wave of prospects) strategy. It's rational, IMO...even realistic, I think. IMO, it's a strategy to compete only for the division, not the pennant (too many teams in AL are a lot better than this). On the other hand, it's really only costing shorter-term money, so why not, I guess. I do think the offer for Alonso would have to be a bit sweeter from Cleveland's perspective, I think. (Not to mention the unlikelihood of Cleveland agreeing, under any circumstances, to plug a hole for their top competitor. But I get the point...a proven bat that provides a short-term solution at 1B)
November 7, 20188 yr Author Need to add Dee Gordon to your bench, and cut someone, I think...... What role is Dee playing? Super utility? Or, is that if you don't sign Lowrie?Gordon was meant to be a Lowrie alternative, but putting him in a super utility role doesn’t sound so bad.
November 7, 20188 yr Author A "bridge the gap" (next wave of prospects) strategy. It's rational, IMO...even realistic, I think. IMO, it's a strategy to compete only for the division, not the pennant (too many teams in AL are a lot better than this). On the other hand, it's really only costing shorter-term money, so why not, I guess. I do think the offer for Alonso would have to be a bit sweeter from Cleveland's perspective, I think. (Not to mention the unlikelihood of Cleveland agreeing, under any circumstances, to plug a hole for their top competitor. But I get the point...a proven bat that provides a short-term solution at 1B)My goal with this “bridge the gap” approach is to also reasonably supplement the possibility that everything comes together for the 2019 Twins like it did for 2017 Yankees, a young team that had a lot of breakouts performances and rode them to Game 7 of ALCS against the eventual WS champs. IMO I believe the Twins core has similar, if not more, potential than that team showed before their postseason run, which is why I wanna bring in short-term solutions like Cruz, Lowrie, and Alonso for 1-2 years because even if we fail to make the deep playoff run I know this team is capable of, at least these guys will have served the purpose of “bridging the gap” to prospects like Lewis, Kirilloff, Rooker, Larnach, Jeffers, and Javier for relatively affordable price. Edited November 7, 20188 yr by ChrisKnutson
November 8, 20188 yr Author Good start, but I think they need to add more pitching.Obviously there’s more to be had in both areas, but which do you think is more important; adding a proven starter, or a couple more bullpen arms??
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