And where do you suppose we find those legitimate top-worthy pitchers ? They will be lucky to find a FA who would sign with a losing team. The International FA's are probably not signable as well. The only hope is to innovate and develop from the pitchers we have. At the moment that too appears unlikely. Gibson and Hendricks are still young though. There is hope, although the hope is dim.

 

KC, Cleveland and Toronto had more hope than you do.

And where do you suppose we find those legitimate top-worthy pitchers ? They will be lucky to find a FA who would sign with a losing team.

Top of the rotation free agent pitchers almost always signs a multi-year deal. If the Twins make strong offers, it's hard to believe that pitchers would say no just because they don't want to start a three or four year deal with one potentially down season before the team returns to competitiveness.