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Kintzler did a a fantastic job the first chunk of the season and Belisle did a fantastic job the second half. If Rodney can come close to the combined performance of those two in late innings I would be thrilled but also a bit surprised. If there is an upgrade I consider it to be this move (Reed) along with the emergence of Hildenberger. Vastly upgraded remains to be seen. I thought the Twins did a great job of closing out winnable games last year while getting destroyed in games where the chances of winning were low anyway. I appreciate that we now have more depth and hope it translates to more wins. We exceeded the pythagorean win projection last year. I am just hoping the improved depth gets us the same wins without needing to beat it in 2018.

I'm not sure a grievance would work. I would say though that Darvish is going to be the victim of demand in this case. That usually isn't the case with SPs, but with the major players all out, there's no one to drive up the price... Side note, if the Cubs were serious, I think they'd have signed him already. That team can print money. I know a extra couple mil per year is a lot of money, but it's pocket change to these guys. They would have signed him if they really wanted him. I think Brian is right. The Twins probably have the best offer on the field, and the only reason why Darvish hasn't signed is that it is significantly less than what he was hoping for.