Does Seiya Suzuki Fit in Minnesota?

Anything is possible. The Twins could be burned three times in that international market, but...why not! Give him the money you would give, say, a J.A. Happ, Matt Shoemaker and Alex Colombe combined.

Considering how the Twins treated Nishioka and Park, it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd come out of Korea or Japan to sign with the Twins.

15 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Considering how the Twins treated Nishioka and Park, it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd come out of Korea or Japan to sign with the Twins.

Both Nishioka and Park got a good chance to succeed, and failed. But of course, many people from warmer climates might characterize Minnesota springs and falls as "cold days in hell."

An outfielder who can hit and field?   No we try to get rid of those types.   We prefer them to only have one of those skills or neither as long as they are cheap we are good.     Joking of course - yes we could use a right-hand hitting outfielder who can field but not sure we would allocate a portion of our budget for that.    Would open the possibility of trading some of our other outfielders for pitching.        

Yes is the only answer to the question.  Can we live without Rooker - of course, can we trade Kepler - I hope so, will we retain Buxton?  CAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes we can do without him.  There is plenty of room in the OF for a good player. 

Don't the Twins have a very good relationship with Maeda?  And doesn't he like it here?  If so, both could be positives in attracting this guy.  May even go so far as to have Maeda do a little recruiting?

As for needing him, the Twins need all the good players they can get.

The answer to if we can use Suzuki. Is money. How much will he get paid? If it's more than Kepler. It may not be a good idea. I'm sure he will hit better than Kepler? 

I thought we needed pitching, pitching and pitching

I haven't heard anything about his preferences.  We knew Shoteni wanted a west coast smaller market team.  I know nothing of what this other player wants.

8 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Considering how the Twins treated Nishioka and Park, it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd come out of Korea or Japan to sign with the Twins.

What does Park/Korea have to do with this post?

5 hours ago, Shaitan said:

What does Park/Korea have to do with this post?

The Twins haven't exactly treated highly regarded Asian league players well in my opinion. So why would a player from an Asian league look at the Twins as a potential landing spot? The Twins were quick to bench and demote Park with an injured wrist and never really gave him a good look after. Gardy was publicly critical of Nishioka right off the bat, and it can certainly be said Nishioka didn't play well, either he nor Park even got 300 plate appearances in MLB.

It always comes down to cost and how the team employs their resources.  I haven't seen anything noted about a "ballpark" for what it would take to sign him.  Keeping in mind that pitching is the primary asset that needs to be acquired thru trades and FA he would certainly be a nice addition.  But pitching and SS would be bigger priorities.  Since signing Buxton is STILL the #1 off season priority (or as we here on TD certainly feel that way) I'd like our FO to get off their fat behinds and make some QUICK progress on Buxton and a pitcher before the weekend.

Twins sign Suzuki?  Why?  He can't pitch and will cost more than the major league minimum, so why bother?

20 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Considering how the Twins treated Nishioka and Park, it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd come out of Korea or Japan to sign with the Twins.

Yes, I can't argue with your assessment. They were treated poorly (especially Nishioka), but they have treated Maeken very well, and Maeken is very respected by fans, other players and the media here. This can be used to our advantage to kind of lure him here. Seiya Suzuki is an outstanding player who plays good defense and is a very, very good hitter--a really tough out and very clutch. (He also has been more-or-less injury-free.)

And, don't forget that both Suzuki and Maeda are Hiroshima Carp players. That has a lot more meaning to Japanese players than one might think.

I'd love it if the Twins went all in.

We have a lot of corner OFs, if his glove can be decent enough  to play  CF (better than what we have to back up Buck) and have aspirations to play there. I'd say yeah, go for it, otherwise no.

Didn't realize that Maeda and Suzuki were former teammates on the carp.  That doesn't hurt at all.  I'd still rather take a chance on Clint Frazier for cheap and save more money for pitching.   

PS-He's a very good defender and not a lead-footed lumberjack either. (He swiped 26 bases two years ago.)

The Twins bidding against every other mlb team?  I don’t think so although they “may be in on him”. 

Personally, I would love it. Looks like a lot of places are expecting between 3-5 years and $7-$11 million per year? I think I'd take the chances on him at even $10 million.  (Plus fee?)

It definitely would make me feel more comfortable trading Larnach or CF in a package for pitching and/or Kepler in the future.  The thought of Buxton, Suzuki, and Kepler/Martin/Lewis in the OF at some point in the next year would be quite fun.

* Note to Twins management.  This plan would require $$ and paying Buxton. Proceed with caution.

That's it, might as well sign him as our SS. ?

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