Notebook: How Food Was a Factor In Cruz's Re-Signing; What's Next After Colomé?

Twins Sign Colomé

The biggest news item of the day today was the Minnesota Twins signing former Chicago White Sox closer, Alex Colomé to a one-year, $5M deal with a mutual option for a second year.

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Minnesota Twins fans were all over Twitter voicing their excitement for the move, such as Twins Daily writer, Ted Schwerzler, who gave the Twins an “A” for their offseason after adding the right hander:

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Be sure to check out Twins Daily’s story on the Alex Colomé signing and watch the Offseason Live show with Nick Nelson, David Youngs and myself when we broke down the signing and discussed much more.

What’s Next?

After making two giant additions in Nelson Cruz and Alex Colomé, the thing that all Twins fans want to know is ... what’s next?

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Currently the Twins have ~$125M in committed salaries, right around the payroll that we expected them to have heading into the season. Are the Twins done making moves or should they sign someone else?

Darren Wolfson says that they are done making splashes, but potentially the door could still be open to bring back Jake Odorizzi.

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Dan Hayes thinks they still have some payroll to play with to add a reliever and potentially a fifth starter

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What moves would you like to see the Twins make next?

Selling Point for Nelson Cruz Re-Signing with Minnesota was ... the Food?

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While the $13M and the comfort with Minnesota was enticing for Nelson Cruz, the final selling point in bringing back Cruz ended up being the Twins adding Cruz’s personal chef to the gameday staff.

Maybe the Twins can add Jake Odorizzi’s butler to the gameday staff and lockdown a deal with the former Twins right hander as well?

Former Minnesota Twins Pitcher Slams Minnesota’s Offseason Additions

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Casey Fien pitched out of the bullpen for the Minnesota Twins from 2012-16 before being DFA’d by the Twins in May of 2016. Fien fired off a few different tweets criticizing the Twins today, most notably this tweet calling out the Twins for signing players who were suspended for performance enhancing drugs.

Evidently Casey Fien did not leave the Twins on great terms and has burned some bridges since leaving Minnesota.

Joakim Soria Signs with Arizona

Prior to signing Alex Colomé, many thought that Oakland A’s reliever, Joakim Soria, could have been a good fit for the Twins. It was announced today that Soria signed a one-year deal for ~$4M. Though the Twins had some interest in Soria, the right hander was committed to signing with the D-Backs.

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Twins Get Approval for Fans at Spring Training

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We heard there was a good chance that there would be Twins fans able to attend Spring Training games this year, now we have confirmation as Seth Kaplan confirmed that Hammond Stadium will be at 28% capacity for Spring Training for the Twins. Depending on how things go, that could be a primer for limited capacity games at Target Field this summer.

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