Winter Meetings Day 2: Wisler Signs, Twins Checked in on Lynn

Once again, the White Sox are out of the gate quick.  

Very interested what the Twins will end up doing.

Would love to somehow acquire Ketel Marte from the D-Backs.  Covers LOTS of positions.

Would love to add Liam Hendricks to the BP.

Absent Hendricks, would like to see Brand Hand and Bradley added to the BP.

Very interested in David Dahl as a full time LF'er and backup CF'er if Buxton gets hurt.

Who will the Twins add as another SP?  Need a solid vet with Dobnak #5.

The Dirty Sox continue to be aggressive. Should we be concerned? Maybe. I'm not at the moment.

Rumor has it the Twins are being quietly aggressive in early talks and speculation has them keeping payroll close to last season. That leaves a lot of flexible room to add to our favorite team.

Reportedly, the Mets may be out on Odorizzi. Atlanta was rumored to be interested, but they've already made some early moves. Maybe Oddo isn't what the Twins want, but I still think he makes a ton of sense.

I think there's a lot of faith in the FO and ML staff to build a bullpen. And we have holes to be filled. But except for a couple of primary FA, there appears to be a GLUT of potentially good arms to add at some point.

I am concerned about the infield and "utility" personnel. Everyone 100% healthy, we're just looking at Marwin and Adrianza replacements. Now, I'm not saying that isn't important! But I think it's more important considering injuries to Donaldson, Polanco and Arraez.

There are going to be 2 moves here at some point. This could be as "small" as a re-sign of Adrianza and a Marwin replacement who could be one of at least a half dozen players from Hernandez to Profar to Gyorko or LaStella, etc, etc. There are a TON of options!

As I posted in another thread, what if the Twins did sign Hernandez? He can, as I understand his ability and past appearance, cover SS. They could then sign another decent bat who can play 3 infield spots. Or maybe they surprise and sign a top SS and still sign another solid player and convert Polanco to a super utility role.

I think there could be a surprise signing in the infield. Opportunity is there.

Surprised the Royals signed Santana. He will help. I think they're too far away, but who knows. Takes away a potential DH option for the Twins, should they move on from Cruz.

Speaking of Cruz, the report from MLB that there should be no expectation of a universal DH, should play in the Twins favor. Still not sure I buy reports Cruz should expect $15-18M post covid 2020. Maybe. But thus far, most signings have still been SP. There have been early signings, and there will be more. I still expect a sort of "leveling out" and a bunch of bargains over the next few weeks.

I appreciate the FO ability to build a team and find bargains. They've done so in the past. I believe they will do so this year. But I hope they will also jump on a couple early values initially that seem present.

Falvey and Levine have given us every reason to trust them and their process.  At some point, if they are going to win in the postseason, however, things are going to have to go past "checked in".  

Not worried about the bullpen. We have some nice arms coming up and with Rogers, Duffy, Alcala, Stashak and Colina there to be the core we are okay. Literally a hundred relief pitchers out there. They will do there homework with some metric magic and find a few guys cheap that will do fine... 

Do need one good if not great starter and we are pretty set. Would be nice to spend on Nellie.. 2 year deal with a mutual option for the second year ought to get it done.... Lots of options for the utility guys.. just depends on costs... value...

I wouldn't give Santana 2 years. But I also wouldn't have done so 2 years ago, so what do I know.

I think we have learned to not underestimate Falvine. By the end of Spring Training we will have made some significant positive moves.