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  1. twins_89
    I would love to see the Twins take some of the cash they got for selling a pick to the Dodgers and use it for a Trevor May extension.
  2. twins_89
    The best Twins starting pitcher trio has to be the 2006 group of Santana/Liriano/Radke. Before Liriano got injured both he and Santana were legitimate Cy Young contenders.
  3. twins_89
    As far as acquiring a front of the rotation starter, a trade seems more likely than signing a free agent. My guess would be the Twins going after guys like Syndegaard or Gray if they become available at the trade deadline.
  4. twins_89
    Good article, it highlights what is the number one issue going forward for the Twins. Without a starting pitcher upgrade, this team is going to be great in the regular season followed by a quick elimination in the playoffs due to being outclassed in the rotation. Keeping the focus on the issue is going to be important since I suspect that regular season wins will make it easy to overlook the problem.
  5. twins_89
    Maeda really solidifies the Twins odds of winning the division, but the move does not fix the problem of the rotation in the playoffs. Minnesota still has a glaring need for a guy who can start game 1 or 2 of a playoff series and give the team a good chance to win.
  6. twins_89
    Did Thorpe ever make any of the prominent top-100 lists? I don't recall that happening, but I could be mistaken.
  7. twins_89
    Raley makes sense as the prospect included since he doesn't have all that much value and he's pretty redundant as a left handed 4th outfield option (Twins already have Cave and Wade to fill that role). I'm a bit less thrilled with basically selling the draft pick.
  8. twins_89
    I 100% support the position of the Twins front office. I wasn't a big fan of the Maeda deal, but I could understand why Falvey agreed to the trade. Asking for more than Graterol for Maeda would have made it a horrific deal for Minnesota, so I am extremely happy that we held firm and are willing to back out.
  9. twins_89
    Barring injury, the only real question marks are the 5th starter and 7th/8th bullpen spots (Stashak/Wisler). I expect the last rotation spot to come down to a competition between Chacin/Thorpe/Dobnak. If Chacin is able to bounce back he makes the team, otherwise Thorpe/Dobnak battle it out. I could also see Thorpe taking one of the last bullpen spots due to the lack of left-handed relief options. The other guy who could easily earn one of the last spots is Romero. His stuff is probably the best of the likely options, so if he looks good in Spring training he has a real shot at making the roster.
  10. twins_89
    Another move that looks focused on raising the teams floor. At some point Falvey is going to have find a way to raise the ceiling of the starting rotation, since that is the glaring weakness that is going to kill us in the playoffs.
  11. twins_89
    I don't consider guys with a career OPS in the mid 800s versus right handed pitching a problem. That's still really good production and coupled with the left handed bats (and switch hitters) the Twins offense will be very dangerous no matter who is on the mound.
  12. twins_89
    Celestino probably needs to be in the discussion as well. If he maintains the hitting he showed the second half of last season I could see him in AA by the end of the year. From what I've read he is very likely to be a plus defender in CF, so if he can hit a bit he could be another option in the not too distant future. Just the fact that the Twins gave him a 40 man roster spot tells me they think of him pretty highly.
  13. twins_89
    One side note to the sign stealing is that the impact was more than just the times when a breaking ball was signaled. There is also value in knowing that a breaking ball is not coming (no banging). In that instance hitters could sit on a fastball with a higher degree of confidence.
  14. twins_89
    I'm not willing to give up high end prospects for Musgrove since I don't believe he has all that much upside. I'd take a flier on Archer if the trade cost was low enough (not giving up any of the Twins top 10 prospects).
  15. twins_89
    Personally I'd love to see Romero put back into a starting role, especially if the plan is to use Graterol out of the bullpen. My biggest concern with the current crop of major league ready starters is that for the most part there isn't a lot of upside. Guys like Smeltzer and Dobnak are OK as the 6th-7th options on the depth chart, but I have concerns about how much success they'll have over an extended stretch in the major league rotation. Romero at least has the potential to be more than a 5th starter. During the first stretch of games he started with the Twins he looked dominant and if he could recapture that form there are a lot of available starter innings early in the season. Having a 4th option would be huge since he could shuttle between AAA and the majors as needed.
  16. twins_89
    Going into the season with Berrios, Odorizzi, and an aging Bailey seems like a recipe for disaster. If one of those guys has an issue and isn't ready for the start of the season, the Twins would be in extremely dire straits. I just don't believe that free agency is much of an option at this point, the scenarios that make the most sense are trades.
  17. twins_89
    Rooker is not on the 40 man roster, none of the 3 discussed had to be added yet.
  18. twins_89
    I suspect Rosario's time with the Twins is nearing an end, I'm actually a bit surprised he hasn't been traded already. With Cave being a capable placeholder and a pretty good chance at least one of Kirilloff/Larnach will be ready by mid-season, there isn't much reason not to explore moving Eddie.
  19. twins_89
    The only change I can see is that I suspect Romero makes the team over Stashak since Romero is out of options. I'm not sure he'll hold the spot, but he is likely to be given the first shot to earn it.
  20. twins_89
    Dobnak, Thorpe, and Smeltzer are perfectly fine as the 5-7 starters on the depth chart, but having more than 1 of them in the major league rotation for any significant length of time is a truly bad idea. Graterol only pitched 70 innings last season (and his career high is 100 innings in a year), so expecting him to be a starter seems unrealistic. The Twins absolutely need to add another starter. If that guy can slot in at #2, it would make a huge difference for a rotation that is currently average to slightly below average.
  21. twins_89
    I believe the Twins are at 41 (since Pineda doesn't count until his suspension is over). We'll already have to drop somebody to add Donaldson (my guess is Harper), so I'm doubtful that Hall is interesting enough to drop a second player.
  22. twins_89
    The Twins are now in really good long term shape with respect to their the position players. Garver, Sano, Arraez, Polanco, Donaldson, and Kepler are all under team control through at least 2023 with Buxton around through 2022. With Lewis, Kirilloff, Larnach, and Rooker nearly ready the Twins should have an incredibly strong line-up for the foreseeable future.
  23. twins_89
    I had pretty much given up any hope that the Twins would ever sign a top end free agent. I've never been so happy to be proven wrong. If the Twins manage a trade for a playoff caliber starter, this could quickly turn from the most depressing off-season in memory to the most exciting.
  24. twins_89
    If the Twins had added a legitimate #2 starter in addition to bringing back Odorizzi/Pineda, the Bailey signing would have looked fantastic. Having Bailey as your #3 starter to open the season is a pretty good sign that front office did not do a very good job during the off-season.
  25. twins_89
    I don't care about what was said or expected, I prefer to look at results.The Twins entered the off-season with only a few holes to fill and a truly impressive amount of payroll flexibility and prospect capital. With all that going for them I don't see any convincing argument that the team is even slightly improved over last season. There is still a bit of time to work the trade market, but with no further moves it's really hard to see this off-season as a success.
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