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Weakness? the weather

Winning via the long ball counts all the same in the standings

All around great game, I can't believe I am saying it, but this team is fun to watch. One thing is for sure though, keep Astudillo in the lineup

Ottavino could help this BP

A great job once again Parker, hopefully next year is better

Obviously one would hate this outcome with such high expectation this year, (even after what would be considered a pretty good offseason) but I think the production from players like Sano/Buxton/Berrios was really going to have a large bearing on what they were in the market for. Sano and Buxton may never reach the level we expected/hoped them to achieve, it sucks, but it's baseball. I also feel like the FO is more attracted to the players they've selected in the draft or previously signed in FA, which is another reason why after a year like this they're probably (and unfortunately) going to make this team pretty mediocre until we have Lewis/Kirilloff/Graterol up in the majors (quite honestly, just thinking about that 2020 team... it's bright man)

What direction do you see this team going? Do you see us having enough Minor League depth to sustain losing player streak like, Kepler, Buxton, Rosario, Berrios, our young core. Or do we just go straight to rebuild mode after they retire/go somewhere else? Genuinely curious what you all think.

Actually Polanco is now ineligible for any postseason play due to the suspension. Sucks but would be good to see him play a little bit this season after the suspension to see if he can maintain his last 2 months in 2017, and for how we should play him in 2019.

I think we’re better off taking a chance on him and if he doesn’t work out at least we didn’t have to sign him in 2 years to some big deal to end up being a bust. Although if he waited there’s no way we’d get him for the crazy deal he’d be asking for.

Either I'm misunderstanding you, or you misunderstood the article. The Twins still have the same 3.2 Million to spend, because we voided his contract awhile ago but it wasn’t made public until yesterday. At the end of the day we might not get either Darvish or Otani, we might just resign Marte.

I’m sure 10,000+ lakes is better than a boring ocean.