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  1. sweetmusicviola16
    I don't understand people wanting Donaldson though. That would likely mean Sano at 1B. Not good. If we're going to play with extra dollars go at Strasburg. He would actually improve the team.
  2. sweetmusicviola16
    Thus far we are not better. With some guys having some natural expected regression we would be worse. Lots of off season left to get better though.
  3. sweetmusicviola16
    Rosterresource shows us at 97.3
  4. sweetmusicviola16
    There are no less than 12-13 teams in on Keuchel, Bumgarner and Ryu. There are likely a few less in on Cole and Strasburg. 5 guys that a dozen or more teams want and desire. That means the others will get to divide the likes of Wood, Pineda, Tehran, Miley, Porcello and Roark. I can see Falvine at the press conference trying to pass off Porcello as frontline pitching at this point in his career......
  5. sweetmusicviola16
    At this point if we're going to overpay for someone lets overpay for Strasburg. But unfortunately we will be bidding against NYY and the LA's and Nat's. 6/190 might get him to listen. Cole was my first choice but based on rumors swirling it doesn't even sound like we are even considering these guys. But I agree with Chief, whoever gets madbum will have to overpay, My guess is 4/90 or more. It may make Wheeler look like a bargain. But Falvine knew they wouldn't get Wheeler with a 5/100, but they at least "tried".
  6. sweetmusicviola16
    Wheeler was the better get. We were willing to go 5/100 on him. I see madbum going 4/90. We won't get him as my guess is we offer somewhere along the lines of 4/77 based on what we offered Wheeler. We have an org that wants to look good but isn't willing to do what it actually takes to get these kind of pieces. I understand that Wheeler wanted to pitch close to Jersey. But being 18mil apart on the offers isn't even close tbh. We will soon be kicking the tires on Roark and Tehran is what I see.
  7. sweetmusicviola16
    Strasburg is going to get 6/180 from Nyy or the Nat's. I'd love him on our team, but we'd likely have to offer between 190-200 mil to get his attention. imo Jimmy won't sign off on it.
  8. sweetmusicviola16
    I'm in the sign him up camp. I'd go maybe 2/12 on an option.
  9. sweetmusicviola16
    Problem too when you sign a guy like Gausman/Perez to a deal like you propose he becomes a guy that is going to make the team instead of a fringe candidate. So we're left with relying on them. I'm for signing bounce back guys, like Anibal Sanchez was. But when a guy is signed for 6 mil inspite of how bad he was he's making the team and we are stuck with him no matter how bad he is and the fallback becomes a AAA player. If we're not going to bring in front end guys with this team and the needs this team has then when are we? The answer would be, never.
  10. sweetmusicviola16
    Yes they can do both. The problem is they haven't been. We needed pitching last season, we got Perez the bounce back candidate. We are in a bad spot of only having 2 SP's now b/c the FO has put us in this situation. Signing bounce back guys is fine, after you have signed the sure things.
  11. sweetmusicviola16
    That'd be my guess, your original 4/80 is likely light.
  12. sweetmusicviola16
    But this is what they do to us every off season it seems. Have us be happy to not have improvements. Without Cole or Wheeler, etc this is not a better rotation. Berrios, Odo, Pineda is not a WS rotation.
  13. sweetmusicviola16
    Scratch off Wheeler. Now we can fight for the leftovers.
  14. sweetmusicviola16
    Problem is you will have the same teams that are in on Wheeler doing the same thing and maybe the Wheeler winner too. The Twins are not in a good position with having 3 open spots at once. My hunch has been all along that Odorizzi will be our biggest signing. I've been hoping to be wrong but I doubt it if we lose on Wheeler which sounds likely right now.
  15. sweetmusicviola16
    Gausman is what makes being a Twins fan frustrating. Year after year we are left with dreaming about bounce back candidates and drooling about never has beens. Really sick of this. Spend for Wheeler and Ryu. Or Cole. Enough of the Pelfrey's ,Perez's and Correia's. Enough.
  16. sweetmusicviola16
    The problem with this strategy is that every team that has good pitching is looking for more and not looking to trade what they have. The teams that might be looking to trade away pitching don't have much to trade away, certainly not much in the way of impact players. Very likely the only way to get better in this market is to shell out the money.Wheeler is the 3rd best SP available this season and we only have 2 SP on board. If we won't shell out with the team we have and the needs we have then we never will.
  17. sweetmusicviola16
    When Buxton does leave the Twins, whether as an FA or by trade, Oakland is where I'd like to see him land. It would remind me of one of my all-time favorites. Rickey Henderson. Too bad Buxton can't stay on the field. He'd maybe be as great as Rickey was.
  18. sweetmusicviola16
    Wheeler now has an offer in hand of at least 100mil.
  19. sweetmusicviola16
    This. For 2020 we need a 1B. Like him there or not we have Sano at 3B and I don't like him at 1B if the plan is to contend. Kiriloff and Lewis is where it would start with Chapman. What would it take to acquire Olson? A lot....
  20. sweetmusicviola16
    Gonzalez isn't the bat to be an everyday 1B. I like pursuing a trade with Baltimore for Trey Mancini to be our longterm solution at 1B. They are rumored to be shopping Trey. Maybe Rooker is a piece to be used in this trade. Kiriloff and Larnach can stay as OF's if we have a true 1B. If one of them proves ready this season then Rosario can potentially be moved mid-season. My hunch though is Sano stays at 3B and Kiriloff has the present edge for our 1B. I prefer Mancini but I'm OK with this option.
  21. sweetmusicviola16
    Sano, 6 errors in his 31 games at 1B. I'm not saying he can't work himself into a quality ML 1B. What I am saying is that a team with WS aspirations isn't going to stick Sano at 1B and hope that he becomes one someday. If we wanted him to be our 1B this should have been done years ago when we were not a good team. Either promote or sign or trade for a quality 1B. We can't afford experimenting on the go with Sano. Donaldson or Rendon is a pipedream at this point. We have Cruz as DH, Sano is more 3B now than he is a 1B so he needs to stay there.
  22. sweetmusicviola16
    Sanchez needs to be turned into a reliever, I'm not against pursuing him with that in mind. In our rotation? No way.
  23. sweetmusicviola16
    I tend to agree. If you don't go for it now then when will we? Berrios, Odo and say Graterol will make about 23mil this season. The time is now to offer Cole 35mil and Wheeler 23mil. Higher if need be. Yes the payroll will be at 150mil. Next year 40mil can come off for Cruz, Rosario, Marwin and Odo. In a year a number of the prospects will be ready.
  24. sweetmusicviola16
    Yes, I want to see Wheeler or someone comparable or better even signed. Then sign a Keuchel type or someone like Tehran for our #4 spot. I was responding to mikes comment about not much quality on non contenders. Means was one of the few that stood out to me. otherwise he's right on. I'd prefer we go the FA market first, then we have our farm kids for insurance against injury and or a poor performer, and for when Rosario and maybe Cron move on as replacements.
  25. sweetmusicviola16
    Seems like Jake should have been able to do 4/64, or more. I'm hoping that these signings work to the Twins advantage. We still have our budget and some have used up a good chunk of theirs and the difference makers are still on the board.
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