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I am hopeful this happens. I'd like to see Lewis Lee Julien pushing for time at Target by mid summer. I really believe this will be a big bounceback year for both Kepler and Gallo. Ripping it to right with no shifting allowed, I see Falvey being vindicated on both. I am very concerned about Kirilloff. Although much older, my wife had the exact same break, and has had the exact same recovery difficulty. Wrists are obviously crucial to a batter. Worried about this one. For what it's worth, I'd put Miranda and his sore shoulder at 1st, if Kirilloff can't go, and Farmer starts the year at 3rd, putting Larnach on the opening day roster at DH.

I'll be interested in the starter strategy, and if Rocco does indeed protect these guys like last year. Quite taboo to let anyone get near 100 pitches, especially early in the season last year. I am hoping for such starter depth that we see Maeda and Balazovic in the pen, with SWR coming fast, and big young guys like Ryan/Ober & Lopez stepping into 35 start/200 innings roles.

Agree w/both of your comments, and recall the 2015 Royals. 3 lockdown bullpen guys took them to a title. The 2015 Royals were nearly untouchable after the 6th. We have the makings of a very solid starting staff this year as it stands. How many more games do we win if we can lock it down nearly every game after the 6th?

We'll see about Kirilloff's health. He is obviously our 1st option. I wonder about Miranda's defense, and still think he is the 1st baseman of the future when lee or lewis come up. If we are not trading Kep, it would make sense to look at Gallo at 1st. I was hoping Gordon would get a shot at left.

I imagine we start the year with Buxton batting leadoff.

Gallo has played a LOT of 1st base, and if Royce or Brooks are ready by mid season, look for Miranda to be moved to 1st. I'll miss Arraez bat, but we have several good options at 1st.

I like this. What you are saying to Twins fans is...Falvey is THE most qualified person to make this decision, and we should keep an open mind until he makes a decision. Between Falvey's own personal due diligence, and discussions with Rocco and team leaders, and others around the league, if he pulled the trigger on Bauer, Twins fans should be on board. Guessing you'll get a lot of disagreement here. Not from me. Trust Falvey, or fire him. Trust Rocco, or fire him. My personal belief is there is ZERO chance this happens. But if it did, I'd have to figure Falvey knows something, and he thinks it will be great, so I would hold my fire and watch and see.

6 year deal to coincide with 6 years left on Buxton's deal. I am now convinced we are trying to win, and with CC locked up at that incredible AAV, we are committed to trying to win for 6 years. I'm looking for a big trade for pitching now to finish off this off-season. Locking up SS for 6 years will make one of our stud infield prospects available. Who does Miami want?

Yes! Please don't trade him to NY Maybe Falvey is working on something much bigger (I hope) - I like Max's chances coming off a poor offensive year and the elimination of the radical shift. Maybe it's not Max that gets moved? Wallner Gordon or Celestino? Larnach? We definitely need a BIG trade or we will be riding the HOPE train again on our young pitching and glut of #3 type starters. Now maybe that works out? We just cannot have enough pitching in my opinion.

I am both bored by this, and intrigued by this. I wonder if some other owners have chastised Giants and Mets ownership for going 13 years. Boras is trying to establish a new marker. I don't recall seeing a scenario like this before with a superstar? Big signing news, then medicals, then backing out - 2 different teams. This, to me is all about pushing back on Boras and his insistence on pushing everyone to 13 years. That seemed to be his line in the sand for the Correa sweepstakes. Much more so than AAV obviously. What should our beloved Twins do? Put the 2 years and $70.2M back on the table he opted out of. That's as far as I would go. Our 2 best prospects, Lewis and Lee are both shortstops, Martin, maybe our 3rd best prospect can also play short. I like what Texas did. I wish we had DeGrom and Eovaldi darnet.

I think I like this. I choose to be optimistic this morning. Happy Saturday everyone!

Make Rodon happen for $600 Alex?

I don't want to blow $20M on this guy. One good year at the plate. If Atl and LA aren't balls out trying to sign him, that tells me something. I think both Lewis and Lee will be studs. Farmer can cover the first 2 months. We need a #1 starter in a bad way.

Hard pass. SS is the one place on the diamond we should be covered for the next 6 years no problem. By June we should be looking at Royce or Lee - and we better. 2 #1 picks. One of them better be the SS of the future. Please spend our money on PITCHING. Cannot possibly have enough quality PITCHING.

1972 - 1986 were pretty lean years - but those late 70's teams were fun to watch, and Gene Mauch was terrific. We currently have one of the youngest rosters in baseball, and next year needs to be the year we see some young pitching rise up. I'd like to see a better brand of baseball. More contact, more running. Rocco seemed to make less in game mistakes later in the year, than earlier. I agree on a new bench coach and a new pitching coach. This front office will be fine if we win our division and make the playoffs. Sign Correa - bring back Cruz as a player/bench coach, and sign Rodon after he ops out.