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  1. drjim
    This was my thought too. If nothing else, they are ahead of ladt year's offseason reliever signings. I do think there is another reliever coming, just not as big as we might have hoped.
  2. drjim
    Good stuff on Doogie's podcast. Big takeaway was for better or worse, they aren't going 3 years or $9mil (AAV) on a reliever. Almost all work now on a starter. Might circle back on some third tier free agents.
  3. drjim
    This is true. I don't really have a good response for upgrading the pen other than throwing numbers at it.
  4. drjim
    Would be a very solid move for them. One way or another, they need another established reliever.
  5. drjim
    Rodney was good last year, has been good most of the last 8 years. He's a step up from the usual dumpster dives of the last decade. I don't mind 1 year deals on relievers with track records. There has to be a mix of deals like this, internal, maybe a trade, some minor league deals, maybe a injury bounce back contract. It is interesting with relievers, basically every way to acquire them is a terrible bet. We'll lament the 8-10 guys we passed on and then look back halfway through 2019 and almost all of them will be injured or terrible.
  6. drjim
    I do remember how upset not signing any of these guys made all of us. Good data that you either have to go big on an elite reliever, take a risk on a guy coming off an injury, or fill in multiple pieces like Rodney and hope some stick. I still think that by August Fernando Romero will be the best reliever on the team, with the possibility of Pineda coming back too.
  7. drjim
    I wouldn't count on this coming from relievers.
  8. drjim
    According to the data out there, pretty much. Elite relievers you are often OK, but going into lesser tiers with multi-year deals usually end in tears. Like I said, acceptable second reliever. Not sure what they are doing for the first one though.
  9. drjim
    Years, not AAV.
  10. drjim
    Strikes me as an acceptable second reliever to add this offseason. Just need the first one. And a starter. And maybe a second starter. And perhaps a RH bat.
  11. drjim
    Crushing it.
  12. drjim
    I will say, if the Twins do pull off a Darvish signing, I will be much more tolerant of signing a lesser reliever. But if they miss on all the better second tier relievers, and miss out on a top end starter...
  13. drjim
    Exciting!
  14. drjim
    I'm pretty indifferent to losing Bard, but it is still surprising to me they didn't protect Burdi, unless they have no confidence in his ability to recover. Smart of them to leave Diaz unprotected. Going to need that extra option (assuming he even makes it that far).
  15. drjim
    Adding relievers in the Rule 5! (Let's ignore the 2 that they lost)
  16. drjim
    Isn't the primary point to be a starter next year? That was my assumption.
  17. drjim
    I figured that was worries about long contracts and being saddled with big contracts on declining players, but I could be wrong. One year commitments of $8mil seem like they'd be ok.
  18. drjim
    I hadn't even thought of this part of the deal. He could be quite the weapon down the stretch.
  19. drjim
    How would this hurt payroll flexibility?
  20. drjim
    I was also thinking an option like that, with a pretty high buyout, something like $4mil. Would guarantee a decent amount of the money and give the team some extra value if it pans out. But the market is the market. People are not scared off of TJ.
  21. drjim
    I assume they tried to get an option year, but I think Pineda didn't have to offer one. Someone else would have signed him without the option.
  22. drjim
    I like the move, but these are very valid critiques. This signing is not low risk, $8mil next year is a good chunk of change! Pretty much pays for a year of the relievers that are going off the board right now. If Pineda never comes back, that money is squandered. But I don't mind the aggression. I imagine he would go for 1/10 at least if he came back healthy next season. Lock it up now and let your doctors oversee the rehab.
  23. drjim
    Really not a bad offer for the Twins. Less than I thought it would take.
  24. drjim
    I think they'll add a RH DH or 3b, but that's it. The catching depth is through minor league deals and they have Gordon and Wade as depth pieces not yet on the 40 man. They'll probably even drop Vargas. I'd expect a few more minor league signings, but it will be lopsided this year, kind of a fluke of prospect timing.
  25. drjim
    Of all the moderators on all the message boards you are some of them. (And you do a great job in a mostly thankless role)
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