Monkeypaws

Ryan did Falvey a nice favor by signing Dozier to that extension. What a chip to play with during your first winter meetings in charge.

If Stewart became a serviceable, somewhat above average MLB pitcher, that would be fine with me: a more consistent Gibson. We need competency before excellence. Agree with your points about him.

That hair belongs in Hollywood....

Whaaaa? I had always heard they were friends, from some international tournament or something.

Hoping this wil be looked on as a steal in 5 years.

Build up the middle - catcher and CF is a good start. SS is next. Vielma might be good in that he can help build the solid spine a good defensive team needs. I know a lot of people consider him a punch and judy hitter, but he can handle a bat okay, run some, and doesn't strike out way much more thn he walks. He's only 22 and has mastered AA. Not every shortstop needs to be A-Rod or Jeter.

Let's hope it's not Polhad money....

Where did I get the "too many corner" quote. Bernardino? Didn't Falvey make some kind of reference? Dagnabbit, more questions.

Didn't they cut Walker loose because they had too many corner OF/1B/DH types? How does adding a much older more expensive version of the all or nothing hitter help the rebuild? Haven't the Twins' minor league teams been racking up championships, or at least making playoffs? Doesn't that define building a winning culture from the bottom up? This rumor does nothing but raise questions for me.

Sour grapes from an old North Stars fan - this is what we lost. 50th anniversary, gone. Bringing back Broten, Smith, Bellows into the organization, gone. Statues of Godsworthy, Worsley, Broten, Ciccarelli outside the arena, nope. I love bringing back the best of the old-timers and incorporating winning DNA into the organization.

Hmm, Yimmi, or Yonny ... Yonny or Yimmi. Tough choice.

I read this as Dozier for Italian ice cream. Sounds delicious

Really hate to give him up for nothing. I've been a big fan, but 25 at AAA and 202 Ks make me think that the Brew Crew got Rob Deer 2.0. Like the guy though. I hope the new admin will be more proactive in cutting the losses on prospects by trading at peak value. Have to say, they are off to a good start with reducing redundancies in th organization, even if there is nothing coming back at this point. One thing that gives me pause is that Walker has never repeated a level, yet mashed at league leading levels - would the Ks have dropped as he became more attuned to the pitching? Well, Milwaukee will find out....

Excellent adds

Sad day when a decent ballplayer gets waived for bupkis. Agree with the sentiment it was necessary, but Plouffe was a household favoriite, largely because plouffe is the French word for splash. Plus he seemed ike a laid back cool guy.

Great baseball name!

Nice plan - my quibble: I'd like the 4th outfielder to provide speed and great defense, neither of which is Grossman.

Couple that offensive production with gold-glove defense in center field, and it doesn't seem too bad. I do think Buxton will steal a lot more bases, and hit more home runs.

Garver is better already than any of these guys.

I'm pretty bullish on this group, more than most in the case of Stewart and Gordon. Most of them have done pretty well playing years below league average, and have good tools.

I like Park as well - he sure looked good early on. Seems like a good guy. Could be a wild-card in the romp to the Series next year.

Media markets aren't determined by sports franchises. Nielsen, the ratings folks, rank them like this: 1 New York, NY 2 Los Angeles, CA 3 Chicago, IL 4 Philadelphia, PA 5 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX 6 San Francisco-Oak-San Jose, CA 7 Boston (Manchester), MA 8 Washington, DC 9 Atlanta, GA 10 Houston, TX 11 Detroit, MI 12 Seattle-Tacoma, WA 13 Phoenix (Prescott), AZ 14 Tampa-St. Pete (Sarasota), FL 15 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

And yet Oakland is being gentrified as we speak, and the tech industry is driving people across the Bay Bridge to seek affordable living, and even Oakland is getting crazy expensive. If you think this situation is any different form Manhattan-Bronx-Queens, you are dreaming sir. It would be equivalent to saying Mpls-StP were different markets

What do you call it when you give the reins to a new, young management team, and full time positions to a bunch of young players who still have everything to prove at the Major League level? Does a team need to wipe the slate entirely clean of veterans for it to qualify as a rebuild?

Hopefully this will stop all the second guessing of the Twins brain-trust that goes on here. Or WILL it?