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I'm tired of us not giving our own developed minor leaguers a chance and playing waiver wire pickups that we keep for a month and then send away. I would think it would be really discouraging to the players developing in our system. As for Astudillo, sure he looks good in spring training when guys are trying to throw strikes, but when the season starts major league pitchers will just throw him balls and let him hit his way into soft contact outs.

I see Nick replacing the role Ehire Adrianza had with the team. Maybe not to start the year but by the end of it. Although it seems like in the past our front office would rather pick up guys off waivers for bench roles from other teams then fill from within when a need arises.

No mention of Nick Gordon? Seems like he is really being overlooked. I don’t see why he cant fill adrianzas role this year and back up 2b and short.

You nailed the list. Couldn't agree more. Just wanted to add that Ken Griffey Jr's winning run did actually have all of the real players they just had made up names. All of the stats were correct from the season before and you could edit the names. I edited all of the names on my system to the correct names.

I would prefer to go with what we have (Blankehorn, Gordon) and sign some minor league free agent deals with a couple veteran C's and MI's. Put our money towards pitching, bringing back Nelson Cruz, and getting a backup CF who bats RH.

I am good with the pick. By the time this guy comes up their may be a DH in the national league and these type of guys will be harder to find. Hopefully we stock up on pitching with are other three picks.

Some of the things I would advise to do is go out to Fort Myers Beach for some beach life, good food, and drinks. If your into history at all the Edison and Ford Estates are a must. If you are bringing children with the Sea Life Encounter Excursion through Adventures in Paradise was a lot of fun for our kids. I have went out to the twins spring training complex on days where their were no games or away games and just watched practice. I have enjoyed that just as much as the games. They usually practice in the mornings and are done by noon.

Are we trying to improve the Twins or the Rangers. I think this only benefits the Rangers.

I would like to see the twins check in with Boston about David Price. Boston is looking to shed salary and stay under the luxury tax. We could probably get them to cover part of the contract and we able to trade for him for little to nothing if we pickup a decent amount of the contract.

That offer seems really light. I remember thinking at the time of the Cole trade that Pittsburgh got hosed and that was even before Cole blew up. I would love for that trade to go through, but I think it would take something more along the lines of Duran, Rooker, and Jeffers.

I am also on board with keeping Gordon. We can let Schoop go and he can fill the role Arraez was used for this year and like others have said replace adrianza in the future. I loved that the 2019 twins actually had depth. In years past we had no depth and one injury would put a AAA journey man in our lineup. This year we were able to manage more injuries because we actually had MLB quality players on our bench and even a few that could step in from AAA.

Are you going to be writing a gcl twins preview? I have been looking forward to it because alot of those guys are unknown to me.

Is Landon Leach still in the GCL? Seem to be moving extremely slow for a 2nd round pick.

I was talking more in the lines of the Jon Kemmer, Nick Buss, James Ramsey's of the world. Not the legitimate AAA guys with MLB experience.

I like that this team has some prospect talent this year. Seems like the last two years have had the roster full of journeyman types.

I wonder if the twins have had any thoughts into playing Nick Gordon some in the outfield. I just don't see where he is going to fit into the plans as a long term starter at either SS or 2B, with the other options discussed. If he was able to play both middle infield positions along with outfield he could make a possibly good utility player for us and that seems to have greater value these days than it has in the past.

Agree hate the gold. Was hoping they would get rid of it this year not add more of it.

I feel like Adalberto Mejia should be a guy that we look to move into the bullpen to see if his stuff plays up. He always seems to struggle to get through 5 innings. Maybe he could be a guy in the bullpen that we could look to get 2 or 3 innings at a time out of.

I am not advocating for it, but is their any chance the Twin bring back LoMo?

Got two, the first one was a Marquis Grissom Homerun against the twins when he was playing for the Indians. The other was a Michael Cuddyer Batting Practice homerun in Chicago against the Whitesox. Just got Cuddyer to sign the BP ball two years ago when he was helping out at Spring Training.

I think most of the guys listed below, that have been signed in the last couple of years, would have helped. I know this list is kind of cherry picked for guys that have worked out, but most of them were at the top of their free agent class where the twins are unwilling to spend. David Price Brian McCann Andrew Miller Russell Martin Jose Abreau David Robertson Justin Upton Hisashi Iwakuma Joaquin Benoit Adrian Beltre Yu Darvish Yoenis Cespedes Jon Lester Jhonny Peralta Zack Greinke Scott Kazmir James Shields Hunter Pence

I think this signing makes some sense. If Buxton were to star the year in AAA I could see Arcia and Quentin platooning in LF, Rosario in CF, and Sano in RF. With Danny Santana being the backup. I think he is only competing against Ryan Sweeney & Joe Benson.

It may be harsh but i would tell joe he can catch or retire because he is not cutting it at first. We are paying 25 million for a poor mans doug mientkiewicz.

Pedro Martinez Randy Johnson Mike Piazza Craig Biggio John Smoltz Mike Mussina Curt Schilling Jeff Bagwell Gary Sheffield Edgar Martinez

I wouldn't trade him because I do not believe the pohlads would spent the money saved on the team. All they would do is pocket the savings and our payroll would drop.