ValleySpringsFan

Very thoughtful and sensible plan, thank you. I hope Twins management is thinking along these lines, too. Much more effective for Buxton's mental approach (I think) to start on this kind of plan from Game 1, instead of "reacting to whatever he needs."

Also, surplus. Great article, though.

Agreed, the Twins might as well let their younger pitchers get some experience instead of letting them be blocked by an unreleasable innings-eater. The only time I've enjoyed watching an "eater" on the Twins was Bob Tewksbury in 1997-1998. Great mental approach. And he celebrated his 100th career win in 1997 with a party for the team. I remember wondering why Tewks was excited about "only" 100 wins, but you think about it, getting 100 MLB victories is hard. You have to be a bonafide MLB pitcher for maybe 10 years (it took Teaks 12) to get there. Worth celebrating, for sure. Wacha still has 26 more wins to go before he hits 100. Really won't be fun to watch. Let's let him pitch somewhere else in 2023, and see how Woods-Richardson and the others do instead.

I get it, the Twins always have to pay a little extra to persuade free agents to sign here. And I want to hope that Gallo has a bounceback season in 2023. But it bugs me that even if Gallo hits 38 HR's, he's still going to strike out circa 38 percent of the time.

I agree a hundred percent! Feel bad that he retired so early. Just seems like he ran out of adjustments to make. But yeah, he was a gamer.

Is one of them Brian Dozier?

My only question is: Who were the Twins competing with for Joey Gallo? I don't see why it tool $11m to sign a player who should have been had for, at most, a tenth that much. Twins have an analytics department. They should try putting it to use instead of relying on their GM's personal connections to players, which was the case here.