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The Twins will be bringing up 13 pitchers, remember.

Wow. I have never seen this said so well before. You win 2018.

My waist size before was near the minimum for a 6'2" adult -- around 33". So no.

Food in Chicago is just too good. And yes.

I would say he still looks scrawny.

I added 20 pounds in the same period of time. Am I juicing?

The Twins liked Vargas enough to have him initially skip AAA. Then they decided they weren't sure if they wanted him or if they didn't. I think we've all dated people like this before. Good luck to you Vargas, you'll find better. The Twins finally made a decision.

This is the type of soreness I would expect after this type of surgery.

Cave was DFAd by the Yankees early in the week. There were expected to be multiple suitors. Giving up Luis Gil seems like a bad move.

The article omits some of the deals the Twins were involved in.

The study is not relevant to this conversation. We are talking about a rookie being ready for the major leagues, not a team. Yes, veterans can take a while to get going. We're not talking about that. Find me a study that shows players who have minimal to no major league experience, particularly ones hitting less than .100 as Garver is. Garver's one hit was a home run, hooray?

Repeating something a million times doesn't make you right. I would offer it's quite the opposite.

He was very good for his projection + rookie status. If that was his floor, the Twins will be able to use him.

Garver has been absolutely terrible in spring training. I'm hoping the Twins can use this time wisely to determine if Garver is truly ready or not. I'm high on Garver but if he's not ready then he's not ready.

Vargas is a good player. Fans who say otherwise are bad players.

I said it before and I will say it again ... I think Lynn was probably the best free agent pitcher this year. Sorry, Darvish. If I were in charge, Lynn would have been my #1 target. It's a minor sticking point that he is only signed for one year because if my opinion is proven true, the Twins won't be able to afford him next year. Lynn will go off and be Ervin Santana II elsewhere. But hey, we had Kenny Rogers for one good year too, right?

When was this?

I agree that the Twins aren't doing themselves any favors by spending cash on these 1-2 year deals for pitchers. They're not likely to make it to the WS and they don't have anyone of substance in the minors 1-2 years out.

No lefties is only an issue for facing Cleveland and probably the AL East (though I haven't looked in the latter case). The Twins should be able to dominate the rest of the division with good righties, and they have a couple now.

He's allowed to do that if he wants. After all, many Twins fans thought Park would be a dinger machine after his first couple of weeks in spring training.

This is the most the Twins have done in an offseason since someone named Bill Smith was in charge. This will be a fun year.

You can't argue with science.

The Twins have a backup plan, so I'm not worried about how Rodney performs. I'm leaning to the side that he will be a plus to the team overall. but perhaps not with his arm. We'll find out.

Nah.

If they offered 2/20 weeks or months ago I would say it's even more insulting.