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What they can get back from Vargas depends on who's interested and if they think he would still be around to claim when it's their turn.

Grossman is a right handed bat. I would say Granite is the guy who has to worry.

I'm guessing this is why they waived Chargois. I can't say I'm complaining about it now.

Agreed on the lineup. Partially agreed on Lynn. My number one wish (among others) going into this off season has been a starter that slots unquestionably in front of Santana. No mamby pamby if healthy or if last year wasn't a fluke kind of stuff, a guy everybody agrees is the new number 1 guy. Yu was my first choice. After that, it's been a trade for Archer. In all honesty, I don't care who it is, I just want somebody who clearly slots in front of Santana.

I think that's the case too. It makes me a little bit sad. I don't think Vargas ever really got a decent shot at being an everyday player. It's kind of hard to put up decent stats when every third day is a travel day between Rochester and Minneapolis. I hope the Twins can trade him someplace where he can play everyday.

From what I've read by Dodger fans after Chargois was claimed, the Dodgers have a reputation of doing just that - claiming waivers, then putting them back on waivers within a few weeks of picking them up. One of the posters even posted a list of about a dozen names where the team had done just that. If the Dodgers do decide to waiver Chargois, is it possible the Twins can get him back and just send him to the minors, or would they have to waiver him again?

It may be an old offer, but the Rays still need to dump salary, so nothing is really off the table. I'm sure they will listen and at least consider almost anything. It also seems to me, every year we speculate on trades and various deals and there always seems to be these players that everybody is convinced will take a king's ransom to get. Then, they finally go and everybody is shocked at all it took to land them. I saw the same reaction from other team's fans when we got Odorizzi. If the Rays are trying to dump salary, the Twins, as a team with payroll flexibility, actually have a lot they can work with. How much of their roster can we afford to take on? Do we have a cheaper alternative they might be interested in? Example (just tossing out names here): Archer, Span and a right handed bat from their 25 man roster for say Enns, Grossman and a right handed bat prospect, plus maybe a bonus mid level prospect as a sweetener.

The last I heard (just before the Odorizzi trade), the Twins had made an offer to the Rays for Archer. I still haven't heard anybody say that possibility was dead. As far as I can tell, irons are still in the fire. That would be the one I would want to see happen.

I've got my fingers crossed that I can get it on MLB.com! I'll watch it at work.

They always seem to have no trouble slapping the Twins around. They're also in the same division as the Yankees, so there's that too.

One of the biggest surprises on this list (plus the mentions by Tom Froemming) is how so many of the greatest performances are by pitchers and not batters. In my mind, it makes it even more urgent that they close the deal on Darvish.

Mudcat should be in the Twins hall of fame based on his cool baseball name alone. Then, you start adding in his stats and world series appearances and I start getting all kinds of worked up. How much longer will this travesty continue? Elect Mudcat for the THOF now!!

Exactly! I've been saying bullpen help (which they got) and a starter good enough to slot in front of Santana. I don't care who they are or how they get them.

That's just it, Darvish ISN'T getting the years and/or the dollars he wants and that's the real reason he isn't signed.

Why doesn't Darvish take a one year deal, then try again next year when the Yankees and the Dodgers are back in the mix?