matthew0211

White at home, grey on the road. Everything else is just a Dave St. Peter money grab. And get rid of the gold. KISS.

4 2/3 innings with five hits, four walks, and two K's is not a solid outing. It's almost a 2 WHIP. This is who Dobnak is as a pitcher. If he is any more than a 9th or 10th option for the rotation next year, the FO will have failed miserably over the off-season.

Why are you worried about what happens to Rooker? The guy is not a major leaguer.

Nick Vincent DFA'd to make room for Thorpe, per several Twins beat writers on Twitter.

Andre David. He drew a bases loaded walk in the 12th inning to beat the Blue Jays in the first Twins game I ever attended in 1984. Boxscore

Rochester had a shortage of position players on its roster after putting Rooker on the IL. This is simply minor league depth.

I think on one of the recent episodes of Inside Twins (sorry, I don't have a link), Falvey said something to the effect that May came to them with the request to work out of the bullpen for now, but they are not ruling him out as a starter in the future.

Nelson Liriano.

Andre David.

I'm getting redirected to the same page as Vanimal.

Option 1: Move him to left field, where he would be a better, switch-hitting version of Rosario. Use Rosario (a better trade piece than Polanco today) to get more pitching. Option 2: Trade Dozier (I think the Twins are more likely to extend Dozier than to trade him).

The way Escobar has come crashing back to earth, you could try Santana at shortstop again and there would be room in the outfield for everyone else (assuming you don't care about defense).

There are 26 players listed. Have they changed the AAA roster limit from 25? Will someone start on the DL?

I'd give them Gibson if Milwaukee would also send back Will Smith and his 12-ish K/9 in addition to Lucroy.

The only thing I would change is that I would eliminate the wildcard play-in game if both qualifying teams were from the same division. If the season ended today, the Pirates would have to play the Cubs, even though Pittsburgh is four games ahead of them in the same division. That seems pretty unfair to the Pirates.

My guess: five years, $54mm 2016, Arb 3, $6.5mm 2017, Arb 4, $8.5mm 2018-20, FA, $13mm/yr There aren't a lot of good comps for him out there.

Today is Hicks' 15th day. He can't come off the DL until Friday.

Scott Atchison was released per the Southern League transactions page.

I believe Hunter and Santana were given #'s 48 and 54 at their respective press conferences.

The Twins were a top-ten offense last year. Why make a ton of changes? 1. Santana, CF or SS True, his .405 BABIP is unsustainable, but we can expect his BB and K rates to improve. Why take him out of the lead-off spot for something that MAY happen? He handled it last year, let him play himself out of it. For whether he plays CF or SS, see #9 below. 2. Dozier, 2B I believe he won’t repeat the 23 HRs from last year, but he’s likely to improve his BABIP, and thusly his BA and OBP. Again, let him play himself out of the #2 spot. 3. Mauer, 1B You could move him up to #2 if Santana or Dozier regresses. But I believe he’ll bounce back in ’15 and be effective at #3. 4, 5, 6, 7. Some combination of Hunter, Plouffe, Vargas, Arcia, and Pinto at DH/LF/RF/3B/C Other than Plouffe at 3B, get ready for some cover-your-eyes defense. Be on the “Lookout” for Sano if he starts out hot in AA. 8. Suzuki, C The addition of Hunter and the maturation of those above will hopefully mean no more at-bats for Kurt in the #2 spot. 9. Escobar, SS or Schafer/platoon partner, CF I would have a hard time taking a reliable SS who hit 35 doubles out of the lineup, especially in the #9 slot. Even if they decide a Schafer/whoever platoon will be more effective in CF than Escobar at SS (with Santana there instead), the bench should still be deeper than last year. Whatever they do, they are only keeping the seat warm until Buxton is ready and Santana permanently slides in here at SS. Bench – Pinto, Nunez, Schafer (see above), RH-hitting outfielder (sign FA Denorfia or trade with OAK for Gentry). When Arcia inevitably gets hurt, a Schafer/RH platoon could take over in LF if Sano, Buxton, Rosario, etc. aren’t ready for their first cups of coffee. Other than the questionable (to be kind) defense in the OF, this is a lineup that should score runs and keep me interested until the kids are finally ready.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/blogs/283596981.html The first un-Twins-like move of the off-season. No ties to the Twins, no major-league coaching experience. Well, not entirely un-Twins-like. Miller quoting Allen: "I'm not afraid of contact. I don't want them to be afraid of contact, I want them to put the ball in play. I don't like base on balls."

If you want to deal with the Cardinals, how about setting our sights a little higher and going for John Jay. It may take a better prospect, but you'd be getting decent defense (not Bourjos-level, obviously) and a much better bat. Especially with Hayward coming aboard, they might deal him.

Another money grab. They don't have the all-star game this year, so they need something new to market and sell. The pinstripes were fine. By the way, they are the "Minnesota" Twins, not the Twin Cities Twins. Bring back the M on the caps.

Anyone else have a problem with human beings being called "garbage" and "turds," no matter how inadequate they are as major league baseball players?