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Why not? Having Buxton to my right or left would be a selling point.

Random Question. Has TD ever considered putting a public tracker on how many people are on the site at any time? I'd be curious to see how some of the recent offseason moves have impacted traffic here. Seems as busy as I can remember it in my short time here. Keep up the good work!

A.J. has signed back with the Braves. Was he thinking about joining the Twins then when the trade happened he went back to Atlanta? or was the timing a coincidence?

I think they go with LF- Rosario CF- FA (Span) RF- Arcia Do this to figure out what you have in Arcia. It will help you buy time until Buxton can take over CF. If he's looking good, you can flip him for some bullpen help. I like span on a 2/20 deal. He was injured last year and I think he would like coming back to MN. Then to complete my hypothetical scenario, trade Plouffe for bullpen guys and put Sano at third.

I agree. But, doing that would prove that Hicks is merely a "role player" or "platoon mate" and that would be settling for "mediocrity". I'm just saying that calling the Twins actions so far this offseason "settling for mediocrity" is a bit absurd and even a little bit unfair.

1. I don't see how throwing down $12.85 Mil to talk to a Korean slugger is "settling for mediocrity". That is a very bold, and risky move with high upside. 2. Holding on to Hicks and his .235 vs righties would be settling for mediocrity, imo. Murphy is no more "mediocre" than Hicks, especially when you factor in the positions they play.

I'm not understanding all the hate. Murphy bats .277 and people are saying that he is at best a "role player" backup guy. But Mauer bats .265 and everyone is calling for him to go back behind the dish to be our starting catcher? Not trying to start another Mauer debate but Murphy seems like a very solid option here. What am I missing?

There is when he's going to the f****** yanks!

I (kinda) like the move. This could be a very solid platoon, hopefully with a big emphasis on Murphy. Kurt Suzuki Vs. L .257 Vs. R.232 JR Murphy Vs. L .266 Vs. R .289 While looking at Murphy's other splits he batted .308 in the second half... so I'm pretty optimistic. I certainly think the Twins could have done worse for help behind the plate.

I've heard the Angels didn't give Freese a QO because they want to sign him long term. They felt that offering a QO would make him bitter about the potential impact the draft pick would have on his market. Not sure if I completely understand the logic but that's what I've heard.

Just scrolling through his twitter to see if he was legit and I saw that around 7am today he said that. But he got it right this time! Go Twins!

That guy also "reported" that the "Chicago Blue Socks" had won the bidding for park...

Sonny Gray K/9 Home- 2015- 6.07 2014- 8.06 2013- 8.41 Away- 2015- 8.59 2014- 6.92 2013- 11.19 Average Home- 7.31 Away- 8.10 So the Coliseum takes almost a full K/9?

Could this be part of the reason for the "moving Sano to the outfield" talk this week?

The Nationals and Mets aren't coming to town, which is disappointing. The MLB should consider doing more "Home and Home" interleague series (like the STL series this year). It provides the fans an opportunity to see All-Stars like Stanton and allows others to travel and see all of the other MLB stadiums as mentioned above. Win-Win... right?

Trevor May. Get what you can out of him, hopefully 3 solid innings then mix and match your way to the 7th where you can use Jepsen and Perk for the final 9 outs. I know we don't have a very solid bullpen but we also don't have an "Ace"

To answer your question, yes.

MVP! MVP! MVP!

Fun Fact Friday: Torii Hunter has the same amount of playoff appearances as the entire Royals franchise (8)

When should we expect the first MVP chant at Target Field?

He follows a lot of people on Twitter. He must have seen you tweet something about the Twins and then decided to give you a follow. Besides the PED situation I've thought of Santana as a pretty decent guy but, I could be wrong...

Berrios just picked off a runner at first in the Futures Game

Base running just cost us another run.

The backend rookies of our bullpen gave us 5 scoreless innings yesterday... Who woulda thought that would happen