David HK

I wanted Walker.

No Pineda, No Hill, No Impact Starter? No.

That's a really good debriefing on the JD topic. (Other than Mardy Fish being more famous as a tennis player ;-) ) I hope, as well, that this is a harbinger of breaking that old mold of being "in on" talented players, and "just missing out," ad infinitum-- making the longest damn winters in the league even longer with no glimmer of summer hope from a big FA signing... Thanks, Nick!

Yeh. But you'd think MLBers would know not to wear the tools of ignorance out on the diamond...

Heh... probably when he hits another damn wall at full tilt again...

I keep tellin' folks, we're gonna be on one or the other end of a heckuva lot of 11-9 scores this year...

Another starter? No, they have starters aplenty. A quality, high-level starter? Yes. Desperately.

This is awesome news. Now, let's trade for a quality starter, or we're gonna have to be winning a lot of games by 11-9 or so.

What an intriguing scroll through the espn site- 1st article, Twins sign Donaldson. Next article, Cora fired. Wow. I hate the thought of anybody losing their job, but sometimes it's justified. I believe it is in this case, and I wonder if Beltran will be next.

Wow, well put. I'm votin' for you for the next commissioner.

Well, that shoe may be yet to drop, but in light of the evidence given so far, Cora and Beltran both need to be spanked- hard. And both of them Mlb managers? No way those slimy dudes should walk, or get a slap on the wrist. We'll see.

This truly sucks at the highest level. Waiting to see what's going to befall Cora, but how can they possibly let Beltran off the hook? This is like the opposite of a regular scandal, where the low-level perps take all the punishment, but the bosses skate free. Now it's the mucky-mucks taking the heat, while the guys who did the dirty work seem to be taking a walk. We'll see. On another note- it's no surprise Farquar was able to hear those drumbeats loud and clear- nobody goes to games with the White Sox, so there wasn't much crowd noise to interfere. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk....

As a UND grad, I can only be about halfway happy about NDSU winning.

Welp, 'spose I'll just wait then. There's just something so, so familiar about this Twins off-season, let's see, what is it? The fact that we didn't address problem #1- a quality stater, and problem #1A- another quality starter? Patched that over with a couple of the usual bargain-bin creaky reclamation projects, and called it a day? Where have we seen that before? The utter embarrassment of whom we sent to the mound in the playoff didn't make an impact on the FO? 101 wins, a murderous offense that may even be better next year, a fairly weak division, why weren't at least a couple of quality SPs clamoring to come here? (And no, we were never getting Cole or Steven, but there were others). OK, I'll wait. 3... 2... 1...

Well, why would he sign here? The FO has already signaled it's not serious about competing by not grabbing an impact starter.

Jeepers, the ghost of Clarence Darrow nearly talked me into it... Nearly.

Gee, what a surprise. Diddle around, miss out on the top free agents to address our #1 need, scrape the bottom of the burned-out dumpster for shot-in-the-dark vets, and call it a day. Well, maybe they're making an actual run at Donaldson, but last I heard, he's not a starting pitcher, so... We bludgeoned teams with the long ball last year. That may not be the case with next year's baseball. And I don't know if anyone informed the FO, but it's pitching that wins in the playoffs. If we get there again.

Not long. Never as long as you think, especially with less $ than the yanks or dodgers. It's open now, but we've already p*ssed away the chance to fill our #1 need. Watch out for those white Sox, and I mean already this year, not the next ones to come.

Good place for him. He'll get lots of work, and maybe he can figure it out. I wish him lots of luck, he's a good kid, and has been dutifully toiling in the vineyards doing everything asked of him. Good luck, Kohl! (Just don't come back to haunt us, OK?)

Good thing buzz words will ignite this front office. Obviously, obtaining quality starting pitching doesn't.

Hm. Young nucleus of offensive production, major rotation needs in order to compete. Sounds like another team I know. Except one team takes the risk and rolls the dice to improve, and the other doesn't.

Welp, nothing like consistency. This sucks. Ryu was the guy I really wanted, and was in our means without breaking the whole bank. What happened in those playoffs last year was an embarrassment, with the guys we threw out there on the mound, and eveyone knows what our- and many other teams''- #1 priority has to be. But hey, at least we kept to the script. The Minny Way- the same script we always follow- build a competitive team over time,1st round playoff greasing, (nearly always to the Yanks), keeping with the script. An opportunity to follow up on a good season and pick up some help, but when when it's time to bite the bullet, we don't, keeping with the script. Dragging our feet, hanging on for dear life to an abundance of prospects that may or may not pan out, while even the 2nd tier guys get locked away, keeping with the script. Then, most likely, scraping the bottom of the barrel for yet another reclamation project, keeping with the script. Heh... even the Vikings kept with the script today- a totally uninspiring, embarrassing performance when it's all on the line. The O doesn't capitalize on what the D hands them, time and again, and get spanked in a big game by the Pack, right in front of the home fans. Now, we may be on our way to another meeting with them, in their park on a wintry day, and yet another Minny One-and-Done. Again, keeping with the script Ain't it time to get a new damn writer?

Tommy Milone's still out there. Just sayin'.