Squirrel

With this crowd … who couldn’t even tell RandBall Stu’s article about licking their lockers clean was satire … you never know. ? People are pretty quick to jump to the worst possible conclusion. But I’m not sure how Farmer fits in, unless he’s flipped for something else (hopefully)

Well, I think you’d be pretty insightful if you could tell something after 2 moves

Unless they are able to flip him. I mean, I hope this isn’t their plan, but it doesn’t mean they can’t sign someone else. Unless he can play 3rd?

I sure hope not. That would be an awful to play for maybe when. We don’t know when either will be ready.

When was Joe Ryan with the Reds? Don’t say stuff like this. Reds get Casey Legumina https://www.mlbtraderumors.com

IF we manage to sign Correa (and yes, that's a big if, and italicized, too), then we move Lewis or Lee to 3rd. Miranda can cover there until one of them is ready. I would have waited until mid-season to do this, but, we'll see how it plays out.

They will come back to haunt us I fear ...

All Randball Stu’s articles are satire. All of them. So take each and every one with the pointed humor intended. If it’s not your thing just walk away ?

You should understand our confusion … when you said ‘this post’, I thought you were referring to the post you quoted. You should have said … ‘If my post …’ Miscreant … takes one to know one ?

Me, too

Wonder what’s close and what’s not right?

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I agree there are unknowns. But I can't imagine they go forth and don't up their revenue stream to some extent

And they removed him pretty soon after. It's no big deal. He won't take up a spot when someone better comes along

Exactly. I view this kind of as a nothing signing, and very similar to what we did with Cave last year except that Garlick is a righty.

First month? That's optimistic for Lewis' timeline. I say move Lewis to 3rd and sign a proven SS. I mean, we just had an article about how disappointing Sano was - all promise throughout the minors and his rookie year, then what? I don't want to push all in on either of these prospects to cover SS when I'm not convinced yet either will stick there. But I'm glad we have both Lewis and Lee. It's a silly article asking 'which one?'

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/11/twins-kyle-garlick-avoid-arbitration.html

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I’m kind of anti-pinstripes, but I prefer the cream pinstripes over the baby blues, any day. And I’m probably in the minority as I don’t really care about any of this. That won’t make a difference to me, but who wears the uniforms will.

So, you're saying, if it wasn't what you wanted or would have done it's wrong and low-class? I know that's not what you are saying, but that's how you are reading. I'm pretty sure that Molitor was paid the remaining of his contract, it happened at the end of the season, and it really wasn't so surprising, imo. Wes leaving mid-season wasn't great, but that has been explained on every level. College ball operates on a different schedule and he needed to begin immediately. I know many aren't happy with taking the answer at face value because of course it had to be something else. This is the way it works and the Twins understood and let him go. While the timing was very unfortunate, that's just how it worked. As to how that impacted the team ... we can only guess.

I don't know the genesis of it, but perhaps in modern baseball, some utility players are getting as much play time as starters, but maybe not as much in one position? If that's the case, then they should be considered in some category. But it is weird to me, as pointed out above, that he would be considered utility for one award and 1st base for another.

Signing Correa won’t tie their hands. They have a lot of young players under control for several years. And they will be renegotiating their TV deal after next season. There is no reason to believe the next contract will be as low as it is currently. They could boost the payroll a little. They have room to sign BOTH Correa and Rodon. Without the shift, the SS role is going to be even more important.

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Of the states that have no state income tax … and everyone still pays federal income tax … that would mean he would have a choice of 5 teams in 3 states. Further to this argument, they pay state income tax in every state they play a game. If you are trying to say that he won’t sign in Minnesota because of the state income tax, then he won’t sign with any team in California, either, where the state income tax is higher. And New York isn’t that far behind. Not to mention the cost of living is way higher in both California and New York. If you combine income tax and sales tax, NY, IL and CA are more expensive. If this is your argument, it’s a wonder that the best teams continually aren’t in FL, TX and WA. Taxes are a non-issue in signing a player. Salary, benefits and incentives are. The only thing that stands between signing Correa or not, is money offered.

Honestly, I don’t think these are dire questions and pretty much the same as what most teams this time of year are asking as they look at their rosters and start fitting the pieces together. But, as I wrote above, I think answering many hinges on signing a SS long term. Do that and a lot falls into place or creates obvious paths for other answers. Lewis is not going to be ready until mid-season, so there is no need to answer that question now and by mid-season there will be a definite path. Miranda will have a place, Arraez will have a place and Kirilloff will have a place. To me, those aren’t even questions. The only question might be if Arraez or Kirilloff is traded. I don’t think so, but could happen.