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I concur Would add that a JD injury would be far easier to fix than an acquired SP going down Kirilloff to 1B Sano to 3B and we balance the lineup L/R/S

WooHoo...Here's the roster update...$139.283M

Nice work Hoosier-Daddy...not sure it's worth the effort for $2M

To Answer/Reply/Rebut this is a current snapshot not a whole year cost sheet It depicts things as they are at a point in time with salary info pulled from Cots/MLBTR/8% Raise for all Minimum Contract returning players (I made that amount up myself) This snapshot shows what they will have to play players, injured or not Any callups or replacement players would obviously be adds to the original number No insight on Sano...just went with one of the options first floated by those who broke the signing online Appreciate the shout out...don't overthink the tool...it's not machine learning it's a contract summary

I see the roster looking like this after Arb Signings Is there room for JD? Yes, if $146M is within the Budget Are the Twins in a better position than last year? To me it feels like treading water S1 - Berrios - Berrios S2 -Odorizzi - Odorizzi S3 -Gibson - Bailey S4 -Pineda - Pineda S5 -Perez - Dobnik BP - Rogers - Rogers BP - Duffey - Duffey BP - May - May BP - Romo - Romo BP - Smeltzer - Smeltzer BP - Stashak - Clippard BP - Littell - Littell BP - 26th Man - Wisler C - Garver - Garver 1B - Cron - Gonzales 2B - Schoop - Arraez 3B - Sano - Sano SS - Polanco - Polanco LF - Rosario - Rosario CF - Buxton - Buxton RF - Kepler - Kepler DH - Cruz - Cruz BENCH - Castro - Avila BENCH - Adrianza - Adrianza BENCH - Cave - Cave BENCH - Wade - Wade Sure looks the same...with a fair amount of the same amount of unknowns This fan expected a little more than the same

I sit corrected

Someone will have to come off the 40-man once the Bailey and Hill signings are official...so who's your guess? Wisler Poppen Harper Come to mind

My Apologies Nick...but this Article Title adds to my Cold Stove Malaise Hoping for similar success to a pitcher that didn't even make the playoff roster is not a conversation that makes me want to buy tickets

I agreed with this line of thinking on December 6, 2019 and revised it a little bit on December 27, 2019 Included with both of those posts are trade scenarios for Bell and Marte and Archer Would be predicated by signing JD Then Flip Marte to CF needy teams for BP piece

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Upon last check this was a discussion forum so posting a comment is not arguing...it's posting a comment My Puckett comment was a comparison to some of the same conversations had about him as he started his career...and thank you for pointing out that Puckett was a rare breed, almost as rare as a player drafted 1-1 The point of my post was not to argue anyone's opinion, just to point out that a player selected with the first pick in the draft could have more talent than most players and may be able to hit standing on his head Just a couple other examples of Start of Career traits of pretty decent players: There was one guy who began his career hitting cross handed he turned our alright and yes he eventually made some adjustments Closer to home, a Pat Neshek story from his college coach at Butler (apologies for not remembering his name): When Neshek arrived they were going to fix him at Butler...coached him to deliver over the top, changed his mechanics to fit their idea of "right"...result? He got lit up, he was ready to go home What did they do? Let him return to his old form...and the rest is history What did they learn? to quote the coach "These guys are freaks of nature...they can do things that most people can't and in some cases you just let them go" So...no argument...just a thought...I'll be ok if Lewis drops the leg kick and settles his hands and stays shorter to the ball and has a fantastic career Look into Josh Donaldson's swing history for another high leg kick story (I'll leave the debate on whether or not he's successful out of the post)

For whom the Bell tolls? Can we expect more dust-ups with other teams or is that not a hereditary trait Here's hoping Mike Bell becomes the next White Sox manager after this season of success

The Puckster had a ton of doubters with his high leg kick and it worked out for him Not saying Lewis will turn into Kirby II but... These guys are different animals athletically and some succeed in-spite of "mechanical flaws" Maybe that's just how he hits

Maybe too much for a Gausman Project? I'd pass at $9M but with the money being spent on pitching maybe this is a steal

Good Bye to your Wes can fix Kevin Gausman Dreams if you can believe Bob Nightengale

Review of the entire playoffs and one could say Howie was a Hero with the stick because he couldn't catch a cold at 1B...I think having Ryan Zimmerman start at 1B over him at the end is proof enough that he's a hitter playing first at best I'll pass on the this new old Truck