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Will try to catch up with the results here as they are revealed

I wondered the same thing...different Podcast....different John heading to Montana...that'd be John Miller

per mlb.com lists here's the 40-man There will be some roster moving and shaking

After an exhaustive search and filter from Spotrac...I'll leave it up to you to pick who's upper level from these lists of "At Least 2 Years of Control" Over 30 - Under 30 As for me here's the targets I'd explore in no particular order OVER 30 Price - if the price is free Archer - Wes Reclamation Duffy - Lefty Wes Reclamation Sunny Day - Sonny Gray Sale - only if on sale UNDER 30 Clevinger - not gonna happen in the division Urena - only Marlin already at Odo level (maybe) Matz - need a lefty eventually Thor - won't happen until Deadline if ever Snell - no way in Snell E Rodriguez - this one won't Bloom Marquez - Rocky Mountain High Jon Gray - Rocky Mountain Way Freeland - A Mile High in Denver Urias - Let the Royce Lewis to Dodgers thread begin!!

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

After the flurry of trades to come I see the lineup looking more like this: RH Starting Pitcher 1) RF - Kepler 2) 3B - Arraez 3) DH - Cruz 4) 1B - Josh Bell 5) LF - Rosario 6) CF - Buxton 7) 2B - Adam Frazier 8) C- Avila 9) SS - Polanco LH Starting Pitcher 1) CF - Buxton 2) 2B - Arraez 3) DH - Cruz 4) 1B - Josh Bell 5) 3B - Gonzo 6) LF - Rosario 7) C- Garver 8) RF - Kepler 9) SS - Polanco

See 3 posts above

Started out with the idea of having a Right-handed Starter/Left-handed Starter lineup and then settled on this balanced lineup against any starter/opener/closer/bulker/primary/secondary 1) CF - Buxton 2) 2B - Arraez 3) DH - Cruz 4) RF - Kepler 5) 3B - JD (Just DoIt!) 6) LF - Rosario 7) 1B - Sano 8) C- Garver/Avila 9) SS - Polanco 60 games would start out like this: Buxton (HBP/BB/Infield hit/ROE) - Steals second - Arraez slaps single to LF 1-0 Twins 30 games like this Buxton (HBP/BB/Infield hit/ROE) - Steals second - Arraez BB - Cruz Double/HR 2-0 or 3-0 Twins 30 games like this Buxton K - Arraez Double - Cruz K - Kepler Single/Double 2-0 Twins 42 games without a hit in the first inning Now if they only had a couple more starters on the hill

First of all I'm suspect of the Trade Simulator's need to balance trades but here's what My Blueprint trades with the Reds and Pirates would look like if TradeSimulator almost Approved edit: Still leaves plenty of room for JD at 3rd or roll with Arraez/Gonzo at the hot corner I think the Twins will be overpaying for any trade so the idea of getting Taillon included won't happen and I'd still do these deals with him removed (only added him to show how imbalanced the TradeSimulator can be) Frazier adds to the Multi-positional versatility Bell plays everyday as a Switch-hitting Witch DeSclafani and Archer make the staff better with Wes Pirates land a local hero in the making Pick up a young catcher from the Reds and Shelton gets his buddy Sano Reds land the CF they want (unbeknownst to them it's Jake Cave not Marte) and a Bullpen arm to help them fight (on the field and in a brawl) 6 years of Utility Gordon My original Blueprint Trades below (Reds save Stephenson in this version): Trade #1: WE'RE STILL FRIENDS SO LETS MAKE SHELTON'S LIFE EASIER Pittburgh Pirates trade: 1B - Josh Bell Switch-Hitting Beast solves 1B need for a couple years OF - Starling Marte Will open up opportunities for more moves P - Chris Archer Wes can fix him Twins Send to Pittsburgh: 3b - Miquel Sano See A. Rendon above 1B - Alex Kirilloff Gotta give to get and he instantly becomes the Face of the Pirates for 10 years P - Blayne Enlow They'll want pitching in 3 years and Enlow fits that bill SS - Nick Gordon Still has value and most important for Pirates is cheap for 6-7 years C - Ben Rortvedt Read they will be looking for Catching...could change this to Jeffers if it seals the deal OF - Jake Cave Someone has to play OF in Pittsburgh P - Lewis Thorpe Young-ish arm to add to the deal Trade #2: Twins and Reds do a 1-for-1 Swap Newly acquired OF Starling Marte heads to Cincinnati Cincinnati sends the Twins their choice of: Sonny Gray / Anthony DeSclafani / Trevor Bauer