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If I could get OTA broadcasts of MLB games like football gets every Sunday, Monday and Thursday (And saturday for college footbal) Id never turn the TV off.

They will indeed be looking at them but I believe its virtually a foregone conclusion already that neither Cole nor Strasburg want to pitch anywhere other than on a coast, which we are not. Ive already mentally moved on from these two, unfortunately.

Im done with Kyle. Hes had ample chances.....he hasnt been battling illness since we drafted him, has he? Hes a perpetual head case, and id never trust him in big regular season games much less in the postseason.

I dont care what else happens....If Gibson is on the 2020 roster, this offseason was a failure. He will be our litmus test.

And.....For what its worth, Bleacher Reports list of the top 10 available free agent starters included (with Martin Perez being an honorable mention) 4 Twins starters....Odorizzi, Pineada and Gibson......so lets not target mid level guys here unless we are content with basically just resigning the entire group we already had +Jose Berrios and calling it an offseason.

Anything less than acquiring at least one bonafida ACE (think G. Cole) this offseason should be viewed as total failure....As pointed out in the latest podcast, the "sustainable winner model" pretty much translates to being built to win the AL central, but not much more. We need a shut down pitcher we fans can be excited to trust against the Yankees come October.

Seems like a premature article....If I had to bet, Id wager Arraez is in the starting lineup come Friday.

Puke all over the national media "Experts"...the homerism coming off their lips stinks something awful. Sweep these rich bastards and end that washed out and tired narrative once and for all.

Please not a repeat of Z Duke

What Im disputing is the notion that Cleveland winning the division is a foregone conclusion.

"Minnesota is likely going to finish behind Cleveland in the AL Central. The Indians have more depth and have been near the top of the AL over the last two seasons" You lost me right here. What did cleveland do this offseason? They LOST key players and added no one. Check my math but I do believe that results in a net loss. I know the pundits would argue otherwise, but I foresee the Twins/Indians battle for first to be much closer than many predict.

After Ervin, now Jorge, perhaps the twins need to crack down and keep a closer watch on what their players are doing/taking while in the Wild West that is the DR. Not to call out any specific country but 2 times now? Kinda getting old guys.... Someone please step up and dont let this destroy our season.

Berrios, Lynn, Santana, Ordorizzi and then most likely Gibson is not a half bad rotation. Guessing this means the 4 man rotation thing is a no-go? Begins slow clap...

Also the notion of Mejia or Gibson, Gonsalves and May being the odd men out and ending up in the bullpen isn't too shabby either.

And I agree with you completely, but we are also not taking your run of the mill pwer hitting 1B/DH. We are talking Miguel Sano here...Isnt his power level still in the category of "generational" and "once in a lifetime"?

Wait a sec...I posted Sano to TB straight up for Archer acouple weeks back as a joke more than anything...was this actually the offer? If so, damn is all I have to say. Time will tell if that was an epic miss or a bullet dodged, from either side of the trade.

So what is the alternative theory as to why we just cant seem to have nuthin' nice? That most FA's really just dont want to play in MN? Not trying to be snarky whatsoever. I am genuinely interested in what the fanbase thinks here.

It would be my guess that while they are "in" on pretty much everybody available. the asking prices were simply not justifiable...And I say the proof is in the pudding: Look who is still unemployed **cough cough Arrietta cough** And to this end, I beleive the FO knows the window of contention wont be wide open indefinetly. The prime years of our core will eventually come to an end. They are also not oblivious to the notion of "you gotta strike while the iron is hot". So I say again, how do we know that the FO isnt just prepping to make a MAJOR move in 2019??

Maybe we are all missing the point here and the Twins braintrust is really just gearing up to make a COLOSSAL free agent splash in 2019?

Archer for Sano. Straight up.

Turning down the Twins 5 year off er was my first clue.

I said it in another thread and ill say it again now: this is not the fault of the FO. YU DARVISH DID NOT WANT TO PLAY HERE. Im sorry folks, thats the reality. All we can do now is re-group, go get the next in line and then hope come October we are facing Darvish in the WS and he implodes like he did in 2017.