Jacksson

Arraez is gone. Who is on 1st? Kirilloff? Miranda?? Farmer??? Kepler????

Signing Gallo is just a debt repayment to Boras for "gifting" the Twins with a disguised single year contract for Correa last year. Now the Twins help out Gallo to rebuild his value and stay in the good graces of Boras for future "sweetheart" deals.

Since the Twins had to pay the entire salary for Taylor Rogers to play for San Diego and in return received ONLY: a starting pitcher with an arm ready to fail, a journey-man reliever who was/is unable to step up to a more significant role and a flier on a young, green pitcher with control issues that probably won't amount to anything, regardless of what the future holds for what the Twins received, THEY DIDN'T GET NEARLY ENOUGH !!

One move that had to be made since the team gutted their upper level catching depth in their quest to unload Donaldson. If ANY Twins followers truly believed that the Twins would empty the Pohlad warchest of Bucks to make a serious offer on any of the big 4 shortstops, they are deluded. To any of those interested, I can make you a heck of a deal on the Mendota Bridge. Twins had their shortstop position filled when they acquired Farmer.

Perhaps changing leagues would benefit Bumgarner

Should be a successful off season for conditioning for Sano. IF he hires a conditioning coach & a professional chef & a nutritionist Also in his favor: most AYCE Buffets have gone out of business

We will not see one of the top 4 Free Agent SS sign with the Twinkies. The team is owned by Jimmy Pohlad who learned business from Papa Carl (Mr Cheap) Pohlad. The Pohlad Business Philosophy: (by way of Fred Flintstone) "You're in the business army now; your only friend is a buck and the more bucks you've got, the more friends you've got." 3B = Miranda & Farmer SS = Farmer & Gordon 2B = Polanco & Gordon 1B = Arraez & Kirilloff & Farmer DH = Arraez, Kirilloff, Polanco, Miranda, Buxton,

The team owner is named "Pohlad". The Twins will be "0 for Carlos"

Seems like the plan should be to have 3-4 relievers used as "openers" in every series game for 1 or 2 innings, then turn the game over to the REAL starters to chip in their 5 innings, then go back to the bullpen to close the game out.

I don't know anything about Correa's personality BUT how much of the goings on with regard to his contract and/or expectations are driven by Mr. Boras?

Field calls on: Kepler, Polanco & Urshela. Larnach = LF, Wallner = RF, Miranda = 3B, Kirilloff = 1B Plug in Gordon or Martin or a Free Agent till Lewis is ready, then flip the Free Agent at the deadline.

After the New York Jerkees sign a big buck free agent Shortstop, the Twinkies can try to trade to get back Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Ben Rortvedt.

NOT A CHANCE IN H*LL as long as a Pohlad owns the team. Mr Cheap, Carl taught his children well = In the business army, your only friend is a buck and the more bucks you've got, the more friends you've got. (Fred Flintstone) They may make a phone call to his agent, if only to be able to say a feeble, meaningless, "WE TRIED" to Twins fans.

Many decisions to be made during this off season: 1). Where does Arraez fit position wise? Is it reasonable to have a BA champ as a jack of all trades? 2). Where does Miranda fit in the field? 1B? 3B? 3). Is Kirilloff an outfielder or a 1B? Does he need a RH platoon partner? 4). Who is the back-up catcher? Is Sanchez kept or do you let him walk? 5). Is Wallner really READY for the bigs? 6). Do you keep Urshela? 7). Does any other team want: Urshela, Kepler, Polanco? What should we expect? What would we accept? 8). So long, don't let the door hit you on the way out: Billy Hamilton, Kyle Garlick, Jake Cave, Sandy Leon. Miguel Sano. 9). Here's a map of St. Paul for you: Mark Conteras, Jermaine Palacios, Caleb Hamilton. 10). Is Royce Lewis the Shortstop, FINALLY, or tradebait? If the latter, WHO is the Shortstop? AND I have not even gotten to the Pitching Staff !!!

Send him some Twinkies. That offseason weight loss has him all messed up.

Reported on the news was that there was a series of rouge high winds in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday. It identified the heaviest activity as being at Target Field. Further investigation attributed the source as being from the hopeless, flailing swings of the batters of the Minnesota Twins who totally embarrassed themselves while facing Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers by striking out a total of 13 times and going hit less against him. So worn out from all those missed swings were the Twins batters, Wednesday afternoon, that the final eight Twins batsmen could only manage a hit and a walk when facing the two Dodgers pitchers who succeeded Kershaw. Later in the sports portion of the news it announced that both the recently recalled Dereck Rodriguez and Griffin Jax suffered neck injuries in the game when pitching in relief of starter Chris Paddack. The injuries are attributed to the rapid spin around motion that each employed necessitating from trying to follow the path of the four gopher balls they threw (in total) to the Los Angeles Dodgers batters. The injury to Mr Rodriguez is especially concerning as the strain on his neck was excessive. He was able to throw gopher balls to three Dodger batters in a row, while only throwing a total of four pitches. Dereck Rodriguez, lest you forget, was just called up replace Jharel Cotton who was jettisoned from both the 28 man roster and the 40 man roster by having been designated for assignment by the Twins following just two appearances thus far in the young 2022 season. Over the course of two innings pitched over the course of those two appearances, Mr Cotton was able to walk four batters and throw a wild pitch. Surprisingly, despite his wildness, Mr Cotton was barely able to exceed 90 mph on his four seam fastball during those appearances. Remember that the same front office brain trust who picked Cotton, babied and protected hi during spring training, had him go north with the club while making the 28 man roster - so the team wouldn't run the risk of losing him via DFA, are the exact same brain wizards who engineered the recent trades which have not REALLY improved the team for 2022, but have instead positioned the team for an influx of minor league (and CHEAPER - for all of you that are REALLY aware of what is important to the Pohlad family) talent for the 2023 season. Not to be outdone by the front office, Twins Manager, Rocco Baldelli saw fit to leave in a reliever (Rodriguez) who had successfully navigated one pass through the Dodgers lineup after only recently catching the bus over to Minneapolis from St Paul (to replace the DFA'd Cotton). Rodriguez, whose career long downfall has been his ability to serve up gopher balls regressed to form in his fourth inning of work by serving up gopher balls to three successive hitters and only needing 4 pitches to do so. Baldelli left him in to ensure that the game was truly out of reach for the Twins.

The El Cheapo, Pohlad run Twins COULD have had Correa EVEN if they had kept Donaldson. They wouldn't have had to trade away Garver for a shortstop and then turnaround and take the Yankee CASTOFFS of Urshela & Sanchez to get out from under Donaldson's contract. Let's not forget that the same front office Brain Wizards that SIGNED Donaldson were the same people that were so DESPERATE to unload him (and his contract) after just 2 years. CHEAP is as CHEAP does.

Rosters S/B temporally at 30, not 28. Then at 28 for the rest of the year, not 26. Just too many injuries and minor "tweaks" during the season that result in players being on the field when thay should be in the Training Room receiving treatment. That is not in the best interest of the player, nor in the best interest of the team. Expanded rosters - with a maximum content of pitchers - could indiscriminate use of the Injured List and the Ping-Pong bouncing of players between the minor leagues and the major leagues. Further - the "40 Man Roster" is well past its prime. It's high time that limit was increased to at least 45. Especially and particularly for the teams that are not in a financial position to indiscriminately sign high ticket free agents and instead rely on the draft and the development of organizational player depth through the signing of international free agents in addition to the attempted reclamation of players discarded by other organizations.

Boras delivered Correa to the Twins on a silver platter. The Twins DIDN'T go and get Correa. Although it's a 3 year contract, it is in reality a one and done. Also, if the Twins bomb out of the gate, or Martin/Lewis excels at AAA, or if a MLB Starting Shortstop gets injured, don't be surprised if Correa is packing his bags in 2022.

This signing just doesn't seem like a realistic move. I certainly hope that multiple Twins personnel actually saw Archer pitch BEFORE the contract was offered. Considering recent performance and the TOS, the 3.5 MM guaranty seems like a MASSIVE overpay.. REALLY, 2.75 MM this year and a 10 MM option for 2023 ??? Seems like CRAZY terms to me - greatly benefiting Mr Archer as opposed to the Twins. Should have been more oriented towards incentives and that 2023 option price is totally unrealistic. Archer must have one hell of an agent. I'd say this was another (like Correa) one and done, but I seriously doubt that Archer will make it through the "ONE".

Sidewinders are one trick ponies. RHP no good against LHB because they have additional time and angle to watch.. They mystify initially due to their unique delivery BUT the more they are faced, the less effective they become. If he actually makes the MLB roster out of camp, he'll be gone by Memorial Day. Otherwise check him out at either St Paul or the next team that employs him.

The trade from which the Twins received Sanchez and Urshela was not about either player. This trade was all about dumping Donaldson.. We had to take those two for the Yankees to agree to take Donaldson AND the twins throwing in Kiner-Falefa and Rortvedt (neither of whom the Twins WANTED to trade) were also REQUIRED to be included from the Twins side. This trade was only about getting out from under the two remaining years of Donaldson's contract. And who were the brain wizards that that made THIS trade? The same two-some that signed Donaldson in the first place, Jimmy Pohlad is a happy camper knowing that he is out from under the $50 MM owed to him for 2022, 2023, and the 2024 buyout ANY team even remotely interested in either Sanchez (7 M final yr arbitration) or Urshela (6.5 M final yr arbitration) will be greeted by a receptive front office and owner. Unless either is dumped before or during the season, they will be allowed to become free agents and will not be with the 2023 Twins. (Unless Sano is dumped either before or during the season, he will be allowed to become a free agent and will not be with the 2023 Twins).

Got to agree with Killebrew, Carew, Oliva & Puckett.

As stated previously on other discussion threads, the KEY to ANY deal with the A's is to help them with their stated goal of REDUCING PAYROLL. Not only does that approach give the Twins: (1) an advantage over other teams, (2) the ability to secure Montas as opposed to either Bassitt or Maneaa, (3) the opportunity to MINIMIZE the player cost going back to the A's, and (4) the opportunity to fill more holes on their own team than just starting pitching. By agreeing to take back SS Elvis Andrus and OF Stephen Piscotty in addition to Montas, the Twins would be saving the A's $20 MM in 2022. This would be a good starting point for negotiations. This kind of contract manipulation happens in pro sports all the time. Question is can Flavey & Levine do enough of a sales job on Jimmy Pohlad to get him to open up his money purse and risk the escape of the moths that reside there?

The Dylan Bundy signing is just a stepping stone to more signings. Dylan Bundy gets them AL BUNDY who gets them the inside track on SVEN HUNKSTROM. If there is money remaining, BOB ROONEY is a definite possibility.