Jacksson

Maybe he just needs some Ricky Vaughn eyeglasses???

WOW. Flavine moves continue to unimpress. To take Kinley at the expense of either Burdi or Bard was totally stupid. Add in the risk that was taken in not protecting others for the opportunity to pick a guy that will be back with his drafted organization by April. A much better choice would have been Albert Suarez who was taken after Kinley. Suarez is older, throws in the mid 90s and has been misused/underused by the Giants. He would have surely stuck as a long reliever.spot starter. BTW.. and now they sign Rodney???? Between Rodney and Pressly, Molitor is sure to have a heart attack when using late inning relievers in 2018!!

The Twins had the leverage over BOTH the Mariners and the Angels as both were trying to stockpile international money for a run at Ohtani and for a total of 2 Million in bonus funds, all the Twins got was a couple of suspects. From the Mariners they got a 21 YO Catcher who is defensive oriented and who hit .236 in his first professional year. For a Million in bonus money, this was the best they could get?? Somebody needs to learn how to negociate when they hold all the cards. From the Angels we got a 19 YO Outfielder who is a defensive liability that hit .226 with NO HRs in his first year in rookie ball. After blowing $1 Million in bonus money on this guy, no wonder the Angles wanted to cut their losses. (Of course, we COULD have ended up getting Alex Meyer back!)So after losing out on the Ohtani sweepstakes, what does Seattle do with their now excessive amount of International Bonus Funds? They take the $1 Million they got from the Twins and turn it into 2 PROSPECTS. The Mariners got Misiewicz, a former farm hand who at age 23 pitched to a 4.00 ERA with 7.2K & 2.1BB per 9 (for 500 K in Bonus money PLUS Shawn Armstrong who had 152Ks over 98 innings at AAA over the last 3 years and has an11.3% K rate over 43 MLB innings for another 500K in bonus money. So who was the bonehead who negociated the the Twins "donation" of 2 Million in Bonus money for virtually NOTHING???

Why all the kindness for the Angels and the Mariners. We got them between the rock and the hard place. They BOTH need international bonus money in the hope of signing Ohtani and the Twins, now out of that contention, have international money to burn. Why didn't we go for the throat and put the squeeze on both of them for a better return? Seems like we could have done much better. I would like to see the ppitch package prepared by the Twins for Ohtani - Could it have been better? Can we sue him for Scandahoovian Discrimination against the Twins?

Trade with the St. Louis Cardinals Twins Ervin Santana RHP Ryan Pressly RHP SLC Luke Weaver RHP Austin Gomber LHP Connor Jones RHP Andrew Knizner C

Whatever HE wants! Anything HE wants!! Everything HE wants!!! Everything Else HE wants!!!!

I'd be thankful if Joltin' Joe would stop hitting into so many DOUBLE PLAYS.

Castro is probably gone in 2 years. Garver needs to be able to step up and start and there needs to be a plan in place as to the backup C. Your list should go to Santa as you have that kingd of chance to have any of it come true. Good call on Petit; but he wants to start. If you promise him genuine consideration as #4 or #5 starter, couple with the appropriate $, Twins can realistically expect to land him.

butterspud, And that is why you dump Santana and take back young upside pitching. I doubt Madbum will re-up in SF after being victimized by a feeble offense and a pitiful bullpen the last few years. Plus there is probably some ill will towards him in the organization after his 2017 accident. We get our ace, and since he has never pitched extensively against AL teams, his career will probably be extended. Plus if he is an outdoorsman, what's not to like about MN? We only pry him loose because we are taking Pense who can DH and platoon with Kepler in RF for 1 year. By clearing both MadBum and Pense, SF can afford to take on Stanton's contract and stay under the tax threshold, which they have said is a priority

PLENTY of Endorsement opportunities right here in Minnesota. IF he wants to be, he can certainly be the BMOC here. Endorsements possible from the likes of: Mall of America, 3M, Best Buy, Target, Land O Lakes, Fastenall, Hormel, Carlson Companies, Deluxe (Check), Eco Lab, Dairy Queen, Polaris, Artic Cat, Mystic Lake, Valleyfair, Minnesota State Fair, University of Minnesota, Schwans, Red Wing Shoes, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cargill, Cub Foods, Super Valu, Caribou Coffee, Edina Realty, Donaldson Company, Department 56, Fairview Health, Famous Daves, General Mills, Graco, Green Giant, Great Clips, Health East, Health Partners, Hazelden, Holiday Stores, Jostens, Lifetime Fitness, Lifetouch, Lawson Software, Mayo Clinic, Malt O Meal (MOM), Medtronic, My Pillow, Pearson Candy, Abdellah Candy, Stauer, Super America, Sun Country Airlines, Taylor Companies, TCF, Thomson Reuters, Thrivent, Travelers, Toro, Valspar, Watkins, and on and on. He can be as BIG in Minnesota (and the Upper Midwest) as he wants to be.

Trade with the St. Louis Cardinals Twins Ervin Santana RHP Ryan Pressly RHP SLC Luke Weaver RHP Austin Gomber LHP Connor Jones RHP Andrew Knizner C Trade with the San Francisco Giants Twins Miguel Sano 3B Zach Granite CF Kohl Stewart RHP Jake Reed RHP Giants Madison Baumgarner LHP Hunter Pence RF Christian Arroyo SS/3B Albert Suarez RHP Jordan Johnson RHP

Waste of time an energy to even bring this up. For how long have we heard the moaning and groaning over Joe's contract? What do you think happens when Stanton's performance drops as he ages and/or injuries begin to take their inevitable toll? Whoever gets him will be paying for his performance for the Marlins over the past few years as opposed to his performance for his new team.

I like the idea of transitioning Sano over to primarily being a 1B/DH, with Mauer seeing time as DH, not facing LHP, and getting off day games after night games. ( I forget whether it was day or night games that gave him difficulty after his concussion). This then gives rise to the importance of planning ahead for 3B. The band-aid of Escobar can only be used in the short-term. So who in the organization is the heir apparant and if there is none, the Twins better go out and find one. This then leads to discussions of SS and 2B. So maybe Dozier is extended and our SS moves to 3B when Gordon is ready.

4. Lock up Sano, if he refuses look for a club with multiple pitchers some very good ones close to major league ready, some lottery tickets with high upsides. Check in with San Francisco - they're barren at 3B and looking to cut payroll. Would they consider MadBum, IF we also took on Hunter Pence? MadBum would have to agree to an extension, but he loves the outdoors, may have PO'd SF after last years "accident", and may be getting tired of having SF bullpen blow his leads and leave him with no decisions. Will he Walk from SF after 2019??

Interesting, didn't he take a step back as manager in the Twins organization because he didn't want to manage outside of Florida? Nothing like being out of a job to make Toledo look tropical. Is Max Klinger also joining the Toledo staff?

Late Additional Free Agent Pedro Floriman Infield is now complete: 3B = Trevor Plouffe SS = Pedro Floriman 2B = Eduardo Nunez 1B = Danny Valencia

Opportunity to reunite with the past: NOW they are all free Agents!!! Ben Revere Francisco Liriano Craig Breslow Mike Pelfrey Rene Rivera Brian Duensing Eduardo Nunez Blaine Boyer Fernando Abad R A Dickey Brandon Kintzler Carlos Gomez Trevor Plouffe Danny Valencia Matt Belisle Bartolo Colon Dillon Gee Glenn Perkins Hector Santiago Jaime Garcia Anthony Swarzak Matt Garza Ricky Nolasco Shane Robinson Alex Presley Chris Gimenez We could create an entire 25 man roster - just for old times sake !!!

Tyler Watson struck out 116 in 2017, not 16. Before trade = GS 18, IP 93, H 92, K 98, BB 24 After Trade = GS 05, IP 27, H 28, K 18, BB 08

1) Float the following in trade talks: Dozier, Escobar, Granite, Grossman, Vargas, Park. 2) Use as sweeteners: Duffey, Hildenberger, Pressley, Turley, Tonkin. 3) Sign free agents to MLB contracts: Yasmeiro Petit, Brandon Kintzler, and Albert Suarez (unsure if he is available this way) 4) Sign free agents to minor league contracts: Dillon Gee, Deitrich Enns, Neftali Feliz, Fernando Abad, David Aardsma. 5) Have an offseason todo list for EVERY player to heighten performance, improve physical flexibility, muscle tone, strengthen leg muscles. 6) Have new pitching coach focus on: generating Ks, fewer waste pitches, every starter making it through 6 innings, adapting pitch patterns to umpiring crew, developing new pitches. 7) Engage base running/stealing expert(s)to serve in ST and beyond to improve individual ability in this area. 8) Take the hardest thrower available in the Rule 5 Draft; if that means creatively moving around with dollars/players so be it. 9) Engage the Cardinals in trading for Ervin Santana targeting young pitching and outfielders. Throw in Pressley. 10)Engage the SF Giants to see if they would discuss Mad Bum if we dangled Sano. It would hinge on Mad Bum signing an extension or new contract.

If he doesn't show enough to hang on to him in ST, trade him to SF for Denard Span!!

Let's trade an starting caliber outfielder for an up and coming power arm who is just ready to turn the corner and become a MLB ace. This worked so very well with the trades for Alex Meyer and Trevor May. Now, just a mere 5 years later they are questionable to ever fufill their potential

When they stated that Baker's contract was up and would not be renewed, they also stated that the contracts of the entire coaching staff also expired at the end of 2017. They then stated the new manager would select their own coaching staff.

Santana had too many poor outings to be an "A" and his poor clutch performance in the playoffs leave him as a "B" at best. Berrios earned a rating of "B+" Gibson was a first half "F" and a second half "B" so let's say "C-" Mejia was a "C", however that was due to the short leash Molitor had him on and the quick hook when Mejia got into trouble. Colon was a "C" for the Twins and a "C-" for the year, remember he came off the scrapheap. And what of the ratings for the other 11 starters used???

Pressly is overrated as a "C". All to often when he is brought in he gives up a hit, a walk or both. This makes him useless to bring in with runners on base; his only value is to start an inning with zero on base. Check his stats for inherited runners scored. I would have him work on the mental side of his game; he needs to come in like a bulldog. Failing that, make him available for trade. His smoke only has value if his pitches are not smoked by batters in the opposite direction.

Need to approach 2018 as Mauer's last hurrah and make sure there is a 1B in waiting in the minors. 2 years to go on Castro, extract and utilize all the pitch framing and game calling ability out of him and be sure there is an able backup in waiting to serve behind Garver when it is his time. If Mauer is batting 2nd in 2018, need someone with wheels at the top of the order to offset all the DP's that Joe hits into. Need to clean the deadwood out of the bullpen - there are only so many chances that can be given so spin our junk off to other teams in exchange for their junk. Some times a change of scenery works and if it doesn't at least there is no organizational or emotional attachment to the reclamation projects you receive back. Shop Santana. He's your ace and when it counted, he folded. Time to move on.