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How Important is Roki Sasaki to the Twins?

Doc Munson

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The Twins (as with any team) would be crazy excited to land Roki Sasaki. Would he choose to sign here? Maybe, maybe not. The Twins do have one thing in their favor which is the fact that they are in the small group of teams who can offer him the most money.

How huge would a Sasaki signing be? It would be literally franchise altering!!

Having a talent like Sasaki with international appeal on essentially a bargain contract would instantly increase the value of a franchise that is looking for a buyer.

On the field it has a potential impact well beyond landing an Ace.

With Adding Sasaki to Ober, Ryan, Lopez SWR would make for a strong top 5!!  But it would...PST nomination in the making here... Give the Twins an embarrassment of riches from which we could trade. Combine depth with Possibility of Twins wanting to trim payroll, and  that makes Pable Lopez a phenomenal trade piece.

Lets say a team like the Red Sox who are in need of pitching.  a Lopez for Tristan Casas and a prospect like Miquel Bleis or Kristian Campbell. 

There is talk of moving Devers to 1B making Casas expendable and gettable. Pair up one or both of those prospects  makes this a fair deal for both sides. Heck we should be able to even demand that Vazquez and his salary are part of this trade as well.

The kicker is by moving both Lopez's $21.75M and Vazquez's $10M  means we coudl then make matching 3 year $36-45M deals to both Justin Verlander adn Max SCherzer.  at say between $12-15M  each we add 2 more quality (albeit older and coming off injuries) starting pitchers.

Now at the same (or less) salary levels we have a rotations of Sasaki, Ober, Ryan, Verlander, Scherzer, SWR. That is 6 deep not even counting any of our young pitchers, which would allow us to take it slowly with Ryan, Verlander, Scherzer coming back from health issues. and give us protection from new injuries.

While at the same time adding a big bat like Casas and have a potential infield of Casas, Lewis, Correa, Miranda. providing even more infield depth and havign Julien or Lee also as valuable trade chips.

But all onyl if we get Sasaki

 

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ashbury

ashbury 60,688

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Why wouldn't Boston just sign Sasaki for that kind of money, if they need pitching?

Doctor Gast

Doctor Gast 10,571

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Yes absolutely make a serious move on Roki Sasaki. He can add a lot to this rotation w/o affecting our payroll plus just think of the ridiculous added Japanese revenue! We have a friendly atmosphere (just ask Maeda), top pitching development, a great core that needs a pitcher like him to launch them deep in the playoffs, & he doesn't have to be overshadowed by a slew of other players.

I wouldn't trade Lopez unless we are ready to blow this all up. Which if we get Sasaki that won't be the case. It doesn't make sense to unload a needed reasonably affordable team-friendly frontline SP for older expensive gambles who probably don't want to come here.

LambchoP

LambchoP 2,533

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He would be a huge get for the Twins. Potential to be one of our top pitchers, upgrading the rotation immensely, all for only a couple million which even we should be able to afford. That said, the guy can basically pick which team he wants to play for and why on earth would he come here over one of the super teams?

tony&rodney

tony&rodney 16,883

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None of Sasaki, Verlander, or Scherzer would sign a contract to pitch with Casas, Lewis, and Miranda wearing gloves behind them. The idea of one DH playing the on the infield is tolerable. Putting multiple DH's in the field is a no-no to free agent pitchers. The contracts would need to include stupid money, well beyond a level anyone else would match.

The Twins have very little to offer Sasaki in the way of income via endorsements or a notable Japanese community. Would i like the Twins to make an attempt? Yes, by all means. Offer the maximum amount and aggressively seek corporate help for endorsements too. Realism is a thing though. 

Before the Twins can approach Sasaki, they need to make a few moves to fix their defense.

Mahoning

Mahoning 305

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It's an entertaining speculation, but probably not more than that. It's hard to imagine either Verlander or Scherzer wanting to come to Minnesota to finish their careers, nor is there any reason to spend money on OLD players. But, take a stab at Sasaki? It would be worth a try.

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