Article: Available For Preorder: 2015 Offseason Handbook

[Nick Nelson]

Now that another tough season has come to a close, it's time to focus on finding ways to reinforce and expedite a rebuilding process that has moved along more slowly than anyone would like.

 

These next few months will present numerous opportunities to supplement and perhaps restructure a talent-laden young core. You'll be able to familiarize yourself with all those possibilities in the Twins Daily 2015 Offseason Handbook, which is now available for pre-order at a new low price.If you've followed this site for any length of time, you're probably familiar with the annual Offseason Handbook. At the end of each season, we compile a comprehensive preview of the coming offseason from the perspective of the Twins.

 

This year, we've scaled back the scope of the Handbook to some degree, focusing more acutely on the team's areas of need and what will be available. This condensing of content allows us to offer it for less than any past edition -- you can preorder today for only $3.99.

 

We're positive that any Twins fan will find to be a great value because this beautifully designed, full-color ebook still comes packed with great stuff, including:

• Full transcript of an hour-long, exclusive interview with general manager Terry Ryan, who candidly discusses the current state of the roster, the direction of the team, and a wide range of other topics.
• An in-depth look at the payroll situation. How much is available to spend? How much does it make sense to spend? Where do the long-term commitments lie?
• A breakdown of where the Twins have needs, and what's available at those positions -- in free agency, via potential trades, and on the international market.
• A look at which players are arbitration-eligible and how much they'll cost to retain.
• An offseason blueprint compiled by the Twins Daily staff, along with a fun worksheet that allows you to lay out your own vision.

The Offseason Handbook will be available on Monday, November 3rd Thursday, October 30th at a price of $5.49, but if you preorder now, you can lock up your copy for just $3.99.

 

We know that any Twins fan will absolutely love this product, so please order one for yourself and maybe another for that fanatical friend or family member in your life. In doing so, you'll be supporting this site and fully preparing yourself for the pivotal offseason ahead.

 

Thanks, as always, for your patronage!

 

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[davidc3915]

I'm so looking forward to November 3rd! Already pre-ordered!

[Steven Buhr]

This year, we've scaled back the scope of the Handbook to some degree, focusing more acutely on the team's areas of need and what will be available. This condensing of content allows us to offer it for less than any past edition -- you can preorder today for only $3.99.

 

 

The cynic in me wonders if the "scaling back" reflects the harsh reality that, even among those as devoted to writing about the Twins as the TwinsDaily people are, the interest level in puting forth as much time and effort as it has taken to create this product in the past simply isn't there at this point.

 

I'm not saying this to be critical, especially since my own interest level in writing about this organization has continued to wane every offseason.

[Brock Beauchamp]

The cynic in me wonders if the "scaling back" reflects the harsh reality that, even among those as devoted to writing about the Twins as the TwinsDaily people are, the interest level in puting forth as much time and effort as it has taken to create this product in the past simply isn't there at this point.

 

I'm not saying this to be critical, especially since my own interest level in writing about this organization has continued to wane every offseason.

While there are definitely feelings of burnout and "ugh, second verse, same as the first", the primary reasoning to scale back the handbook this year is because we're splitting up the content. We'll be offering handbooks more regularly than once a year. Instead of trying to assemble one massive book that quickly becomes outdated, we're choosing which content is most relevant at a particular time and writing about that. Then in December/January, we'll release more content that is relevant to that period of the offseason.

 

That, and time. The handbook is a massive effort on all our parts. The more we can break it into pieces, the more we maintain a level of sanity... And it's nice to be able to write about something completely different two months from now without fear of the content becoming outdated in two weeks after spending hundreds of man hours assembling the bloody thing.

[Steven Buhr]

I'm definitely in the, "ugh... 4th verse, same as the 1st, 2nd and 3rd," category. Thinking I should just put all my articles in an indexed database so I can simply pull out, for example, a prior "Rant on Payroll" item and re-post it.

[PeanutsFromHeaven]

Databases?!? Multiple Handbooks?!? You guys are super organized and spoiling us!

[Paul Pleiss]

Databases?!? Multiple Handbooks?!? You guys are super organized and spoiling us!

or splitting the content to create a larger revenue stream. more handbooms, more money. more money, more problems. That's what biggie said.

 

Or maybe it was someone else. Mo money, mo problems.

[Nick Nelson]

Just an update: We wrapped up the Handbook a little ahead of schedule, so we've moved up the release date to noon on Thursday, October 30th. 

 

Wednesday will be your last chance to preorder at the special discounted price of $3.99. And you'll be able to grab it the very next day! Do it up!