Article: Twins Sign Closer Rodney To One-Year Deal

[Doomtints]

 

'm not enthused by his signing, and age most surely is not his friend at this point, but the more I look the less outrage I feel.

 

I'm sort of the opposite. I didn't think it was a huge problem at first (I like the idea of a strong veteran presence), but the more I look at it, the more I think this was pointless. The Twins still have a lot of holes to fill with pitching.

 

"Outrage" isn't the right word, but I'm a bit puzzled.

 

But of course we'll see what happens. 

Edited December 21, 2017 by Doomtints

[nicksaviking]

 

I'm sort of the opposite. I didn't think it was a huge problem at first (I like the idea of a strong veteran presence), but the more I look at it, the more I think this was pointless. The Twins still have a lot of holes to fill with pitching.

 

"Outrage" isn't the right word, but I'm a bit puzzled.

 

But of course we'll see what happens. 

 

My only concern is that being the only current reliever not on a rookie contract, that the manager might cling to him in clutch situations too long even if it turns out he doesn't belong there. 

 

I don't have a problem with the signing at all, just the possibility of mis-use.

[h2oface]

I was having a fine Christmas day........ and then I thought about the coming baseball season....... and Rodney...........

Edited December 26, 2017 by h2oface

[Richie the Rally Goat]

David Price

Jason Heyward

Chris Davis

Justin Upton

Jordan Zimmerman

Jeff Samardzia

Wei-Yin Chen

Mike Leake

Alex Gordon

Ian Kennedy

Ben Zobrist

Scott Kazmir

John Lackey

Denard Span

Yiesel Sierra

 

Just listing another 15 from 2015 to provide food for thought.

 

Maybe Multi Year Contracts are just plain risky all around. However... Multi Year Contracts are the cost of doing business.

indeed, if you miss, it hurts, but if you really hit, several years of very high quality certainly help more than just one.