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Twins Opening Day Roster 2018 vs 2017


wagwan

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Although there are a few days left until this gets decided, it doesn't look like there will many decisions to make. If you assume that the Twins are adding a starter(Darvish), and they are done adding relief pitchers, twenty four spots are pretty set. 

 

I went back and looked at last year's opening day roster and I think 2018 matches up very favorably. Seven pitchers and two bench players will be different, and I contend they are to a man an upgrade.Let's take a look;

 

2018                                                                               2017

Darvish (or other)                                                         Santana

Santana                                                                        Santiago

Berrios                                                                           Hughes

Meija                                                                              Meija

Gibson                                                                           Gibson

 

Rodney                                                                         Kintzler

Reed                                                                             Belisle

Duke                                                                             Breslow

Hildendberger                                                               Tonkin                                                                

Rogers                                                                          Rogers                                                                    

Pressly                                                                          Pressly

Hughes?  (only open spot)                                            Duffey

                                                                                      Haley

 

Castro                                                                           Castro

Mauer                                                                            Mauer

Dozier                                                                            Dozier

Polanco                                                                         Polanco

Sano                                                                              Sano

Rosario                                                                          Rosario

Buxton                                                                           Buxton

Kepler                                                                            Kepler

Grossman                                                                      Grossman

Escobar                                                                          Escobar

Garver                                                                           Gimenez

Adrianza                                                                        D. Santana

Granite

 

Not bad upgrades in one year.  Makes me feel pretty good about this season

Posted

Looks a lot better with Darvish.

 

They will likely need 7 starters at some point in the first two months. Using Duffey’s option to start him in AAA would offer a lot more hope for depth than the options we saw early last year.

Posted

I'd wait to do such a comparison until, say, March 15th.

 

This is a different off-season and lots of FAs are unsigned, and the Marlins wholesale is not over yet.  I suspect that the Twins might have some opportunities to add where they did not expect to add.  For example if they can sign either Carlos Gomez or Carlos Gonzales to an one year contract late in the off-season, all bets are off.

 

There are more than 100 FAs out there for the taking...

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