Front Page: Offseason Blueprint: The Window Just Opened

[Mike Sixel]

You could literally add Gerrit Cole to this team in February or trade for Mookie Betts in July. Heck, you could do both. Finding a spot for either would be really easy. You could do neither and still make the playoffs.

The Twins had not signed enough free agent pitchers to fill the roster. You said they could fill the roster, and then sign another free agent pitcher. That seems unrealistic. Unless, as I said, they don't sign enough free agents to fill the rotation, and hope to sign a player later.

 

Lynn was signed because they had not filled the roster already...

[Jeremy Nygaard]

Great article and interesting discussion.

 

My biggest issue is the Buxton extension of 4/32....Not that I wouldn't like that but there is (deep breath)...

 

 

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Way he signs for that (and his agent would be brought up for malpractice if he did)

 

I was basing that on a 3/6/9/12 model plus buyouts. Maybe 5/7.5/10/15 (4/37.5) is more realistic.

[Tomj14]

 

You could literally add Gerrit Cole to this team in February or trade for Mookie Betts in July. Heck, you could do both. Finding a spot for either would be really easy. You could do neither and still make the playoffs.

I don't mean to be argumentative, because I agree this is one way the Twins could go to stay competitive in the American league central and I like the Wheeler sign.

But there is zero chance the Twins sign Cole or Strasburg after doing this (not that I believe they could or will with or without doing this), but if you have Berrios, Odo, Wheeler, Pineda, Porcello and Smith plus their game 2 playoff starter from last year (7 starters) they aren't going to add another starter via FA or trade, it would make them look foolish for signing (4 FA starters) and trading (Smith) for another.

 

To be fair this is probably the closest anybody has came to what the Twins actually do. minus the signing Wheeler and trading for Smith, because I think Wheeler will sign elsewhere and I don't think trade with Miami is happening.

[SF Twins Fan]

Why would the Twins want either Caleb Smith or Jose Urena?  Smith is already 28 has a career FIP of 4.79 with a ERA+ of 89 and Urena has a career FIP of 4.69 with an ERA+ of 86.  Plus his SO/9 is only 6.1.

 

Yuck.