Front Page: Twins High Impact Pitching Options Dwindling as Wheeler and Hamels Reach Agreements

[Thrylos]

 

I wonder what it would take to get Jon Gray from the Rockies or Luis Castillo from the Reds or Robbie Ray from the D'Backs.

 

The Reds are trying to build a contender and there might be 1-2 pieces away from doing so.  I would love to have Castillo, but I don't think that it is happening.   Gray might be okay, but the Twins need an ace, and he is a number 3.  Ray is a number 4 in a World Series team.

[Otto von Ballpark]

FWIW, Wheeler has a fiancé but not yet a wife. And a dog but no kids yet.

 

His fiancé's Twitter bio suggests she splits her time between NYC and Atlanta. (Wheeler is originally from Georgia?) The photos she shares online suggest she doesn't spend a lot of time in New Jersey.

[Thrylos]

 

 

Buxton's ceiling is legitimately HOF,

 

 

If he plays until he is 55.  Check out Larry Walker's numbers, including his 7 gold gloves.  He is not a Hall of Famer...  Buxton could not really get close to that realistically.     Andruw Jones is closer to his peak value ceiling, but Jones already had 6 seasons of 153+ MLB games by Buxton's age. 

Peak ceiling and HOF are totally different conversations.  If career peak was the basis for a HOF induction, Doc Gooden would have already been there.

[D.C Twins]

 

I needed a good chuckle, thanks. Where in DC you at? Just moved to Calvert County MD from Clay County MN. Work downtown near the farragut station.

In Rockville!

[jkcarew]

 

Wait...the lack of a payroll cap makes it harder for the Twins to compete for free agents??

I think I was trying to take credit away from Ziggy, not contribute to Twins excuses.