Front Page: The 12 Free Agents of Twins-mas: Part I – Infielders

[Elliot]

Your infielders all seem to be first basemen. My choice is an infielder that improves the defense, which means first and foremost, getting Sano off third base. I would actually prefer moving both Polanco and Sano to new positions and strengthening SS and 3rd defensively. Those are the type of options I was hoping to see. Unless I am misunderstanding the process and you are planning on looking at each position individually (2nd, SS, and 3rd still to come), I would do a hard pass on all of the options. Sano, Marwin, and the young guys (Railey, Rooker, ...) provide plenty of internal options.

[Melissa]

I enjoyed your article, Renabanena. Welcome to the Twins Daily front page!

 

I like the idea of Bird as a minor league signing in case of need.

[beterday]

Bird is the one with a future and only paid $1.2 mil. last year.  This is nothing for a guy who has really never had a chance due to injury, just bad luck, not running into walls.

[gil4]

33-yr-olds who "hit .208/.342/.406 and a meager 22 home runs, in the year of the (allegedly) juiced ball" are normally washed up. 

 

I wouldn't mind bringing Cron back, if his wrist is OK (or hand, or whatever was bothering him.)  When he was healthy, he was good. 

 

[Twins33]

33-yr-olds who "hit .208/.342/.406 and a meager 22 home runs, in the year of the (allegedly) juiced ball" are normally washed up. 

 

I wouldn't mind bringing Cron back, if his wrist is OK (or hand, or whatever was bothering him.)  When he was healthy, he was good.

 

He signed with the Tigers a week ago.

[gil4]

 

He signed with the Tigers a week ago.

Bummer. I missed that, but I had a knee replaced two weeks ago, and opening the laptop required more effort than operating the TV remote.