Dansby Swanson signs with Cubs

[Brock Beauchamp]

Alright, everyone. Pile on.

 

[Fighting4par]

I am in a state of sadness and defeat

[USAFChief]

I'm OK not getting Swanson.

And SS was filled when we traded for Farmer. THAT'S what I'll pile on for.

[FlyingFinn]

Royce Lewis - get healthy, come back soon, come back great. SS is yours.

[Heistyman]

Time to start the rebuild. Joy to the world another rebuild.

[CRF]

Another "not a surprise" signing. If he didn't go back to Atl, he was going to the Cubbies. 

[SanoMustGo]

Time to bring back Denny Hocking...anyway it doesn't matter, this team has proven NOTHING the last 3 seasons.  I won't expect anything different from this organization.

[CRF]

Just saw that it was for 7 years and $177 mil. We sure could've done that if we wanted to. 

[ashbury]

 

(Not really.  By  now I'm just numb to all this.)

[wsnydes]

My pitchfork has broken and my torch burned out.  

You guys carry on without me!

[wsnydes]

Hey, the Vikings won!  There's that!

[specialiststeve]

Am guessing you "purposely" spelled Dansby's name wrong.. LOL 

[jmlease1]

And that completes the clean sweep: zero impact free agent signings. (sorry, Vazquez & Gallo are not impact players)

Swanson wasn't my first, second, or third pick but bringing him in would have raised the ceiling on this team. 7 years is fine; we'll see if he hits enough to be worth it, but considering we just gave $11M to Joey freakin' Gallo it doesn';t seem too bad.

So far, the front office have failed badly this off-season. They've done a poor job of deploying their financial resources, they've failed to address most of the team's needs (impact starting pitching, starting SS, RH slugging, power relief arm). They solidified catcher. Yay. Total wipeout on everything else. Hells bells, we're still stuck with Pagan on this roster.

[Deadfan]

Well when they piss and moan about the ticket sales being down we can all point to this offseason as the reason. 

 

Gonna be lucky to finish in 4th place in 23

[Craig Arko]

Hmmm, no more TV dinners.

[ashbury]

7 minutes ago, Craig Arko said:

Hmmm, no more TV dinners.

Dang, and we had just acquired some Gallo to pair with them.

[Doctor Gast]

Not surprised not disappointed, Eventually Lewis will help us forget

[nicksaviking]

I’ll pile on with the rest of the off season misses, but this was a good miss. Offensively he’s rarely better than average. Seven years? Good lord, if he’s the best SS you can figure out in the next seven years, you figured poorly.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Correa gets 13/350 and Swanson gets 7/177. That’s basically half the contract. 

No way in my opinion is Correa twice as valuable as Swanson. I do value Swanson‘s ability to stay healthy and am just not sold on Correa being a top 5 player. 

[Steve71]

That is a long, rich contract.  I think we dodged a bullet on that one.

The only big contract I wish the Twins would have paid is Rodon's, and he would not have signed that with the Twins anyways....and it is the riskiest of the bunch.

Sign a couple of relievers and hope the young and injured play great!

[DJL44]

6 minutes ago, Steve71 said:

That is a long, rich contract.  I think we dodged a bullet on that one.

The Twins are great at dodging bullets. They're like Neo from the Matrix at making sure they never sign above average players in free agency.

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

I'm OK not getting Swanson.

And SS was filled when we traded for Farmer. THAT'S what I'll pile on for.

I’m also not that high on Swanson. My piling on is more geared at missing on EVERYBODY than any single player. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

38 minutes ago, specialiststeve said:

Am guessing you "purposely" spelled Dansby's name wrong.. LOL 

Nah, autocorrect bit me in the ass again. 

[Parfigliano]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

I'm OK not getting Swanson.

And SS was filled when we traded for Farmer. THAT'S what I'll pile on for.

Yup.  SS is there for the taking for a healthy Lewis.

[wsnydes]

37 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Dang, and we had just acquired some Gallo to pair with them.

You can always "enjoy" the Gallo without dinner though!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Just now, wsnydes said:

You can always "enjoy" the Gallo without dinner though!

You’d get drunk faster.. Drunk on winning!

[wsnydes]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

You’d get drunk faster.. Drunk on winning!

Drunk faster may be a good thing at this rate.

And I can save money on Scotch!

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

3 minutes ago, wsnydes said:

Drunk faster may be a good thing at this rate.

And I can save money on Scotch!

Scotch tape, ya mean? ?

It’s time to patch this offseason back together! 

[wsnydes]

Just now, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Scotch tape, ya mean? ?

It’s time to patch this offseason back together! 

Not sure there's going to be much savings on Scotch tape...unless it's because duct tape is what's really needed! ?

[Mike Sixel]

Meh. No surprise here. Minnesota only pretends to go for elite contracts. The issue is not signing the next layer, but instead signing bad players, like Happ and Shoemaker.