Too Many Outfielders, Another Perplexing Acquisition for the Twins

[Original_JB]

16 hours ago, ashbury said:

Other contenders:

"He used to be with us."

"I recognize that name."

"If he can just stay healthy."

Don't forget "still shows flashes" and "just needs a fresh start"

[Original_JB]

13 hours ago, Jacksson said:

Signing Gallo is just a debt repayment to Boras for "gifting" the Twins with a disguised single year contract for Correa last year.  Now the Twins help out Gallo to rebuild his value and stay in the good graces of Boras for future "sweetheart" deals.

And here I was thinking it was a "pre-payment" for next year when Boras deems his 9th best pitcher to sign with the Twins.  But with the Twin's luck, they'll get busted, get fined, and lose a pile of draft picks.

[Trov]

Gallo will not be DH much, his glove has too much value.  The signing of Gallo does allow to open up some more trade options for Twins.  The headline says too many Outfielders, but do we really have too many?  I mean how many have we burned through the last couple of years?  Sure they are on our roster, but 3 of them have been on the injured list several times, for long periods.  Others have spent stints on it from time to time over the last couple of years.  So unless the often injured guys actually stay healthy, which no reason to suspect that will happen, we will need like 7 OF through the full year. 

[jmlease1]

14 hours ago, Jacksson said:

Signing Gallo is just a debt repayment to Boras for "gifting" the Twins with a disguised single year contract for Correa last year.  Now the Twins help out Gallo to rebuild his value and stay in the good graces of Boras for future "sweetheart" deals.

I'm hoping you meant this as a joke. because ain't no way this is true.

[Blyleven2011]

FO just always seem to throw in a few head scratcher in their acquisitions  in the off season ....

Adding Gallo is definitely a head scratcher  as he is left handed and the twins have a surplus of left handed hitters , right handed hitters are  needed to balance out the lineup and FO goes the opposite direction and signs a left handed hitter that will imp a ( Sano style ) and strike out 4 times a game or give you a homer or double  every once in awhile ....

I am not looking forward to the gallo acquisition ...

Their plan just doesn't seem to change  , they go the opposite direction everyone is thinking and if they do well they can brag they are the smartest  people in the room ...

And if they fail , they again will not take any responsibility ...

The front office continues to take the fun out of twins baseball  , but I'll give it another shot next season  and hope my favorite players perform ....

[Carnegie]

Has the ownership and management come out with a statement to the FANS on what their intent is with this team? Rebuilding? Hoping to be .500? One year away? Develop a good young pitching staff? Hit 300 homers/year?  Win the World Series in 23? NO REAL PLAN? Have I missed a possibility? 

Lastly, after suffering through watching Sano wave his bat at out of zone pitches the last few years, it is daunting to think about watching Gallo at the plate in a Twins uniform.

[dxpavelka]

9 hours ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Is this supposed to be a rebuttal to the opinion that the Gallo signing makes no sense? Heh.

No, it's a rebuttal of the opinion that we have "too many outfielders." Just like that argument said.

 

[miller761]

Would have loved to have this problem last August and September.

[bighat]

20 hours ago, Mike Sixel said:

Jeffers is still younger than Garver was when he first came up...... You think he's s finished product? The game has changed. You don't have to like it, but these players are so much better at the game than previous generations, it isn't close.

Jeffers will be 26 next season. There's no more room for development with this guy, same goes for Larnach and Kirilloff. There are a lot of polished major leaguers at their ages. 

The pitchers are much better at the game than previous generations, and there are a lot of hitters that are better as well. But insinuating that Ryan Michael Jeffers is light years better than an everyday catcher from the 70s, 80s, or 90s is borderline slander.