Twins Add Three Players To 40 Man Roster

The Twins should have used their international money and bought a couple of prospects that needed to be protected. With the Yankees out trading for money it would have made sense to try to swing some sort of deal.

I would have to say there is a 1% chance that Ohtani would chose the Twins when the Yankees, Rangers, & Dodgers can't wait to make him a deal.

Not surprised at all by Diaz. He won't be taken either.

 

Burdi could get taken and stashed on the 60 day DL... I don't like that personally, but that's the risk. He will need to return mid-season and will likely be relatively useless to the team that takes him as he knocks the rust off. I hope he's not selected, but I could see someone trying it.

 

Agree with this. 

Diaz posted a .770 OPS in low A, doesn't walk and has projectable rather than demonstrable power thus far.  Personally I'd say there's a 1% chance he gets taken and sticks on a 25-man roster all year.

The risk that Burdi gets taken and stashed on the DL is real I think (I would try it on a rebuilding team).

I could have sworn there was a limit to the amount of FA money you could trade for (or trade away)

There is...this from MLBTR

"...teams can only trade for 75% of their original pool amount. In the Yankees’ case, the team started with $4.75MM, meaning they are capped at $8.3MM total. And the organization had already boosted its pool to $8MM (a good portion of which it has already spent). As things stand, the Yanks have $3.5MM left to dangle for Ohtani or utilize on other international amateur talent."

I cannot see Slegers and Boshers when we could lose some of these players.  I guess the new stats must be like reading tea leaves and they see something that I do not. 

 

I do like Gonsalves, Thorpe and Littell, but some of these other players looked too good to dangle in rule V for me.

It might be stats. I think more likely it is measuring a player’s long term ceiling vs. their real need to have enough of the 40 man roster devoted to players that can make a 2018 contribution.

Anyone they protest by adding now, they can’t drop later this winter. They can remove Slegers and Boshers to make room for a free agent. Stewart and Burdi will be of no help in 2018. They must feel that they can do better than Reed and Bard who might have helped. None of the four have high ceilings.

Yeah, it's the same every year. 

"Our guys are great-- protect them, every last one of them" -- even though no one beyond this website believes that.

Look, other organizations have a lot to juggle as well.  Realize, any of these guys selected has to be on the 25 man roster ALL YEAR.

We may think Lewin Diaz or Burdi or Bard or even a Cheeseburger can be left on the bench of a team competing for wins, but the reality is, they are just prospects, the odds are stacked against them ever making a difference at a Major League level, not to mention, actually helping a team win in a playoff context.

Nope.  Our guys ain't that good.

Their guys ain't that good either--witness Pressley-- so let's get on to the real off-season.

Are we sure Burdi can just be stashed on someone's 60-day DL most of the season? That seems like a major loophole in the system if there is next to zero cost to the team other than paying out a meager rookie salary. Seems like something is missing here.

Rule 5 and 60 day DL

https://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/ask-ba-deciphering-disabled-lists-rule-5-draft/#LegrR4ciGcXfx7Rt.97

Rule 5 and 60 day DL

https://www.baseballamerica.com/majors/ask-ba-deciphering-disabled-lists-rule-5-draft/#LegrR4ciGcXfx7Rt.97

Good article. So long story short there are some games that can be played, but one way or another he'd have to spend 90 days on the active roster which I can't see happening. A team would have to be pretty desperate or convinced of greatness to sacrifice a 25-man roster spot for half a season.

Damn. So much for the hard throwing relievers. You'd think at least one would work out. Pretty disappointing. I guess there's still Chargois.

Chargois missed basically the whole season with a mystery elbow injury (impingement? stress reaction?). I wouldn't count on him for anything next year.

I think someone could take Burdi with the knowledge he would need to start on the 25 man roster in 2019 and finish his 90 days. At that point, if he needs more minor league time he could be sent out. I would imagine that it will take him some time to regain his command which was a big problem prior to TJ. It is hard to imagine he will be useful before 2020.

Winkler is a similar case. He still hasn’t paid off for the Braves after 3 years and many days on the DL.

I'm a little worried about dangling Stewart and Reed, but then again if it's for free agents I'm all for it, especially relief pitching. I like the idea of bringing Kintzler back as our 7th inning guy, then Tommy Hunter as the set-up (most underrated free agent reliever, IMO), and then trade for Brad Hand to be fireman/closer. If Falvine makes moves for these guys the Twins could have an actual playoff bullpen. 

Just imagine....

Tyler Duffey

Trevor Hildenberger

Alan Buesnitz

Taylor Rogers

Ryan Pressly

Brandon Kintzler (no introduction needed, yall already know)

Tommy Hunter (former starter for WS losing Rangers teams -> turned 95-100 mph reliever)

Brad Hand (career similar to Andrew Miller's) (has funky delivery) 

not to mention: Buddy Boshers (please no) Tyler Jay, John Curtiss, Aaron Slegers, Trevor May (maybe?) and Gabriel Moya

If we're looking to extend our core players 2019 and beyond we can't break the bank on Darvish, Minor, 1b Santana (why would we?), Lynn, Davis, Cobb, Morrow, etc. We subtracted from our roster last year and still made the playoffs, all we need to do is add a few "actual" major league ballplayers, not overrated/overpriced stars. Both Kintlzer and Hunter great relievers that are in a way underrated so they should come at a relatively affordable price while Hand, our "big splash" wouldn't cost money, but instead top prospect Gordon and probably Kohl Stewart and Felix Jorge as well.