Twins Boast Plethora of Backup Options

The pain is that any name NOT on the 40-man has to replace someone on the 40-man. 

The pain will go away quickly, as the rich get richer.

Trust Falvey and Levine. They are such an improvement over Terry Ryan’s regime. By developing a structurally sound minor league system with competition sorting it out, Twins future is really bright. That includes producing pitching talent. Under Ryan, that never happened. Just facts.

Deron Johnson was Ryan's guy, His team found most of the players currently on these prospect lists, most of the young players on the current roster. Just facts.

It`s wonderful to have a "plethora" (this has been a very popular word it seems in the last several years) of very versatile players. Gonzalez filled in for Sano in the beginning of last year on a full time basis & he did a fantastic job! Adrianza has proved himself. Astudillo has shown he has potential but needs work on especially his plate discipline, if he`s devoted as I think he is, he`ll overcome this . Lewis has great potential to be a great utility player until he settles in a position,plus we have a ton of outfield & pitching talent just aching to play in the majors. 

 This said, I have 2 comments. 1st forgive me Wes but I have difficulty starting Graterol in the pen. It`s easier to convert a starter into a reliever than vise versa. Gaterol should nave the opportunity in preseason  & later in the minors to work on his secondary pitches & I also put Romero in this category if it`s not too late. We have several pitchers who have came up from the minors & have proven they can play in the majors. They should be given this open BP slot unless they some how fall apart. Gaterol should be given every opportunity to start on the majors level as soon as possible. I don`t think exposure is a problem w/ Gaterol

 2nd w/ all these versatile players I think we could carry less positional players & carry more pitchers to use more creativity.

 3rd use a rotating system from minors to majors to actively use our talent to give the young ones more experience & rest to the more experience

Trust Falvey and Levine. They are such an improvement over Terry Ryan’s regime. By developing a structurally sound minor league system with competition sorting it out, Twins future is really bright. That includes producing pitching talent. Under Ryan, that never happened. Just facts.

I like what Falvey and Levine are doing but the core of the Twins team was built by Ryan...Buxton, Sano, Rosario, Kepler, Polanco, Garver. I think Ryan deserves some credit.

I'm really pulling for that banana peel you mentioned.

I'm really pulling for that banana peel you mentioned.

Why in the world would you wish for that? Unless that is just mildly inappropriate satire?

So true, although "surfeit" sounds more fun... Plethora just kind of spills out over the table, like chunks of tainted meat later that day.

Thanks so much for using the word “plethora.” It means a lot.

I like what Falvey and Levine are doing but the core of the Twins team was built by Ryan...Buxton, Sano, Rosario, Kepler, Polanco, Garver. I think Ryan deserves some credit.

It’s more than that. Every starter except Cruz and Donaldson plus Berrios Duffy May Rogers and last year Gibson.

I generally like what Falvine have done but I don’t understand why people feel the need to denigrate prior leaders to show their support for the current FO

Good article. Still need to have good fortune/health...but agree that the floor for the 2020 club would seem to be very high by Twins historical standards. Would actually like to see slightly 'less' depth after the trade deadline

Deron Johnson was Ryan's guy, His team found most of the players currently on these prospect lists, most of the young players on the current roster. Just facts.

Much to his credit, Falvey was aware that he inherited a scouting department that was very good. Most of those people remain, and now they are supported properly. Ryan deserves credit for hiring exceptional scouting personnel and establishing a culture where they will not be outworked in the search for talent. And now, Falvey has them thinking smart too.

Of the 250 players to make postseason rosters, only one was discovered laboring in the independent leagues. That was Randy Dobnak, and I think he was a byproduct of Ryan's lingering influence.

It's nice to have a plethora, a surfeit, of options. Funny thing, in the Zips piece, at the end, the author rattles off about a half dozen names as viable backup options, and most of them make TD readers either gag (Harper) or raise an eyebrow and go "huh?" ( Vasquez).

Falvey also identified the deficiencies in development. Pohlad has cut the checks and Falvey has dramatically increased the annual budget and expanded the organizational capacity to a point where other organizations are raiding the Twins for talent.