Twins Sign RHP Anibal Sanchez... No, Really

I see what Falvey and Levine are doing here. Actually pretty genius. Sign Sanchez for $2.5M, then use the $147.5M you saved on Darvish to buy a time machine and swap out 2018 Anibal Sanchez for 2013 Anibal Sanchez.

He even looks gross these days

I noticed on MLBTR the last few days that a few players on other teams have already been moved to the 60 day DL to make room for new additions, which surprised me. So, maybe the rules now would allow Pineda to moved to the 60 day DL as soon as the signing is official.

I view Sanchez as an insurance policy.

Add another arm for depth.

Downside is he pitches terribly in Spring Training and the Twins lose $2.5 million. 

Oh good, more exciting news.

I've defended Falvey and have been a strong supporter of his moves. This one though has me scratching my head. I don't see where he fits. This looks like a throw enough **** against the wall maybe some of it will stick move. We already had one older broken down arm in Hughes.

Another typical, washed up, and inexplicable pickup by the FO. Really? I agree, Seth, someone is going to lose their spot on the 40 man that could come back to haunt these guys.

What it really tells me that a possible pickup of one of the remaining free agent pitchers is probably gone.

How about we try one of “our” guys first! Looks like Falvine has little confidence in our farm system!

I thought there was no such thing as a bad 1 year deal? He may not have much left, but if the Twins can milk the last little bit out of him and its only for at worst $5m what’s the downside? Worst case, the Twins wasted $2.5 million and 3-4 starts. If he’s know good, he’ll get cut when Santana is ready to return.

Shades of Terry Ryan! Empty the dumpsters, raid the old folks home, sign another has-been and keep the prospects down on the farm. The Twins Way!

In a word, depressing. These are the kinds of moves we made back in the '90s, when we were just looking for bodies and arms because the game requires nine men on the field. I'm handicapping this year's squad at about 69-93.

Independent of any other moves, this isn't a terrible signing. Its a (cheap) flier on a guy who could benefit from a change of scenery, Target Field, and the Twins OF.

In the context of the current state of the rotation and the lack of any other help for the 2018 staff, its incredibly disappointing.

****!

Pretty sure that they have another move up their sleeves, but doesn't this one show how little confidence they have on the above (and Dietrich Enns and Phil Hughes) at least as far as  2018 is concerned?  If they thought that one of the mentioned might rise to the occasion, there would be no reason to sign Sanchez, zero risk notwithstanding 

Thats a great point. If they have so little confidence in those guys and another move is coming then what the hell are they waiting on at this point? If this is it, or they're trying to scrape together another 1 year deal then, well.....

This is lame and depressing. Maybe Sanchez has something left in the tank. Why are we dumpster diving though? It does feel like a Terry Ryan move.

I'll bite my tongue for now. If he's lights out in ST I'll praise Falvine for their genius. If he's not they better cut him loose.