Hangout and Talk Twins, October 7, Episode 44

Other than Buxton, who piques your interest the most among the six other Twins at the AFL? Also, who has the most to gain?

Dave St. Peter said payroll won't go down significantly, but I just did a little exercise and if no moves are made except reasonable non-tenders and arbitration raises, payroll could fall to $75 million next year – $10 million lower than last year. That would place the Twins 29th in payroll behind the Rays. Tell me it's not going to happen. And if it doesn't, tell me Terry Ryan signed a competitive starter and didn't extend Hughes and Dozier after one good season. At least he waited until the end of the year. Suzuki only needed to play well for half the season.

TheTwins seemed to have placed several players in the AFL who have experienced injuries during this past season.  Is that protocal for most teams in regards to their use of the AFL roster spots? 

Would you trade away prospects for a big OF name (Kemp; Stanton; Crawford; etc;) or roll the dice with your potential future prospects at a lower cost?  Knowing they will be up in a year or two and cost nearly $20,000,000 less?

As Kepler gets placed in the AFL again - Is there any way you see the Twins not putting him on the 40 man roster again this year?  Do AFL results matter? IYO