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  1. twins_89
    Darvish needs to make a decision, he's holding up the majority of the free agent market for starting pitching.
  2. twins_89
    I'm not too concerned about them trying to stash him, I think the chances he's still here on opening day are minimal. The issue I have is that Minnesota had 4 open roster spots and now 2 of them have been used on players unlikely to help this season (Kinley and Pineda). With one open roster spot left, the Twins still need a starter and could also use a backup catcher, reliever, and bench bat. Clearly there are guys who can be removed from the 40 man roster, but is Kinley better than Boshers or Enns?
  3. twins_89
    The thing that worries me about drafting Kinley is the roster spot. Burning a roster spot on a guy with a very low probability of contributing next season tells me the front office didn't see a better option for the spot. That's unfortunate because the gap between the Twins and teams like the Yankees and Angels has grown substantially and Minnesota needs to be adding guys who can improve the team.
  4. twins_89
    This off-seasons approach to relief pitching almost exactly mirrors last off-season. Wait out the market while the middle relief pool is exhausted then pick up a guy out of the bargain bin. The most surprising thing to me is that it became clear over the course of last season that adding a better reliever in free agency could have had a pretty substantial impact. To repeat the exact same mistake twice leaves me frustrated.
  5. twins_89
    Yankees add Stanton, Angels add Ohtani/Kinsler, and Twins add Rodney. So far this off-season Minnesota has fallen way behind our closest competition in the standings.
  6. twins_89
    So, it looks like Rodney's is our big relief pitcher acquisition. Even my worst case scenarios going into free agency were nowhere near this bad.
  7. twins_89
    This is really starting to remind me of last off-season. I kept waiting for the Twins to sign a decent reliever only to watch as every moderately good option went off the board. It was a mistake then and it's looking more and more like the mistake will be repeated.
  8. twins_89
    On the trade front, it looks like Raisel Iglesias isn't happening. Sounds like the Reds asking price was just too high.
  9. twins_89
    There's been a run on relievers, so hopefully the Twins can get something done before the market is picked clean. Looking at the MLB trade rumors list of top free agents the availability of second tier relievers is getting a bit thin. By top 50 ranking the relievers are: 8. Davis 10. Holland 16. Reed 18. Minor - TEX 2/$18.5M 19. Morrow - CHC 2/$21M 24. Nicasio - SEA 2/$?M 25. Shaw - COL 3/$27M 30. McGee - COL 3/$27M 36. Swarzak - NYM 2/$14M 37. Cishek 38. Kintzler 41. Hunter - PHI 2/$18M 43. Neshek - PHI 2/$16.3M 44. Watson 47. Tillman Honorable Mention. Smith Honorable Mention. Rodney EDIT: Smith to HOU, so one more off the board
  10. twins_89
    I've been relatively happy with the direction the franchise is moving since the new front office took over. With that said, it is way too early to say that Falvey and Levine are "crushing it". To me :"crushing it" would mean they've managed to assemble a team capable of legitimately competing in the playoffs. At this point the pitching staff is still quite a ways from being able to match up against the better teams in the league and seeing how this is addressed will be a big factor in evaluating the new regime. There are plenty of avenues to upgrade the pitching and at this point I'll take an optimistic wait and see perspective on the new front office.
  11. twins_89
    Sorry, I was mistaken. After reading the procedure closer it looks like the one game playoff only applies for the division champion. A wild card tie depends on the tie breaker criterion.
  12. twins_89
    I'm not an expert on the intricacies of the minor league playoff system, but I did find the following (http://www.milb.com/milb/standings/playoff_procedures.jsp?lid=117&sid=l117): ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International League playoff procedures Tie in the final standings If two teams finish the regular season in a tie for first place within their division and both teams will advance to the Governors' Cup playoffs, the teams will be considered division co-champions and the following tiebreaker format will be used to determine which team enters the postseason as the division champion and which will enter as the wild card. If only one team will advance to the Governors' Cup playoffs, the two teams shall play one game the next day after the regular season concludes to determine their final standing. The additional game will be considered an extension of the championship season. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since Rochester and Lehigh Valley are tied for the wild card I take the above to mean there will be a one game playoff. Is that correct, or am I misreading the situation?
  13. twins_89
    Starting with the current 40 man roster (and guys on DL) I would break down the roster as follows: Pitchers returning (15): Berrios, Busenitz, Chargois. Duffey, Enns, Hildenberger, Hughes, Jorge, May, Mejia, Pressly, Rogers, Romero, Rosario, Santana Position players returning (11): Castro, Garver, Dozier, Escobar, Mauer, Polanco, Sano, Buxton, Granite, Kepler, Rosario Borderline players (7): Gibson, O'Rourke, Adrianza, Vielma, Palka, Grossman, Vargas Gone (9): Belisle, Boshers, Colon, Gee, Perkins, Santiago, Turley, Gimenez, Recker That would make 26 solid roster spots and I'm guessing 2 or 3 from the borderline list (one of Adrianza/Vielma and one or two of Grossman/Vargas/Palka). That would leave 11-12 spots for rule 5 eligible players. My guess at who gets added: Rule 5 players added to roster (11): Gonsalves, Stewart, Diaz, Thorpe, Littell, Curtis, Reed, Burdi, Moya, Sledgers, Bard I also expect to see Moya, Sledger, Bard, and Melotakis up this season and their performance will have an impact on the last roster spots for next season.
  14. twins_89
    Twins starting pitchers other than Santana and Berrios have a combined 6.14 ERA in 43 games (including tonight). I'm amazed that the team has been this competitive when 3/5 of the rotation has been so weak.
  15. twins_89
    Seems like the money should be pretty close to slot value when considering the combination of Leach and Enlow, so hopefully the Twins still have most of the Lewis/Rooker savings to work with.
  16. twins_89
    At the end of the day I'd much rather have drafted Hunter Green, Sam Carlson, and Matt Sauer.
  17. twins_89
    Based on recent draft history the two options for the 1st pick have been to take the best player or to take a lower ranked player and use the money to grab a player who fell with the team's next pick. Since the Twins did neither of these I'm unsure what the plan would be. I guess they could have a plan, it's just not something that has been done before.
  18. twins_89
    This is the type of drafting a front office can get away with when they have a proven track record for success, it's a lot harder to be optimistic when the front office is new. Reaching for all 3 first day picks with no clear plan to use the saved money is not promising.
  19. twins_89
    So much for grabbing a player who fell at #35 or #37. I can't say I'm very impressed with the first day of the draft for the Twins.
  20. twins_89
    The strategy of getting above slot talent that slips at #35 isn't looking good at this point. Carlson and Kendall are about the only top 20 players still on the board.
  21. twins_89
    i wanted Greene, would have been fine with Wright, and could even see a case for Gore. I'm really disappointed with the Lewis pick and fear it's going to haunt the organization for the next decade.
  22. twins_89
    Falvey and Levine pass on pitching and reach for a high school SS. This is the kind of thing that will define their tenure in Minnesota for good or bad.
  23. twins_89
    This is the mother of all bullpen meltdowns. So far 3 outs, 11 hits, 3 walks, and 13 runs.
  24. twins_89
    The decision to put Santana back out there in 7th makes a lot more sense in retrospect.
  25. twins_89
    I honestly can't remember a worse bullpen performance. It's not often you see three relievers each give up 3 or more runs in the same inning.
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