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  1. twinsfansd
    Every team loads up on these types of fringe players who can compete for jobs and be fillers at AAA and AA. Sometimes you luck out and get a Shane Robinson or a Matt Gurrier or Casey Fien, but usually they are just emergency backups and some even get cut in spring training. The hope is that the cream of the crop surfaces and takes the jobs away from these signings. Bottom line is they cost nearly nothing but might turn into a gold mine. A certain Tigers outfielder comes to mind.
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    Buxton, Kepler and Walker all need further AB's in AAA. The outfield needs to be Arcia, Rosario, and Sano to begin with, and have Santana as backup CF along with either Mastro or Bensen as defensive replacement, 4th outfielder. Park at DH. Vargas still has an option, so he could go down to AAA, or stay up as a bench bat. I know that is not ideal defensively, but they can play mix and match depending on circumstances.
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    Everybody seems to think all this money being spent on free agents is free money. Ever think about where that money comes from. From the ticket prices, the price at the concession stand, the soveneir stand, the price of your beer to pay for the advertising money, YOUR CABLE TV BILL. "Not my money" doesn't sound so smart now, huh?
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    I don't think anybody on these boards gives the Twins scouting department enough credit for determining the value of players. Murphy was a highly regarded catching prospect as he moved through the Yankee's system. Sitting as McCann's backup did nothing for his development. Every one of these catchers you talked about here has a track record in the major leagues, and every one of them was rejected by their previous team, including Bethancourt. The Yankees and Twins were both dealing from positions of strength and both GMs said they hated to lose the player they lost, but needed to upgrade another position. That's how trades work.
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    Not sure if the trading for relief help is anything coming from any Twins insiders, or if it is just idle chatter. I don't think trading Plouffe at the time is in the team's best interest. Take some time to see how Park works out, if Sano can play the outfield, how Buxton comes around, if Arcia get's his act together, what Kepler becomes, and what the abundance of big arms in the minors turn into. Sign a few affordable relief pitchers and make a trade at the deadline if necessary. Plouffe will stil have 1 1/2 seasons at that point and be pretty valuable. And I would like to see a lineup with Buxton, Mauer, Dozier, Sano, Park, Plouffe, Rosario (or Arcia, Kepler), Murphy, Escobar. That will score a lot of runs, and the defense would be OK.
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    Did you see how long it took for Fryer to land another ML contract, how much the Twins got for Chris Hermann? That's why teams hang on to fringe catchers on their 40-man, because there are very few of them around.
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    Controllable, trade-able asset.
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    Do you think the Twins and Padres could structure a trade around these 2 bad contracts. Upton could be a temporary bridge to Buxton if Buxton isn't ready, and a pretty good 4th outfielder, pinch runner until his contract is up. And he did show improvement last year.
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    Not only is it the 17th spot, but if anybody in 11-16 signs a QO free agent, the Twins move up a spot. Could definitely see the Red Sox doing that, maybe the Orioles, the others maybe not so much.
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    Question? How is Trevor Plouffe going to score as many runs as Mauer with about 75 times less on base and the lighter end of the batting order hitting behind him? But great info though.
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