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  1. sweetmusicviola16
    This makes a great point. If you are an AL team like the Rays with the DH and a 13 man pitching staff you are now left with a 3 man bench, one of whom is the backup C. It is mentioned on here about why put us in a box? Well imo we are just jumping out of one box into another, and it might just be a smaller box. Just a few recent years ago we had 5-6 man bench's. With essentially a 2 man bench the strategies of defensive changes and pinch hitting and pinch running are almost all but eliminated. With smaller pitching staffs we still had pitching changes. With the short bench though we lose managerial strategy in those aspects of the game. This isn't better as far as I'm concerned. Those strategies were a huge part of my own interest in the game of ML baseball. Time for expanded rosters or a reevaluation of the 13 man staff, I've even heard mention of 14 now. Yuck.
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    And what of rushing a player to the Big's? Lewis is only 19. Kiriloff just turned 21 but missed a whole season of ball. Rooker has only 2 seasons of pro ball under his belt but is 24. So I could see him being close. But considering Cron is also in the picture Rooker could still be a mid-season callup and Cron/Austin traded. Rushing a player to the ML's can cause a lot of damage. A late season call-up for all of these guys isn't going to hurt us present or future imo. A year of Cruz is the best thing for our future and present. His very sweet contract also makes him a very valuable trade piece should the team fail as well. Win Win
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    Sign Britton or Robertson. Add Herrera and Brach. Do 2 year with an option deals and you still have nothing committed beyond 2020. I'm in the camp of wouldn't mind seeing a Marwin Gonalez signing too. But I suspect that not happening based on the current roster makeup.
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    I recall seeing that his career long outing is 7.1 IP. Yeah he's not good beyond 5.0. Good reasons why you don't extend this guy. He also emphasizes our need for a better pen when he is holding down a spot in the rotation. He's a 4-5 SP.
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    They need a ton of help in the pen. Britton, Herrera and Brach signings would change my outlook on 2019. Also, go out and trade for a better than what we have SP. We have our vaunted deep minor league system. Part of the strategy of having one is to use some of them for trades. Or sign Keuchel. We don't win with last seasons pitching staff imo.
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    Don't forget about Astudillo. He should be and needs to be on this team.
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    The leash it seems has been extended to the high draft choices as well. Sometimes the 10th round pick surpasses the #1. But in this org the 10th round guy isn't getting the same chances as the high picks. For a team trying to mostly rely on internal players we have done an awful job of developing them.
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    It speaks volumes of where our team is when we are left to debate Schoop vs Kinsler. I for one want neither. We have Schoop now and good luck to him. But I'm not impressed. Take out his career 2017 season and you are left with a mediocre player who can hit a few HR's. One call to Jerry Dipota early on in the off season would have solved a number of our holes. For not much we could have gotten Segura, Santana and Colome. We had the money but we are left with the normal low risk moves by Falvine
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    Thanks Mike. I've been a regular TD reader for years. I was a regular poster on twinsdotcom but for some reason I among others can no longer post on that site. Will Smith as a return for taking Kemp would interest me a lot.
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    Lots of clamor for Cruz. Why not talk to the Dodgers about Kemp? He's only 1 year left at 19.25mil. Still a solid bat who can play the field in a pinch. Dodgers need to move him for a shot at Harper. We take on the whole contract for 2019 and get a top prospect thrown in the deal. Smith/Lux/May type. Kemp is another RH bat but so is Cruz. Kemp however is only a one year commit.
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    I don't think there is anything to Ramos or Cruz at all. We are stuck with Castro taking up a spot already for the year. We already have Garver. We also have Astudillo who can float around to other positions. Very valuable asset to have when bench's are as short as they are. Cruz is strictly a DH. We can't afford that luxury. With that in mind I see the need to go after a player who has versatility. That could be Marwin Gonzalez.He can play OF and multiple IF positions. Our positions already look like this: Buxton, Rosario, Kepler and Cave in the OF. Cron, Schoop, Polanco, Sano and Adrianza/Torreas in the IF. Castro and Garver at C. That's 11 players already. Would we go with a 12 or 13 man staff? I'm in the 12 man staff camp. That would allow us Astudillo and to go after Gonzalez. Imo Austin only makes the team if we go with a 12 man and if no other upgrades are made. As for Cahill, I'd rather they went after Happ myself. If they fail on him then go with what they have. I'm fine with Soria if he's not the biggest signing for the Pen. I want to see one of Familia, Robertson or Britton in addition to Soria. Or Kelvin Herrera instead of Soria. To sum my thoughts up lets sign Gonzalez, Happ, Familia and Herrera. These would probably cost according to industry projections 40-45mil in 19 and 20. We now have the payroll space and I honestly think we could compete very well with Cleveland with these moves. Standing pat shouldn't be an option, unless the org could care less about 2019 and 2020. I would hope that would not be the case.
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