Riverbrian

Exactly Flexibility will be important to ensure that Gordon has a landing spot if he starts getting the job done. Teams have to prepare for that possibility. If you sign Dozier to play 2B next year. Now you have Polanco and Dozier for SS and 2B and that's fine but where is Gordon going to play if he starts knocking on the door. If the Twins handle it like they always do. Gordon will remain in Rochester knocking on that door that will only be opened if Dozier or Polanco get hurt... and the Twins have proven that they will stick with Dozier through the slump months so it will take injury while Gordon hits .390 in Rochester. They will not cut Dozier to make room... it won't happen. If you sign a player with flexibility to play 2B. If they sign Escobar or Lowrie. If Gordon knocks on the door... you can let him in by moving Escobar or Lowrie to 3B. Sano can be moved from 3B to 1B to accommodate that move. With Dozier and Polanco... Gordon only gets called up if 2B or SS gets hurt. If he gets called up without injury to those two. He will ride the bench while Paul goes with his guys or they will have to crash course Gordon into a OF or 3B position just to get him playing time. With Flexibility and Polanco... Gordon can be the first call up if 2B, SS, 3B and 1B get hurt. This gives him a job quicker once he starts knocking on the door. Consider this type of roster and the possibilities. 1B/3B - Sano, (Machado or Donaldson or Daniel Murphy or impact 1B or 3B acquired in trade), Tyler Austin or Matt Adams or Marwin Gonzalez) 2B/SS - Polanco, (Escobar or Lowrie or Harrison), (Forsythe or Nunez). OF - Rosario, Kepler, Cave or (stronger CF acquired via trade... Let say Pham but whoever) and Buxton. You are prepared for almost everything with a roster like this. Using the bolded players for example purposes... Here are your options. 1B - Murphy, Sano, Gonzalez, Kepler 2B - Escobar, Forsythe, Murphy, Gonzalez, Rosario? 3B - Sano, Murphy, Gonzalez, Escobar, Forsythe, Rosario? SS - Polanco, Escobar, Gonzalez, Forsythe? OF - Rosario, Kepler, Pham, Buxton, Gonzalez, Escobar Gordon can be the first called up with a need at any position because of the flexibility. You have the DH to feed the overflow of awesome performance from all in a grouping. This how bullet proof begins. This is how you prevent 2018 from happening. You don't have to absorb Logan Morrison or Byron Buxton or anyone with this. If anybody doesn't or can't perform... you have options. Nobody can complain about Robbie Grossman or Ryan LaMarre just contributing nothing while the starters contribute nothing because the manager is locked into a chosen starting 9 come hell or high water. And the depth includes Gordon and Wade plus Cave in Rochester waiting for the phone to ring. This is how bulletproof begins. Also you can still upgrade even if all the holes are filled with this method. You can still rent a superstar in July... Any Superstar... because you can move players around to accomodate the arrival of the superstar. This is so much better than saying... We got Sano at 3B, Polanco at SS, Dozier at 2B, Mauer at 1B and Morrison at DH we are set and then dying the minute one of those players gets hurt or hits .184 with a manager who will not play Gregorio Petit. It would take a Manager who can manage this roster. We may not have that at the moment.

Similar but my version is more enhanced.

Agreed And I’m only down to Forsythe if we lose out on Murphy, Escobar, Lowrie, Nunez and others, which is possible.

I'm not afraid of his defense. Seen enough of it to think of it as adequate at multiple positions. Adrianaza I was willing to give a look see this year... but Molitor is going to slow that down to play Forsythe every day. And... Adrianaza is deep in my dog house for falling asleep at 3B yesterday. If you are fighting for a roster spot and playing time... you best stay awake.

Murphy is the type of guy who can develop position flexibility because he isn't tremendously gifted as a defender but has the capability of being adequate at multiple positions. You sign him and find a way to get his bat in the lineup. Murphy would absolutely be on my FA wish list.

I was joking

I'll say Late April.

You run your team your way and I'll run my team my way. I'm gonna beat you though by being better prepared for every eventuality. I'm preparing for the possibility that Gordon becomes ready. I'm preparing for the possibility that Austin hits like Morrison. I'm preparing for Sano needing another trip to Ft. Myers and I'm preparing for the possibility that Forsythe bites as well after he is signed. You'll add Machado and Dozier to Sano playing 1B and you are the 2019 version of the Orioles praying that Machado stays healthy and Sano doesn't look like Chris Davis. I'll be covered. We got a semi-core in place... I'm supporting that core with flexibility. I'll be installing the safety nets.

If... the Twins would consider using him as a 3B on occasion. I'll support signing him for the position flexibility. Forsythe could play the occasion 3B which would allow Sano to play the occasional 1B and allow someone like Gordon the opportunity to find a landing spot should he start turning it on. However... If he is seen as a 2B only by the Twins organization. I have no interest whatsoever. In that scenario, I have no trust in the organization to move Forsythe in case Gordon starts turning it on and Gordon will end up waiting for an injury. Escobar and Nunez are a couple of guys that I would welcome back to the Twins first and foremost on FA Deals because they can play multiple positions and allow the Twins to really optimize the roster and fill whatever holes spring up.

It's 2018... It doesn't matter to me if he does cartwheels or walks up to the retired batter, tweaks his nose and says boop. You gotta let these guys loose as part of the game remake.

Maybe he will miss 4 bats next game.

I just want to say that it was a good start. 1 K 1 Smay... Nothing was hit hard... Nothing. I won't predict his future but it was a good start and we should give him another one.

My shoulders are so shrugged in confusion that my ears are blocked and I can't hear anything else.

Agreed that a double play wasn't possible. One out Runners on first and second. Double Play not possible. Lead runner out... A SURE THING. And that's the guy you'd want out if you could choose. I'd forgive him for a boot... Adrianaza was sleeping on the job. Stewart got pulled as a consequence.

Adrianaza owes Stewart an apology. Messed up his first major league start.

He looked parallel with the runner. It also looked the runner stopped to avoid being easily tagged.

I agree that adjustments have been trending the figures together but the Closer still makes the money. In Arbitration ruling and Free Agent Deals.

That Adrianaza error that wasn't credited as an error was huge and simple situational awareness would have rectified it. If Adrianaza just takes care of the lead runner like every other major league player would have. Stewart has a chance to get out of the inning with 1 run and maybe gets another inning. This wasn't a boot... this was a guy asleep in the field. Stewart gave up nothing hard. He gets pulled as a consequence beyond his control.

Sure... you gotta use logic on me.

I'm not trying to start anything I promise since you are already capitalizing... But Both Martinez and Goodrum have hit left-handers better this year and V-Mart also has hit left-handers better for his vast career... so I'm not sure what you gain by turning them around.

I gotta go with Wrath after watching Adrianaza inexplicably not get the sure out on the lead runner. Why is it OK to remove the pitcher from the middle of an inning but not OK to remove a 3B from the middle of inning?

He ate 4 so far. How many does he have to eat? Gluttony is one of the 7.

I have never had hip pain. I'll take your word, along with Kelly and Doomtints and say: Then I'm stumped. Then there is no justification for 318 AB's with a .186 BA and .644 OPS. It's like the old joke. Vanimal: Doc it hurts when I do this. Doc: Then don't do that.

No it's the balls that he is swinging at.

Yeah and I'm stashing him in my keeper league getting nothing out of that spot.