Riverbrian

I'm with you... The light bulb can come on at any time.

This point above rings very loud in my opinion. That point and 3 years 30 million don't go well together. I'll take him... He could help us but I don't really want him.

How Bout Doumit instead? Many may disagree with me. But... The Twins need Hammers Potential power. He is the only experienced potential 30 homer guy. It's a Contract year for him. He could rebound and a rebound from him would help and if he rebounds and it doesn't help. The Twins could benefit from the increased trade value.

30 million for Salty... I don't know... To me its like buying a New Callaway driver above the store price. While your Uncle is customizing a new driver for you that might be ready in a year... And you still have two other drivers in your bag that you blame for not shooting under 80... Ever. Then taking the New Callaway out to the driving range taking a swing and saying "ooh baby" after the ball bounces past the 300 sign. And then watching the guy next to you do the exact same thing with his decade old Korean Wonder that he bought at K-Mart. Ooh Baby

I've said it before... I'll say it again. SS's are expensive. Look what Iglasias cost Detroit to acquire. Look what Gregarious cost Arizona to acquire. Florimon looks great in comparison.

I'd take him without thinking twice. Wonderful arm... Still young... College teammate of Gibson I believe. KC would be goofy to move him.

I'm on board with this. Not exactly how I'd do it... But I'll get on board. I love the title of the thread... Go get em... Vodkadave.

I need to Clarify... I'm not passing... I'll take him and say welcome aboard... He's not my first choice... Is a better way to put it. I'm still pro AJ.

The thing that makes me concerned about Salty is this. He's a Free Agent and Boston is shopping for a catcher. Either... He doesn't want to return to the World Series champions or the World Series champions don't want him back. I'm passing.

It's possible... It's happened before. But yeah... I'm not counting on it.

That I can understand.

Just as long as someone is around to seriously push Plouffe... I'm good. However... I gotta admit... I'm really starting to like the idea of Bonofacio the more I think about it. He's fast... Hits for a decent average... He plays multiple positions so he can move when someone better comes along like Sano... Hicks... Buxton... And he's expendable if we somehow manage to fill all of our holes... In 2012 or so.

I didn't mind at all... It would hypocritical of me to mind. If you gotta plan... You gotta plan... Share it.

Starters are mine as well... I will take your starters... In your order... Cuz... No matter what... I think we need two at minimum.

Brock... We need the "like" button back. That post deserves a "like" Great set up!!!

I actually think the pitching was better. Not good enough but it was improved in my opinion. Stats will say differently I know but I believe we were "in" more games last year than we were in 2012. The offense failed to take advantage when the opportunity presented itself. We still... Really need pitching... More than anything... But it was better than the stats indicated...

Kinsler... No way... Fielder... With the Money... I'd pause for a bit before saying.... Naw... Joe is Minnesota.

I want Bonofacio from the Royals... I don't know what he would cost but I want him to play 3B so Plouffe doesn't have to play 3B every day if Plouffe is gonna Struggle. If Plouffe finds himself... Or if/when Sano comes up... Bonofacio can move to OF... Until Hicks or Buxton are ready... Bonofacio can also back up at 2B and SS. Plus us we need SPEED!!! We had no speed in 2012!!! That's my trade and only trade. Does anyone think the Royals would take Doumit for him. The Royals have Giovetella, Getz, Colon on their roster for 2B right now.

Very Nice... I'll take those thoughts and put them in my coffee tomorrow. It'll be a Good Friday.

Winston: Could be the same scouts... But that's good... You don't get burned like that twice. Do you? Well I have but other people don't... Do they? Big Dog: I have the same Jones... Right now I think that Jones is a Frontline Starter Jones with a dash of hoping Tanaka is it. Rosterman: I'm with ya on Doumit... I'm willing to run him through waivers to send him down. Even if we get the contract year bounce out of Doumit... What will that be worth? 15 Dingers... I thnk Parm can match Doumit's contract year bounce with his finally hitting to his potential bounce... I choose Parm over Doumit... That's the spot left for me. Willingham is too important though... He's the only experienced hope for 30 dingers right now. He has to rebound... He just has to... Sometimes a contract year is the tonic needed. I agree... We can't afford to move him unless we get Jack Cust back. However... I don't think there is a replacement for Correia. The SP Hole is too deep. We need all we can get. We need Correia. He was capable in 2013.

Sign AJ to catch... Trade for Bonofacio and Sign Two Free Agent Starters... Two from Nolasco, Kazmir or Arroyo are my choices. I'll settle for Pelfrey as the 2nd guy but only as the 2nd guy. Stop reading right there for the short version. Continue reading for longer version reasoning. Replace one of those Starter options with Tanaka... If the scouting department puts him on par with Darvish because he will cost as much or more than Darvish did... If he is on par or close with Darvish... Man up and compete for him. We need a Front Line starter more than the usual suspects with price tags that high need one. If your scouts think he is solid... Trust your scouts and get him. Shane Wahl... It's Ok... I'm not a huge fan of Nolasco either... I just think he's the best choice because I'm not a fan of any of them. At the very least... His 2013 was pretty good. Basically... I'm in a tough place. I'm not overwhelmed with the FA options. I think the only Reasonable Major League Trade Chip is Glen Perkins and I'm not in favor of trading our valuable young trade chips. A quick fix of the Twins for 2014 is tough. I think you have one chance... Pitching depth of marginal talent and energy lineup guys if you can find them. Looking at the 40(39) man Roster: Here's how I feel in November 13'... Disclaimer: I don't know which players are option considerations. So that could change things. Starting Pitching: Opening Day I'm Comfortable With: Kevin Correia--Right now he's our top starter Sam Deduno-- Shoulder issue scare... Without that issue he is our top starter... Blind faith he's healthy. Kyle Gibson-- He may get lit up but we need him to not get lit up so roll the dice and plan for him to start in the rotation. Insurance Arms that should start in AAA or AA... I don't know anything about Johnson... The other 5 have something to prove and should be down to prove it. Andrew Albers Scott Diamond Liam Hendriks Kris Johnson Trevor May Vance Worley Alex Meyer can leap past everyone eventually sometime in 2014. It's up to Alex. That means we need Two Starters minimum via FA or trade. I can't see a trade happening that doesn't cost us young talent unless it involves Perkins. That leaves FA and again with apologies to Shane... Nolasco is at the top of my list followed by Kazmir and Arroyo. Tanaka... I haven't seen him... If the scouts are drooling over him. The Twins need to break the bank on him. If they are not drooling... Please don't break the bank on him. The Lineup: Last year we didn't have enough speed and we didn't have enough power. The power has to return from those that can provide it because we were supposed to have power in 2013. We need to find some speed. Opening Day with the holes I believe need to be filled. DH Josh Willingham-- He has to rebound... Contract year... He just might. He has as much power as anyone in FA and we need it. C 1B Joe Mauer-- He's 1B now. 2B Brian Dozier-- pray for a 2013 like 2014.. At the very least... His D is top of the league. 3B SS Pedro Florimon-- his defense is needed. SS's are expensive... I'm comfortable here. LF Oswaldo Arcia-- We need his Power... CF- Darin Mastroianni-- Yeah I Know... We need his speed and Hicks and Buxton Ain't ready. We need his speed so I'm rolling the dice. RF Chris Parmelee -- He can do it... He's better defensively than Doumit and I think he has more hitting potential. He just has to catch up to the high fastball. I'm hoping Parm is the 2014 Dozier like rebound. If he struggles again... His out of town alarm clock will tick pretty loud. Presley, Plouffe, Hicks, Buxton, Herrmann and Colabello are replacement considerations and Willingham can be moved to OF from DH. Chris has to swim this year and I choose Parmelee over Doumit. Backups that can help C Chris Herrmann -- I'm alright with Chris in this role INF-Eduardo Escobar -- Ditto 3B-OF Trevor Plouffe -- he's in my doghouse... He has to play himself out. He's too good to give up on and under performing too much to play everyday. OF- Alex Presley-- he'll be a good backup Players we don't need anymore and also have no trade value Ryan Doumit-- We don't need him anymore. We just don't. Minors Opening Day C- Josmil Pinto-- I think he will be a good one... call him up when needed... Work on D some more but let's not hand him a job based on September. C- Eric Fryer -- Whatever... Pulling for him but He ain't on my opening day roster. If called up... He might be Ok. 1B- Chris Colabello-- Power source if he become a little more traditional in his approach. Major league pitchers will eat him alive until he does. 1B- Kenny's Vargas INF- Jorge Polanco INF- Danny Santana OF- Aaron Hicks-- he wasn't ready last year and he wasn't called up in September... Let him decide when he's ready by performing in AAA first. OF-Max Kepler Sano takes over at 3B mid season. If Sano advances like we hope he can. That leaves two spots to bring in for opening day. 3B... I'd be very aggressive with the Royals trying to acquire Emilio Bonofacio. He's perfect for what I want. He can hold down 3B or provide competition for Plouffe until Sano arrives and easily move to another position if Plouffe gets it together or Sano comes up. The Twins need speed and Bonifocio is a serious base threat to pair with Mastro and of course Mastro in CF is questionable so Bonofacio can also play CF if needed until Hicks or Buxton are ready. He can also Backup at SS or 2B as well which gives Escobar competition. I really want Bonofacio... Wouldn't it be great if Kansas City took Ryan Doumit for him. I really want Bonofacio... I really really do. C-- AJ... Bring him back... I want the club house vet pain in the backside guy. We have youth coming up that needs a tough player to serve as an example of how to Talk tough... Play tough... Be tough. AJ is perfect until Pinto proves himself. One year Contract... 3 million or 14 million... I don't care.

Right On!!! Right back at you!!! That's exactly the attitude that gets you to turn Flounder's car into an "Eat Me" cake slash death mobile float. And it leads to a Knocked over a fire hydrant... fallen telephone pole... Marbles thrown into the path of enemies... Uptight women losing their clothes... Smoke Bombs tossed into crowds... Windows Smashed... Town Leaders choking each other with their bare hands... Marching Bands being led helplessly into corners and Kevin Bacon yelling all is well!!! At the very least... Someone has their parade ruined... And... just maybe while we are sitting alone in our bedrooms reading through all of our data of complex baseball stats looking for an answer... A pretty girl will unexpectedly fly through our window and we say "Thank You God"!!! Does this team have a Bluto or D-Day on it? Does the Front Office have an Otter? We need some right now!!! Otherwise Young Flounder and Pinto are just going to learn how to keep getting picked on!!!

Cool... I was starting to feel like Will Ferrell running down the street in Old School.

Ok... It's all in the inflection.. MEHHHHHHHH!!! Make it mighty.

Yes I did BTW... Any resemblance between my helmet and an Ohio State helmet is purely coincidental.