Brandon

It never happens to Ofers. Kubel says hi.

If that is the case then we could trade someone like Garlick or Rooker or Cave to get the deal done. Cause no one wants Hosmer at this point. I wonder if we also ate some of that contract if we could flip him to KC? Maybe SD pays 25 million we pay 10 then KC pays the remaining 25 million and get their 1B back.

Guys we do not need to panic about our C depth. We have Jeffers then Sanchez then Goday and the Banuelos. Banuelos is a good defensive C who will hit like Rortvedt has already hit in the majors. Meaning his bat is mediocre at best. That is what you want from a 4th C. We are good. He will be waiting in AAA for the call. He was a 5th round draft pick we acquired from Seattle for the ability to spend a million on international players Or for literally nothing.

Maybe we get Yu Darvish and some cash say 15 million to help cover last 2 seasons of his contract for a package built around Kepler.

On the plus side, the Padres have extra starters and could use a low cost LF.

There was a discussion article by Ted on main page for grading the offseason.

When you look at it as Simmons Donaldson, Garver, and Rortvedt vs Correa, Urshala, Sanchez. The Twins gain with Correa over Donaldson and Urshala over Simmons but how much is given back in the Garver over Sanchez. on the pitching side it would be nice to have a better starter but at least Bundy and Archer have potential. Also Buxton extension was key too. Really there should be an A- and B+ options as this is where most were grading the Twins earlier.

Too bad we can’t DL him to give him 2 or 3 minor league starts to build up and hone in a little bit more.

Maybe this year we include the retreads and judge based off of how unlikely they were to make the team. Im rooting for Banuelos to get some time with the Twins. We got him from Seattle for international spending capacity so they could go after Ohtani. He is a good defensive C reported at time of trade.

Your logic is sound and well articulated and thought out . “ It just has to work cause I need it to. “. Best argument ever

I dont think 3B is as big of a downgrade as you do. Donaldson only played what 60% of the games there. Didn't Arreaz get a lot of starts there? he is returning. Urshula is better defensively and less on offense. at DH its a downgrade depending on who is rotating in. Sanchez will still catch a lot of games. and C is downgraded but by how much exactly. Jefferson is the better defensive C just not near as good offensively as Garver. Sanchez can cover most of Sanchez power. He just won't hit for average. though i suspect his average will improve because he will get more rest since he will only catch about 35-40% of the games. With Buxton being available in 80% of the games is a huge bonus as will having correa all season. THe offense will also have Killeroff all season and Miranda could get called up and make an impact. I think our offense will be fine. Pitching still has issues however. ..... We could win 85+ games and be a playoff contender. there are 12 teams now.

You are missing the MIranda factor in this. Miranda could come up ad start mashing. If he can do that then the Donaldson trade becomes a huge win. Here's to hoping.

I can confidently say at least 63 wins if not more.

Smeltzer is having a good spring too. He could leap frog someone for a rosterspot. not saying he will. just he could.

The Twins really needed to get 2 solid starting pitchers and having a Bundy or Archer as the last starter was fine as we have options earning their way up. We could end up being just fine with our pitching acquisitions, but the Twins really dropped the ball by not ending up with 2 solid starters. At least they could acquire one later in the season, though I am sure it will cost more in terms of prospects. Joe Smith should help the pen. and that is a positive. Correa is a plus, plus, plus move so was the Buxton extension. Didn't get the trade Donaldson for Ursula and Sanchez. Donaldson was only on the books for this season and next plus an 8 million buyout. We do have some costs savings there, I guess. Also, it makes room for Miranda, who I hope comes in and succeeds. I do believe Sanchez will be better than others here. I bet he will grade out this year as slightly below average defensively at C and he will have around a .780 OPS his batting average will be low is his problem. Ted forgot to mention we acquired 2 prospects in trades that includes our 14th ranked prospect at mlb.com I am not sure where the other prospect ranks. We do have the ability still to acquire another starting pitcher and Oakland still has pitchers to trade. So, the grade can still go up. I am giving them a A- based on the Buxton Extension/ Correa signing adding to the grade over the subtraction of missing out on a solid starting pitcher over 2 reclamation projects. We can still acquire Montas or Manea should Oakland decide to make the plunge. that would move the grade up to a solid A to A+ I mean you can't expect any more out of the Twins than that.

I think the lower innings total will be to protect his arm. He hasn't really pitched in 2 years. Asking him to pitch in 25 to 30 games and pitch 150-180 innings seems like alot to ask out of that arm of his. I suspect he will start the season with 4 or 5 starts in the 3-4 innings per start then go up to 5 and occasionally 6 innings. I do think they will limit his innings so he does not go over 110-120 for the season or more accurately they will probably limit alot of his starts to 80-85 pitches and see how deep he can get into the games. They will treat him the same as they treated Ober last season.

I have him at 15 starts and 65 innings. If he gets to 22 starts expect around 90 to 100 innings tops. He won’t average 5 innings per start as he won’t be ramped up to go beyond 5 for a while and innings limit to protect his arm after so few innings the last few years. He will likely get piggybacked by Jax to get 6/7 innings From the pair. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Again Shoemaker was given a longer leash because there were so many injured pitchers they literally had no one to replace him for the last 3 or 4 starts he was here.

I guess now we can wait on trading for Montas and not be taken on a deal. Also we can always trade later if need be. I am not a fan of this move as it doesn’t look like a win now move.

I feel like I am back marching in the Army. Left right left right……

I am going to add that I would be cool with Winder getting a few starts while Cueto spends time in extended spring training after signing. But we really could use more depth.

I would agree with you but since I think Bundt is a 50/50 odds for success at this point, I would rather we have another starter at the beginning of the season and we can always start replacing as we go. I mean right now we are looking at: Grey, Bundy, Winder, Ober, Ryan in reserve we have Duran if not in the pen, Balazovich, then a drop off to Sands, Richardson-Woods, then Strotman, Jax, other castoffs in our system. We don’t have much in the ready category for 7th starter and beyond.

Ober is not a rookie. While he is going through his sophomore season, if he shows he can pitch this year then odds are he's made it. I do agree that we should probably have another starter if for no other reason then to give us more options. Though Winder does look legit so far.

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