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I wouldn’t make that trade, but I consider Kiriloff pretty much untouchable.

I wouldn’t make that trade, but I consider Kiriloff pretty much untouchable.

I wouldn’t make that trade, but I consider Kiriloff pretty much untouchable.

I wouldn’t make that trade, but I consider Kiriloff pretty much untouchable.

I wouldn’t make that trade, but I consider Kiriloff pretty much untouchable.

I wouldn’t make that trade, but I consider Kiriloff pretty much untouchable.

The five you mentioned are exactly the ones I would use in a DH rotation. And I would not trade any of them away, as I would not expect the return to be better than what these 5 will contribute.

The five you mentioned are exactly the ones I would use in a DH rotation. And I would not trade any of them away, as I would not expect the return to be better than what these 5 will contribute.

Good work. Another thing to consider is league batting averages have declined significantly too.  JD's line drive rate was down and flyball rate up. Still, an OPS+ of 127 was higher than Polanco (125) even.
JD at 3B-DH for the Twins next year is not a problem that needs fixing.

Yes. And in the real world it's based on real numbers and 150-160 million seems reasonable. If your expectations are the Pohlads spending Dodger type money on payroll and lose 10s, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars a year you should probably find a new team to cheer for. "There's no cap so they could/should spend more" is a tired, nonsensical, and unrealistic argument.

Replace Celestino with Sano.  A free agent for Palacios and your position players are probably very close.  Until Buxton is traded….

Just giving up on Sano and Rooker?

His defense numbers at Baseball Ref. say you are wrong; you are blaming him for a team that is under performing as whole and while too many think the Minor League Rookies are some sort of miracle cure.

Has Gordon played any SS since being called up?   I don’t recall.  That would be the main reason.

This makes the most sense to me.  1 Above avg. starter added to Berrios and hopefully a healthy Maeda and a couple rookies stepping up could make a rotation. Then its the pen the needs a rebuild around Rogers.

I still expect Arráez is the opening day LF and Kirilloff won’t make the opening day roster. I am hoping they choose to go with 4 bench players, Cave and Jeffers look to be locks, which would leave room for one of the 3 mentioned above, or Drew Maggi?? And then one other, Rooker??

I am not convinced turning the #1 prospect who barely has 100 ab’s at AA into a utility player would be a great idea

I am not convinced turning the #1 prospect who barely has 100 ab’s at AA into a utility player would be a great idea