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  1. farmerguychris
    Even if we simply cut him at some point - Why? Corner outfield depth is a strength of our roster. To even offer him anything seems pointless when he can be likely be replace with someone both better, and cheaper.
  2. farmerguychris
    I think something should be done if a team every loses 100 games - yet alone tanks it. To have a professional team lose that many games indicates the owners have absolutely no interest in even trying, which reeks of a baseball team being "just a business" that couldn't care less for the fans who support them. I fully support something (such as a salary cap floor) that would encourage teams to at least put a product on the field that warrants fans spending their money to see. Yes - I know its a business, but some owners don't have to spend absolutely as little as possible to prove that.
  3. farmerguychris
    Fine, I understand your point John. BUT - if the Front Office thought this type of contract was unreasonable for Jose, why would we believe they will wisely spend that $20M anyway. We had a known commodity in Jose, while not an Ace, a durable number 2. I have high hopes for the 2 guys we got, and felt it was a good trade when I thought Jose was going to price himself out of MN. Did he really do that, or did we simply make him a low ball offer and possibly new low ball offers to others very soon. I recognize the new regime has a habit of middle of the pack spending - awesome! BUT, do we have any idea what they tried to get Jose to agree to, and why would a different FA SP might agree to what they consider a "fair" offer? I fear we may have some financial strings being tightened after 2 years of poor revenues - but knowing what we offered Jose might give us a better idea of what this Front Office considers a fair offer for a pitcher of Jose's quality - thus what they might feel are fair others for Free Agents they make overtures to this off season.
  4. farmerguychris
    Cruz would fall into the Want category instead of the Needs. We have too many Needs to consider putting significant money at something we Want when we have in-house options that while not as great as Cruz, allow us to spend our dollars elsewhere. He's a luxury.
  5. farmerguychris
    Chris Taylor is my choice all the way - Won't require a 200M contract and can play at SS until Lewis is ready to go. Then you can use him as your utility guy. Try to trade current utility guy Arraez for something now since his knees will prevent him from ever reaching his full potential.
  6. farmerguychris
    I don't think it necessarily applies to people who are fan enough to subscribe and post on sites like this - but really, this is what a percentage of Twins fans really deserve. They complained about Mauer, well like the article said - here's a possible opportunity to experience the opposite. Have fun with that - I think we'll wish they signed him if he walks.
  7. farmerguychris
    I'd move Arraez - sell high on him. While we all enjoy his hitting - he's not going to get any better with his bad knees. Instead, his value is only going to decline as injuries pile up until he simply can't play anymore. Its a shame for such a young guy, but not everyone was meant to play sports in the bodies they were born with. Get something for him now while we can.
  8. farmerguychris
    So Nick - thanks for the article. Of your 4 suggested reasons. What does your personal insight tell you as to what is truly the most likely reason? I know you are giving suggestions, but what does your gut tell you is the cause?
  9. farmerguychris
    How the Front Office handles this off season is really going to determine how I feel about them as leaders long term for our Twins. They've demonstrated in the past the willingness to spend money on players like Donaldson and Nelson - but perhaps they're being forced to rein in the spending now? To lose Berrios on what appears to be a fair contract, and now to potentially lose Buxton as well isn't a good look. If they "whiff" on all the FA starting pitchers this year and elect to go with retreads or in-house guys won't look good despite their ability to develop pitchers elsewhere. If we elect to simply resign someone like Simmons at SS will also simply add to the impression that either they simply don't truly desire to put a quality product on the field - or are the Polads turning frugal again after low revenues in 2020 and 2021? Either way - as fans we should not be pleased. They have a lot on their plate - I hope they elect to be competitive.
  10. farmerguychris
    Who was our top SS in St. Paul? Are they even a possibility as a stop gap for half a year until Lewis is ready?
  11. farmerguychris
    Hope we can keep both Garver and Jeffers as our backstops for another year. Give them more time to see how good Jeffers can be, and don't really feel good about who would be an acceptable #2 if one of them were traded for a position so frequently injured.
  12. farmerguychris
    I'd be pleased if we could make that move - but not for both Lewis and Martin. I'd be ok with Martin plus others, but not both SS's in our pipeline. Martin, Kepler, and someone in our 20-25 prospect range. We got Martin for Berrios - that seems like a pretty high level offer to me.
  13. farmerguychris
    I'm ok pursuing trades, but not for players with only 1 year of control left. I'd rather give Lewis a shot (if he's healthy enough to play) and risk growing pains.
  14. farmerguychris
    I like your plan a lot - keeping Buxton, signing Gray, and Stroman would all be on my wish list for the off season as well! Couple questions however - for that Buxton deal. 1 -do you think its realistic the Twins would make that offer, and equally important, would Buxton take it? The Galvis signing doesn't really do anything for me. Would he actually take $3M anyway? Part of me would actually prefer letting Lewis give it a go if he's physically ready to go - like Knoblauch in 91, or Baddoo last year in Detroit - sometimes these young guys even if not deemed ready by the front office can actually their own. Anyone else there you might consider?
  15. farmerguychris
    Alex Cobb does not excite me for 2022. 4 years ago maybe - but if he were our "big free agent pitcher signing", I would not be impressed. One other note - if the Rockies are considering bringing back Gray, that means his price must not be too high - lets make him an offer. Get him out of Coors and his numbers will look better as a potential #2 for us for the next 4 years.
  16. farmerguychris
    No thanks. I'd rather have some growing pains with one of our SS rookies over Simmons again. A rookie will make some mistakes, but hopefully won't infect a team with anything preventable.
  17. farmerguychris
    Like I said on this facebook post - I absolutely think now is the time to trade Arraez. While he is fun to watch at the plate and is our best for average hitter - as a young man his knees are already shot and they aren't going to get any better. How long of a career will he likely have due to those knees? He's below average as a fielder at every position. If we can get something decent in return for him - move him before those knees get worse and we can't get anything for him. Sell high.
  18. farmerguychris
    Played around with it for a bit.... As much as I'd like to see them sign one of the big name SS's on the market - I just don't see them doing it with our needs. I would guess we will sign one of the next tier guys for a 1 year deal so we can consider our internal/young options for 2023. I'll also guess we will likely only bring in 1 medium quality RP, and fill the rest of our spots with internal guys or minor league deal guys. Had better luck turning them around than we did big names in 2021 anyway. Starting pitching.... Good grief - some big names out there but most are so old (for MLB anyway) at such high salaries! As others have said, what they do with Buxton will change and set the tone for everything!
  19. farmerguychris
    Dont we have enough back end starters already in-house?
  20. farmerguychris
    12 pitcher staff? How many pitchers did the Twins use last year? For bullpen arms use them and send them back down to AAA, bring up the next guy. I do like Astudillo as a last resort however
  21. farmerguychris
    I think its old school (Blyleven) kind of thinking to require your starters to go that deep into games. Analytics have proven that the majority of pitchers really begin to fail the 3rd time thru a line-up. Follow the science, have a quality bullpen and win more games.
  22. farmerguychris
    I like Nelly as much as the next guy, but for a year that we have so many pitching needs to spend money on - plus have plenty of OF depth that could play the DH role - time to move on.
  23. farmerguychris
    I've been thinking about this lately - I am wondering if our pitching additions failed to live up to previous year's hype specifically because of the pedigrees of the pitchers we signed. For the past couple of years - we found diamonds in the rough that were trying to keep their MLB careers alive. This year, we signed established players. Do you think perhaps the established guys were more reluctant to accept pitching advise from Johnson when compared to the younger/unproven guys - therefore we got what we got when we signed them instead of being able to depend on their good faith efforts to improve like the unproven pitchers that we had success with the previous 2 years?
  24. farmerguychris
    Let the roll with both again next year unless we can get a solid pitching prospect for one of them in trade. Then re-evaluate again next fall.
  25. farmerguychris
    He's fine for what he is, and I would guess his MLB career will continue - it just shouldn't be in MN. Too much young depth at the positions he plays in the field. I'm sure his bat will land him someplace that is in rebuild mode.
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