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  1. In My La Z boy
    This is good news. Win now mode vs service time crap. For many years we watched the former regime not take the very best 25 men north out of spring training. If Graterol is one of the 13 best pitchers in camp then he should go north.
  2. In My La Z boy
    I wish I knew if he really doesn't want to play here? How aggressive should we be at this point? And if he really doesn't want to play here - and we out bid everyone by $20M and get him - will this be a good decision on our part? Will he be a happy warrior or will he be a malcontent in times of duress? Will he hate his existence in Mpls? It is a long season and 4 years is a long time. Not sure I want someone who doesn't want to be here. Sounds like a recipe for trouble. If he were a stud pitcher I would feel differently I think. He seems to be a want not a need. I say we turn our attention back to the need - get the Berrios extension done, and pull the trigger on a trade for impact pitching.
  3. In My La Z boy
    As of now it is a certainty one of the lefty's, either Thorpe or Smeltzer heads north with the club in the rotation. Spring training results will determine this. I am both scared and excited to watch our collection of young starters this spring. We've positioned ourselves so that we need at least 2 of them to take a major step forward. Roll the dice gentlemen seems to be the bet. I'll bet on Dobnak and Smeltzer to begin the season. I am actually weirdly confident in Dobnak. I like his chances. His mental game seems superior to Thorpe's right now. Dobs is ready for this. We'll see who else is. Maybe Thorpe is ready as well. I hope so.
  4. In My La Z boy
    We are being taken for a ride on this one. He liked playing with the Braves - He has family in Virginia. If he wants a championship shot he doesn't need us. Nats or Braves or Twins mmmmmmmm? Now I'd pick the Twins because this is where I come from. Donaldson on the other hand will need CASH - and alot more of it from us than from them. As we've heard from many already - we are not the destination of choice. If we are to get him, we must be willing to pay at least $10M more. That doesn't sound like us.
  5. In My La Z boy
    5 years from now this winter's signings may also look unremarkable. ChiSox were deemed to have won the 2014/15 off season. Doesn't mean anything was my point.
  6. In My La Z boy
    2014/15 winter - 2015 season; David Robertson 46M/4 Melky Cabrera 42M/3 Adam Laroche 25M/2 Zach Duke 15M/3 Grand Total in free agent money spent 138M in the '14/'15 off season.
  7. In My La Z boy
    I just hope we take the very best 13 pitchers north this year and that Brusdar is one of them. Without a big trade ( still hoping for it) it looks like our best shot with this staff, is to duplicate the 2015 Royals and have the very best shut down bullpen in the league.
  8. In My La Z boy
    I recall the White Sox winning the off season very recently? A couple years ago? How did that work out for them?
  9. In My La Z boy
    This might be the plan BBAM? Although I still think we flip some prospects for someone or two in January.
  10. In My La Z boy
    All prospects we don't expect at Target Field by Sept. 2020 should be available in trade. All pitchers named Berrios should be extended this winter. Falvery/Levine cannot/will not begin spring training in Feb with this current collection of starting pitching. In my opinion, more to come.
  11. In My La Z boy
    Bad example. Cousins broke our bank and he isn't clutch in any way. We won't win the big games with him sorry to say.
  12. In My La Z boy
    In all seriousness, a retractable roof would help.
  13. In My La Z boy
    At this point in the off season it is probably fair to dispute all of these "Twins Have interest" leaks. I'm not buying it. Someone in the media or in the front office, or both is playing games and it's making us look bad. How is it helpful to keep spreading rumors, when in hind site we obviously didn't have interest, or certainly not enough interest to actually sign anyone?
  14. In My La Z boy
    In your very intriguing scenarios link the only ones I like are the Alcantara deal and the Price deal. I don't think the Mets will be reasonable and I don't like bailing on Sano and Buxton. I'm expecting their 2 best years coming up. Your deal above I would do. I don't see the Mets doing it. I'm also in on an Archer trade if they are reasonable, but how do you reverse course on that considering what they gave up? Geez the Pirates blew that deal.
  15. In My La Z boy
    I think/hope it is more about saving the 2 remaining spots on the 40 man for someone of greater impact. I agree we probably have several guys already on the roster who are as good or better, and at league minimum.
  16. In My La Z boy
    In "Revisiting Falvey and Levine era trades" 20% of our current 40 man came in these trades. In my opinion that's some pretty good success. Alcala Chalmers Duran Littell Odorizzi Smeltzer Celestino Raley
  17. In My La Z boy
    Ryne Harper is the only "painless" option to drop at this point. If we have 4 more adds as you hypothesize, we have a trade to come.
  18. In My La Z boy
    This is the frame of reference. I remember being quite underwhelmed over the winter of '90/'91. I think there is a good probability that Berrios/Odo & Pineda stack up very nicely with anyone else's top 3 - and can any of these 3 have a top tier year - No question one or two of them can, maybe all 3? I've heard we can expect some offensive regression - I am not so sure about that. Yes, maybe Garver/Cruz & Arraez can't possibly duplicate last year, but holy cow if we finally get a full season from Buxton & Sano, and Kep takes another step, Rosario improves I think - our offense should not be an issue with this lineup. We could see another rookie breakout by mid-June in Kiriloff or Larnach or another surprise candidate. It is important to remember that getting to the Yankees series, and getting our face smashed in, might have been the necessary "experience" this squad needed to become clutch next time around.The groundwork has been laid, but as in the winter of '90/'91 - it doesn't quite look that way yet.
  19. In My La Z boy
    Thanks for this link Mike. Reading through these reminds me of the crapshoot these prospects really are. Count me as disappointed if we don't trade some of them for starting pitching this winter. Give me a major league proven quality starter, and I'll give you some of these prospects. After flailing in free agency, this must be the plan?
  20. In My La Z boy
    Rocco is the perfect clubhouse svengali required to meld Donaldson into the fold. He is a Madbum type, hyper competitive. That is a good thing. I want him. This club needs a gold glove at 3B - who happens to smack 35hrs annually.
  21. In My La Z boy
    I very much like this post Ted. My take exactly. The trajectory of this organization is exciting. I will be patient, and am convinced the 26 men we field in late March will be very good. I am an old fan and have been through the ringer like the rest of us. I choose optimism each and every winter regardless of moves and non-moves. I have to because the beginning of baseball season is my very favorite time of year and I am not going to wreck that for myself. There is plenty of time Apr-Sept to become demoralized. Not doing it in Dec. Hey by the way - good on the FO this year on the 40 man. We lost no one to the rule 5 - and we have 3 open spots as of today.
  22. In My La Z boy
    Rowson must know something. Makes me want to keep Eddie even more.
  23. In My La Z boy
    I like the Marlins Caleb Smith trade idea, and I like a buy low on Teheran. I hope we don't overpay for Ryu - he isn't the healthiest guy out there. In response to mikelink, I think Wallner is our next homegrown star. Hope to see him in 2021.
  24. In My La Z boy
    I've been a fan and follower since the late 60's and I do share DomeDogg's disease. I call it BTFS - battered twins fan syndrome. I will say I agree with Ted on this one, and credit the new front office for bringing me back from the Terry Ryan induced disease that has afflicted me since the mid 90's. I believe the hope I have today isn't misplaced, as in years past. There is a whole new system, and a whole new organization in process today the likes of which I haven't seen in Minnesota. What these guys seem to be building, I can get excited about. But I do understand where comments like DD's come from. They were coming out of my mouth every day up until a year or so ago.
  25. In My La Z boy
    And he will be throwing to Alex Avila - 1 year 4.25M Just up on mlbtraderumors!
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