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  1. LewFordLives
    What I find odd about this deal is that the Dodgers don't need Bauer. They already have six quality starters (including Price). Does adding Bauer make them better?
  2. LewFordLives
    And the Ian Hamilton news just got knocked off the front page.....It's an outrage!
  3. LewFordLives
    I assume it'll be a pitcher that gets DFAd. Including Colome, they already have 22 pitchers on the 40 man. Gibaut? Maybe they can sneak him through waivers.
  4. LewFordLives
    Blankenhorn can probably do the job as well as anyone else on the Twins radar, but I wonder if he would be better served by playing every day at AAA. Barring injuries, the Twins will make every effort to get Arraez in the lineup, leaving few opportunities for the second utility guy.
  5. LewFordLives
    Good article. The dude has flat out hit at every level he has played at. And it's not like Ben Revere, who always had a good average but low OBP. Arraez gets on base, period. He has started about a third of his games for the Twins at positions other than 2B. Maybe they move him around the field. If he can spell Donaldson and also play 2B and OF that should be able to keep his bat in the lineup full time.
  6. LewFordLives
    Good article, but the projected dollar amounts are less than what Trevor May got. I don't see that happening. As much as I would like to see either one of these guys in a Twins uniform, the front office has shown they don't like to commit big dollars to the bullpen.
  7. LewFordLives
    I could use the number of that gravel guy.
  8. LewFordLives
    It wouldn't shock me if the Twins are done adding starting pitching. That's probably not what people want to hear, but it's also not the worst thing considering other pressing needs (bullpen, infield). Who are we losing....Homer Bailey, Rich Hill, Odorizzi. None of those guys were significant contributors to last year's team. They are adding a full year of Pineda and whatever they can get out of Happ. Maybe they add another reclamation project (Rick Hill Part 2?), but otherwise I think they're done.
  9. LewFordLives
    The bullpen needs to be the number one priority.
  10. LewFordLives
    Was this a Terry Ryan move? I thought it was Bill Smith. I saw Capps implode against the Brewers at Target Field. Completely ruined my summer. Some trades are only bad in retrospect, but this one was a head scratcher from day one. They traded a blue chip prospect for Matt Capps. And it wasn't that was necessarily bad, he was just very average.
  11. LewFordLives
    Good article. I agree 100 percent that Yates and Rosenthal would be good fits for the Twins. Unfortunately, they would fit on a lot of teams, and I don't see them signing for the projected amounts shown here, especially when Trevor May got what he did. This front office has shown they don't want to devote significant dollars to relief pitching. Once the music stops, I'm afraid the Twins will be left without a chair for the area they need the most help.
  12. LewFordLives
    Has anyone signed Orosco yet for 2021?
  13. LewFordLives
    Too early in the morning to hit me with that....
  14. LewFordLives
    Since you brought it up.....he last played for the Twins in 2013. He didn't really turn the corner in his career until 2019. Maybe there was something with his delivery or pitch selection that the Twins could have spotted, but several other teams were also unable to help him. Beyond that, I don't know what else the Twins could have done. Good for him. A lot of players hang up their cleats once things haven't been working out for a few years. He stuck with it and made himself a top-tier reliever. (I do think the White Sox waaaayyy over paid.)
  15. LewFordLives
    I felt at the time that if the package wasn't right, the Twins should have held onto him and then taken the extra draft pick when he walked at the end of the year. It would have been one thing if the Twins were rebuilding at that time, but they weren't. They ended up losing the division by one game in 2008 and missed the playoffs. Santana would have made all the difference. Smith was dealt a bad hand, but I can't think of one trade that didn't blow up in his face.
  16. LewFordLives
    I generally concur with the article. Cruz is a special talent, but given his age I don't think the Twins should go beyond one year. To me, the issue is whether Sano can eventually play a respectable first base. If he can't, they will need to keep the DH spot open so he can get his at bats.
  17. LewFordLives
    I like this article, although I really think the Twins will have to spend at least some money on the bullpen, even at the expense of a DH. They are losing May, Romo, and Clippard. None of those guys were lights out, but they made a lot of appearances in the shortened season. Add the fact that we don't know what we'll be getting with Rogers next year.
  18. LewFordLives
    If it comes down to May vs Rogers, I think you go with Rogers. 1. I think he has more upside potential, 2. He's left handed, and most importantly 3. He offers more financial flexibility. If I'm May I'd want a multi-year deal. The Twins don't have to make that kind of commitment to Rogers.
  19. LewFordLives
    Still too many AAAA types in camp and none of them has really stood out. Part of it is there just isn't enough at bats or innings to go around. Maybe they should cut a few of those guys loose and let the rest show us what they've got in these last couple weeks.
  20. LewFordLives
    I think the entire proposal is stupid. Why even have a regular season? If they are concerned about ratings then keep working on getting the length of the games down. Who the heck has time to spend 4 and a half hours on a weeknight watching a playoff game?
  21. LewFordLives
    I worry that Odorizzi could be the next Phil Hughes. Hughes found success when he started throwing that high cut fastball past hitters, similar to Odorizzi. When Hughes lost a couple mph on that fastball the party was over. I hope I'm wrong, but the bottom line is I would be wary about getting stuck in a big long term deal with Odorizzi.
  22. LewFordLives
    Am still trying to wrap my head around this one. Was not a fan of Brusdar for Maeda straight up. Maeda is about to turn 32, and I don't see that he is a big improvement over other options. The $10 million for the comp B pick is odd. Seems like an overpay by the Dodgers. Why would they do it when they know they could have done Brusda-Maeda straight up?
  23. LewFordLives
    I generally agree with the above posts this trade is more about the Dodgers and Red Sox than the Twins. With the Dodgers taking Price, Maeda is the odd man out (in a way he was odd man out even before this trade). The Sox don't want Maeda because with his incentives his salary could hit $10 million per year, which would defeat the purpose of what they're trying to achieve with this trade. They either need to include the Twins or find another taker for Maeda.
  24. LewFordLives
    If they wanted a starter why didn't they take Maeda? I agree the Twins shouldn't have to add anything more. Am not a fan of the trade to begin with. Would rather keep Brusdar and watch him shut the door on the 2020 World Series.
  25. LewFordLives
    Not a fan of this move. Maeda had the same WAR in 2019 as Homer Bailey. Those kinds of guys can be had every year relatively inexpensively through free agency. If you're going to trade one of your better pitching prospects, make it count.
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