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  1. Danchat
    Yeah, I'd say he's a lock. Gonzalez is the team's best backup LF/RF with Cave's outfield blunders holding him back, and he played a really good 3B in Sano's absence. He's also got a bunch of experience of being a quality defender at 1B, unlike Adrianza. Our fielding is not going to be a strong suit in 2020, but Marwin should be able to bump that up a little bit even if he only hits around .730 OPS again. Oh, and now that the roster has expanded to 26 players, there's more room for him. He's owed $9M this year, so while he won't provide the best value per dollar, he won't be a total rip-off.
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    We're talking about minor league deals here - they're underwhelming deals 98% of the time.
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    What the heck does "number 3 starter" mean? Chacin is a guy I hope will stay at AAA - he is a junkballer who had very good 2017 and 2018 seasons in San Diego and Milwaukee, but I wouldn't consider him MLB-caliber at this point. MLBTradeRumors reports that he will make $1.6M if he makes the team, and has $1.5M more that he can make via incentives. But it's still just a minor league deal.
  4. Danchat
    Wow, did not think Harper would command any return after it sure looked like teams figured out his slow curveball.
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    Machado isn't bad, it's just really disappointing when you ink a guy to a $300M deal and he can't even post a .800 OPS in year 1 when the league is going nuts with the juiced ball. The threesome of Machado, Myers, and Hosmer are under contract for $75M total in 2020, which simply a blatant waste of money.
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    Balazovic hasn't thrown an inning above A+ yet, they're not going to start his clock too early. I would fully expect a name here to get added to the AAA rotation in case they're needed.
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    After missing out on Donaldson, the Braves ink CF Marcell Ozuna for a 1 year, $18M deal. Seems like a bit much for a guy who hasn't topped .800 OPS since 2017, but it's that 2017 season of his (.924 OPS, 37 HRs) that they'll be hoping to get.
  8. Danchat
    I love the DH, but there's a lot of people on the NL side who see pitchers hitting as tradition and are firmed ingrained in this belief, so I don't think it'll be changing anytime soon.
  9. Danchat
    Yeah, it's happening. Have you checked out MLBT's latest article on Donaldson? https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/twins-targeted-wheeler-bumgarner-ryu-before-winning-donaldson-sweepstakes.html The reasons you list likely have nothing to do with it, those are just reasons we fans come up with. Money talks, and the Twins appeared to have offered the biggest deal, so we got him.
  10. Danchat
    Well... he was only blocked by Schoop, who was on a cheap one year deal, so I'm not sure how "blocked" that really is.
  11. Danchat
    Well, no, but the team usually doesn't announce a move until several days after it is made. MLB Trade Rumors has cited these sources: I imagine Donaldson's camp would have refuted these reports if they were not true.
  12. Danchat
    Even if they do lose him, it won’t mean much. Losing those 3 didn’t harm us in the slightest last year.
  13. Danchat
    I don’t see much reason for Harper to be on the 40 man roster, as I would guess they wouldn’t lose him if DFA’d. I wouldn’t want to DFA anyone else outside of Wisler...
  14. Danchat
    I would be open to giving an extension to a prospect who appears to be of the safer variety; a guy who has dominated every level he's played at. On this list, I'd argue only Larnach has been able to do that. Not sure if our FO would be open to this, but I don't think these types of deals are all that important.
  15. Danchat
    Well, well, it looks like we're going to be quite the offensive team again! It seems my theory about the FO being cautious to spend money on starting pitching but was more open to signing hitters is coming true. As it's already been mentioned, this is the 2nd most guaranteed money for a player who is at least 34 years old and the Twins' largest FA signing ever, so it's a bold move, but for the present time, I think he'll be worth it. Most of the risk for the present time will come with the potential for injury (only 496 PAs in 2017 and 219 in 2018). Good move, this certainly salvages the offseason, though they really needed to bring in somebody to challenge Berrios as a true ace. By my calculations this puts the cap at about $137M... right in the $135-$140M range I predicted earlier this offseason. Groovy!
  16. Danchat
    Rangers sign 3B Todd Frazier to a 1 year, $5M deal. Dodgers get SP Alex Wood to a 1 year, $4M. I would have liked getting Wood on that deal rather than Hill...
  17. Danchat
    Spielman & Zimmer aren't going anywhere. They are under contract for only one more year, so they will likely require an extension... I think 2020 will be a nice final test for the two of them. There won't be a lot of cap room and most of their players will still be under contract. A lot of the money and players will be gone in 2021, so it would make sense to make 2020 a "last hurrah" and reboot things in 2021 if necessary. For the current offseason, I would address the trenches. The O-line and D-line need to improve if we want to win more in the playoffs.
  18. Danchat
    The advantage is that instead of Sano hitting FA in 2022, you get to keep him for something around $12M, which is quite a bargain IMO. Then you get another year of him in 2023 for $14M or you pay him a $3M. Plus you could trade him in 2021-22 and get something nice for him since he's on a team friendly deal. (yeah, I know there's a discussion about not trading the guy, but you could certainly trade him near the end of the deal.)
  19. Danchat
    Alright, that's more like it, only one player going to arbitration court. I can't imagine this could get drawn out very long over just a $375K difference... right?
  20. Danchat

    We blew that

    Danchat commented on mikelink45's blog entry in mikelink45's Blog

    Arcia was a bust, and many prospects simply flame out. I don't think the Twins did something wrong. Many have pointed out Romero's move to the bullpen as the cause of his lost season, but I firmly believe he would have pitched about the same as a starter. Heck, pitching as a starter in the majors is incredibly difficult, and Romero simply didn't have it this season. They'll need to see if they can fix him in 2020, as it's his last option year.
  21. Danchat
    Hmmmm... this contract seems quite team-friendly. It's hard to say what Sano would have made hitting free agency in 2022, but I imagine he'd get $20M+ a year on a big deal, so I really like this move for the Twins. The Kepler and Polanco extensions were home runs, so let's see if Sano can make this deal look cheap with another strong season.
  22. Danchat
    Looks like the Twins will be going to the arb judges for most of these players... hopefully nothing gets too messy.
  23. Danchat
    Gonsalves' been injured and simply didn't look like he had MLB stuff. We've seen the FO give up on some Terry Ryan prospects pretty quickly if they don't believe in them, and I think Stephen is a prime example of this. Chargois' DFA was always bizarre, but he's pitching over in the east now, so it's not like he ever developed as a prospect. Unlike Gonsalves, he had the stuff, but just didn't have the ability to throw it where he wanted to.
  24. Danchat
    It’s probably good we didn’t trade Kepler last offseason! Some of us were even discussing having Cave start over him... what a difference a year can make!
  25. Danchat
    More signings: Nationals ink Eric Thames for 1 year $4M, Daniel Hudson for 2 years, $11M. Orioles sign SS Jose Iglesias for 1 year, $3M.
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