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  1. Danchat
    Yeah... this has been a very disappointing offseason. I do wonder if they'll sign a 1B/3B because that looks like an obvious need at the moment. There's not much outside of Donaldson for 3B, but at 1B, you could pick up Mitch Moreland (.835 OPS in 2019)... and I couldn't find any other appealing options. *sighs*
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    $27.5M per year for 4 years for a 34 year old guy is a lot of money... I don’t see the FO offering that much.
  3. Danchat
    Jason Castro to the Angels on a 1 year, about $7M deal. Will Harris to Nationals, 3 years, $24M. I thought Castro would get more on a multi-year deal... Harris seems about right.
  4. Danchat
    I don't think anyone in the fanbase wants to hear "we tried" anymore. I also find it to be ridiculous that the Twins would leak this information just to "appease" the fans, even though it certainly won't do that. I think the FO is afraid to give pitchers multi-year deals, but they are open to giving bigger deals to hitters.
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    He just doesn't have the stuff to get MLB hitters out, his fastball barely touched 90 and his breaking balls don't generate enough swings and misses. Add injuries to that, and he's a non-prospect at this point. His minor numbers were always good, but there have been tons of guys who have crushed the minors but don't have what it takes to challenge MLB players, and I think he's one of them. It's a shame, especially since he was Twins Daily's #1 prospect at one point.
  6. Danchat
    Um, that's pretty bad, since there's only 15 teams in the NL...
  7. Danchat
    Yuck. The FO has played right into the hands of the doubters. They’ve had chance after chance to make impact moves, yet time and again they’re settled for cheap 1 year deals. I can’t defend this barring some moves within the next two months... but I just can’t see that happening now.
  8. Danchat
    I would definitely start him at AAA. He still needs time to work on his arsenal, and upon calling him up, I think it would be smart to make him a primary pitcher, since he likely won't be able to go very deep into games. It would be a big mistake to rush Graterol just because there aren't any other options.
  9. Danchat
    Kole Calhoun is getting a 2 year, $14M deal with the D-Backs.
  10. Danchat
    Whoa, I missed that. But I would still like to dig up the other threads about the 2018-2020 lineups, I know we had a lot of other ones. Get this dude an award! Dude saw Arraez at 2B back in 2016.
  11. Danchat
    I would like to go back to the 2015-2017 articles and see what they thought the 2020 lineups would be, and have a good laugh seeing what panned out and what didn't. Unfortunately, searching past topics in this forum is rather difficult.
  12. Danchat
    Well, speaking of Hill, this just came out: Yeah, I'll pass, he's not even going to be healthy to start the year...
  13. Danchat
    I think an extension for Odorizzi is certainly on the table. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few more extensions similarly timed to the Kepler/Polanco ones in February last year. If they're not going to spend their money on FAs, might as well spend it on locking up guys like Berrios & Odorizzi.
  14. Danchat
    Not a lot of options left now... they absolutely need to pull off a trade. Maybe get Archer from the Pirates, or try to pry Jon Gray away from the Rockies. As for free agents... um... you hope Alex Wood rebounds, or perhaps you sign Rich Hill since his numbers have been really good when he's been healthy...
  15. Danchat
    It's pretty clear at this point that the Twins are only going to go get FA pitching if it's going to fit in their predetermined $$ per value for each player. I wonder if this is just a pitching thing... they've been willing to dip in for several hitters over the past few years, and I'm surprised they've offered Donaldson a 4 year deal. Here's hoping they're willing to pull off a trade or two. I don't see what they're going to do with all our OF prospects, so why not trade from the surplus? Maybe we're going the Cleveland way of doing things, we'll just Clevinger/Plesac/Civale our way out of this predicament.
  16. Danchat
    Huh, so they'll be playing together again as the likely 1B-2B combo for Detroit. Not a bad pair of signings for them, and Cron could especially be a good deal if his thumb recovers. That's a solid way to spend $12M.
  17. Danchat
    Yeah... over on Purple Pain, there's a lot of people calling for Spielman's head for making such a "terrible" signing. I've actually seen people wishing the Vikings FO was not so aggressive and would make cheap signings instead of spending "everything" on Cousins. We've seen it with the Mauer deal too, Minnesota fans will turn on players who are making the big bucks.
  18. Danchat
    That 5.87 ERA was accumulated mostly as a starter, which I don't think he is going forward. I'm willing to bet if he pitches 1 to 2 inning outings, he'll drastically improve.
  19. Danchat
    Clippard had a .855 WHIP, 4.27 K/BB ratio in Cleveland... sign me up! I thought he was a lefty at first, but no, he's another righty. Having a bullpen of Rogers, Romo, Duffey, Clippard, May, Littell, Stashak and others is a strong group to start the year, especially compared to last year. Now let's see if we can land Ryu or Donaldson... or maybe both?
  20. Danchat
    According to Ken Rosenthal, the Twins are willing to go 4 years for Donaldson while the Braves and Dodgers are not...
  21. Danchat
    If they could get Maybin to do what he did for the Yankees last year, heck, I'd take that. He'd make a great backup to Buxton so that Kepler wouldn't have to shift to CF, and you also wouldn't have to worry about Cave's defensive bloopers.
  22. Danchat
    I highly, highly doubt this happens, but for the sake of this scenario: MLB Berrios Odorizzi Dobnak Thorpe Smeltzer AAA Graterol Poppen Jax Charlie Barnes Alcala (he really should be in bullpen) I fully expect the Twins to add another MLB starter, and we'll likely see a few minor league signings to fill the AAA pitching staff as well.
  23. Danchat
    I wonder if Thorpe might take a step forward in 2020. I'm unsure whether Smeltzer and Dobnak have the stuff to make it in the big leagues, and Thorpe has the best stuff out of the three of them. At this point, I'm holding out hope he can become a solid #4 starter. I certainly wouldn't lock him into that role at the beginning of the year, but I'd like to see if he sticks by the end of the year.
  24. Danchat
    Nice move, though I would like another lefty added to the bullpen. Still a lot of work left to do, but getting Pineda and Romo back is good news to me.
  25. Danchat
    I'm a bit torn on this one, since 5/$85M is something I would pull the trigger on. $100M+ would be too much for me, so I'm surprised he didn't end up getting more than that. On one hand, I find it reasonable that Wheeler & Bumgarner wanted to stay in the NL and play for their [reportedly] preferred teams. The White Sox have been linked to everyone too, and outside of landing Grandal, they have had trouble inking guys, despite offering Wheeler more. On the other hand, I'm pretty frustrated that they haven't been able to increase their offers. If we're going to take a Tampa/Oakland/Cleveland-type approach of focusing on prospects and trades over free agency, I don't see why they're bothering to contact these guys in the first place. And I would prefer to see some trades happening too. As one who is usually on the defensive side for Falvey/Levine, I'm disappointed so far.
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