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  1. Danchat
    It's kind of hard to place where Pressly and Duffey are in the bullpen. Pressly had a disappointing season but had stretches of total dominance, and I think he deserves another shot. Duffey was even worse and many of those appearances were in low leverage situations. Right now, I see the bullpen as: Rodney Hildenberger Rogers Duke Pressly Busenitz Hughes/Enns/Duffey/Moya/Anyone but Kinley [potential 8th reliever] If Hughes is healthy, he gets a roster spot solely because of his salary. I kinda see Duffey as the odd man out, as he's been a poor pitcher these past two seasons. Kinley has no business being in the majors in 2018. I can see Moya or Curtiss being the first call-ups. As a random side note, I'd really like to see the Twins re-sign Dillon Gee and utilize him as a long reliever again. He did a fantastic job in that role and he could be a spot starter too. Much better than keeping Hughes around.
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    Hopefully Busenitz and Hildenberger can continue their good rookie seasons and parlay that into even better sophomore seasons, and later on Curtiss and Moya can find their way up and stay up. With other guys like Jay, Reed, and Chargois possibly pushing for the majors, the bullpen could be filled with some young guns.
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    They had better not sell low on Sano, as he's got superstar potential. If the Twins can get some great pitching for Sano, then I'd definitely consider it... but I'd rather wait another season and see what happens with Sano health-wise and see how he hits.
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    Darren Wolfson is reporting it'll be between $1.5M - $2M. He'll likely be taking Buddy Boshers' roster spot. I want to like the Levine/Falvey combo, but it's been a bit underwhelming thus far. I'll give them some credit - they're at least trying to sign the best FA starter, which is not something you could say for TR or Bill Smith. Just kinda wish they could have gotten somebody like Steve Cishek (2 years $12M) in over Duke and Rodney.
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    I really hope this is a minor league signing as Duke really isn't worth much. Sure, he should improve after recovering from his injuries, but he's 35 and had a 5.29 FIP last season. It's a fine minor league signing but they shouldn't lock him into a roster spot.
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    The Indians have replaced Carlos Santana with Yonder Alonso with a 2 year $16M deal. If Alonso can repeat his 2017 season (28 HRs .866 OPS), this'll be a bargain. The four previous seasons in San Diego he hit a total of 27 HRs and .724 OPS. I wonder if getting out of Petco Park helped, I know that place is notorious for not allowing HRs.
  7. Danchat
    This is what I'm thinking will happen - they're going to trade an insignificant player away to keep Kinley in the minors. Keeping Kinley on the 25 man roster makes no sense and he's not close to ready to face MLB hitters.
  8. Danchat

    Kemp

    Danchat replied to Brandon's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    He's owed $21.5M, so no. I guess he could be an option after being cut.
  9. Danchat
    There's still plenty of FAs and plenty of time left... the Winter Meetings were just the first round of fireworks in terms of transactions, and the second round will happen pretty soon, I reckon. I've seen many fans of other various teams complain that their GM hasn't done enough yet, so I think it's safe to calm down and wait for these top 50 guys to start getting signed.
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    Carlos Santana just signed a 3 year $60M deal to play with the Phillies.
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    Agreed, I've just gotten tired of waiting for Burdi and it seems like his career is going to be plagued by injuries. He's kinda going the route of Alex Meyer - has great stuff, can strike people out at a high clip, but can't get healthy. The front office gave up on both though they did acquire something for Meyer. I don't like the shift from Burdi and Kinley, though. Kinley will be 27 and struggled against AA batters.
  12. Danchat
    Yeah.... this is an OK signing. I wouldn't want Rodney to close games as his walk rate is infuriating and he has a tendency to blow saves frequently. His FIP (3.03) and WHIP (1.19) were very good last year, and he still got Ks (10.6 per 9) even at age 40. He just seems to have wild streaks of incredible dominance (San Diego 2016 - 0.31 ERA & 0.87 WHIP) and incredible ineptitude (Miami 2016: 5.89 ERA, 1.8 WHIP, 6.1 BB/9). I'm fine with giving him $4.5M for one season, but I'd like one more reliever. I think they're going to do it - I'm not going to fall into this "Falvey and Levine are Terry Ryan 2.0!" mentality. Sure, the offseason hasn't been full of splashy moves thus far for the Twins, but this isn't going to be the final signing.
  13. Danchat
    Hmmm... an interesting move. Kinley's going to be 27 and he's gone from AAA in 2016 to AA and down to A+ in 2017. Sure, he gets strikeouts like nobody's business, but he looks like a career minor leaguer with no success above A+. He's an older, healthier, and less effective version of Nick Burdi. He has no business being on the Twins major league roster, wasting a spot in the bullpen for far more effective pitchers. It'd be fine with the move if it involves acquiring his full rights and trading somebody insignificant to the Marlins and stashing him in the minors. So far, can't say I'm a fan of the new regime's rule V picks. Most of the time these picks never amount to anything, so it really doesn't matter very much.
  14. Danchat
    I like this move. It's all contingent on Pineda recovering, but if he does, he brings some badly needed strikeout ability in the rotation and, as mentioned earlier, getting out of Yankee Stadium should do his HR/9 wonders. There's still plenty to be done for 2018, of course. I've heard the Twins are targeting Steve Cishek, and that'd be a great signing if it happened.
  15. Danchat
    Here's hoping they add a reliever who's at least better than Fernando Rodney. I'll pass on him, we've had enough with older relievers with volatile performances. Most of the other names would suffice, though I think they should focus on finding a guy for the 9th inning.
  16. Danchat
    Wow, just wow. Did not see this coming. I really thought San Fran or St Louis was going to get him, and then the Yankees jump in. Let’s hope they’re giving up some good prospects. Stanton hitting in Yankee stadium is a scary thought... he could approach 60 HRs again.
  17. Danchat
    If I understand this all right, the Twins saved $3M from deciding not to sign Marte due to vision issues, and they were able to acquire C David Banuelos, OF Jacob Pearson, and INF Yunior Severino while using that $3M plus $1.5M from next year's international cap. Sounds like a good job to me!
  18. Danchat
    Tigers will be signing Mike Fiers to a one year $6M. Not going to complain about this one as a Twins fan.
  19. Danchat
    $13M a year is a bit much for a guy who just finished a 4.94 FIP season with 4.7 BB/9. Getting out of Colorado should help but I still think they're overpaying.
  20. Danchat
    Let's worry about the Mauer situation once the 2018 season is over. He's not going to run off elsewhere in FA for big bucks. I think Rooker will be the future 1B and we'll see where his progress is at by that point. He's still a below-average offensive 1B and he could decline further in the future, so that's why I'd rather play the situation on a year-by-year deal instead of giving him a 4 year extension.
  21. Danchat
    Wow, nice moves to get something out of this Ohtani situation. Seems like a foolish move for the Angels, at least for the moment.
  22. Danchat
    Speaking of that international $$$:
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    Whoops, I had forgotten about how the Twins had tendered all their RFAs, so Gibson's under contract. I don't imagine they'd get much in a trade but it could be worthwhile. I wanted to believe this guy could be a #3 pitcher, but his performances are just so frustrating, fluctuating between a legit starter and pumpkin over the 2017 season.
  24. Danchat
    Enns looks like a bullpen arm to me. The rest of the logjam will fade when injuries hit, not worried about that. I expect the Twins to add one starter, but I’d really like to see 2 and have Gibson non tendered.
  25. Danchat
    The first surgery partially removed one of his ribs, and the second surgery removed the rest of that same rib.
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