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  1. Otwins
    Who is your prediction for the late bloomer this year?
  2. Otwins
    I don't think the Twins lose their competetive balance pick. I think those are protected. It should be their third round pick. Nice to get the Competetive balance pick to balance out the one that is lost.
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    They said they were going after "impact pitching" . They did not say positive or negative impact
  4. Otwins
    Sano Available - 10 Commitment -8 Prospect Cost-10 Offensive Impact -7 Defensive Impact - 2 Total -37 Almost same score as Donaldson
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    My feeling is the $110 million request by JD is much higher than anyone has offered. Washington usually defers money to their free agents so it is hard to say what exactly their offer is. Twins do not want to keep bidding because they have not asked for final bids. So everyone sits and waits. Time to watch basketball, football or paint dry.
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    I like this idea better than moving Kepler there as some have suggested. Kepler is too valuable as a defender in the outfield. Rosario played second base for awhile in the minors so he has played some infield.
  7. Otwins
    I think we will only compete for championships if we can develop our own starting pitching like Cleveland does. Signing one free agent starter would not have made the Twins a world series winner. I think you are correct we need to start playing the rookies.
  8. Otwins
    We now have eight starters. Or at least parts of eight starters. This is a minimum requirement. The Twins are still in a good position to trade but not desperate. They can absorb a contract and still have plenty of prospects to trade if they find a deal to their liking. I think this is OK and the Twins are better positioned today than yesterday. But all I can think of is that commercial about when is just OK not good enough. The one where the patient asks the nurse about the doctor and she says he's OK.
  9. Otwins
    So is he
  10. Otwins
    I rate it a 7 so far. They only thing keeping it down is a starting pitching acquisition. Bullpen and 2nd catcher acquisitions are excellent. Upgrading from what Gibson and Perez provided last year should be easy to do since we still have our prospects and 20-30 million to spend. If we can't land Donaldson (which I doubt) we can still replace Cron with a Mitch Moreland or Todd Frazier signing. That would leave plenty of money to take on salary in a trade for pitching. Have to get creative
  11. Otwins
    Polanco has value with his extension. Why not trade him in a Story/Gray trade. Story would give Lewis two years to be ready. Story and Gray would give us a chance to contend the next two years. There would have to be more attached to Polanco to even up the trade but I think the Rockies would love to have that contract and a shortsop if they trade Story.
  12. Otwins
    They are having the off season that we were hoping for
  13. Otwins
    I agree with most of this. I think Celestino will be in CF. Garver DH. No Sano or Buxton. Roveldt - C Thanks for the article
  14. Otwins
    Deepest bullpen I can ever remember the Twins having. When you look at the acquisition costs either $'s or in trades it makes it more impressive. Very well done by the front office. I am pretty sure Wade Davis makes as much as our bullpen. If you add in one of the overpaid set-up guys I am sure it is more.
  15. Otwins
    I am beginning to feel the same way about Arizona. They added Bumgarner they may just keep Ray and try to make the playoffs.
  16. Otwins

    A Winning Strategy

    Otwins commented on mike8791's blog entry in mike8791's Blog

    I like the idea of still acquiring two starters as I think that would help the bullpen also. Thorpe or Smeltzer could be helpful from the bullpen.
  17. Otwins
    All depends on the prospect cost but definitely worth checking into. I always felt Archer was a bit overrated but now he is at a low point and we need two more starters.
  18. Otwins
    The 2020 expected arrival dates were nice to see on Duran and Colina. Thanks for posting the link
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    Rule V mania

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

    The only teams that the rule 5 seems to make sense for are the teams that are tanking. If your trying to win it is what Dman said.
  20. Otwins
    I wonder what the average wRC+ is for a back up catcher? I have no idea but I am going to guess 76 is not that far off. He HAS to start swinging at strikes. Hopefully he can adjust because watching baseball is more fun when he is playing.
  21. Otwins
    As far as RYU goes the Twins just have to decide if that is who they really want. Being logical is not going to land free agents. Does 9 years make sense for Cole? Yet it is just what the Yankees needed. If Ryu is our ace we are going to have to over pay either in years or $'s. The Twins need an ace
  22. Otwins
    The only player that is off the board that I was hoping for is Wheeler. We were not getting Cole, Strasberg, Rendon so the fact that they signed means little to me. We are not getting Donaldson. I think the Twins will try and sign one of Bumgartner, Ryu or Keuchel and if they fail they try and trade. They are still in position to have a good off season. I am not going to the bridge yet. It is only December and ONE guy signed that we wanted and he received $20 million more than anyone projected, The White Sox outbid the Phillies and did not get him. At that point I think they did the right thing to pass. We are not one player away like the Yankees.
  23. Otwins
    I like Urena the best of Miami starters but that would not be worth Rosario so not sure how to match up on this trade.
  24. Otwins
    It almost feels like a free roll. They should try one for sure.
  25. Otwins
    I agree with PDX Twin. Overpaying to win this year will only cost us opportunity down the road. The window is open but with our minor league system being so strong it is not this year or bust. The window is open for a long time. We were not one pitcher away from beating the Yankees last year. Both our hitters and our pitchers were overmatched. We will only be able to win play off series when we can develop our own pitching. When that is in place and it looks like it could be in the next couple years. That is when it will be time to overpay for that last piece like the Cubs did. Not this year.
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