darin617

None, we will lose the entire season due to the lockout.

I agree, but Gomez was clearly the best option and they still didn't make him the closer and it cost them some games.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about Ricardo Olivar. Another C/OF who is out for the season.

He has a future in St Paul for sure, Minneapolis might be another thing. He needs to work on a few things and drop at least 2 pitches.

Exactly, if he going to working out of the bullpen they should cut him back to 3-4 pitches at least. Just because he has 6 pitches odds are only 2 grade out to be good.

You trade Ryan because I don't think he wants to stay here. They already screwed up on getting something for Jeffers.

Jeffers should have been traded at the deadline 100%. If there are winter meetings I would be actively shopping Ryan.

They can be met, but that would probably mean they lose a significant portion of the season if not an entire season. It will be hardball for sure to see which side buckles first.

It would be just like passing a law, it would go into effect immediately. Teams would have to cut payroll to get under the ceiling and teams under would have to add. Yes, NFL teams had to meet the Salary cap limits immediately when the system went into effect for the 1994 NFL season. [1, 2] Compliance and Rules Immediate Enforcement: When the first league year under the cap started in March 1994, every franchise had to trim their payrolls to get under the hard spending limit (initially set around $34.6 million). [1, 2] Roster Adjustments: Teams immediately had to restructure veteran contracts, trade high-priced players, or outright release star players to comply with the new ceiling before the deadline. [1, 2] The Consequences: There was no multi-year grace period or phase-in allowance; failing to meet the cap limit right away resulted in severe league fines and penalties. [1] Yes, NHL teams had to meet the NHL salary cap immediately when it was introduced for the 2005–06 season. [1, 2] How It Worked Right Away Hard Cap and Floor: The system was a hard ceiling ($39 million) and a lower floor ($21.5 million) from day one. [1, 2] Immediate Compliance: Teams over the limit could not phase in compliance over multiple years. High-spending teams like the New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings, and Philadelphia Flyers had to slash payrolls immediately before the season began. [1] Rollbacks: The new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) included a mandatory 24% league-wide salary rollback on existing player contracts to help teams get under the newly established cap limit. [1, 2]

That wouldn't be how it would go. Teams would have to spend the money to reach the floor. Sadly, in the first year at least there will be some very ugly deals just so a team can meet the floor.

Second base is the real infield wildcard they still have. I would expect to see Kulpepper move there after Marek Houston is ready. I honestly don't have any problem just leaving Kody Clemens there.

With the potential lockout this winter it could actually be a benefit for the Twins and their fans with a salary cap floor and ceiling. The first benefit for the fans would be the Twins would have to increase payroll significantly to reach the floor. That's just going off the proposed 245m ceiling and 170m floor. It would also speed up a potential sale since the Pohlad family may not want to keep it with the increased payroll. For the Twins the only player's that may be hurt by the cap are the prospects since the Twins will be forced to increase the payroll by nearly 50m. So it might hurt them from being promoted. I would not mind trading some young players or prospects for a big contract to help get a large market team under the ceiling of the cap. As long as it's not an overpriced contract.

It was well deserved but I wish they could have waited until Sunday. I have tickets for Friday and Saturday.

I would have loved to see these "trades" to see if they were insane as his roster decisions.

I may be wrong but with September isn't it basically a taxi squad where they can have Jenkins on Monday and then Rodriguez on Tuesday and back to Jenkins? So technically they can cycle through the guys without having to wait.