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  1. mnfireman
    I thought that this forum wasn't for political views......
  2. mnfireman
    If rosters will be set at 26 then signing Cruz makes sense with the players you have listed here. There is no flexibility, no super utility guy. Need to sign somebody like Kiki or Marwin, unless a big trade is made for a SS then Polanco or Arraez becomes utility guy. I would go Wade or Rooker over Cave because both can also play 1B, especially if signing Cruz becomes a priority. I suppose Kirilloff could start in LF and fill in at 1B, but then the 4th OF gets more playing time. Clippard and Bradley would look really good to fill out the BP. Or are Thorpe and Smeltzer going to relied on? The rotation is a little tougher because nobody knows how Dobnak rebounds, or if he is a starter or reliever. Try to sign Odorizzi and bring some reclamation projects into ST and hope something works out. I've said it before, I am glad this is not my job and I a have a lot of faith in Falvey, Levine and the coaching staff.
  3. mnfireman
    Odorizzi's 2nd half wasn't as bad as you might think. Take out the 4 IP, 9 ER clunker against the Yankees and he was 5-2 with a 2.98 ERA. He was actually very good in Aug/Sep, posting a 3.04 ERA with 65 K's in 50.1 innings. That being said, I don't know if he worth $13+ MM a season at this stage of his career.
  4. mnfireman
    LeMahieu has already turned down 4yrs/$75-80 MM from the Yankees and reportedly wants 5/$100 MM, so I don't think 4/$68 MM will get it done....
  5. mnfireman
    San Diego's projected payroll for 2021 sits at $153.5 M, let's all go to the Google Payroll that was on here and build to that number. Bet a pretty good team is theoretically built, just gotta them to actually sign here.
  6. mnfireman
    I could get behind a Semien signing if Rowson was still here, otherwise Didi or Simmons if going FA. Would prefer even one year of Story over any of those three. Otherwise make a run for Kiki and keep the status quo. Bradley and Clippard to fill out the BP, maybe one more if Cruz decides to sign elsewhere. If no Cruz, Brantley would look good at DH and can spot start in the OF. If Odorizzi suddenly gets too expensive, I think Kluber, Bailey and Hill could make 25-30 starts between them and cost about the same without the long term commitment. I have faith in the braintrust, they've done alright so far.
  7. mnfireman
    Odorizzi fills the 3 or 4 spot well, as long as he doesn't want 1 or 2 money I'm good.
  8. mnfireman
    Imagine if you will, a season so turned that Nick Punto may be the teams MVP despite being 10% below league average AND his teammate won the league MVP....
  9. mnfireman
    Let's just go with NO going forward. Archer has never put up numbers that have matched the hype, SABRmetrics, peripherals, potential, etc... that everybody thinks he should. Call me old school, out-dated or whatever, performance matters to me and he has not performed. Do not go after him. Period.
  10. mnfireman
    The Cleveland Baseball Team.....
  11. mnfireman
    Maybe Lynn will come here with a better attitude this time, but his time here sucked. He signed late (for a ton of $$$), came in out of shape and stunk the place up. I liked him and thought it was a good signing, but his time here was not good.
  12. mnfireman
    Not a fan of Semien, his 2019 season is an outlier to the rest of his career, and there were questions concerning "juiced" baseballs that season, so a hard "NO" from me. Paxton or Odorizzi, not both. I would actually like Bailey and Hill in those two spots. I am OK with re-signing Cruz and Clippard, both have value and a proven track record. I also think Soria would be a good signing as long as there is no bidding war, set a price and stick with it. I don't think payroll is going to go up or they would not have DFA'd Rosario. I think they would have signed him and looked for a trade partner at the deadline.
  13. mnfireman
    No room in NY for Rosario....
  14. mnfireman
    Wouldn't it suck if Rosario went to Boston and killed it for 6-8 years.....
  15. mnfireman
    Wouldn't it suck if Rosario went to Boston and killed it for 6-8 years.....
  16. mnfireman
    I thought the point of non-tendering Rosario and not re-signing Cruz was to bring up Kirilloff, Larnach and Rooker, not sign some other teams throw-aways??
  17. mnfireman
    And if the team doesn't take home the trophy the farm system is depleted and another rebuild starts because of lost revenue/high salaries needing to be recouped.
  18. mnfireman
    Through the years we have heard reports that "Minnesota was also in on (fill in the blank)", but ultimately the player was traded or signed elsewhere (usually a larger market team) for less than Minnesota offered. I understand that teams can ask for better prospects (the Twins have had a good farm system for awhile now), and players can opt to sign to be near their home or bigger markets for endorsements and TV exposure, it is a "free market" after all. The Twins need to continue to be active on the free agent and trade markets, while continuing to try to find reclamation projects and developing in house options. I think with a better approach some of the prospects could be developed a little quicker to see what they have in terms of major league ability. Teams like the Cardinals and Cubs have promoted pitchers as relievers in low leverage situations and moved them into higher leverage situations and then into the rotation with a good level of success.
  19. mnfireman
    Buxton is an interesting case study. When healthy he is an All-Star/Gold Glove/MVP caliber player, but he has only played about half of the games he should have at this point in his career. Reminds me of Eric Davis' career at this point, great when on the field but too many injuries keeping him out of line-up. I am hard pressed to find a reason to offer him an extension at this point (and I really like Buxton). Maybe re-visit at this point next year if he proves healthy and productive, but that may inspire him to not sign and test the FA market in 2023, which is lacking in CF options. Tough call and glad I don't have to make it,
  20. mnfireman
    I am not an Odorizzi fan but one of the MLB Network analysts, O'Dowd I believe, said he would sign him based on velo, age, and no arm/shoulder injuries. I guess I say give him an offer and see what he says.
  21. mnfireman
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  22. mnfireman
    So based on everyone wanting Rosario gone and the youngsters up, here's your line-up for 2021: C - Garver/Jeffers timeshare - play whoever has the hot hand 1B - Rooker 2B - Arraez 3B - Donaldson SS - Polanco - placeholder for another year LF - Kirilloff CF - Buxton RF - Kepler DH - Sano - I'd prefer to trade him and re-sign Cruz, time to get him off the field Bench - Cave, Wade, Adrianza (not my choice, but a lot of posters want to re-sign him)
  23. mnfireman
    Maybe that same analytics team should have told TK not to PH for him in ahead 2-1 in the 6th in Game 4 then....
  24. mnfireman
    Analytics would have had Morris coming out of Game 7 in the 5th inning.......
  25. mnfireman
    So you could conceivably move the "starting" DH to a fielding position once the starting pitcher is out of the game, since the current penalty for using the DH in the field is that the pitcher has to bat or be pinch hit for. Nope, still don't like the thought of this rule happening.
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