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    To me, Garza sounds like a pretty close comp to Anibal Sanchez one year ago. Both have had a pretty consistent track record of posting ERAs under 4 with a solid but not spectacular strikeout rate. Sanchez got 5 years/$80M but he was 28. I would think the market price for Garza would be something like 4/64. I could see the Twins going 5/80 on him and not thing it's extravagent. BTW, after improving last year, that signing of Sanchez looks like genius.
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    Then they would need to give up their 3rd pick for one of those guys.
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    Well, I'd jump in feet first. Stephen Drew is 30 years old, plays excellent defense, has 15ish HR power, and gets on base at a pretty decent clip. He's a former top prospect that has had a very promising career arc short-circuited by a gruesome ankle injury that appears to be healed. And, of course, he plays at a position of tremendous need for the Twins. The biggest knock against him - he doesn't hit lefthanders. As for his cost - he costs a lot because he's good. The Twins have that money in their budget, and frankly, I can't think of a better way for this team to spend $12M. I really can't. As for the draft pick, it's a second round pick. The Twins last few second round picks are: Ryan Eades, Melotakis, Madison Boer, Niko Goodrum, Billy Bullock. I'll make that trade. I can see the argument that if they were going to give up a 2nd round pick, Jimenez or Santana are better, except: 1) The market is lot thinner for shortstops than for starting pitching. Alternatives existed for starting pitching and not as many exist for shortstop. 2) Especially now that two starting pitchers have been signed, shorstop is a bigger need. I've only had a little time to think about it, but off the top of my head, this would be my favorite move of the offseason. I just want to give a little more thought about what we do about left-handed pitching.
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    Per Matthew Cerrone of Metsblog, the Twins are one of three team in on top free agent SS Stephen Drew, who received a qualified offer: http://metsblog.com/metsblog/mets-still-looking-for-ss-in-play-for-stephen-drew/
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    Well, when you have money to burn, it's hard to be too critical. But this is just weird. I'm all about creating competition to keep people on their toes, but he seems awfully redundant.
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    You can view the page at http://twinsdaily.com/content.php/2529-Gleeman-and-the-Geek-Episode-123-Musical-Catchers-Event-Planing-and-Love
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    Aaron and John talk about missing out on A.J. Pierzynski and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Joe Nathan going to Detroit, a Twins Daily event during TwinsFest that you won't want to miss, Liam Hendriks being dropped from the roster, podcasting from Hammerheart Brewing next week, Justin Morneau going to Colorado, what to make of Robinson Cano's contract, saying "I love you" to Amber, mailbag questions from listeners, podcast reviews from beautiful women, eating giant ice cream cakes at a bar, and being the bad boy of Minnesota Twins baseball bloggers. You can listen by clicking below,download us from iTunes or find it atGleemanAndTheGeek.com. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
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    You can view the page at http://twinsdaily.com/content.php/2527-TwinsDaily-Meltdown-TwinsFest-AfterParty
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    Yeah, I've wondered about Espinosa before. I like the idea of sniffing around at him for sure. Any idea why he hasn't taken off? BTW, this sort of short post, where you ask a question and look for feedback, might generate a lot of discussion in the forum if you started it as a thread instead of a blog. Shoot me a message if you have trouble doing that.
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    Reynolds is an interesting player, and very useful in certain roles. But I agree with DocBauer - I don't see a fit. The Twins have too many benchy type guys right now. If he could play 3B a little better and was LHed, that would be one thing, but I don't see his role. Seems like a square peg in a round hole.
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    It's a very interesting idea. Ultimately, I think they Yankees will instead do what the Yankees do: spend money. They'll just go hard after Omar Infante, who they reportedly made an offer to earlier this month. But it is an interesting idea. It's also interesting that they have already gone out and signed so many backup options.
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    I think TwinsDaily will be attending today's Minnesota Twins press conference where they'll be introducing Ricky Nolasco. Anyone have any questions they would like to have answered? My guess is we'll only ask a couple, but if you have some ideas, I'd love to hear them.
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    Per Jon Heyman, AJ Pierzysnki is will sign a deal with the Red Sox, though he doesn't know the length of the deal. The Twins were reportedly courting Pierzynski, and the Red Sox had been trying to get catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia to return to them. Heyman notes that the Twins are still a possibility for Saltalamacchia:
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    I like Hughes a lot better at 3/24 than I like Kazmir at 2/22. I'ma little surprised there seems to be so much love out there for a guy who was a minor league signing just a year ago. It's one year. And, as I recall, he padded his stats pretty well against the Twins.
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    BTW, In case you're wondering, I changed the title of the thread to facilitate discussion.
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    In his first year of this deal, Correia was one of the better free agent pitchers signed, and one of the best free agent pitching bargains. No doubt. So he's 50% of the way there. It might be that to sign Correia, the Twins needed to give him a 2nd year. I have trouble believing that, but it might be true. So maybe this upcoming year will further prove the organization's trust in Correia, or it might be the cost of the first year. But so far, Ryan and the Twins were right and we were wrong. That doesn't excuse last year's fairly miserable performance in the free agent market (and the resulting struggles of the starting rotation) but he got this one right.
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    My best guess is that you're right with #1, though I'm not sure it will be AJ, and if it is AJ I think he'll cost a few million more than $5M. I also think it will be more than a 1-year deal - either 2-years or with reachable incentives for a 2nd year. The other two I would doubt, though I wouldn't be shocked if they pick up some bench position. But they're already kind of jammed on the bench and in the starting rotation as is.
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    Aj had 76 strikeouts last versus just 11 walks. Holy cow. That scares the hell out of me. No way I can give him a multi-year deal. One-year with and option he can earn is the best I can do.
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    So who is safe? The farm guys just added are, right? So they can't drop Darnell and Ibarra, I presume. I got to think that the obvious choices are someone from the pitching staff. One of the two (and I assume there will be two) has to be a pitcher. Kris Johnson and Andrew Albers would be at the top of my list. AS for position players, I guess the way to do it is to start listing the rough 25-man roster.... C - TBD 1B - Mauer 2B - Dozier SS - Florimon/Escoabar 3B - Plouffe LF - Willingham CF - Presley RF - Arcia? DH - Doumit? MI - Florimon/Escobar CI - 4th OF - Mastroianni Catcher/Other - Well, I see Colabello, Parmelee, Pinto and Herrmann competing for 2 spots, depending on if Doumit can catch. Hmm, that doesn't leave an obvious guy out of luck from the position players. it makes a lot more sense to me to cut a couple of the pitcher that are all competing for one spot. Have we offered arbitration to Duensing?
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    You can view the page at http://twinsdaily.com/content.php/2513-Gleeman-and-the-Geek-Episode-122-Ricky-Nolasco-and-Phil-Hughes
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    Aaron and John talk about the Twins signing Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes for a combined $73 million, a possible A.J. Pierzynski reunion, what the rotation might look like in 2016, how to have a successful first date, rooting against Mike Pelfrey's return, recapping Thanksgiving, secondary stats versus ERA, ranking the best brunch options, mailbag questions from listeners, wearing cardigan sweaters, and crying at Stella's. You can listen by clicking below, download us from iTunes or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
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    For those looking for a more critical take on the deal, Keith Law is providing it - if you have an ESPN subscription. Here it is. He raises some interesting points, specifically about Hughes' pitching mix and how he is hit hard by tight-handed hitters. http://t.co/xy1bjmy9AJ
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