Vanimal46

They used to have college night, where you showed your student ID and got upper level seating for $5. If you showed up early enough, they would upgrade you to lower level seats. This was a good 4-5 years ago though.

Well, we're here. The off-season. First things first, adding people to the 40-man: OF Zach Granite, C Mitch Garver, P Fernando Romero, P Felix Jorge, OF Daniel Palka With 5 new people on the list, we'll need to DFA some people: super utility D. Santana, 1 of Buddy Boshers or Ryan O'Rourke, RP Yorman Landa, C Juan Centeno, OF Robbie Grossman, RP Michael Tonkin Now, on to tendering for arbitration: Plouffe - $9 MM - not a chanceSantiago - $8 MM - non-tenderKintzler - $2.5 MM - non-tenderEscobar - $3.5 MM - yesGibson - $2.5 MM - yesPressly - $1.5 MM - yesFree Agent Signings: SP Brett Anderson - 1 year $5 million + performance incentives - Very much prepared for this to go the way of Rich Harden where he doesn't have a single inning pitched for this team. If he does pitch, and pitch well, flip him in July. C Matt Wieters - 3 years $45 million - This team has a good 3 year window before Kepler, Buxton, Sano, and others become expensive. The Twins can afford a contract such as this. RP Greg Holland - 1 year $6 million - Holland is handed the keys to the closer position as he tries to rebuild his value for next off-season. Another pitcher to potentially flip in July for better prospects.OF Carlos Gomez - 1 year $12 million - Rebounded some at the end of the year. Quality insurance in case of another implosion by one of the young OF.SP/RP hybrid Travis Wood - 1 year $8 million - Brett Anderson insurance, and he's shown he can handle being in the bullpen too. Trades: This is where I'm going to look silly. SP Ervin Santana traded to Texas Rangers for prospects LHSP Cole Ragans (18 yo) 3B/SS Josh Morgan (20 yo) and C David Garcia (16 yo) - They are ranked #5, #12, and #22 on this list. I'll be the first to admit I have no idea what Erv's trade value is. He was rumored to go to Texas or Toronto at the July deadline, and I can't imagine the interest isn't there anymore. 2B Brian Dozier and SP Kohl Stewart traded to Pittsburgh Pirates for SP Jameson Taillon. Gives the Twins a front of the rotation kind of guy to build around. Others love Glasnow... I'm just not in the camp to dive right back in to freakishly tall pitchers. Opening Day Rotation: Jameson TaillonKyle GibsonTrevor MayJose BerriosBrett AndersonDepth: Phil Hughes, Travis Wood, Mejia, Gonsalves Opening Day Bullpen: Greg HollandJT ChargoisTravis WoodTaylor RogersTyler DuffeyRyan PresslyTrevor Hildenberger1 more of the super awesome RP prospectsDepth: all of the super awesome RP prospects Hitters: C: Matt Wieters / JR Murphy - Garver for depth 1B: Joe Mauer 2B: Jorge Polanco SS: Eduardo Escobar 3B: Miguel Sano OF: Eddie Rosario OF: Byron Buxton OF: Max Kepler OF: Carlos Gomez DH: Kennys Vargas IF Depth: I guess James Beresford? Still up in the air about that. How much does this cost? I don't know.... math. I'll figure it out later.

2 episodes in on the Crown... Trying not to binge it and enjoy each episode. It's quite intriguing so far.

Vanimal 12:45 More likely Twin to get traded this off-season: Brian Dozier or Ervin Santana? Dan Szymborski 12:46 Santana I think. Still remains to see just how much autonomy the new FO will have to trade Dozier

Paul Molitor Cocktail 12:35 Is Sano better in 2017? Does he stand around 3B until Mauer's contract mercifully expires? Dan Szymborski 12:35 Yes, I would hope not. mike sixel 12:36 Dozier return Urias or De Leon, and due to pitcher uncertainty, would the Twins want more? Dan Szymborski 12:36 Yes and they wouldn't.

The Giants may have an easy path to the role too. Santiago Casilla had a rough go of it last season as their closer.

My mistake. I assumed since Hughes' surgery required losing a rib bone, that was the standard procedure for TOS surgeries.

Will there be a new category created on the forums page? Or are we going to reuse the 2016 GM Blueprint category for us to post our plans?

This TOS surgery is somehow the new hot thing in baseball surgeries. Until Hughes went through with it I've never heard of such an operation. Now there are 7-8 different pitchers who have tried this procedure. You would think this is a last resort type of surgery to willingly say, "Go ahead, take out my rib bone. It's not like it was there for a reason...."

Add 34 year old Jason Hammel to the list. The Cubs declined his option, letting him explore free agency after a productive regular season. He went 15-10 in 30 starts with a 3.83 ERA, 4.48 FIP, 7.78 K/9. According to Fangraphs his velocity has stayed essentially the same over his career with a 92 MPH FB. He'll most likely go on the top of a lot of team's list of FA to target.

You can see how Vikings Journal is going on the right hand side of the screen... Thread titles of LOSERS, and why that LOSER Blair Walsh on the team.... In times of anger, Minnesota Twins Whine Line helps... It hasn't caught on at Vikings Journal. Too many feels by some on there.

Saw this nugget on MLB Trade Rumors: Today the Twins will have representatives to check out Greg Holland's showcase. Along with the Twins in attendance are the Rangers, Giants, Yanks, and Red Sawx.

Well, given Falvey's background as the analytical type, I assume there's going to be a major upgrade in that department. As far as other departments that need upgrading, we won't know yet. I agree with your point though that however they expand, they need to hire the right staff, not just numbers to say we're now at a staff of 30.

Unfortunately it wasn't gained an extra hour at the bar night..... Though I was quite refreshed waking up at 8 AM this morning!

Concur on The Crown. 1 episode in so far on a cold, rainy day here in Austin.

I will seriously do this. I've struck out the last couple of years on Xmas gifts... Used to give him a non-fiction history book about WWII or some of his favorite Presidents every year. Now I can't keep up with what he has and has not read.

Huge fan of key-lime.... Got it from my dad who requests key-lime pie instead of a birthday cake.

IMO eggs and mayo should never go together. To quote ChiTown... Ish.

Just read an article that Bananas are under threat of becoming extinct.... That would be a travesty... No more banana bread? We need to unite world wide and end this pandemic!

R.I.P. Vine....

It's the most expensive TV series produced at $130 million. Definitely adding this one to the list.

Not to take the topic away from 1991 vs. 2016, but 2001 was a great game 7 too... Still remember Luis Gonzalez's blooper over Derek Jeter to clinch the victory against the legend known as Mariano Rivera.

He still looks the same from his time here in Minnesota. Thanks for sharing!

Concur. Go into something tech related - Java developers, systems engineer, dev-ops, etc... In very little time you are making great money. Or Engineering in any discipline (electrical, mechanical, civil, structural) - companies throughout the country are always on the lookout for quality Engineers. If you're an Engineer with a personality, you have a golden ticket anywhere.

I was on the edge of my crib for game 7 of the 1991 world series!! This year's game 7 got quite boring in the middle innings... Glad there was a payoff at the end to make it exciting, but I don't think I'll be looking back at this game as an all-time classic.