Looking at the ballot I wanted to write in Dick Bremer but I think there is the same 5 years retired deal as the Baseball HOF has. So I went with Mudcat Grant, Tom Brunansky, Corey Koskie, Glen Perkins, and Al Worthington.
Not really sure why a season only shortened by 8 games was left out but 1972 Bobby Darwin absolutely belongs on this team. .267 AVG, 22 HR, 80 RBI is pretty solid.
Reading this article from John Romano of the Tampa Bay Times, it looks like anything at $47M and under to repair the roof would be covered by insurance. Also note in the story that this is under St Petersburg control and the team really has no say in it.
It could be a good sign for the OP here since every team I have rooted for in the playoffs has lost their series to this point. That's right I'm 0-8. I am going for the Yankees and Dodgers. The only NL team I hate more than the Dodgers is the Mets so I am very reserved in rooting for them.
One thing to remember here is that when they eventually got the one year deal from Bally they did not spend any of that on payroll. So the only reason to cut payroll would be if they took a loss on everything else last year.
So out of curiosity I looked at how many pitchers started a game for the Twins this year and was kind of amazed it was only 10, and 2 of them were Henriquez and Okert operating as an opener.