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I'd rather deal Pelfrey. He has a small, expiring contract that doesn't fit longterm. You could get a couple of Escobar's back.... I'd also look into dealing nolasco and see if you can't do one of Gleeman's ideas....a bad contract for a bad contract swap. That Elvis Andrus contract doesn't look very good for the Rangers right now....I'd take it...

Boom Boom. You didnt get any likes from this post.....and for good reason......but I love the passion . Its fun to talk about but after this you gotta understand when you think this hard about something we all get to have fun with it......

I didnt think he was "terrible..." I didnt think he was impressive but he is showing improvement and I would like to see him out there more often than shane robinson.....or Schefer....

I'll quote myself so your know what your working with next season. OF you get Rosario, Hicks, Buxton, and Arcia fighting. You still have a SS problem in the infield, but you have Plouffe, Dozier and Mauer. Catching is Kurt and a backup. and another backup. Santana and E2 can fill voids left in most spots. Put Ryan Howard at DH for another year (his contract is up after 2016, that is when Sano takes over) and put Vargas as your DH/1st/PH (WHATEVER THEY DO THEY BETTER NOT TRADE OR GIVE UP ON HIM). The Pen as Perk, Tonkin, Ollie, Meyer, Burdi, Pressley, and JR Graham. Resign Boyer. Tyler Jay eventually joins. That is a potentially DEVASTATING bullpen. I don't like bringing back Torii unless he wants to play for pennies on the dollar-his 10 mil along with Pelfs 5.5 could be better allocated to landing your Cueto. That is who they need to go all in and get. Him for David Price, one of the two. Then you get your Cueto/Price, Ervin, May, PH, and Gibson. You can keep Milone around if you want for depth or give Graham or Meyer the ball if you have injuries..... I am looking at your 2016 FA list, specifically the SS position. http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/09/2016-mlb-free-agents.html I personally wouldn't whore out for a guy like Tulo. Just too much back-end problems. The money needs to go to Cueto or David Price. As far as SS goes, I like Alcides Escobar a lot but I don't like paying him a lot....but he doesn't strike out much and has plus glove.....the rest of the guys on the list are, meh. I'd rather just trot out E2 out there......there really isn't a lot of guys right now hitting the market that are better....I wouldn't spend any money on any of these guys....

Do not touch the lineup yet. The only trade I have seen that I like is if you swap a bad contract for a bad contract. Someone said something about Nolasco/Ryan Howard swap. If you toss the phils a b-level prospect that would be a great trade. You could use Vargas in the Jim Thome-type role, instead of the full time DH (even though Vargas really isnt hitting terrible, just not as well as you would like a DH to hit.....). With plenty of flame-throwers in the minors out of the pen, like the Tyler Jay kid mixed in with Meyer (gunner), Burdi (gunner), Tonkin (gunner), Oliveros (maybe), Pressley (can be effective) and obviously Perkins you dont want to mess with signing anyone out of the pen. If you want to sign someone, resign Boyer the Destroyer. Also don't forget JR Graham hasn't been spectacular but he can serve as the long guy and be solid. Lineup wise, the upgrade to make would be at short. E2 is a utility guy, glove work IN THE INFIELD is great but draws no walks. Santana has a cannon, but see E2. These are all guys you can sit behind your gunners. I really don't see a lot of things the Twins can really do.....You could go get an Ace-type.....I like Cueto....but he is a FA after the season. Trading for him to give up a guy like Kepler would irk me slightly.....I'd just soon take the lumps until after the season and give this guy a Barry Zito deal that way you don't give up anyone.... So its kind of like, what do you do? Ervin will improve the staff, no doubt. Trevor May is going to make a run at ROY. You still have PH, who will be better, not as good as last year but not as bad as this season (somewhere in the middle), and Gibson. So that leaves one spot. JO is going to eventually need a shot, but at the moment he might be a year or two away. The only thing I would see you could do is do that bad contract DH-Type for a Ricky Nolasco swap.....which opens the door for Pelfs 5.5, Tim Stauffer's 2 mil comes off the books, and Torii's 10 mil comes off the books. If you could somehow pull off a deal to get rid of Nolasco than thats another 12 mil, then you go get Cueto, David Price (A little too old for my liking), Hamels, whoever you feel can serve as a number one.....because May and Ervin will push the number 2 spots, especially Trevor May.... That's what they need to do......

Not Arcia yet. He is not ready/healthy. I like the call up Vargas idea....

Arcia not having a hit this past week is extremely alarming. He can't play any defense, he swings for the fences everytime, he doesn't seem to have great pitch recognition....he strikes out too much.....this is not an Aaron Hicks situation where hicks has potential to play defense, have a solid OBP, and runs well. This is a guy who plays no defense and needs to figure out how to hit. He has had plenty of time to do this so far..... I would like to see them bring back Vargas at DH before they bring back Arcia. Vargas can at least hit for average....he doesn't do much else.... I am close to sticking a fork into one of my favorite Twins......

They stole one last night. It evens out.

Boyer the Destroyer will not get credit for a save? Kind of weird....That has to be wrong.....

The last couple weeks Duensing has gotten out of some serious jams.....props to him.....

Arcia up, Santana down by monday. I am calling my shot.

I really hope you understand sarcasm.

Kirby I am not trying to be a jerk, but what do you think Polanco is? A liability on defense. Santana is struggling mightily at the plate right now, and that is supposed to be his strength. The problem that this lineup is going to face this particular season is the lack of power. They need game changing or game challenging swingers in the middle of that order. The biggest hope is Arcia and Vargas both find themselves. They need to grow up quickly....not sure if either one is really ready for that challenge yet....I hope they prove me wrong...

Fien up, Shauffer down would be the best thing, but they dont always do the best thing (sending a hot-hitter in Vargas down???? Giving you Nunez and escobar to DH/Pinch hit????). They will probably send Tonkin down and keep TS up (Vomit). Vargas needs to be back quickly because they need a better hitter/PH than Escobar/Nunez. My guess is Arcia is up, they go back to 12 pitchers, and before Vargas. I'd think they might send D Santana down soon if Vargas continues to rake. On Monday, if Vargas hits a couple more homers during the weekend and continues to hit for a great average, I'd be pretty surprised if Santana continued to struggle if Vargas wasnt swapped by monday. One can only hope.....