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By my unofficial research and some parsing of Roster Resource data the Twins have 70 players to fit into a 40-man roster come this winter with Rule 5 Eligibles and current 39 man roster (here's a link ) I gotta believe there will be several Rule 5-ers moving on Here's who's Rule 5 Eligible this winter

Revived an old project...here's a LookUp tool if you want to MiLB Stats on a specific player http://bit.ly/MiLBStatLookup Start typing a players last name and wait for the list of players to pop up Select the player you want to see stats on and it will fill in the sheet It takes it a little bit to grab all the info Use as you'd like...or not at all

Can anyone check to see if there is a Martin Perez married to Levine's sister or cousin or 1st grade teacher? That's the best I can do to explain the MAJOR LEAGUE contract (apologies for the CAPs if this isn't the case)

This must be a precursor to the following moves: Graterol/Romero/Polanco/Kepler/Mejia/Garver for Realmuto Machado signed 9 yrs/$270M Opt out after 3 years (35/35/35/30/30/30/25/25/25) or... The Wonder Twins think tanking this year will get them Adley Rutschman of Bobby Witt, Jr. or... These two know something the entire baseball world doesn't and they will prove it by trading Perez just before training camp for a 120lb Dominican pitcher that projects to be the second coming of Martinez on the bump (Ramon not Pedro) or... this was meant to calm all the twitter moaning about not spending money I blame Warne and Beradino for revealing the Twins have $300k on the books for the next decade while the rest of the league averages $100M+ Why on earth is this a Major League deal??? I can't believe other teams were plotting to nab Martin anytime before spring training....been to every opening week(end) at Target Field and I have no urge to purchase tickets this year...thoroughly dis-heartened, dis-interested, dis-satisfied, dis-gruntled, dis-enchanted, dis-combobulated As a fan i guess you could say I feel just plain Dissed

From Nick's Standing Pat Article, I posted this possible scenario on Dec. 10th 3rd year Opt out puts Machado in line for another BIG contract at 28-29 years young Besides the fact that the Twins have tried the M&M boys with two players already...sign Manny Machado and they can reuse all that advertising schtick!

So rather than just voice my feelings on yet another "Wait Until You See These Young Guys We Got Coming Up" season... Filed under "Here's a Thought" knowing full well the opinions on Machado signing with the Twins have been discussed ad nauseam (and which I agree is a pipe dream) here's a look at what could happen should he sign, just to spite all of us mighty spiters But first let me try to explain things happening in the hopes to avoid too many questioning replies 1) Attempt was made to keep 2019 payroll at $115M - Why you may ask? Because it's less than last year and leaves some room for adjustments to stay below $120M (my hypothetical 2019 max payroll) 2) This version focuses on everything but Pitching - Why no Pitchers other than 2019? Because I just got too bogged down trying to guesstimate the position players that I decided to leave the pitchers for another day and because it might irritate some to no end 3) Machado Signing - I'll buy into slight collusion and believe that neither the Yankees, nor any other team, will go to $300M...therefore, the Twins will and include an Opt-Out after 3 seasons...Manny can leap frog Harper and Trout in '22 to be highest paid player ever...if he doesn't Opt Out it's 10 years $30M per and he can move to 1st/DH/Mauer's every third day off status for the last 4 years Machado plays SS for 2 years, slides to 3B when Lewis arrives and Opts Out after that season (it's my pipe dream so there you go) And for those ready to say he won't sign here for $30M? I've left that extra $5M per year for you so it can be 10 years at $35M with the Opt Out after 3 years 4) Machado is the only Position Player addition in this BluePrint...the rest is up to the young talent in the system to produce (and by that I mean play well enough to hold down a roster spot or be spun for pitching) 5) All salary figures are my guesstimations based on a rough understanding of recent ARB and FA signings and do NOT take into account inflation(think of it as what they'd sign for this year as a FA) or the market crashing...more Here's the Position Player Rosters: Dollars spent on Position Players per year 2019 $65.901M 2020 $60.400M 2021 $70.700M 2022 $45.050M 2023 $55.900M 2024 $68.200M I'll keep the same dollar figures when I try to fit in pitchers Position Notes C - Castro - Garver - Rortvedt 1B - 1 year of Cron - Rooker then Rooker/Larnach split duties 2B - Schoop to Gordon he sticks at 2B 3B - Sano for 2 years - Machado moves to 3B (opts out after season) - Miranda SS - Machado for 2 years - Lewis takes over LF - Eddie is the Core...signs 5 year $100M in '22 CF - Buxton figures it out...6 year $150M in '23 RF - Kepler for 2 years - Kirilloff takes over (could be sooner) DH - Polanco for 2 years (or some combo-Bob of players) - Sano for 1 year - Larnach/Rooker Bench C - Astudillo for a year then Rortvedt then Grz/Hamilton (or you're favorite young catcher) Bench INF - Adrianza (unless too spendy) - Arrarez for 2 years - Helman for 2 years (or you're favorite young INF) Bench OF - Cave until he's too expensive for a backup -Wade 2 years - Keirsey (or you're favorite young OF) What about Javier/Baddoo/Jeffers/Celestino/Severino/.... Sounds like awesome trade opportunities to me...or as stated above (or you're favorite young player) could fill in So there you have another Manny to Minny BluePrint and my way of saying...Meh to Standing Pat Look what happened when 11 Standing Pats tried to finish a football game

What's there to say about Ehire? I think the Front Office just made a little statement in picking up Torreyes...nothing like a little C-O-M-P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N (especially when if it works out only costs $800k and if it doesn't $0K)

Could Adam Jones be far behind??

Looks to me to be a precursor to the largest deal a Minnesota pro sports franchise has ever made.... $85M guaranteed to Le'Veon Bell to the Vikes after Cook tears ACL? NO Suter and Parise re-up with the Wild for 12 more years and $90M? NOPE Jimmy Buckets re-signing with the T-Pups this off season for a max deal? NOT EVEN CLOSE Your Minnesota Twins sign Schoop's old buddy Manny for 10 years $320M Falvey and Levine emerge from an A-Team Binge watching session and start the press conference off in unison "We love it when a plan starts coming together"

Had to check the topic...Where is KV now? Obviously watching "A River Runs Through It"

I appreciate the new articles posted on Twins Daily and the effort made by the writers... but What does it say about the state of the Twins this offseason when we're less than a week from the Winter Meetings and the newest topic has to do with a $1.3M utility player? If we get in the Delorean and set the flux capacitor to winter 2017 we'd see the same conversations and discussions last year as this...HR happy Bob Gorinski part 37 acquired for next to nothing...how about Twins announcement that Sano is down 15 lbs...Buxton is running at full speed? Anything to warm the Calcutta Clipper (thanks Denny) that blows through MN this time a year would be appreciated

Only way I buy low on Seager is if they include Marco Gonzales in the deal Would even take DeeGee-Cinco in a deal if it helps As for what they are looking for other than taking their bad contracts Garver (RH platoon with their other new catcher) Reed (Gotta send money back to them) Stewart/Gonsalves/Mejia (their pick) for Seager Gonzales Gordon, Dee $21M This would be taking on $70M in salary from the M's

All the M's trades are looking for the same player and they are finding him with each deal He's a little green but fits well in most teams plans That player? Mr. $100 Benjamin Franklin

Twins sign Cron based on Rocco's recommendation A Boondoggle from the Boondocks