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If I was going to really go overboard...here's how things will play out before Spring Training Sign Darvish - 40 man now full Sign Shaw/other favorite RHR - drop Pressly (save arb $$) - 40-man full Sign McGee/Logan/other favorite LHR - drop Boshers - 40-man full Sign Ohtani - Minor league contract no 40-man needed...yet (when needed drop Grossman (save arb $$)) Wait for Wide Right moment by Kai Forbath in the NFC Championship Game Good thing this topic is only about the 40-man roster

Thanks for the clarification Seth...with this in mind I'll modify the Original Projection as shown below 1 open Slot for FA/Rule 5 4 Potential Dropped players for FA (Boshers,Pressly,Grossman,Enns) Exposes some young arms with past health issues to Rule-5 and I'm guessing Enns wins out over Slegers as he was acquired by current FO Would have to add 5 Free Agents before removing Enns from the 40-man

I was going to use the Padres as an example...when you're a couple years out of contention and the "new" rebuild is to tank I agree he'd be worth a flyer

My proposed 40-man has one open slot and Slegers would be my last man dropped...he does have value and it wouldn't surprise me at all if he's on the 40-man at the deadline So who would you remove to make room for him?

That's the question with Diaz...leave him exposed and take the risk (slight as it may be) of losing him now or put him on the 40-man and watch how he progresses at the cost of a 40-man slot He's eligible to be rule 5 drafted...and by all accounts he shows promise...all I'm saying

I'm in no way advocating to add during the Rule-5 draft, just setting it up so they could add if someone were to fall to their pick...if they have no open space they can't participate (the space is not needed by tomorrow's deadline) This 40-man is to protect from losing any eligible players to other teams...if a qualified player is not on the 40-man by tomorrow evening they can be picked Apologies for any graphic confusion...Players listed under Exposed/Released would NOT be protected from Rule 5 draft or would be out-righted off the 40-man Aaron Slegers Ryan Pressly Buddy Boshers Ryan Eades Brian Navaretto Zack Jones Players under Drop Order are listed in the order that I would drop from the 40-man IF a Free Agent was signed Melotakis Burdi Bard Grossman Enns Melotakis has been previously on the 40-man...but he is still eligible to be a rule 5 draftee...hence he needs to be protected or possibly lost Diaz won't burn any options until called up to the 25-man roster and then sent back down so again...this is just to protect him from being selected AAA catcher is open for organizational guys rewarded with a move up or MiLB contact offer Pressly saves $1.6M (MLBTR estimate) and approximately 6 game winning HR's given up in the late innings Grossman is due $2.4M (MLBTR) in arbitration and I'd rather see the $4.0M for He and Pressly go to a bullpen arm that can make a difference As for Navaretto...if Centeno can get a World Series ring with the Astros someone in need of a defensive catcher may take a chance...either way I wouldn't protect him just listed him as one of the choices needed to be made I fully expect a Free Agent starting pitcher or two (from a foreign country) added to shore up the rotation with subsequent 40-man moves as suggested by the Drop Order list

Here's my take on the 40-man roster, blueprint, rankings or whatever you want to call it This leaves room for a Rule 5 pickup if there's a fit Drop Order is who I'd drop if there were Free Agent Signings

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It can't hurt to have Darvish around since by all accounts Darvish is both Shohei’s workout partner during the offseason and his favorite player/hero ICH! - It Could Happen!

My head still hurts from living through 1984 and having to read "Waiting for Godot" I'll take your word on it Winston (and yes that was a "1984" reference inside a "1984" reference)

I promise to never again mention: Some Helpful Outsider, Happily Ending Inefficient Outings Hurled by Twins Arms Noticeably Infrequent or Do Anything Realistic Via Incremental Salary Hikes!

Obviously...everyone knows that 2 + 2 = 5

Hold while I reach for the Dramamine...might I suggest a name change to RollerCoasterBrian

Another off season of $50 million roulette with Cobb/Lynn is another year of treading water Just because we have 10,000 lakes doesn't mean we need to tread water in each and everyone of them before we make a move MLBTR kind of tip-toes around next seasons FA starters...I'm guessing from the title that Mr. Dierkes isn't advocating waiting (if you didn't check out the link "Next Winter’s Free Agent Starting Pitchers Aren’t Worth Waiting For") Grab a Darvish...hope it helps bring Ohtani (apparently the now official spelling) then start the exted-o-rama with the core and add $10-$14M in Bullpen (hey it's not my money) Do that and I might even let Santa take a flyover of the family gathering

Here's the whole Levine interview with MLBNetwork Hot Stove

I'll departmentalize this for comparison Team Accountant - WooHoo!!! Team Owner - Ka-Ching!!!!! General Manager - Looking for the first chance to bolt for chance to WIN a WildCard Game Bullpen - Investing in Icy-Hot Manager - Wearing a path in sacred Target Field grass from dugout to mound Buxton/Sano/Rosario/Kepler - at least we're one year closer to Free Agency This Fan - finally get to see the young arms on FSN telecasts but not contributing to Money Saving Ownership

AHA...makes more sense to me now...I was struggling with the images of a dude(s) fighting with a ham or a dude(s) having a fight with ham Thanks for the clarification

Have you not been reading what I've been writing? There's this http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27955-berardino-tonkins-rights-sold-to-japanese-team/page-2 and here's how it looks with Yu, Otani and extensions for everybody (Mauer and Dozier included) and somewhere I posted this justification for the increase in payroll http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27869-article-diving-into-the-offseason-rosario-and-kepler-extensions/ Comment #6 Wait a minute...too many things are lining up...this is starting to feel like a "1998 wide left" moment

May have posted this in the wrong topic...try this topic out http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27959-article-two-veteran-free-agents-the-twins-could-target/page-5

Couldn't resist 2nd week of Deer Camp twist on the Topic Title A little Thursday morning reading that is both refreshing and supports my prophetic Profile Sig MLBTR suggesting bigger things from the Twins...and the Cheese-curds With a link to Jon Heyman suggesting Twins are at least considering all options for pitching Don't sleep on the Thad Levine/Rangers/Darvish connection...Thad may not say much but he seems to me to be like a duck cruising across the pond..."Calm, cool and composed on the surface....but paddling like crazy under the water" (here ends the hunting analogies) Where there is Smoke...either LaVelle E. Neal III is nearby with a Cigar or there might be a little more fire to the thought that the Twins will change their spending ways... It could happen