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  1. Rosterman
    Shades of Matt and Jeff circa 2012. And the decision the Twins had to make on last year's Rule 5. If you are thinking future, send Burnett to the minors. He's still young. He still can learn. He could be an important part of the Twins bullpen for 2-3 years...stretch it out if you can. Swarzak will more than likely start on the DL, which means if the Twins do wish to designate him for assignment, it might be easier (but can he opt out of assignment and become a free agent?). Roeincke and Wood are pure place-setters...do they stay and play or wander back around the leagues. Maybe one or both become another Burton. And if they do, then you pull off a mid-season trade. Would the Twins have been better off trading Burton last July, or keping him as a fixture of the bullpen for a couple more seasons. Who knows. No matter what you do with Pressly, he could have to go thru waivers, could be claimed if he has a halfway decent spring. If he totally sucks, you may get to pull off a trade and send him to your minors. Lost in all of this is journeyman Casey Fein, who pitched well enough last year for a consideration. But like you say, relievers of this ilk are a dome a dozen, and the Twins have Slama and Guerra in their own system waiting for a chance.
  2. Rosterman
    Sorrento was that 26th man. They couldn't option him out and he couldn't play the outfield. Not that he had staggering numbers, but considering that Herbie went down and the Twins were 1st baseman less. At least Parmelee can lay the outfield. And remember, next year and longterm, the Twins have Doumit as back-up, and an also play Mauer there, although who DHs or catches is the question (again, Butera catching is not the answer). I still feel, like the Twins should've done with Koskie, and maybe Cuddyer, is sign Morneau to a contract as the potential DH who can also play a position. But like the Twins braintrust, I would not give him more than $18-20 as a 2-year/option year contact right now, and I'[m sure Morneau is thinking he can get $10-12 for multi-years if he proves dynamite this season.
  3. Rosterman
    I see Wood and Roiencke pushing out Brunett (has options) and Swarzak (opens season on DL). Pressly is the dark horse. If those first two, of Fein, falters, look to DeVries to be a long man in the bullpen. Of course, if Perez becomes the 5th starter..... Would almost like to see a Thome on the bench, with Doumit getting more time in right and first.
  4. Rosterman
    The Twins mindset...they want him at x-dollars a year. We see how well that worked out with Baker, Nathan and Cuddyer. I would deep-six him during spring training. If he shines elsewhere, then he deserves a big contract in the world of free agency. If he only plays halfway decent, then the Twins might be able to make a competitive offer and bring him back. But jsut keep the thoughts of Baker, Nathan and Cuddyer in the back of your mind. I think you can get more for him during the spring than at trade deadline, at least then it is the other team's ball to sign him longer or not, or offer him the $13+ million plus and see if he rejects it.
  5. Rosterman
    Let's see if the Tins p.r. machine can spark some interest and that someone like Hicks makes us want to see the Twins try and win in 2013. I don't think the return of Bruno and Steinbach should be a Twins 2013 selling point.
  6. Rosterman
    Solid pick-up place setter if you wish to offer more time to Robertson and Theilbar. The Twins need some left-handed support, especially if Perkins IS the closer and Diamond starts the season on the DL. You could get by with just Duensing in the bullpen (with closer Perkins) if you had a second starter in the rotation who would consistently go 6-7 innings (Saunders). But the Twins don't and probably won't. Has a team ever started a season with no lefties at all on the pitching staff?
  7. Rosterman
    Brunett and Swarzak are the guys on the bubble. If Pressly shows stuff, he could make Swarzak expendable. Brunett still has options. Use them, Twins. I would rather see Roeincke or Wood be a palcesetter in 2013 and give us another season of Burnett, otherwise, consider him gone when he enters arbitration year 2 anyways. I do wish we had anyone but Butera as the third catcher/bench bat. It is a weakness the Twins don't need.
  8. Rosterman
    They made Correria an offer he didn't refuse. Happy to have a year to get comfortable before having to produce. If the thought was to get arms that can throw innings, well, Haren, Pelfrey and Worley aren't proven 200 inning guys anymore than Blackburn. Even Diamond isn't in this territory. Then the factor of not overpaying, which one who has appeared last place for two seasons might just have to do to at least a quality arm, whatever that definition is. That Baker and even Liriano got the contracts they did is...overwhelming. If it was announced that the thought was to rebuild and just find affordable place-setters who might turn into tradebait, I could live with that. But that wasn't the initial announcement and feeling. They still need a loogy, as Diamond is not a 200-inning guy and may not start the season on staff, and Duensing is the lone arm in the bullpen this side of the closer that will throw lefthanded. If you have two rotation lefthanders, especially an innings eater, you can get by. I see Ryan pieced together a staff that that may have room for prospect tryouts, a staff that could see the return of Nick Blackburn at some point, and a staff that will hold visiting teams to 4-5 runs a game. I can live with a 4.00 rotation ERA if I knew the Twins had a better hitting lineup, but right now it's who's batting first and who's batting second and whoever they are, can they get on base at the same time and be knocked in.
  9. Rosterman
    The evils of having a full 40-man roster. The next step is to wait for cuts that happen at spring training end, when you can free a spot with the DL, but then you might have to add a Rich Haren to the roster anyways. Could the Twins cut and pass thru waivers Swarzak and Butera? Would both become free agents if unclaimed rather than accept a Rochester spot? Should the Twins not keep DeVries, Wood or Roeincke on the 40-man. Santana and Pinto expendable, put on the 40-man too early? There isn't a lot of fodder. Yes, there are replacement value players, but they are all minimum-wage earners at the moment and no better or worse than what else is out there, some for a higher amount and same upside. Always a tough call. At some point, the Twins could maybe trade AAAA guys to another team for their AAAA guys, just a change of scenery, which is often helpful, or to keep some depth. But right now, I sadly am falling into the funk of watching the Twins rebuild from within. Let's see what happens with spring training and where minor league prospects fare against minor league free agents.
  10. Rosterman
    You never have enough pitching. For all the want of giving Blackburn another shot, he is still going to be delayed with an injury and not on the 40-man. If he returns, someone has to go. Same if you add any of the group of Walters, Deduno, Vasquez, Elarton and especially Harden. Right now it looks like the Twins MAY start the season with Diamond and Swarzak on the DL. We won't know the state of Gibson and Pelfrey until the season begins. est, but is a Pressly or a Wood or a Roeincke anything more than a spot holder on a roster that a (forgive me) Capps, Rauch or even Hawkins would fill for the same price, but with more experience. Overall, I dream about rebuilding a team from within, but go look at the Twins draft cycles and see how many actually make an impact. More impact is made via adding players by trading veterans, it often seems. And you do have to dip into the free agent pool when able. Target Field was going to make the Twins able to dip into the Free Agent pool as well as keep their own players (i.e. overpay for future performance).
  11. Rosterman
    It's going to set him back, but not enough to open a roster spot unless they 60-day him, which happens first day of season...some 45-50 days from now. At the most, they can DL him and do a minor league rehab and take a longer look at Pressley or Wood before losing them to waivers of Rule 5 return.
  12. Rosterman
    A decision on Morneau is the major move still this offseason. If he looks like he really wants to test the free-agent marketplace, jettison him. You'll get something more now than later, giving another team the opportunity to extend him or make him a qualifying offer. I'm for resigning Morneau to a team friendly 203 year extension with a 4th year option. He can stay a part of the Twins and clearly move into the DH role down-the-line. You don;t develop minor league prospects to DH. Once the season starts, his price becomes $13+ million or nothing.
  13. Rosterman
    I'm just a bit troubled with the lack of significant free agent moves, when the money is there, by the Twins. Yes, you can rebuild thru the farm system. The Twins do have a fine crop of players. Do they have 25 bonafide major league guys in the minors out of, say, 140? Looking back at the draft only, it is amazing how few guys make the majors in some capacity, and even as close as 2009, the names that have disappeared from the Twins system that were high draft picks. Good luck to Gibson on being a rock for the Twins future rotation. Yes, you build a farm system even more, now, thru international signings, and as someone else has suggested...trding proven talent for someone that another system has processed for a couple of years (I always felt teams would be better placed if they let other teams draft and pay, and th n figure out a way to swoop in and take a prospect off the hands of the team, a la the Twins doing with Weber. In a sense, they got a guy who had to pitch and show his stuff in competitive pro-ball, didn't have to pay the bonus money, and was able to draft someone else in the process...and ended up trading a proven part who has become somewhat replaceable.
  14. Rosterman
    It's a gamble, too. Will Willingham repeat? The Twins should've traded Young after his above average season. But they waited and his stock fell. Of course, spring training is around the corner and many things happen as players get injured and needs arise.
  15. Rosterman
    Giving guys extra service time for pension purposes doesn't seem to exist anymore. If he even signs to a minor league deal, he would be on a rehab assignment and spending most of his time at Ft. Myers or unofficially in the GCL. A nice gesture, maybe. But to ever hand him a 40-man spot, probably not! Twins should still have rights on Zumaya now if they played it...smarter. FREE ANTHONY SLAMA!
  16. Rosterman
    Kepler doesn't have to be added to the 40-man roster until 2015 at the earliest. See him making a September call-up that year. Maybe repositioning himself in 2016 like Parmelee now, and making the team fulltime in 2017.
  17. Rosterman
    The Twins would ave to add him to the 40-man, than waive him if they wish to send him to the minors themselves. So, you lose a player potentially and if you decide to send him out, could relose him. Not yet a free-agent, I believe...minors or otherwise.
  18. Rosterman
    The Twins only want to pay $3.75. Kinda like they were hoping Baker would be $1.5. And Liriano $750,000 with incentives.
  19. Rosterman
    Dozier was the guy that got to take the lumps. Combine his call-up with the inconsistent play of Luis Rivas...eh, Alex Casilla. The non-play of Danny Valencia. You had Jimmy Carroll playing super sub somewhere. You come to the majors and take some lumps.Soon the film catches up to you, or the line-up is such that pitchers don't have to pitch to you, or so they learn. Plus the everyday grind. Even the worst players on a 25-man roster are better than the majority of players in AAA ball. Is Mastro better than Hicks? Well, he can hold a spot for a season or two in the majors, which is more than you can saw for a Carson, Wilkin or Dinkelman, who can barely scratch their way to 25th-man roster spots.
  20. Rosterman
    That's why we have Correria at $5.5 million next season...with Worley and Diamond on staff, and Hendriks and Gibson waiting to pitch fultime, and maybe May, Meyer, Hermsen and Wimmers looking for a roster spot, too. Hope Correria has some takers after his 2013 performance. Sauncers still isn't THAT expensive. He breathes and throws left-handed. he has a decent track record. He can offer you a bonafide veteran presence and eat innings. I would rather be looking at Sauncers, for even $7-8 million, as a back pof the rotation starter and tradebait this year or next, provided he doesn't pull a Capps and Pavano on us.\
  21. Rosterman
    No Slama. Not even a spring training invite. No Hernandez. Wood and Roeinke will be given every chance to go north (shades of Maloney and Gray). I don't see the need of having Florimon and Escobar. One will play regularly in the majors, the other in the minors. The Twins might actually bring 13 pitchers north.
  22. Rosterman
    Yeah, missed this year thru a variety of schedule commitments. Nice line up of oldsters and new guys and because of the cold, had to be pretty warm inside.
  23. Rosterman
    Pelfrey is playing for 2014, which may or may not be a plus!
  24. Rosterman
    This worked really good in 2012.
  25. Rosterman
    If you renew your season ticket package, you get 10% off your spending on CONcessions or on Twins Stuff. Your Kevin Coreria jrsey will be cheaper than any Twins jersey your purchased on-site last year. Hey, any Liriano jerseys left at Twinsfest, or were they apckaged as twofers with Valencia or Baker jerseys.
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