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I like it, basically the Twins paid $500K for the option to get first dibs on him next year. -
It's just a swing and he's an elite athlete. He can change it if he wants to, and if that's what's needed to be a productive MLB player, I'm sure he will want to. After his 2018 season I can see why he wouldn't want to mess with what was working. But swing changes seem to be an off season adjustment, so I'd guess if Lewis and the team saw his 2019 decline as swing related, we'll see some changes this spring.
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Even when the Twins were losing 90-100 games they signed bigger free agents than Romo. Nolasco, Lynn, Santana, Reed, Pineda, Castro, Cruz/Gonsalaz/Schoop last year. This happens most years, the Twins don't sign guys until right around Christmas and no one's happy (me included). With Wheeler (and the pie-in-the-sky names) gone Ryu and Donaldson are the only two free agents I have more than a passing interest in, but there are a lot of guys aside from those two that are bigger "names" than Romo and I'm sure there will be some signed.
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Atlanta is far from one of my favorite cities, but lots of ballplayers are from the south. Even if they don't care for Atlanta, they can identify with it. And it seems most of them do care for Atlanta. It was a different era for sure, but the Twins were always able to bring back the local guys. Molitor, Winfield, Morris, Steinbach. It's really a separate discussion, but it sure wouldn't hurt to invest more in local HS and U of M baseball.
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Agree on all points. Kuechel needs a good infield defense, but if he has one he probably has a high floor though low ceiling. Biggest problem is he isn't a front line starter but will likely get paid like one, which would likely hinder the Twins from actually trading for one. Teheran - agreed, but I'm actually more concerned that his FB is down 2 MPH from just two years ago. Everyone is betting on upside with Teheran but I don't see much of a path to improvement for a guy with an 89 MPH fastball. Spot on with Thames - Because of his splits he might be a guy still sitting around in February, I might be interested then if there hasn't been any offensive additions. Now that I think about it, Thames with Sano/Garver spending time at 1B vs lefties doesn't sound like the worst thing. Not better than Donaldson or one of the Cubs corner bats though.
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Depressing article, but a good one. They got to start working on trades though, my biggest issue is that Falvey said they were concentrating on free agents first. Why unless they didn’t have a good read on these free agents and what they wanted? I agree that both of those variables are big issues for the Twins, I’m more troubled that the organization seems to prefer the status quo to rocking the boat. Like every other professional league MLB absolutely needs a salary cap and salary floor. All the small market Midwest teams should pushing for this.
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I’m not going to argue that the team should have signed Cole, but the team has the resources to spend $324M over 9 years, they can and they will spend 4x that amount. The debate would only be about whether it’s wise to commit 25% of their payroll (by the end of the deal should be 20%ish due to inflation). It’s probably not a great idea, but I think it’s fair for some posters to ask for a different strategy than the quantity over quality free agent approach we’ve always seen.
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Well I want some action, and if the rotation doesn't improve I'm not going to be happy, but I don't want to counter the Yankees adding a stud with 2nd level pitchers. This team has tried that most of the last decade.
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It seems like Dodger fans are even more angry than Twins fans. Well, anger per capita is probably equal, but there's way more Dodger fans, so their gross anger is certainly higher. I hope we beat them to the Bargaining stage though because I really want to start making some trades without the Dodgers bidding us up.
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Well I don't want MadBum at all, so does that mean I'm in the Bargaining or Acceptance stage?
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Why would they do this? They know the pizza guy will deliver right to the room right?
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My father spent some time in Korea for some educational cultural enrichment thing, I forget the details, but you can be sure I still got LG Twins cap! Not sure why it's pink though.
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I was kind of skeptical about that Fangraphs article detailing the Benintendi/Rodriguez pot sweetening angle, and I still am a bit, but thinking about it more, any team looking to deal with the Red Sox would really have them over the barrel. Next year Price will be a 10/5 guy with the Sox so he could veto any trade. If they want to get rid of him, it's basically now or never.
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For one you're only on the hook for three years with Price instead of 5 years for Bumgarner. Also, despite Price's warts, he's been better than Bumgarner each of the last three seasons. I also have significant concerns that Bumgarner will be able to even be league average in terms of strikeout percentage upon a move to the AL. Tom's piece the other day has me concerned it's going to drop much more significantly than other pitchers making the league switch.
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Yes, even though I still like the idea that Price still has a shot to lead the rotation, the potential of that second piece being a rotation upgrade is equally if not more exciting. Which, maybe you just cut out a step and take the underrated Eduardo Rodriguez instead. He was really good last year.
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Yes please. If it was Price and Benintendi, I might even consider keeping Rosario and then try to flip the cheaper, more controllable and bigger named Benintendi for an even bigger pitching prize.
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If somebody could explain why Caleb Smith strikes out so many batters when his stuff looks so bland and why Alcantara strikes out so few batters when his stuff looks so nasty that would be great.
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They hit plenty of HR, and even if that was the number one priority, Rooker and Wiel are just as capable of going deep. Though I've always liked Eddie and think he's probably a good clubhouse guy, I thnk the Twins need somebody who takes good at bats and gets on base regularly.
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I might take Matt Barnes in lieu of a prospect If Boston is doing a quasi rebuild, he's not going to them much good with only two years of control left.
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He definitely wouldn't be my top trade target, but his strikeout rate is still elite, which to me means there's still ample room to dream on in Game 1. I maybe see if there is a fun comprise with Chris Sale first though.
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Sean Gilmartin still burns.
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Coach or first class back to Minnesota? Just make a decision already!
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I'd also like to know why he lost 1.5 MPH on his velocity last year. I might still be interested though.
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I hope the team isn't spending too much time focusing on pitching if the pitching either isn't a fit or isn't interested. As much as this team needs pitching, if the top two pitchers weren't an option and the next two pitchers may prefer to not come here, I don't want them to fruitlessly make a big show about it when there is still a 3B out there who may be interested. Also, I bet the Dodgers aren't actually interested in Bumgarner, they're a pretty analytically inclined front office and Bumgarner doesn't seem to be an analytically approved pitcher. I bet they're talking to him to try to get Ryu to come back at a discount. I made a joke about it last week, but now I'd like to see the Twins try to go and overpay for Blake Snell.
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No idea what he wants but those no trade lists often consists of the teams he and his agent think will try to trade for him. Before the season even ended people were predicting he’d go to the Atlanta to be closer to home. Since they’re out, who knows?
