Jacksson

It Doesn't. Zoll knows how financially tight TP is despite the public rhetoric and TP will never approve the signing of amy top tier free agents which are the ones with qualifying offers. NO WORRY.

TP would have to loosen the purse strings on the accumulated Pohlad family fortune.

Ryan is a head case. His biggest fault is between his ears. Trade him. Let another organization see if they can get his head screwed on straight.

Coming off of hip surgery, won't Buxton be the primary DH up to the All Star Break? If he doesn't like that, he can go onto the 60 day IL until the second half of the year. Meanwhile the team rotates the other dozen players through their turn as DH.

Not unless the "Full Time" player is already on the 40 man roster. (Buxton, Keaschall, Larnach). The money that would be paid to sign a Free Agent Full Time DH is better spent elsewhere.

Who will be the LOWEST Ranked Free Agent signed by the Twins?

TRADE HIM !! "New approach" by the Twins is unnecessary. Next team can deal with Ryan.

Free Agent Pitchers whose Agent should be contacted: Mike King Adrian Morejon Trevor Rogers Michael Soroka Clay Holmes Alex Vesia Bryan Abreu Paul Blackburn Brock Burke JoJo Romero Steven Okert Sean Newcomb Jonathan Loaisiga And for The sake of being through = Free Agent Position Players whose Agent should be contacted: Luis Arraez Teruaki Sato Jake Bauers Ty France Carson Kelly Alec Bohm OK TP, put your MONEY where your mouth is. Open up that war chest of money the Pohlad family put together through: Mass Transit, Bottling, Banking, and Real Estate and let the moths have a bit of fresh air while the wallet is thinned out !! You will feel better. That thick wallet you are sitting on throws your entire body off balance; thinning it out will restore your equilibrium.

With the publication of the new Pitching Coaches philosophy, the Twins' pitchers better have something nasty on the ball and have premier location on the first few pitches because batters are now on notice that those first few pitches will be at or near the strike zone and they will be swinging.

46 = Players on the 40 Man Roster AND 60 Day IL (4) = Free Agents - Jeffers, Bell, Rogers, Minter 4 = From 60 Day IL - Abel, Festa, Lopez, Paredes (2) = Release/DFA from 60 Day IL - Sands, Banda (6) = Trade/Release/DFA Position Players - Gray, Sabato, Wallner, Larnach, Lewis, Martin (2) = Trade/Release/DFA Pitchers - Nance, Orze 36 = Subtotal (7) = Listen to offers/ Make available - Buxton, Gonzalez, Caratini, Keaschall, Ryan, Ober, Adams 29 = Players on the 40 man roster

EZ Roster Moves

Just take a look at the Giants 40 man roster including all the players on the 60 day IL. Of course, the Twins would have to be choosey with regard to the pitchers/players they received in return for Ryan.

Giants may well be a logical possibility, particularly if the Twins are willing to take a flyer on an injured pitcher and/or a pitcher brought up prematurely out of roster desperation by the Giants. They have ELEVEN pitchers on the 60 day IL and after the World Series concludes, those 11 will have to be added back onto the 40 man roster. To do so, the Giants will have to DFA/release some of the arms on the active 40 man roster to make room for the pitchers coming off the 60 Day IL. That's a whole lot of arms to deal with and taking 3 or so for Ryan would ease their roster crunch and give them a healthy arm. The team also has 6 position players on the 60 day IL = 2 - C, 2 - IF, 2 - OF.

Yea, maybe we can get the next SAM DYSON or SHAUN ARMSTRONG in return !!

Clemens gets hosed again !!