Looking forward to 2019 - Twins Fall Offseason Thread

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bleedspeed177 wrote:We got him.

https://kfan.iheart.com/featured/twins-blog/content/2018-11-26-minnesota-twins-claim-first-baseman-off-of-waivers-kfan-1003-fm/?sc=editorial&pname=local_social&keyid=KFXN


Seems like a decent add for a guy that won't cost much and is likely to at least be decent in the power sept even if he regresses back to what he was the previous 3 years.
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I agree. It gives us another option. Things are starting to happen. It will be interesting to see if we do anything before the end of December.
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We signed a 2B in Schoop who hit 21 HR's last year for $7.5M on a 1 year deal.

http://www.startribune.com/twins-to-shore-up-infield-by-adding-jonathan-schoop-ronald-torreyes/502102901/
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bleedspeed177 wrote:We signed a 2B in Schoop who hit 21 HR's last year for $7.5M on a 1 year deal.

http://www.startribune.com/twins-to-shore-up-infield-by-adding-jonathan-schoop-ronald-torreyes/502102901/

32 homers and 105 RBIs with the Orioles in 2017, then sucked after he was traded to the Brewers. Definitely worth a shot.
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Twins lost nobody in any of the Rule 5 draft phases and picked up Dustin Knight in the AAA phase. Looks like sort of a late bloomer type based on the stats I'm looking at. It's been a good day for the farm system.
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monsterpile wrote:Twins lost nobody in any of the Rule 5 draft phases and picked up Dustin Knight in the AAA phase. Looks like sort of a late bloomer type based on the stats I'm looking at. It's been a good day for the farm system.

Looks like potentially a great pickup. 1.71 ERA last year in the minors with a WHIP under 1 and more than a K per inning. Plus, he does a back flip on the mound when he saves a game!
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longstrangetrip wrote:
monsterpile wrote:Twins lost nobody in any of the Rule 5 draft phases and picked up Dustin Knight in the AAA phase. Looks like sort of a late bloomer type based on the stats I'm looking at. It's been a good day for the farm system.

Looks like potentially a great pickup. 1.71 ERA last year in the minors with a WHIP under 1 and more than a K per inning. Plus, he does a back flip on the mound when he saves a game!


What?!?! Man picking a guy like that just for marketing purposes alone seems like a good business decision! Lol
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monsterpile wrote:
longstrangetrip wrote:
monsterpile wrote:Twins lost nobody in any of the Rule 5 draft phases and picked up Dustin Knight in the AAA phase. Looks like sort of a late bloomer type based on the stats I'm looking at. It's been a good day for the farm system.

Looks like potentially a great pickup. 1.71 ERA last year in the minors with a WHIP under 1 and more than a K per inning. Plus, he does a back flip on the mound when he saves a game!


What?!?! Man picking a guy like that just for marketing purposes alone seems like a good business decision! Lol


Perfect pickup and bullpen addition.
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Nelson Cruz at a relatively friendly cost. If healthy no reason u can't pencil him in for 30 hrs and 90 ribs. Nice move
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PorkChop wrote:Nelson Cruz at a relatively friendly cost. If healthy no reason u can't pencil him in for 30 hrs and 90 ribs. Nice move


Agreed
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