The Hosken Powell Memorial Offseason/Hot Stove Linkdump

by RandBall's Stu on Nov 6, 2009 9:00 PM EST in News

Item: Big League Stew (no relation) gives the Twins the early edge in the Hardy/Gomez swap.

Nobody asked me, but: I will miss Gomez's defense and remarkable speed. I will not miss his craptacular at-bats and .623 OPS.

Item: Pat Neshek's rehab is an ocean of positivity.

Nobody asked me, but: if I may put on my Captain Obvious hat for a minute, a healthy, effective Neshek would be gigantic for 2010. In a winter where the team needs to/had better address other areas of the team, upgrading the bullpen via trade or free agency seems unlikely.

Item: Cuddyer is priority #1 for Twins. The club has until Monday to pick up his $10.5 million option for 2011 or buy him out for $1 million.

Nobody asked me, but: of course they're going to do pick up his option, and they should. He does magic tricks, for pity's sake! Cuddy-haters, unload on me in comments, but be advised that I will be forwarding your e-mail addresses to Howard Sinker.

Item: autographed Nick Punto jerseys among the items for sale at tomorrow's Metrodome rummage sale.

Nobody asked me, but: all purchasers must show sufficient grit, hustle and moxie in order to acquire the jerseys. If you see Scott Ullger telling you not to buy it, KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN AND GO RIGHT PAST HIM. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? /still bitter

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LOL...again.

by montanatwinsfan on Nov 6, 2009 9:59 PM EST reply actions

I'd give the Twins an early edge in this trade, too.

Of course if Gomez breaks out and Hardy catches the plague, I’ll have to eat my words.

by Jesse on Nov 7, 2009 4:02 AM EST reply actions

Jinxing so early in the offseason?

Sheesh.

by fischean on Nov 7, 2009 4:54 PM EST up reply actions

Thanks for that Neshek

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I missed that in the Hardy madness.

That would be a huge help for next year

by clutterheart on Nov 7, 2009 1:00 PM EST reply actions

Okay.......

Will miss Gomez kising the bat, although it didn’t always respond.

Neshek MAY be abck (betcha he starts at AAA for at least a month and Boof gets to pull a Humber and shine or sink).

Cuddyer may be too expensive, really, and I would like to see the Twins re-negotiate his contract for, maybe, $8 million a year over the next four to even 5 seasons. I think Cuddyer, if he plays like he did last season and his last best season before that, is an excellent clubhouse guy, a nice face for the franchise in the Twin Cities, and could slide into the DH role who can play 1B, 3B, OF as needed. That’ in itself, is valuable. Of course, that would assume that Kubel would get traded away for parts ddown the line and the Twins rookie crop fill all the otehr spots in the line-up. But Cuddyer remaining the grizzled veteran presence on the team…I can live with that…but not at $10-12 million a year.

Autographed Nick Punto jerseys? For msot of last summer, I guy constantly had a box of autographed Nick Punto abseballs for sale on eBay. They went nowhere. Maybe if he ahd tried to sell them individually, and he might’ve sold one or two for what he was asking for the box — but he would still have 10 of the suckers laying about collecting dust (okay, he has a dozen collecting dust). If the Twins COULD get rid of Nick before the 2010 season starts, they could package his, Redmond and Gomez jerseys into a package and maybe sell them all off!

Visit www.TwinsCards.com and check out "rosters" to see my collection!

by rosterman on Nov 8, 2009 12:08 PM EST reply actions