Freddy Sanchez

by CharlieJohnson on Jul 19, 2009 10:15 PM EDT

I was thinking about the Freddy Sanchez trade and I realized one reason that the twins might not want to trade for him. If the twins were to trade for Sanchez, they would have to pay him 8 million dollars a year. On the other hand, Alexi Casilla would only have to be paid 500,000 dollars. The 7.5 million dollars a year difference between Casilla and Sanchez could be the money offered to Morneau and Mauer allowing them to stay in Minnesota. And personally, I would rather have a 2(soon to be3) time batting champ and a former MVP on my team than Freddy Sanchez.

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Dude,

these aren’t posts. These are three random thoughts. especially the two titled Freddy Sanchez.

by montanatwinsfan on Jul 20, 2009 12:18 AM EDT reply actions

That's alright though...

…we all start somewhere.

by Jesse on Jul 20, 2009 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

kid

I love your enthusiasm…thats great! We always like that. montanatwinsfan is right though…these arent classified posts. In future, when you are writing a post, make it longer, not just the 75 word limit, throw in some stats, etc, to make it more interesting. Also, have a variety in your titles. Lets just say that Bill Smith/Freddy Sanchez and Freddy Sanchez will hardly make anyone want to read your posts as they will think you are just repeating yourself.

Keep up the enthusiasm though!

by BCTwins on Jul 22, 2009 12:37 AM EDT reply actions

More importantly

I definitely agree. Freddie Sanchez, at $8m, is not the answer. We’re allowed to have a couple of weak spots on our team. That is something that everyone has (even the red sox and yankees). But you have to be efficient. This is why Nick Punto frustrates me so much. He is tied up for 2 years, at more than $4 m per year. That seems like a huge waste.

The problem is that, right now, we have a couple of weak spots. I would call Punto, Casilla and Gomez tremendous weak spots. With Gomez, it is really whichever of Gomez/Young that is playing that is the problem. Right now it seems to me that the Twins need to lock up Mauer, and probably Kubel. After that, they need to look at which position of middle infield and outfield they can shore up, at a reasonable cost. They will also have to look at 3B, though Valencia may be the solution to that problem.

by snolls on Jul 22, 2009 10:06 AM EDT reply actions