Dan Wheeler Reaches Out to the Twins, Who Are at Their Holiday Party or Something.

Via SB Nation's Jeff Sullivan via Doogie!, the Red Sox reliever is looking for work. Two questions for you, Twins fan: 1. Does Wheeler do anything for you as a bullpen arm? 2. If the Twins aren't doing anything until next week, what in the Lund am I going to write about on Friday?

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You could do some New Years Resolutions

Seriously, if Dan Wheeler wants to be with the Twins, we should let him do so.

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by Jessy S on Dec 28, 2011 1:15 PM EST reply actions

Concur

by bl4ckduck on Dec 30, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions

I like Wheeler to pair with Duensing as 7th inning guys.

They would complement each other cheaply. I actually had him in my proposed roster for next season.

by Caleb A on Dec 28, 2011 4:26 PM EST reply actions

same here. I'd be okay with Wheeler at this point.

by b1 on Dec 28, 2011 4:31 PM EST up reply actions

I'm fine with this.

His peripherals were better than his ERA showed last year.

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by d-mac on Dec 28, 2011 4:39 PM EST reply actions

No problem for me

Wheeler’s not a high end option, but he’d probably be better than many of our other arms. And given his ERA last year, he’d be pretty cheap.

by Adam Peterson on Dec 28, 2011 6:00 PM EST reply actions

Its frustrating to just watch Ben Cherrington and the Red Sox acquire Andrew Bailey so easily....

We could have competed with that offfer…

Trevor Plouffe, Deolis Guerra, Danny Rams, Tysuyoshi Nishioka?

done deal!

for Sweeney (Revere plattoon) and Bailey

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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Dec 29, 2011 1:13 AM EST reply actions

that's definitely not as good of an offer

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by fetch9 on Dec 29, 2011 11:28 AM EST up reply actions

Also, a problem is...

that Sweeney also bats lefthanded, the same side as Revere. They couldn’t platoon with each other.

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by Andrew Bryz-Gornia on Dec 29, 2011 11:30 AM EST up reply actions

Get that man a uniform

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by Jason Kubel's Beard on Dec 29, 2011 7:56 AM EST reply actions

If any of these guys are cheaper...

Taylor Buchholz (hopefully he’s getting over his depression)
Todd Coffey
Brad Lidge (not likely cheaper)
Chad Qualls
Kerry Wood (probably going back to Cubs, though)
Michael Wuertz

… I would sign them before Wheeler. But he wouldn’t be a terrible signing. Only issue is that he’s really only good against righthanded hitters, and I could easily see Gardy using him against lefties more often than he should. Or they could sign Wheeler and then pursue Joel Zumaya with a minor league contract.

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by Andrew Bryz-Gornia on Dec 29, 2011 11:37 AM EST reply actions