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The offseason is finally here, and with it comes the first year of the Offseason Roundtable. The weekly feature will include anywhere from three or more questions in each edition, and will be ...

Offseason Roundtable: Week One

by Alex (Analyst)

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Editorial

November 18, 2008

MLB, Minnesota Twins, Editorial

The offseason is finally here, and with it comes the first year of the Offseason Roundtable. The weekly feature will include anywhere from three or more questions in each edition, and will be on a variety of subjects including the team's direction, minor league talk, and much more.

There are four different bloggers participating in the roundtable, and they include: myself (Twins Territory), Nick Nelson (Nick & Nick's Blog), Seth Stohs (Seth Speaks), and Jesse Lund (Twinkie Town)

Each edition will be found every Tuesday from now into the foreseeable future, and each week you’ll find the questions with each writer’s answers directly below.

Let’s get started...


Will any of the four free agents be back next season?
Seth: I guess I'd put the odds at: Eddie Guardado (0.01%), Adam Everett (4.8%), Dennys Reyes (35.6%) and Nick Punto (49.9%). The Neshek injury means that the Twins should probably offer arbitration to Dennys Reyes.
If he happened to accept, you're only stuck with a one-year contract. If he gets a big offer elsewhere, you get the pick. I would consider Punto at about 50/50 at this point. It all depends on if the Twins are able to acquire a solid 3B via a trade.

Nick: Given the facts that Craig Breslow proved himself to be a strong left-handed option out of the bullpen, and Dennys Reyes will likely command a relatively pricey multi-year deal as a free agent, I suspect the Twins will allow him to sign elsewhere.

Their best bet would be to offer him arbitration, which he will almost surely reject, so that they can receive a supplemental draft pick when he signs elsewhere. Adam Everett and Eddie Guardado will not be back. I think they'll probably re-sign Nick Punto unless they can acquire a more legitimate shortstop option via trade or free agency.

So, in summary, I think Punto is the most likely of the four to be retained, but I wouldn't be surprised if none of them are playing in a Twins' uniform in 2009.

Twins Territory:

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comments (2) write a comment »

  1. reply to comment by James
    about 1 month ago

    Our bullpen will be fine. Mijares will fill the 8th inning role and bring up Anthony Slama. Leave Bobby Korecky up as well.

  2. reply to comment by Alex
    about 1 month ago

    I think you're right James. There has been a lot of talk about using an outfielder to get someone, but I think that would be a HUGE mistake. I hate the idea of giving up a guy that pays between 150-162 games for a guy that might factor in 70 innings and pitchers can be inconsistent.

    If we can sign someone to take a chance on, I'll be fine with that. But I'd like to see Blake and get a shortstop via trade.

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