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I guess i was just going by what their lineup accomplished last year with the only major addition being Cruz. Marwin, but hes been pretty bad. Buxton is back and has been playing fairly well. They will get some injuries to. Maybe this will make our regular season a little more spicey. A dogfight with the Twins.

Jonathan Schoop at 2B, who had a down 2018 but was a 5 win player in 2017. Despite being mostly bad last season, he ranked 8th among 2B in HR with 21. Certainly capable of hitting 25 HR this season

Last year the Twins 1B/DH duo of Mauer and Logan Morrison combined for 21 HR. As you mentioned already, Nelson Cruz was their big signing and has eclipsed 21 HR every year since 2009 and 37+ the past 5 seasons. Combine him with CJ Cron, who hit 30 last year. He isn't off to the best start, but he should give them 20 or so HR. I think the two of them combine for about 50 HR.

Kepler looks like he has taken a step, Rosario leads the AL in HR, Polanco has been great, Buxton is healthy, their catchers are flashing power, and Marwin has sucked ass so far.
 
Jonathan Schoop at 2B, who had a down 2018 but was a 5 win player in 2017. Despite being mostly bad last season, he ranked 8th among 2B in HR with 21. Certainly capable of hitting 25 HR this season

Last year the Twins 1B/DH duo of Mauer and Logan Morrison combined for 21 HR. As you mentioned already, Nelson Cruz was their big signing and has eclipsed 21 HR every year since 2009 and 37+ the past 5 seasons. Combine him with CJ Cron, who hit 30 last year. He isn't off to the best start, but he should give them 20 or so HR. I think the two of them combine for about 50 HR.

Kepler looks like he has taken a step, Rosario leads the AL in HR, Polanco has been great, Buxton is healthy, their catchers are flashing power, and Marwin has sucked ass so far.
Its a shame we somehow couldnt have kept Edwin AND gotten Carlos back. I know Edwin is what he at this point in his career but he would be our Nelson Cruz right now. That big right handed bad we need. To me they have always been almost the same player with Cruz seeming to have the high BA. The money wouldnt have been possible for us to do that but it probably would be helping somewhat.
 
Its a shame we somehow couldnt have kept Edwin AND gotten Carlos back. I know Edwin is what he at this point in his career but he would be our Nelson Cruz right now. That big right handed bad we need. To me they have always been almost the same player with Cruz seeming to have the high BA. The money wouldnt have been possible for us to do that but it probably would be helping somewhat.

If Seattle is out of the running come July, they will actually be wanting to trade EE, so its possible to get him back. I am not sure if we want to, but do not be surprised if we go get a power hitting bat sometime this season regardless of position. We will be looking at a power hitting bat/upgraded hitter and/or another bullpen arm sometime this season.
 
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Edit- Brad Miller slash line should be .250 / .325 / .417 If anyone gives a shit

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Chris Paddack from San Diego, once considering a potential piece in a Kluber trade, has been unbelievable so far

7 starts, 1.55 ERA, 10.2 K/9, 2.33 FIP

Yet to allow more than 5 baserunners
 

Even with the hindsight bias of knowing how good Paddack looks, getting a deal done with San Diego was always going to be complicated since they couldn't really offer much from an offensive standpoint. Tatis and Urias were likely untouchable, Mejia was not going to be involved, Margot isn't really an upgrade. Renfroe's power would've been a nice addition to our offense, but he's always going to be flirting with a .300 OBP

Josh Naylor is tearing it up in AAA. Would've been cool to have the Naylor brothers on the team in a few years
 
Even with the hindsight bias of knowing how good Paddack looks, getting a deal done with San Diego was always going to be complicated since they couldn't really offer much from an offensive standpoint. Tatis and Urias were likely untouchable, Mejia was not going to be involved, Margot isn't really an upgrade. Renfroe's power would've been a nice addition to our offense, but he's always going to be flirting with a .300 OBP

Josh Naylor is tearing it up in AAA. Would've been cool to have the Naylor brothers on the team in a few years

Paddack and Renfroe along with some notable other pieces which could have been swung elsewhere would have been a nice haul.
 
Michael Brantley and Yandy Diaz look like they can play baseball offensively.
 
They should have kept the two guys doing well for sure.

And they let Brandon Phillips walk away too, thanks Eric Wedge.
 

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