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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho
2018 looks to be a rebuilding year, but it be a quick turnaround rebuild if a few things go well, rather than a complete descent into the suck.
Ventura and Perez will still be there. If one of Zimmer/Almonte becomes an effective MLB starter in the next two seasons, 40 percent of your starting rotation is home-grown and cost-controlled. Even if they do rip up Salvy's contract and say, double it, he's still an extreme bargain.
They need one of Starling/Bonifacio to become an effective every day player who can provide some offense.
And they Mondesi to be what they think he can be (a great defensive shortstop who is a plus bat at the position... .280/15/.330 OBP/.450 SLG type).
One way or the other, KC looks to be in line for a SLEW of compensation picks following 2017, unless the CBA is drastically changed.
Hosmer
Moustakas
Duffy
Davis
Escobar
Cain
All guys who would likely command a QO and still get signed elsewhere.
I could see them working out extensions for Davis and one of Cain/Moustakas when the time comes... which also would make that 2018 window a little more open.
Said player was out-performed in the Korean league by former major leaguer Marcus Thames this year. He's a quality prospect, but I don't think he's Jose Abreu.
The Twins will still have to agree to terms with Park, and that's no guarantee.
Minnesota might have to trade Trevor Plouffe, who has been a solid player for the Twins, to make things work if they do sign Park.
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QOs are interesting to me, as teams clearly have not figured out how to use them effectively. The last I had seen, not a single player had accepted one. That means teams aren't using them enough, thus a lot of picks are being left on the table. If nobody is accepting the offers, they aren't being issued often enough.