Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Inside the Twins

Projected Twins Bullpen (based on who we still have)

Closer: Perkins
Setup 1: Kevin Jepson
Setup 2: Trevor May (The Twins have said they want him as a starter this season but he doesn't fit)
Middle Relief 1: Casey Fien
Middle Relief 2: open (But we just signed veteran Fernando Abad who will probably get first chance at this because he is left-handed and has 250 major league appearances.)
Long Man: Ricky Nolasco (He's under contract, the Twins can't trade him, and there's no way they want him in the rotation unless someone gets injured)

Projected Rotation?

Tyler Duffy, Kyle Gibson, Phil Hughes, Tommy Milone, and Ervin Santana

There's not much room for anyone else, though the Twins could add one more guy to the bullpen. They went with 11 pitchers most of the year last season. So I expect them to do that again this year. Molitor likes to have that extra guy as a bench player/pinch-hitter/extra catcher/extra infielder/extra outfielder kind of guy.

Even if this is the current plan, injuries occur all the time, especially to pitchers. So nothing is less solid than a pitching roster.






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