Signing(s): Twins sign Marwin Gonzalez (2 years/21 M)

[CHRDANHUTCH]

Marwin Gonzalez from HOU to MIN

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[tony d]

Good pickup for the Twins there. Been a quiet offseason, relatively speaking this year, but the Twins are making some good moves.

 

[Marc the Habs Fan]

21 M for 2 years.

Darn good value for Minny.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Glad he's gone. Houston will miss him.

 

[PG Canuck]

Twins quietly adding Cruz and Marwin. Solid adds.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Really good signing

 

[MS]

MLB free agency is just bizarre.

29 years old, 6.8 WAR over the past 2 years, heaps of playoff experience, can play every position on the field except catcher ... and can only get a 2-year deal?

 

[DougieSmash]

Don't know much about Twins pitching but if Sano, Kepler and Schoop rebounds, that's hell of a lineup.

Garver, Austin, Schoop, Polanco, Sano, Marwin, Rosario, Kepler, Cruz.

 

[rangerssharks414]

MLB free agency is just bizarre.

29 years old, 6.8 WAR over the past 2 years, heaps of playoff experience, can play every position on the field except catcher ... and can only get a 2-year deal?

And it was from an AL team. Go figure. NL teams should value position flexibility more than AL teams.

 

[SupremeNachos]

Don't know much about Twins pitching but if Sano, Kepler and Schoop rebounds, that's hell of a lineup.

Garver, Austin, Schoop, Polanco, Sano, Marwin, Rosario, Kepler, Cruz.

I mean if our goal is to put up 7-10 runs a game. Outside of Berrios and Gibson I don't trust any of our starters and our bullpen is still up for debate. We have quite a few solid setup guys but no one has stepped up to claim the closer role yet. If Berrios and Gibson can each win 15-18 games and the other 3 manage around 10-12 we will be ok I think. At this point I'd be ok with giving Keuchel a 3x22.5m kind of deal.

 

[Unholy Diver]

He is a decent player but seems to be getting overrated a bit, Josh Harrison is a pretty similar player and just got signed for $ 2 mil.

 

[ref19]

He is a decent player but seems to be getting overrated a bit, Josh Harrison is a pretty similar player and just got signed for $ 2 mil.

I wouldn't call JH and Marwin similar at all actually