Revised Twins fan Christmas list

From the Seats, December 15, 2004

MINNEAPOLIS - Thank you to Terry Ryan for letting us happily cross off one of our items on our 2004 Christmas list. But we still have some key items on the Christmas we need to look at.

Here is the previous Christmas list:

• Sign Brad Radke

• Sign Corey Koskie (Doesn't have to be a multi year deal)

• Try to make sure that Joe Mays can pitch effectively as a starter (use some magic!)

• Sign Johan Santana to a multi year deal (Think he would go in for a lifetime deal?)

• If Koskie cant be resigned, than how about Joe Randa

• Don't trade Rivas, just move him to short so Cuddyer can play second

• Use some magic on Lohse, get him out of that funk.

• Lets four-peat!

So lets revise this so we have a new updated version:

• Sign Johan Santana to a multi year deal

• Sign Joe Randa

• Make sure Cuddyer is at second, not third

• Make sure that Joe Mays is ready to go for the season and can be an effective starter

• Get Lohse out of that funk

• Lets four-peat

Key items are in bold. I don't think the Twins would have to work to hard to sign Joe Randa and can do it at minimal cost. This way we can make sure that Cuddyer stays at second, where he has done a good job in the past when he has started there.

Signing Johan to a long term deal will be good for them both. Try to get him for a 4 year deal, since  I think that is about max. Don't go light on him, sign him for what he is worth. It think the Twins owe it to themselves and the fans to splurge here, use the money from who we have lost in the past year and sign Johan up for a few years!

A four-peat is not out of the question. Even though the Sox and Tribe have improved their teams over the weekend, but the Twins are still the team to beat.