It is. Ryu’s last shot at a big contract. All it takes is one team to bite on the 4th year. The Angel might be that team. Pujohls and Upton will be off the roster by then.

None of the FA contracts or trades are going to "make sense" you're either going to overpay and upgrade your rotation and your punting on 2020.

You know, this is the typical story. Yes, you're overpaying. Yes, you may not even get a year 4 out of the guy, maybe not even a year 3. But, you're not overpaying a guy like Ryu because you need him 4 years down the line. You're doing that overpaying because you need him NOW. THIS year.

When does this team ever just bite the effing bullet? You know, the way a real contender does.

Someone mentioned it in the replies to Wolfson's tweet, and it just makes too much sense not to repeat it here. Why not front-load the contract so the fourth year hardly matters? Give him $25m/$25m/$15m/15m or something. 

Hyun-Jin Ryu is very arguably the top starter remaining on the free-agent market, though his injury history is a clear red flag despite the southpaw’s dominant showing over the past couple of seasons. The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal reported earlier this week that Ryu was “expected” to top four years and $80MM on his next contract, but on this morning’s appearance on MLB Network’s Hot Stove show (video link), Rosenthal indicated that multiple teams have since told him they were immediately skeptical of that price point: “I heard from a couple of clubs yesterday that said ’That’s not going to happen — not with that medical history.'”

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/pitching-notes-ryu-keuchel-ray-king-felix.html

If 4 years at $20M per doesn't make sense, how does 4 years at $25/$25/$15/$15 or $25/$25/$25/$5 make sense?

If 4 years at $20M per doesn't make sense, how does 4 years at $25/$25/$15/$15 or $25/$25/$25/$5 make sense?

hee hee....how about 4 years at $77/$1/$1/$1

LOL!

hee hee....how about 4 years at $77/$1/$1/$1

LOL!

Front office would look like geniuses for 3 out of the 4 years!!

It’s actually pretty simple. If the Twins have a hypothetical budget of $135 million per season, and this year they are $35 million under budget, they can fit Ryu in for $25 million. In years three and four they will have presumably extended some guys and increased the payroll, so having Ryu at a reduced rate would help them with meeting their budget.

Am I missing something?

I always don't understand that extra year. Would you rather have three years at, say $25 million or 4 years at $20 million each. Okay, extra five million. Have a buyout option, or a performance option. Who says you really want to pitch four more years at age 32?

I would suggest that this story is getting real old and while we are not in on the A level, or the B level the C level is pretty well picked over and the D level looks like a group we should just pass on and move to the prospects.