Rumor: Taylor Rogers signs with Giants

[LewFordLives]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/giants-taylor-rogers-agree-to-three-year-deal.html

Good for him! Although for that money, I'm fine with the Twins taking a pass.

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[jmlease1]

3 years & $33M? Hard pass. He might be a useful pitcher still, but he's unlikely to be consistently elite going forward. Good for him to get that kind of money coming off a pretty bad season, but that's not smart use of funds for the team.

[Musk21]

Pretty cool that he'll be teammates with his brother!

[ashbury]

"The deal is pending a physical." The Giants, LOL. Stay tuned.

[nicksaviking]

Yeah, good for him, it was looking like he'd probably miss out on his big free agent deal. I thought he'd get a year, maybe two if he took a discount or made it a team option.

[LewFordLives]

It seems to convey an air of desperation by the Giants....."We gotta sign somebody!"

[Doctor Gast]

As much as I'd have liked for the Twins to have extended him, I'm happy for him that he got the money & he'd be playing with his brother. A great player & guy, he deserves it. Wish him the very best.

[Monkeypaws]

10 minutes ago, Musk21 said:

Pretty cool that he'll be teammates with his brother!

Imagine facing them back to back out of the pen. Righty submariner vs lefty.

If I were the Giant manager, I'd make a practice of subbing Tyler for Taylor in the middle of at bats, just to mess with people.

[HerbieFan]

I'm SUPER happy for Taylor Rodgers.  He's a genuinely good dude.  I'm also SUPER happy he'll get to play with his brother.  I'm also SUPER happy the Twins didn't do that kind of a deal for him....as cool as it would have been to see him back with the club.

[TopGunn#22]

Agree everyone.  I always liked Taylor and I'm glad he's playing with his brother.  But at 3 yrs and $33 million that's an overpay.  

[farmerguychris]

Free agent contracts are stupid this year - long and expensive.  I think this Twins F.O. is going to have to change their way of thinking or we might be left in the cold frequently by sitting and waiting things out.

[Heistyman]

I want the Twins to actually field a team with a set of twins.  So I'd been hoping for Tyler to be in Minnesota rather than vice versa.  One day I'll get my wish.

[Rosterman]

And the Twins thought he was expensive in his last arbitration year. Good for Taylor and you get to play on the same team with your brother.

[jmlease1]

It's one thing to spend big on position players and starting pitching, but history suggests teams are better off developing their relief options internally. 3 years and $33M for a reliever might be ok if they were in their prime, but for a 32 year-old reliever coming off his worst season as a pro? Odds are pretty good that he's going to have one good season, one meh season, and one bad one.

[mikelink45]

All the quotes about the money - his annual salary is the same as we gave Joey Gallo

[Mike Sixel]

4 hours ago, farmerguychris said:

Free agent contracts are stupid this year - long and expensive.  I think this Twins F.O. is going to have to change their way of thinking or we might be left in the cold frequently by sitting and waiting things out.

Not just MN.....nearly every big deal is going to a handful of teams (though this one isn't big, it's much longer than I thought he'd get).

Congrats to him! and, fun to play with your brother.

[Mike Sixel]

2 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

All the quotes about the money - his annual salary is the same as we gave Joey Gallo

Three years. Three years is different than 1. 

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Happy for the guy. Now let's see if they over-use him on back to back days...

[mikelink45]

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

Three years. Three years is different than 1. 

You assume that the FO which in another article professed their love for Gallo is only thinking one year.

 

[sweetmusicviola16]

27 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

You assume that the FO which in another article professed their love for Gallo is only thinking one year.

 

With all of the hype I'm hearing on here about Gallo one would think we'd look to extend him. Something like 6/96 maybe? Or if we have to 6/108. But to get the AAV down a bit possibly 9/135.

[ashbury]

39 minutes ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

With all of the hype I'm hearing on here about Gallo one would think we'd look to extend him. Something like 6/96 maybe? Or if we have to 6/108. But to get the AAV down a bit possibly 9/135.

60/600 would be the ultimate bargain, no?  I mean, he might even die early, and then they're completely off the hook for the remainder.

[sweetmusicviola16]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

 I mean, he might even die early,  

That's why we can't do 60. I'm thinking more like 50/520. This way he'd only be 79 when he hangs her up. Besides, an 89 y/o wouldn't have any trade value at all would he?

[sweetmusicviola16]

I'm not a Christmas doer, but Merry Christmas Twins fans.

[howeda7]

Is that an overpay? Yes. Would overpaying by a few million when you you're $40 million under last year's payroll and the list of things to spend it on is shrinking daily have really mattered? No. I'd take Taylor back in a heartbeat. I don't care whether we "win" the signing or not. 

[gman]

13 hours ago, sweetmusicviola16 said:

That's why we can't do 60. I'm thinking more like 50/520. This way he'd only be 79 when he hangs her up. Besides, an 89 y/o wouldn't have any trade value at all would he?

I hope so. I'm going out tomorrow and start throwing snowballs against the shed door?

[Dave The Dastardly]

On 12/23/2022 at 10:10 AM, LewFordLives said:

It seems to convey an air of desperation by the Giants....."We gotta sign somebody!"

Yeah. Too bad we'd already snatched Gallo.

[LewFordLives]

4 minutes ago, Dave The Dastardly said:

Yeah. Too bad we'd already snatched Gallo.

Yeah.....

[ChermesZ]

What if 11 mil is market for a good reliever at this point?

 

 

[JD-TWINS]

54 minutes ago, ChermesZ said:

What if 11 mil is market for a good reliever at this point?

 

 

Look at the Astro’s reliever resigning - this signing of Rogers, and it appears $11 million for a “standard plus” reliever is at that level. Assuming Fulmer would be there as well - two years at a minimum.

Inflation - making up ground for Covid years - players cost money!!

We need to sign either Hand - Britton - Fulmer. Have the $ and a supposed desire to win. Get it done!

Eovaldi for depth for next 3 years at the top of the staff……extend Mahle - Gray with decent results through May. Maeda to pen for even more depth & competency!! Extend him with decent early results!

If Eovaldi and 3 years is too much to ask, at least sign Kluber for a year to enable Maeda to work out of pen for at least a couple months.

My assumption was Vázquez would talk up Eovaldi with management but doesn’t seem to be the case, at least not out in the open. Maybe Kluber this year and make a trade for pitcher, if needed, in July?

[Mike Sixel]

On 12/25/2022 at 7:56 AM, ChermesZ said:

What if 11 mil is market for a good reliever at this point?

 

 

I don't think 11 MM is the issue, it's three years for a RP that was hurt the last two.