MTV’s 2023 Payroll Blueprint

[MTV]

Minors: Twins option Gilberto Celestino and Trevor Megill to AAA to start the year
 

Trades:

3 team trade between Twins, Phillies & Rays. Twins get SP Tyler Glasnow and OF Manuel Margot from Rays, RP Jose Alvarado from Phillies; Rays get SP Bailey Ober, RP Jovani Moran and RHP David Festa #11p from Twins, OF Johan Rojas #5p from the Phillies; Phillies get SP Sonny Gray and RP Emilio Pagan from Twins, PTBNL from Rays.

Twins/Padres: Twins Acquire IF Ha-Seong Kim, SP Blake Snell and LHP Adrian Morejon from Padres in Exchange for IF Luis Arraez, OF Max Kepler and OF Kyle Garlick. 
 

Twins sign Trey Mancini to a 1yr/$10.5m deal, as well as C Zack Collins to a 1yr/$800k minor-league deal. Add $3m to Overall Total for Minor-League players. 

• C: Christian Vazquez ($10.00M)
• 1B: Alex Kirilloff ($0.70M)
• 2B: Jorge Polanco ($7.50M)
• 3B: Jose Miranda ($0.70M)
• SS: Ha-Seong Kim ($7.00M)
• LF: Trevor Larnach ($0.70M)
• CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M)
• RF: Joey Gallo ($11.00M)
• DH: Trey Mancini ($10.50M)
• 4th OF: Manuel Margot ($0.70M)
• Utility: Nick Gordon ($0.70M)
• Utility: Kyle Farmer ($0.70M)
• Backup C: Ryan Jeffers ($0.70M)
• SP1: Tyler Glasnow ($5.35M)
• SP2: Tyler Mahle ($7.18M)
• SP3: Blake Snell ($16.60M)
• SP4: Joe Ryan ($0.70M)
• SP5: Kenta Maeda ($3.12M)
• RP: Jhoan Duran ($0.70M)
• RP: Jorge Lopez ($3.65M)
• RP: Griffin Jax ($0.70M)
• RP: Jorge Alcala ($0.85M)
• RP: Caleb Thielbar ($2.25M)
• RP: Josh Winder ($0.70M)
• RP: Adrian Morejon ($0.80M)
• RP: Jose Alvarado ($4.00M)

Payroll is 19.64% under budget

[Mike Sixel]

I have no idea what is realistic there or not, but this is one of the better ones. Also, I'm sick and on meds, so who knows.

[tony&rodney]

San Diego is looking for pitching was my initial thought.