Andy Allgood’s 2024 Payroll Blueprint

[Andy Allgood]

I'm a huge fan of Stro and I've always wanted him on the Twins, so I had to figure a way to get him in there. If not him, then I'd love to have Lucas Giolito.

I traded Jorge Polanco to the A's for Paul Blackburn, who's projected to get around $3.5M in arbitration. I'm not smart enough to know if that would include other players one way or the other, but that wouldn't have any impact on the ML roster. Because of this, I moved Eddie Julien into the starting 2B spot.

I moved Louie Varland into the bullpen because of how good he looked there at the end of last season. I also moved Bailey Ober out of the rotation, but if my pie in the sky signings/trades happen, then it would be a spring training battle between him and Paddack for the 5th spot, but I give the edge to Paddack right now. If we decide to go with 2 lefty reliever instead of 3, maybe you try to convince Paddack to stay in the bullpen and Ober is the 5th starter.

I signed Michael A. Taylor again. I think that's a no-brainer and I'd much rather have him than Kiermaier at this point in their careers. I also let Kyle Farmer go. As much as he was a great addition at times last year, I think he's expendable if Jose Miranda gets his head back on straight. If I sign Giolito instead of Stroman, I keep Farmer.

• C: Ryan Jeffers ($2.30M)
• 1B: Alex Kirilloff ($1.70M)
• 2B: Edouard Julien ($0.77M)
• 3B: Royce Lewis ($0.77M)
• SS: Carlos Correa ($33.33M)
• LF: Matt Wallner ($0.77M)
• CF: Michael A Taylor ($6.00M)
• RF: Max Kepler ($10.00M)
• DH: Byron Buxton ($15.00M)
• 4th OF: Willi Castro ($3.20M)
• Utility: Trevor Larnach ($0.77M)
• Utility: Jose Miranda ($0.77M)
• Backup C: Christian Vazquez ($10M)
• SP1: Pablo Lopez ($8.25M)
• SP2: Marcus Stroman ($21.00M)
• SP3: Joe Ryan ($0.77M)
• SP4: Paul Blackburn ($3.50M)
• SP5: Chris Paddack ($2.53M)
• RP: Jhoan Duran ($0.77M)
• RP: Brock Stewart ($0.77M)
• RP: Griffin Jax ($0.77M)
• RP: Jorge Alcala ($1.00M)
• RP: Caleb Thielbar ($3.00M)
• RP: Louie Varland ($0.77M)
• RP: Jovani Moran ($0.77M)
• RP: Kody Funderburk ($0.77M)

Payroll is 3.67% under budget