Sonny declines qualifying offer

[Hawkeye Bean Counter]

Not a major surprise but he did turn down the offer.  Most likely looking like the Twins will get a draft pick when he signs elsewhere.  

[RpR]

Well  he still may sign, I will leave the doom and gloom IF we finally have try to find a pitcher of equal ability.

Remember we got Correa, so the Twins Org. must have some appeal.

[Brandon]

I expect a full analysis of potential picks and scouting report after the selection of our extra pick here at Twinsdaily.

[Doctor Gast]

Ist I congratulate Sonny Gray for coming in 2nd in the CY & thank you for what you accomplished as a Twin. As expected Gray turned down the Twins QO. In this thread I like to show how  Gray should appreciate the Twins.

Below is a '21 comparison between Gray & Mahle before the '22 offseason

 

Name	G	GS	W	L	PCT	ERA	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	SO
Sonny Gray	26	26	7	9	.438	4.19	0	135.1	115	63	67	19	50	155
Tyler Mahle	33	33	13	6	.684	3.75	0	180.0	158	75	78	24	64	210

 

Here we see that Mahle was a better pitcher than Gray going into the '22 off season. Better record, better ERA & pitched more innings.

In the 1st half of the '22 season, Gray pitched 63 innings & Mahle pitched 96 innings. The Reds pushed Mahle & his arm fell off (figuratively speaking) when the Twins got him.

Let's supposed that roles were switched that Mahle was traded in the offseason to the Twins & Sonny stayed with Reds to be traded at the deadline. With the Reds wanting to showcase Gray they'd (with Gray's blessing) over-stretch him like Mahle. I'd imagine that Gray's arm would be in worse condition & prematurely ruin his chances to have anything to show coming into free agency, let alone 2nd in the CY. It'd be very hard to forecast what Mahle could have accomplished if he was properly managed by the Twins if he was traded in the off season. But he could have been just as good.

So Gray has a lot to thank the Twins for properly managing him against his stern grievances.