Twins 2027 Arbitration Decisions: Who Stays, Who Goes?

[Mike Sixel]

1 hour ago, weitz41 said:

I get what you're saying. Sure, there's a real chance you have a roster spot of two filled you weren't expecting. I don't see a 40-man crunch and August trade deadline can clean out the guys you don't move.

WAR to me isn't the end all be all but it's a decent starting point when looking at your teams' roster.

Just using Baseball reference as a neutral guide. Let say for Ober. in 2026 he managed 1.8 WAR over 130+ innings. 1.8 x 8 Mil/WAR. That's 14.4 Mil in value for 6.9 Mil projected (2027) salary. That doesn't seem like something most teams not called the Dodger or Yankees would pass on to quickly. 2026 Larnach 1.4 WAR, Lewis .9 WAR, Nance .7. Just pointing out there's value there you don't want to just discard to open a roster spot is all.

Way too risky to tender guys you haven't got a trade for, or don't want on the roster. IMO, of course. I really don't want the same team back, but if they sign a guy for millions, they aren't going to just DFA him later if no one will trade for him.