Gleeman & The Geek: Diamond Awards, Over/Unders, and Sale Rumors

[John Bonnes]

0:00 Gleeman & The Geek: Twins Diamond Awards, 2027 payroll, and over/under results

2:51 Twins Diamond Awards with no ceremony and no TwinsFest during the lockout

4:24 Most Valuable Twin: Aaron's vote for Taj Bradley

9:10 Cody Clemens wins Twins team MVP

14:14 Twins Pitcher of the Year: Taj Bradley

14:41 Most Improved Twin: Brooks Lee

16:09 Twins Rookie of the Year: Connor Prielipp

17:49 Defensive Player of the Year: Byron Buxton over ... Ryan Kreidler?

20:25 Byron Buxton wins the Twins leadership award

20:53 Louie Varland wins Upper Midwest Player of the Year after the Twins traded him

22:21 Media Good Guy: Ryan Jeffers three-peats

26:36 Twins minor league awards: Walker Jenkins and Adrian Bohorquez

27:22 The case for Marek Houston as minor league player of the year

33:56 Twins 2027 payroll: what $100 million actually buys

38:29 Why matching the 2023 Twins payroll now means $175 million or more

40:33 No winter meetings: how the lockout reshapes the MLB offseason

41:39 2027 MLB free agent class: Tarik Skubal and a lot of Josh Bell types

44:32 Ryan Jeffers and the qualifying offer

46:37 Replacing Jeffers: a thin catcher market and the Victor Caratini problem

51:09 What happens with Alex Jackson

56:59 MLB Trade Rumors arbitration projections

58:52 Tender now, trade later? The Trevor Larnach decision

1:04:31 Charlie Walters reports a Twins sale to Varde Partners is heating up

1:12:30 What private equity ownership could mean for the Twins

1:18:47 Spring training over/under review: Aaron's prediction slump

1:21:46 Why 10 of 15 American League teams finished under their Vegas win totals

1:23:21 AL East over/unders: Tampa Bay Rays win 98 games

1:25:18 Baltimore Orioles disappoint despite Pete Alonso's 40 homers

1:26:48 Boston Red Sox: Aaron gets one right

1:28:03 Toronto Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s nine-homer season

1:30:00 New York Yankees win 93 games

1:31:28 AL West over/unders: all five teams go under, starting with the Angels

1:32:00 The Athletics' injury-wrecked season

1:33:15 Texas Rangers fall short

1:34:21 Houston Astros' front office decline

1:36:47 Seattle Mariners and Cal Raleigh's collapse

1:37:30 Aaron's George Costanza plan: pick the opposite

1:39:55 AL Central over/unders: Chicago White Sox make the playoffs

1:41:45 Twins over/under: Aaron takes the over and wins

1:44:38 Cleveland Guardians win the AL Central

1:45:42 Kansas City Royals sink to 69 wins

1:46:26 Detroit Tigers sell and fade

1:47:56 Final tally over/under tally.

1:50:37 Wrap-up and offseason schedule

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