JD-TWINS’s 2027 Payroll Blueprint: JD-TWINS round 1

[JD-TWINS]

My budget Total is just above that of the 2023 TWINS. …… it’s actually $10M less for guys on the field if one removed Correa’s money.

I think that both Jeffers & Arraez could be signed for 2 year deals at a slightly smaller number of $19M each.

Martin - Funderburk - Wallner can be traded assuming they are out of options.

Overpay 10% and sign Martin Perez …… flex reliever starter IF needed. Healthy often - experienced - versatile.

Ober is worthwhile in a new role as a bridge from starter to 8th or 9th inning. Can flex to starter occasionally IF needed. Experienced & versatile. ………If Perez & Ober have ERA’s hovering 4.00 or slightly above, it’s a WIN!

Matthews - Morris - Gomez in the back end with Hoffman mixing in as he’s healthy.

Lopez - Prielipp - Ryan - Rojas ……..get 3 full seasons of “starter innings (540 innings)” between these 4 guys. Assuming 4.5 months of health from Ryan & Lopez ……. Prielipp & Rojas can still get some innings breaks through the season. …….. Bradley & Kremer are 6 & 5 innings respectively, for 31 starts each.

Keaschall or Buxton is DH v. LH pitching…….. they both play fairly regularly v. RH pitching in LF & RF……..Clemens sees time in LF ending games if Keaschall is a weak link defensively. Clemens also starts 30% of the time at 1B v. RH starters. Clemens also plays 10% of games at 2B.

Arraez holds down 2B for ‘27 & IF Houston pushes his way in to the Roster in ‘28 …… Arraez can DH a bunch as Larnach will be gone.

Jeffers for 2 years - Jackson for 1 year …….. perfect set-up to ease new, youth Catching pool into MLB reality.

IF - if there’s great feelings around Abel’s health and abilities, Ryan could be shopped for a Bat or a solid reliever with longer control……. + MiLB prospect arm.

My BUDGET would be $4M of Jeffers’s number actually being paid to a team that would be up for taking Victor Caratini off of our roster.

• C: Ryan Jeffers ($23.0M)
• 1B: Royce Lewis ($5.10M)
• 2B: Luis Arraez ($19.0M)
• 3B: Brooks Lee ($1.00M)
• SS: Kaelen Culpepper ($1.00M)
• LF: Luke Keaschall ($1.00M)
• CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M)
• RF: Walker Jenkins ($1.00M)
• DH: Trevor Larnach ($6.30M)
• 4th OF: Emmanuel Rodriguez ($1.00M)
• Utility: Cody Clemens ($3.60M)
• Utility: Ryan Kreidler ($1.00M)
• Backup C: Alex Jackson ($2.00M)
• POS: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)
• SP1: Pablo Lopez ($21.50M)
• SP2: Joe Ryan ($9.60M)
• SP3: Dean Kremer ($6.50M)
• SP4: Connor Prielipp ($1.0M)
• SP5: Taj Bradley ($4.50M)
• RP: Jeff Hoffman ($7.25M)
• RP: Bailey Ober ($6.90M)
• RP: Tommy Nance ($1.20M)
• RP: Cole Sands ($1.30M)
• RP: Martin Perez ($6.6M)
• RP: Andres Gomez ($1.00M)
• RP: Andrew Morris ($1.00M)
• RP: Zebby Matthews ($1.00M)
• POS: Add Dead Money Here ($0.00M)

Payroll is 9.61% over budget

[JD-TWINS]

I missed the $10M Dead Money Entry for Correa ………. actually total of 15.9% over Budget ……. around $159 M.

[tony&rodney]

Thank you for putting this up. I wonder what happened to Funderburk?

The larger budget does seem possible, but many Twins fans wonder about it as a reality.