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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    We'll have to agree to disagree on this. In a world where four shortstops have signed $280m+ in the past 12 months, it was quite clear Correa was going to get more than $300m. All one has to do is look around and see what the likes of Judge, deGrom, Verlander, et al signed for to see what the market was for Correa. And that's backed up by the obvious evidence of Correa literally getting $350m from a team.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, I don't believe this at all. The Twins supposedly offered $285m. I almost guarantee the Yankees and Cubs - and possibly others - would have matched or beaten that offer. It wasn't just the Giants and Twins. Other teams were laying in wait and I'm nearly 100% certain at least one of them would have easily beaten $285m.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    That won't really impact 2023 spending, though. Certainly not the point of the Twins being about $45m below last season's payroll.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    We all knew this is what it would take to get Correa the moment Turner received $300m. By the time Boegarts signed for $280m, every reasonable person understood that Correa's contract number would start with a "3". So why didn't the front office understand what we all knew as casual bystanders? They never made an offer of $300m or more. So why'd they think they had a shot at Correa?
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    But $325m gets you to the table in real negotiations. The fact that the Twins were off by more than $60m made it a pretty easy decision for Carlos.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Dunno, depends on availability but I would have at least considered Contreras, Taillon, Haniger, and a few others.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    The moment Turner went for $300m, I would have gone to ownership and said "we either need to offer Correa $325m RIGHT NOW or we need to bow out and pursue other players while they are available". Yet ~10 days after Turner went off the board, the Twins hadn't (and never did) offer Correa even Turner's contract.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    ouch
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Sure glad they moved on from Gio Urshela so that they could clear payroll space for...
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    Easier to pat each other on the back that way, I suppose.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    If the money could have been utilized better, it should have been spent two weeks ago. I'm just done with how this front office approaches offseasons.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    It's impossible to have too many shortstops. Just ask the Padres. And Polanco isn't going to be around forever. If you have a second shortstop, move him to second base.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I just don't want Swanson at the money he's going to get. Maybe try to trade with the Padres or Giants? Mostly I'm frustrated. This front office is going to spend the next month finding less-optimal ways to spend a bunch of money and I'm just tired of it. They'll pivot and find a guy who fills a hole that didn't necessarily *need* to be filled. They'll spend the money but it will be over far fewer years than Correa and they'll pat themselves on the back for "keeping their options open".
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    I don’t even blame them for not landing Correa… well, not entirely. But it’s one more thing that doesn’t look good for them. I’m tired of trading for injured pitchers. I’m tired of the lack of pitching development. I’m tired of them disliking long contracts more than they like good players. I’m tired of them not getting “their guy” and instead pivoting, pivoting, and pivoting again. I simply don’t see many reasons to keep them around anymore. They’re not exceptional at anything and have significant flaws.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Absolutely.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    More like revenue sharing time.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Because the gambit is so much fun? Seriously, though, so many people are playing high-level chess in this situation that it's just fun to sit back and watch.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    That’d be a hell of a side gig.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Matt Arnold. But yes, he pulled off a hell of a deal there.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm in pretty deep with the Brewers community and the feel I got from this trade was that the A's and Braves couldn't agree on a trade... then the Brewers slipped in and said "give us this, we'll give you that" and somehow accomplished highway robbery in the process. I think the focus of the A's and Braves were on each other while the Brewers managed to offer enticing value to each while neither noticed the Brewers weren't giving up much in return.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    That's not my bar for an A trade/signing but that's absolutely an A+ trade. It's an example of something that is clearly a top-shelf move whereas Vazquez is more "well, that's nice, fills a hole for a few years, now what's next?"
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I mean, not really. An A signing/trade is an exemplary move. Is getting Christian Vazquez on a three year deal an exemplary move? Whereas the Brewers move was extraordinarily good.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I can't give this signing an A based on how badly the Brewers hoodwinked the A's and Braves just a couple of hours before the Twins signed Vazquez. If you want an A+ move, look no further than the Brewers getting William Contreras for Esteury Ruiz.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    It's a fine move and an easy B from me.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Joel Sherman of the New York Post mentioned today that the Yankees are discussing trading for an outfielder with the Twins and Diamondbacks, possibly to stay under a luxury tax tier. The Twins have a glut of outfield options currently in the majors and high minors. They need to find spots for the likes of Max Kepler, Nick Gordon, Alex Kirilloff, Trevor Larnach, and Matt Wallner. In case you're not good at counting, that's a lot of outfielders. More than three. The Yankees system has a bunch of enticing names that surely interest the Twins. And we all know how well trading an outfielder to the Yankees has worked for the Twins in the past. But still, this deal could make a lot of sense for both teams if done well. John Ryan Murphy was unavailable for comment as this story was published. View full rumor
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