Brock Beauchamp

I think they've realized they need to alter their approach, at least in this particular case. They need a shortstop - a good shortstop - and if they use their previous approach, they'll end up acquiring a left fielder in January and miss out on every good shortstop.

To be clear, if it's a starting point, it's an impressive offer. Better than I expected from this front office by a fair margin. But if it's their only offer, it won't get it done.

I have semi-reliable information the Twins have made an offer to Correa. I'm not going to report the number, that will be on the front page soon, but it's a solid fifth-place offer. If it's a starting offer, it's pretty reasonable. If it's all the Twins offer, he's gone.

I also would have been fine with them moving on from Garlick and pursuing a higher upside option. Maybe they do that anyway, hopefully after a Kepler trade.

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The reason Garlick is better than Cave is because you just listed Larnach, Kirilloff, and Wallner, who are all left-handed (as is Cave). Jake Cave was a problem on this roster for years because he's also left-handed. Right now, the Twins' main competition for the two corner OF spots are: Kepler, Larnach, Kirilloff, Wallner, and Gordon. Five left-handed hitters. Garlick is a valuable resource for that reason. He's not competing with any of those guys, he's complementary to all five of them.

I'm fine with using Garlick as the right-handed 26th man on the roster. He's a good, cheap fit for that role.

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The Minnesota Twins' stark aversion to handing out large contracts has historically been limited to the pitching side. From Kirby Puckett to Joe Mauer, Josh Donaldson, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa, the Twins have shown a willingness to shell out big-money deals for everyday players who can make a special impact offensively. So this week we turn our attention to difference-making bats on the market. Image courtesy of Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports The Minnesota Twins' stark aversion to handing out large contracts has historically been limited to the pitching side. From Kirby Puckett to Joe Mauer, Josh Donaldson, Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa, the Twins have shown a willingness to shell out big-money deals for everyday players who can make a special impact offensively. So this week we turn our attention to difference-making bats on the market. There was much vitriol directed at the pitching staff this year, which is understandable because it wasn't very good. At the same time, though, it wasn't expected to be very good. The 2022 club wasn't built around the strength of its pitching, but rather a deep and star-studded lineup, which really failed to click and sustainably produce at any point all year. Even within the wreckage of the rotation and bullpen, you could find some legitimate sources of promise going forward: Joe Ryan, Jhoan Durán, Griffin Jax, and Bailey Ober, not to mention a couple impressive late debuts. Such silver linings were harder to find on offense. Aside from Carlos Correa and Luis Arraez, there really weren't any resoundingly positive performances to be found. Jorge Polanco was unspectacular and had his most injury-plagued season. Alex Kirilloff, Trevor Larnach, and Ryan Jeffers missed huge chunks of the campaign. So did Byron Buxton, who faded considerably after a brilliant start. Max Kepler was terrible. While they do have some good upcoming position-player talent, the Twins don't necessarily have any clear high-end hitters in the wings. As such, it's very possible they view an impact veteran bat as the best way to flex their ample spending flexibility, especially since that market figures to be in lower demand than frontline starters and All-Star shortstops – thus potentially allowing their dollars to stretch farther. We explore many of these possibilities and scenarios in the newest chapter of the Offseason Handbook, "Hunting for a Big Bat," which is now available to download for all Caretakers. In it we profile an assortment of potential targets who could upgrade the heart of the Twins lineup, ranging in splashiness and plausibility from A(aron Judge) to Y(uli Gurriel). Hot Stove Season is about to kick into high gear, with the arbitration tender deadline coming up this week and the Winter Meetings fast approaching. Get yourself up to speed by reading all available chapters of the Offseason Handbook! If you're not yet a Twins Daily Caretaker, it's a great time to sign up! (Whispers: due to supply limitations, it might be the only way to get a ticket for the Winter Meltdown ... details coming soon.) Otherwise, stay tuned to the site this week as our writers will be highlighting a variety of possibilities on the big bats front. View full article

This is my favorite part of the redesign. The current script with multiple strokes pains me to no end as a designer. It's just sloppy.

No, she seems genuinely uncomfortable with baseball using FG’s stats to pay its players. It puts a scary amount of weight on their system that it wasn’t intended to be. What if they tweak their system and undervalue relievers for a couple of years? That could cost people literally tens of millions of dollars. And the WAR systems were never intended to be exact measures of performance, they’re more “shotgun” than “sniper rifle”. If MLB wants to pay based on WAR, they should hire the requisite people to create their own system with the MLBPA. They’re cheaping out and placing the burden on people who don’t want the responsibility.

This is my take as well. Correa is the entire package. Boegarts has the bat to be good for quite some time and can move to second down the road while remaining very productive.

I could easily see Adames available one year from now because of the prospects coming up the Brewers system but believe there’s close to a zero percent chance of him being traded now.

Cool. So the marketing and design team should be out scouting prep players? Seriously,, lighten up a little.

I’m kinda into the idea of having an alt jersey with that script on it.

This time we get to see the script. All right, I’m on board with this. A pretty classic, clean look to it.

Meg Rowley, editor of FanGraphs and a seemingly fantastic person all around, has repeatedly stated she is not comfortable with people being paid based on a system FanGraphs created and tweaks constantly to provide as a resource to baseball fans. And she's right. This is a burden FG should not have to bear.

The Giants are one of the most highly-regarded front offices and their coaching staff is like 15 people. This is the direction baseball is moving. If you work smarter on the front-end with $200k salary coaches and staff, you save millions on the back-end with fewer bad contracts and better performances from your existing players.

In my blueprint, I ripped off the band-aid and put Winder directly into the MLB bullpen. I think that's where he's going to end up anyway, may as well do it now.

Do we need to make this a Head 2 Head forum debate?

Yeah, the upside isn't great, either, but some of these teams have so little to lose on taking a flyer on someone like Sano that I think there's a good chance he's picked up by someone on an MLB contract.