Brock Beauchamp

Exactly.

Okay, I like this deal a lot. The Twins gain: Simeon Woods-Richardson Austin Martin Sonny Gray for two seasons The Twins lose: Jose Berrios for one season Chase Petty That's an outstanding return. This is the deal I've been waiting for since the Berrios trade.

Okay, now we're talking. I like this deal a lot.

In my case, I don't like the trade because I believe the 2022 Twins are worse than they were two days ago. The 2024 Twins, thanks to Henriquez, are probably better now but I'm not particularly concerned with the 2024 Twins right this moment.

If they're counting escalators in the budget before those escalators are triggered, I'll be pretty angry. If they planned to do that, they should have just paid Buxton a higher guaranteed salary. I care whether Buxton gets paid while I don't give a damn if the Pohlads pad their billions a little more.

Outstanding analysis, Lucas.

I can't say I'm terribly impressed by the Twins' apparent desire to sign three decent "third options" to fill the rotation. It's as if they fail to realize decent third options are only decent if you sign a first and second option, too.

And there's no reason the Twins can't extend Bassitt. Imagine this: the Twins get Martin and SWR for Berrios. They then trade Winder and Strotman for Bassitt and extend him for three years. Hard not to see that as a win overall for the franchise and there's zero reason it couldn't have happened. I'm pretty effing disenchanted with this front office right now.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/twins-interested-in-johnny-cueto.html My take in image form:

I would give it a C-/D+ but given the options, I went with D. I'm not a fan of this trade but it's also not as terrible as people are portraying it to be.

So does Mario Mendoza. ... I actually checked and Mendoza does not have 100 OPS on Simmons but the joke is good enough that it stays.

This trade makes more sense had the Twins signed Marcus Stroman. Just sayin'.

When it comes to SS, this front office apparently has a type.

Martin is almost certainly not a shortstop but Kiner-Falefa is only under contract for two years. I'm not sure this says much of anything about Lewis, as he's a Minnesota Twins at best in August of this year, probably more like 2023.

Here is the line for Ronny Henriquez, the throw-in coming the Twins' way: Register Pitching Year Age AgeDif Tm Lg Lev Aff W L W-L% ERA RA9 G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 2018 18 -0.4 Rangers 2 DOSL FRk TEX 5 0 1.000 1.55 2.79 11 11 0 0 0 0 58.0 37 18 10 2 8 0 79 0 0 2 219 0.776 5.7 0.3 1.2 12.3 9.88 2019 19 -2.8 Hickory SALL A TEX 6 6 .500 4.50 5.49 21 19 1 0 0 0 82.0 91 50 41 6 27 0 99 3 0 4 357 1.439 10.0 0.7 3.0 10.9 3.67 2021 21 2 Teams 2 Lgs AA-A+ TEX 5 7 .417 4.71 5.09 21 16 2 0 0 0 93.2 78 53 49 17 25 0 105 4 2 1 387 1.100 7.5 1.6 2.4 10.1 4.20 2021 21 -3.7 Frisco AACN AA TEX 4 4 .500 5.04 5.43 16 11 2 0 0 0 69.2 65 42 39 15 17 0 78 2 1 0 291 1.177 8.4 1.9 2.2 10.1 4.59 2021 21 -2.3 Hickory HAE A+ TEX 1 3 .250 3.75 4.13 5 5 0 0 0 0 24.0 13 11 10 2 8 0 27 2 1 1 96 0.875 4.9 0.8 3.0 10.1 3.38 All Levels (3 Seasons) 16 13 .552 3.85 4.66 53 46 3 0 0 0 233.2 206 121 100 25 60 0 283 7 2 7 963 1.138 7.9 1.0 2.3 10.9 4.72 Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table Generated 3/12/2022.

At first glance, it's really hard to like this trade. They better be right about this.

Holy crap, I did not see this coming.

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A small but badly-needed rule. The more we learn about this CBA, the more I'm happy with it. They fixed a lot of small issues that the game badly needed to fix.

It's a minor league deal so the risk is non-existent.

Question: "Who do the Twins sign first post lockout?" Correct answer: "No."

I didn't want Rodon so this doesn't bother me much in a vacuum. What bothers me is the front office putting us in the position of being scared of missing out on Carlos-freaking-Rodon.