Brock Beauchamp

Doogie reported that the Twins have offered free agent catcher Christian Vazquez a contract. The long-time Red Sox player is entering his age 32 season and should come at a considerable discount over the recently signed Willson Contreras. But unlike Contreras, Vazquez is known for a steady hand behind the dish and an excellent arm. With the Twins' desire to split time with Ryan Jeffers, signing someone like Vazquez makes a lot more sense than breaking open the piggy bank for a top-flight catcher like Contreras. View full rumor

An interesting thing to think about is that I heard it mentioned that the Dodgers are currently under the luxury tax penalty. And that means they get to reset several years of penalties if they stay under it. That in itself could be encouragement for them to stay quiet this offseason.

A lot to sort out here but quite a bit of good news mixed in. The Dodgers appear to be out on Correa, as they're not keen on spending that kind of money on a player their fanbase loathes. The Giants are still in after missing out on Judge, as are the Twins. He believes the Cubs are a long shot, though mentions the Padres possibly being in, which contradicts what I heard elsewhere where the Pads were "Turner or bust", which is baffling given how they already have Tatis Jr coming back this season. Boegarts and the Red Sox appear to be back at the negotiating table so that's good news as well. And given that the Yankees just broke the bank with retaining Judge, it's hard to see them doubling down for Correa, especially given their apparent faith in their farm system at short. All in all, this seems pretty promising. I think it's going to be Giants vs Twins with no clear favorite. View full rumor

I wonder if at dinner, the Twins offered Correa an extra opt-out if he picked up the check. I kid, I kid. (kind of)

Yeah, I don't see that happening unless he co-headlines the deal with someone like Lee or maybe even Kirilloff.

No way does Arraez alone net Woodruff, much less Burnes.

Agreed. I'd much rather have Correa and Bogaerts should demand less money and years so he's more appealing in that capacity.

Frankly, I don't think a team should care about 10 vs. 11 years. It's a long ****ing time either way.

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Trea Turner to the Phillies. I do not know if this is good or bad for the Twins with Correa.

I'm going to have to point myself if I keep derailing this thread

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Get it done.

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I'm relatively confident that last number is higher based on what I've heard rumbling about over the past week. Which makes me think the first two numbers are probably higher, too.

I’m of the opinion that a good way to regret something is to sign a 30+ year old sketchy defensive catcher to a long term deal. I’m a solid pass on Contreras, especially given the fact he’s literally the only good catching option this off-season. Someone is going to overpay for his services because he’s the only legit option and I hope it’s not the Twins. Jeffers and someone like Narvaez is fine for 2023.

I’m of the opinion they have far too much open payroll this off-season to just pass on legitimately addressing shortstop. People are overrating the likelihood of Royce Lewis becoming even a decent starting shortstop. I think he has legit tools to become a good MLB player but putting it all together at shortstop is a much higher bar than elsewhere on the field.

I'll be quite angry if Option A ends up being their plan. I'm completely down with this move so long as it's meant to be Option B or C as outlined in this story. A team like the Twins will not win with Kyle Farmer as their Opening Day shortstop.