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  1. Brandon
    You would save more than 5 million by trading Velazquez. 2 subpar Cs have signed 1 year 8.5 million contracts. Would you rather have Vazquez or Gary Sanchez? Danny Jansen with a .658 OPS last year was the other. I would think that 8 million or so would be Vazquez value too. here is a better idea or concept. I just think we are stuck with Vazquez based on the Twins way of operating and the intangibles he seems to bring to the pitching staff. package both Paddack and Dobnak with a prospect and trade to Oakland for a prospect back. Since this is a salary dump the two main objectives for the A’s is getting a prospect who will be up when they move to Las Vegas plus they spend more money to stay eligible for revenue sharing. We get savings and a lower level prospect to work on. Savings 10.5 million. I can see the Twins living with being a million over budget going into the season.
  2. Brandon
    You have to include Santana signing with the Polanco trade. His contract was prenegotiated and contingent on that deal happening. Topa could provide good value this year and we still have a solid OF prospect in the minors….. with that said the Twins will need to make a deal. Probably Paddack. Jansen just signed a 1 year 8 million contract in Tampa and he had a down year last year in Toronto . This makes the. Velazquez contract less underwater then we thought. If Oakland needs a C. They have money to burn. If saving money is important we should sell a solid prospect to Oakland and a flyer one for Vazquez and Dobnak. Both on one year deals could be ideal with a good prospect coming over. Maybe OF Gonzalez from Seattle trade and CH Culpepper SP. or some other combo you decide, not sure what we would get back in this trade. once the salary dump is made I can see the Twins signing one of Mark Canha, Polanco, or Santana. The rest of the offseason would be minor league signings. What else needs to be done? Get healthy first the season.
  3. Brandon
    With his numbers, I prefer in house options to start at 1B. But if he were signed to back up LF, RF, 1B, and DH and plans on 300 plate appearances then yes sign for 3-4 million. He would then be insurance and a solid floor at 1B if Miranda, Larnarch, Severino, or Julien don’t run away with the position. I prefer bringing Santana back first if that is an option.
  4. Brandon
    Tonkin is the only question mark. I can see the non tender as a means to lower the salary. Getting a guarantee is better than being non tendered so If Tonkin resigns it will be in the 1.2-1.3 million range. Every dollar counts. fir a team that paid Marwin González 9 million a year to be a super sub 10th position player 10 million. 6.2 million is not too much and Castro is better than Marwin. I totally expect him to be offered a contract and wouldn’t be surprised if he got a 3 year 24-27 million deal Everyone else is tendered. Killeroff was my only other question mark and he took care of that himself already.
  5. Brandon
    So the Twins took a grizzled vet instead of the young unknown Genesis G70 for example . No one has heard of him or knows what to expect when you get him. At least you know that Celica has a solid floor. His ceiling isn’t to high but easily the most projectable and cost controlled pick available.
  6. Brandon
    We all were 😂 but since I don’t expect many transactions this offseason every transaction is a big deal. Just for some news.
  7. Brandon
    Blewett and Severino have resigned with the Twins on a minor league deal.
  8. Brandon
    And you didn’t even bring up Topa or Tonkin. They are both solid back of the bullpen guys.
  9. Brandon
    If that C prospect in LA is good enough I would include more international spending cap in case we need to kick in a million or two in the Vazquez trade with the Cubs. But the C prospect needs to be Jeffers caliber or better.
  10. Brandon
    The thing is Vazquez is on a one year contract with about 4-5 million overpay. That is not as bad as other contracts we have signed in the past. If we trade him we need salary relief. I would be good if we were able to trade Dobnak with Vazquez and 5 million international draft bonus as that frees up 18 million because of the 5 million we don’t spend on international players. That allows us to keep Paddack if we decide to keep pitching depth and we can pay 6 million or so for a C and still make out 12 million in savings. I don’t know how much we need to move from the books but this is the only way it makes sense to me as trading Vazquez for a net 2 million in savings or less is a waste.
  11. Brandon
    I’m fine with keeping him if it doesn’t mean we have to trade someone else for budget. He seems the easiest one to trade between him and Vazquez. There isn’t anyone else I would want to trade
  12. Brandon
    Read it again. In his trade we eat 5 million
  13. Brandon
    I’m not sure downgrading backup C for 3 million savings is a win. Also Paddack has value and will bring back a prospect or what you proposed with including Dobnak with the flyers for salary relief and now you can keep Vazquez. And lastly, I am fine with the Twins tendering both or either Tonkin and Topa especially after dropping Winder and Blewitt last week. I Like the idea of signing Bieber but how do the Twins afford him in 2026? 17 million is a lot.
  14. Brandon
    And Cade Povich made it up with the Orioles as well.
  15. Brandon
    I think it’s because we already have 6 or 7 starters in front of him. He probably has the ceiling of a number three starter if not for the blockage. You can never have too much pitching.
  16. Brandon
    From the rookie class who succeeded out the gate, Danny Santana says 👋🏽 hi. He hit. Over .300 with an OPS over .800 his first season.
  17. Brandon
    There are reinforcements at AAA and we have a young staff that still has Three years together so we have time to develop more pitching
  18. Brandon
    The Twins have done a solid job of developing pitchers since the end of COVID which I think messed up their rhythm. Ober, Festa, and Mathew’s are drafted and developed while Ryan and Woods-Richardson were traded for as prospects and Ryan only spent 5 minutes in our minors but Woods-Richardson was developed over time. In the pen Jax, Sands and Moran (should be back from injury) were drafted and developed so was Theilbar technically, I forget if we traded or drafted Funderburk, Winder, Henriquez, and also technically Tonkin, and Alcala and Duran were traded for and developed, and Louie Varland. So I think our development team has done their part of developing pitchers.
  19. Brandon
    With revenues dropping across the league this may not be a bad thing. Also the Twins are well positioned for the next several seasons where most of their reinforcements will come from within so development and health is more important so as long as those areas remain fully staffed is what I see as vital moving forward. And to continue this trend the drafting and scouting department needs to be fully staffed and prepared as well.
  20. Brandon
    The Twins improvement will need to come from players developing and being healthy. Luckily we should or could have big gains in those two areas next season. We will shed Paddack contract in a trade and probably push to trade Vázquez especially if we can resign Santana. I would be surprised to lose Castro this offseason
  21. Brandon
    I don’t think that Paddack has negative value at all. I don’t think it will be hard to trade him at all.
  22. Brandon
    Would a trade of Paddack, and Schoebel get it done? We could also take less cash back in the trade if we can include Dobnak. Options abound.
  23. Brandon
    I wonder if the Twins could trade Paddack and Dobnak in a packaged deal. Include a prospect if need be and free up 11 million. Paddack was highly effective in 3 out of every 4 starts last year. I think 2 in particular really skewed his numbers up last year from the High 3.00s / low 4.00s ERA he was pitching from otherwise. Dobnak is costly for what he is but the return would be of 0 consequence to the acquiring team. I like Nick’s trade idea with the Orioles I am ok with packaging him with Vazquez or Julien or Miranda maybe Castro. I think we should keep him but whatever. This is the big transaction of the offseason hopefully because anything bigger will result in something that really disappoints the fan base I think.🤔
  24. Brandon
    The big keys for this team is health and development. We need Julien, Lee, Walner, and Miranda to hit the ground running. we need continued health for the rotation and Buxton and Lewis, Lee and Correa the above health and development would fix most of the holes on the team. We even have Keaschall on the way and ERod at some point next season. Outside of a decision on Santana and a backup CF and maybe a reliever I hope the Twins stand pat this offseason unless they decide to trade IF prospects for an established 3B I don’t see the need to do anything.
  25. Brandon
    If the Twins somehow trade Correa, I could see the Twins signing Goldschmidt to give the team a name player. 1 year 20 million is cheaper than 37 million with 3 more guaranteed years at over 30 million.
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