Steve71

I think in fairness you realistically have to deduct one year from each of these players "ages" due to CV19 and 2020. That makes it look a bit better, 21-25 for this list.

I also should add that I recall a reporter indicating that the huge crowd at the Met helped pay Bane's entire signing bonus in one night. Calvin was a businessman!

Sorry, missed the above comments about Bane's debut. I did attend that game with my Dad. Calvin was promoting the hell out the kid, and everyone was handed a small black and white photo of Eddie as a souvenir. I saw it somewhere a few years ago in my keepsakes....

A poster above suggested that Lee might be the fastest player to reach the Majors. I am old enough to have attended the pro debut of pitcher Eddie Bane in 1973, who went directly from college to MLB with zero time in the minors. That is a record that will never be broken. By the way: He sucked. 4.66 ERA over 4 seasons, walking more than he struck out. He found employment is a couple front offices after he stopped playing, and was a terrific college player for ASU.

No problem talking to the Halos about him, but it all comes down to the price. What about Kepler for Adell plus a lottery pick type of minor leaguer, an actual draft pick or some international signing pool money?

I think all the posters parroting the "Pohlads are cheap" line, the "FO lowballed Correa, and knew it at the time they lowballed him", the general "Fire this FO", the "Correa wants to be in NYC for Dior stores", and the "Boras is just using the Twins to leverage the Mets and has no intention of doing a deal with the Twins" can now just shuffle off to the "Mea Culpa" thread. Please close the door on the way out. In all seriousness, this was a creative and excellent deal. In a financial time where interest rates are climbing the higher, EARLY AAV terms are much more valuable to Correa than the original flat payments of equal contracts for each year in the future. This is a handsome, valuable deal for Correa AND the Twins and should end this long ordeal as soon as he passes his physical today. Finally, great to see the other Twins players reacting so favorably to the signing. Not all FA's are loved and respected by their teammates.

Twins are holding off signing Wacha and Fulmer and Chaffin until they know whether they are going to get Correa signed. I have no intel on this, but it is a wild-assed guess and I am sticking to it! :)

Fun to speculate, but there is zero indication or reporting that the Red Sox have any interest in moving Sale. He has negative trade value, so they would have to pay salary or send along assets to get him moved. I don't see that happening, so this topic is intellectually interesting but unrealistic based on current information.

Strangely enough, the Twins clubhouse might be in a better position to handle a character like Bauer if they had Correa leading it.... Me, personally, I would not touch this guy unless I had a face-to-face interview with the guy with all topics on the table to try and clear the air and see if you are comfortable with him on the team...or not. Given his talent, plus the minimum salary, it would be worth at least talking to him if he wanted to play here. Being in a small market "backwater" like Minnesota might be the best place for him to reform his image and rehabilitate his character.

Holy Lazarus thread, Batman!

Yes, I am saying that the 10/$285M offer (which is what was reported somewhere but never actually confirmed to have been made) was an excellent offer. It may not end up being the highest offer, but it is difficult to argue that it was not fair market value when we have yet to see Correa actually consummate a deal for a higher figure to date. Again, he is likely to sign with the Mets. But if he signs with the Twins for that figure--or near that figure--would that make the Twins offer "cheap" or are they now "overpaying"? Seems to me that this Twins FO can't win with some critics.....

I am on record that I still believe the Mets and Correa and Boras will work out a deal. But all the people on this Board who bashed the Twins FO for "lowballing" Correa and now valiantly defending their original opinions by rationalizing that the Twins FO had no way of knowing that both the Giants and Mets mega-deals would never be consummated to date. The Twins FO analyzed his value and made a very, very large offer. They were not "cheap" or "mis-read the market". They made their decision and extended their offer. If Correa ultimately signs a different deal with the Mets it will likely be for reasons that have plenty to do with elements the Twins FO has no control over: size of market; team competitiveness; comradery on team (Lindor); and marketing opportunities (which dovetails with market size). There is nothing to be angry about here, truly. It is a business negotiation.

I did not recall that Boras represented Martinez when he signed his 5 year deal with Boston back in 2018 that had a clause that covered Martinez's foot. So Boras has negotiated a deal with an "injury clause" of some type previously. Now for some deeper speculation: the fact that Boras, Correa and the Mets have been working over 2 weeks trying to hammer out a mega deal with some type of injury clause--and so far have failed to do so--might suggest that there really is a problem with Correa's ankle. He knows it, Boras knows it, and now the MD's know it. So that creates a very interesting problem for Boras and his client as they try to get the biggest haul in the biggest market, but still protect themselves and their interests. Food for thought.

Latest on Correa is that the lawyers from both sides are trying to hammer out contract language to address the issue with Correa's ankle. They are clearly working towards resolving the deal and it seems highly probably Correa ends up a Met. Time to move on as a Twins fan...

I strongly disagree with the comment up-thread to the effect that none of Buxton's injuries make further injuries/problems more likely. He is a CF, and he has knee problems. That is probably the most chronic injury issue an OF can have, and certainly does not bode well for his future health. Great player when he plays in CF. OK player as DH. No help when he is not playing. Playing 35% of the games in CF, and none when the division was being decided is not helpful enough to be considered a successful season. I would be both delighted and astonished if he could play 140 games in CF in 2023. That would be fun to watch!