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  1. bloggymcbloggerson
    One thing I've noticed this offseason is that the Twins seem to be following a curious pattern. 
    So, they signed Christian Vazquez, right? He's a pretty decent hitting catcher, a very good defender and swings from the right side. 
    Sound familiar? 
    They also traded for Michael A. Taylor, a right-handed hitter with some speed and terrific defense.
    Sound familiar?
    To some extent too, the Twins bringing back Carlos Correa is also maybe a signal for another player they thought would be a franchise-transforming shortstop. 
    It's possible I'm overthinking this, but bringing in Vazquez as the template for what they'd like Ryan Jeffers to be seems far from accidental. The same thing can be true for Taylor with Gilberto Celestino, who is almost certainly gonna start the season at St. Paul. 
    Celestino had more than his share of gaffes on the field last season, but the template is there for a good defender with some speed and a bit of pop from the right side.
    For Royce Lewis, I can't imagine a better mentor/player to model his game after than Correa. 
    I don't know. It's possible I'm overthinking this. What do you think? 
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    my concern with the correa deal

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    It makes sense that the Twins didn't want to match the deal for Correa from a years standpoint but the AAV was just a shade under $28 million per year. That's more than $7 million less than the Twins paid him last year, which should have been attainable right?
    We've seen a wave of deals with longer terms, and it's because teams are using them to kind of skirt the luxury tax. Correa's going to get that money whether he plays 8, 10 or 13 years but the implications are that the Giants can work closer to the luxury tax cap without going over it, perhaps allowing them to add more pitchers like Ross Stripling and Sean Manaea, which are types they've had luck with recently like Kevin Gausman. 
    To me though, the Twins not wanting to go that long on a deal isn't as much about length, as about the fact that they're not worried about EVER getting close to the luxury tax line -- and that concerns me. 
    What does everyone else think?
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