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In three seasons above A-ball he’s hit around .200. Expect an MLB OPS around 550 with just average defense.

That’s most of the pitching in the AFL. Pitchers are sent to the AFL if they need more innings. That could be due to an in season injury or it could be due to their lack of talent keeping them from getting consistent innings during the regular season. A lot of these guys are getting their last chances.

You don’t trade Joe Ryan or Dean Kremer for a backup catcher

That’s great that the projection systems are bullish on Kaelen Culpepper.

I would trade Tait for a catcher who can help for the next two seasons. What would it take to obtain Langeliers?

If they’re willing to offer 3/50, they should be fine with 4/54. Make someone go above $54M.

I think I have a solution - everyone becomes a switch hitter.

It also kills the roster when players specialize on defense. Players should have to learn every single position, including pitcher and catcher. If they can’t sign Jeffers they should move Byron Buxton behind the plate. None of job sharing, he needs to give them 162 games at catcher.

Fantastic news for the Twins

OK…. I’m saying this OUT LOUD. This relief pitching just has to STOP! It’s nonsense. Any MLB pitcher needs to learn how to pitch nine innings. Period.

Offer 4 years, $52M instead.

Paul Goldschmidt, Isaiah Kiner Falefa, Edmundo Sosa, Eugenio Suarez, Josh Bell

You add a starter that pushes those guys to the bench or AAA. Adding a different bench role player is just rearranging the deck chairs as the Titanic sinks.

His bat hasn’t been good enough for Double-A yet.

For that same money in free agency you could find someone who hits lefties better, but they will be a DH. You can find someone who fields better (Isaiah Kiner Falefa) but they won’t hit. Or they could just keep Royce.

Rodriguez has the better glove

They don’t. They have five roster spots for outfielders. Jenkins in RF. Buxton and Rodriguez share CF. Keaschall and Roden share LF and DH. Martin goes to AAA. If they decide to keep Larnach, then Roden also goes to AAA.

Then don’t. Play Rodriguez in CF when Buxton doesn’t.

Same for Jenkins and Emmanuel Rodriguez

That is the most common outcome for players called up to MLB for the first time across all teams.

Is Twins Daily predicting that they sign Randy Arozarena or Seiya Suzuki because those are the only two outfielders I could see keeping Jenkins in AAA.

I didn’t cross check the following AI summary on the revenue breakdown but it seems close to the last time I looked these numbers up. Stadium-Related Revenue (39%): This is the largest single share, driven by gate receipts (ticket sales), luxury suites, parking, ballpark concessions (food, beverage), and in-stadium retail. [1, 2, 3] Central / National Revenue (26%): Generated collectively at the league level and split equally among all 30 teams. This includes national television and streaming contracts (e.g., ESPN, Fox, TBS, Apple TV+, Roku), MLB.TV, national sponsorships, and official league-wide merchandise licensing. [1] Local Television and Media (21%): Rights fees paid by regional sports networks (RSNs) and local broadcast partners to air individual team games (though local TV deals vary drastically by market size, ranging from roughly 12% to 32% per team). [1, 2] Advertising, Promotions, and Other (14%): Corporate sponsorships, stadium naming rights, signage, local promotional events, and non-baseball stadium events like concerts. MLB teams currently share 48% of their local revenue, which is 1/3 TV and 2/3 stadium related. I think they should share 100% of their local media and advertising revenue and close to 0% of the stadium related revenue. They get media revenue by simply existing in a market and is related mostly to TV market size. The stadium related revenues only show up if they draw fans to the ballpark. Teams that receive revenue sharing are currently not incentivized to maximize ballpark attendance. Every additional fan reduces the size of their revenue sharing check, meaning their is little marginal value per extra fan coming to the ballpark. Teams that are maximizing attendance only get 52% of that revenue, the other 48% goes to the league. Now imagine if MLB decided to evenly share the 46% of non-stadium revenue (a number that is quite similar to today’s revenue sharing percentage). Then they incentivize teams to maximize ballpark attendance by sharing 5% of stadium related revenue. Now ALL teams get 95% of the benefit from each additional fan they bring in. It would be an incredibly powerful incentive to put a winning club on the field. TV revenue covers everyone’s expenses, but you only profit if people show up. Would you still see teams running a minimum payroll? Possibly, but it would hurt their profits and they would eventually sell to someone who sees the full profit potential of the market. Who benefits the most? Teams like Milwaukee who can produce a winner on a budget. That’s exactly who should be rewarded the most.

That would be doing revenue sharing incorrectly

Just do step #3

They can trade the competitive balance pick, which would make them lose the 3rd round pick.