DJL44
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The next round of prospect voting should be a blast. Here's how MLB.com slots in the new acquisitions 4) Tait (for Duran) 6) Abel (for Duran) 7) Rojas (for Varland, ranks ahead of Dasan Hill) 16) Gallagher (for Castro, ahead of Charlee Soto) 20) Mendez (for Bader) 24) Jimenez (for Paddack) Not ranked - OF Alan Roden, RHP Geremy Villoria, LHP Garrett Horn, RHP Sam Armstrong, RHP Mike Mikulski MLB players - Outman, Bradley
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Buxton's still on the IL. Keaschall isn't done with his rehab. My guess at tomorrow's roster OF - Larnach, Outman, Wallner (Martin, Keirsey) IF - Lewis, Lee, Julien, Clemens (Gasper, Fitzgerald) C - Jeffers (Vazquez) SP - Ryan, Ober, SWR, Matthews, Bradley RP - Sands, Topa, Tonkin, Funderburk, Davis, ???, ???, ??? Roden could replace Martin, though that would make everyone in the outfield LHB.
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Why? They're tanking.
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That's funny, because his bat doesn't play at 3B.
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At least Varland was traded for prospects. I do not understand trading Stewart for Outman at all.
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Julien should be up immediately.
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The rest of this season is completely irrelevant.
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It has to be a cold shower for Vazquez to realize no good team wants him.
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Ty France makes $1M this season. That's barely more than league minimum.
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Putting words in my mouth. I never said that. I said they moved a bunch of dead money with Correa's trade. That deal had at least $75M of dead money and they only had to pay down $33M. They were looking forward to 2027 with Correa playing the Ty France role as a good fielding 1B who doesn't hit for power.
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One question - why do the Blue Jays want Ty France?
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He has a WAR of 0.1. Nearly everyone has been better than Correa this year.
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It's a good thing they traded Correa, then. He wasn't one of their 5 best players anymore. He wasn't one of their 20 best players this season.
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I think they could have done better than this in the offseason, especially if Jax had done well as a closer for the last two months. Taj Bradley isn't chopped liver, but he also isn't "two top 100 prospects".
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The Twins are a 4th place team. Paying Carlos Correa a bunch of money to play for a 4th place team has no value. The Twins were going to pay him $44M before they had a chance to be relevant again in 2027 (a completely sunk cost) and who knows if Correa will still be playable in 2027. The Astros were basically the only team who wanted him and they overpaid despite having leverage. It's actually amazing the Twins pulled this one off.
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This is a weird trade. I expected them to build Varland up as the closer and trade him after he had that reputation. It is sad/funny that absolutely no other team in baseball wants Christian Vazquez. I'm actually a little surprised they didn't trade Jeffers, maybe he gets an extension in the offseason.
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A bad lefthanded pitcher and future bar trivia question
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So, the Twins were effectively going to eat $12M for Carlos to pay for a 4th place team this year and another $32M to play for a non-contender next season as well. They only ate $33M, that's actually a really good deal for the Twins. The Astros valued him like a $25M/season player and he's been playing like a $10M/season player.
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Check again at the end of next season.
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The Mets gave up more for their lefty as well. This looks like the Twins held out for a lot and got left at the altar.
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What good is team control of a player most teams would non-tender in the first year of arbitration?
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WTF, this does nothing for the team in the long or short run. Just play Emmanuel Rodriguez.
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I think the Twins shed the $3M commitment they had to Bader which will bring their total salary decrease to ~$10M when this is through. Getting paid $3M to take two prospects is a good deal. It’s nearly impossible to mess up a pure rental trade.
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Sounds like the ask from Houston was Carlos Correa plus $50M plus Trevor Larnach for nothing.
