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  1. DJL44
    Other teams would not spend more. They have no incentive to do so. A hard cap would mean player salaries are depressed and the cheapskate teams can get players cheaper.
  2. DJL44
    Actually, they'll be getting an above average 3B. They're going to pay $50M this season to upgrade from Eduardo Escobar to Correa at 3B, That's only a 3-4 win upgrade. They're turning the best SS in baseball into the 5th best 3B.
  3. DJL44
    Endorsement opportunities in NY will total a lot more than in MN. Correa was not interested in returning to this mediocre franchise with mediocre goals.
  4. DJL44
    I come here mainly to shoot the breeze. I don't make any money following the Twins.
  5. DJL44
    It should. Who wouldn't want Correa at a $65M discount?
  6. DJL44
    There is one more member of the 2020 Reds who is an ace pitcher and very available. I don't think the Twins should be interested in Trevor Bauer but he's very obtainable.
  7. DJL44
    The Twins could use 2 more relief pitchers. They will have 2 spots on the roster open up when spring training starts - Paddack and Canterino. That means they will need to sign the pitchers to "minor league" deals that pay very well if they pitcher is added to the MLB roster. They shouldn't limit their search to pitchers who worked out of the bullpen last year. There are some 5th starters available who might do well if you put them into the bullpen. Here is an article that ranks the pitchers by their statcast stuff. Adam Ottavino is one of the better ones - he's playing in the WBC. Matt Moore and Aroldis Chapman also get mentioned. Here's another article showing what might be available on a minor league deal. Carlos Estevez and Chris Martin get mentioned there.
  8. DJL44
    I don't think they have enough roster space to add $24M worth of relief pitchers to the payroll. That would be nearly a whole new bullpen.
  9. DJL44
    The Twins have drafted and developed fairly well so far. They were able to turn a recent draft into trade bait that brought in several veterans currently on the roster. It's not an organizational weakness. I do wonder why, if they think they're good at developing pitching, they don't draft more pitchers. Half the active roster is pitching and more than half of the players used in a season will be pitchers. Pitchers are also more likely to get injured and flame out. Pitchers are the favored currency for trades. This front office refuses to use free agency to bring in pitching talent. If I was drafting I'd probably go as high as 14 pitchers in the first 20 rounds. In 2022 they drafted 9 pitchers in the first 20 rounds. 2021 `10/20 (one didn't sign). 2020 1/4. 2019 12/20 but only one in the first 7 rounds. 2018 9/20. They've also been starving the pitching pipeline by failing to obtain any international free agent pitching talent. In the last 10 years it's basically one pitcher: Brusdar Graterol.
  10. DJL44
    Sounds like the prototypical Twins starting pitcher. I'm sure he's next. A Jean Segura signing will round out the offseason.
  11. DJL44
    He might bounce back and give you an adequate season. They already had 5 other lefthanded hitting outfielders you could say the same thing about. Next they'll sign an injured starting pitcher and another second baseman for the roster.
  12. DJL44
    I would rather watch Nick Gordon play LF again.
  13. DJL44
    I think I'm ready to pivot too. Trying to figure out what other MLB team to follow next season. MLB.tv is actually a pretty good deal. I can follow a different team for $100. I think it needs to be a National League team, I don't want to root against the Twins, just ignore them. I thought about following the Padres - I've sort of liked that team since they had Tony Gwynn. Problem is they're a west coast team and I can't stay up that late. The NL East teams are all either big market or not trying. I need a team that starts games at 6 or 7, not 9:00. St. Louis is the model of how to run a mid-market franchise. The Brewers look decent and they have no problem going for it if they're close to the playoffs. Any opinions on Brewers or Cardinals?
  14. DJL44
    The final year of this contract has the potential to look really ugly.
  15. DJL44
    Pretty sure MLB trade values is going to list this as the worst contract on the team as soon as they update the website. I was wrong, they actually give this move surplus value.
  16. DJL44
    I hope so. If they traded Larnach to add Joey Gallo I'm going to be pissed.
  17. DJL44
    Who was bidding against the Twins to get the price up to $11M. This is going to go on the pile with Shoemaker, Happ, Logan Morrison and Marwin Gonzalez. When it's all said and done they'll have spent the $300M on below average players who helped them lose.
  18. DJL44
    I'd rather the Yankees eat NONE of it and give the Twins two good prospects. The Twins don't need any more money, they need talent.
  19. DJL44
    They could take on Aaron Hicks contract and buy prospects from the Yankees instead.
  20. DJL44
    I'm sure they'll be "in on" Turner until the end.
  21. DJL44
    I doubt they could get an elite player to come to the Twins as a free agent. They can get someone like Vazquez - an average veteran player - to fill out the roster. They can't ever expect to buy a star player in free agency. They'll almost always get out-bid. Star players want the whole package - money, playoff success, endorsement opportunities. The Twins can't offer that. They have to make their own stars, lock them up with a contract before they reach free agency like Buxton & Mauer, then supplement with average players either through free agency or by obtaining arb-eligible average players from the low payroll clubs in trade.
  22. DJL44
    I don't know if a pile of spreadsheets is going to be much help 10 years from now. I hope they didn't hand out a long-term contract.
  23. DJL44
    Add Darin Ruf to the list of players the Mets want to put on a different roster. He's only making $3M but that costs the Mets $4.8M after penalties. I would trade Kyle Garlick for Ruf and two of their A-ball pitching prospects. McCann's $24M salary is going to cost the Mets $38.5M. McCann, Carrasco and Ruf will cost the Mets $65M if they can't get rid of them. They would cost the Twins $41M but Carrasco might be tradeable at the deadline. McCann, Carrasco and Ruf plus 6 prospects in their top 20 for Contreras, Garlick and Pagan?
  24. DJL44
    The team still had leverage because the players were not free agents and the Twins were the only offer.
  25. DJL44
    I want them to bring it onto the field before every game so we can all root for payroll flexibility.
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