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Stras will take an overpay of historic proportions to sign with the Twins 6 years / $200M - $33.33M AAV Opt out after 3rd, 4th, 5th years

You've been ninja'd in my BluePrint TWINS GET: Bell Archer Marte TWINS SEND: Sano - can do after signing Rendon ($33M-$35M AAV)...or Bargain shopping on Donaldson ($25M AAV) Kirilloff Enlow Gordon Rortvedt Cave Thorpe

I might have looked a little bigger than just Archer in my BluePrint with the same thinking

If you loved that post you'll die over my 2020 Twins BluePrint There's Signings and Trades and we turn $40M into $10M in less than 181 games!

After starting to create a blog for this thing three times...modifying it for massive signings of Pineda and Avila twice in the past three days...here's my Partridge in a Pear Tree 2020 Twins BluePrint It's more of a HotDish than a HotTake and with a couple more Free Agent signings and a whopper of a trade...oh and $165M of Uncle Carl's hard earned cash spent Free Agent Signings: Twins garner a bum from the cheese-head capitol and all it takes is $84M...add a LCLOOGY (Low Cost LOOGY) here's hoping he can get 3 guys out...and the end of a short lived era in DC Madison Bumgarner - 4/$84M $21M/year Rumors have it it may take more but that's the number I latched on to and using...hey it's my blueprint Ryan Bucther - 1/$1.8M Went with MLBTR ARB Dollars...should get him for less Anthony Rendon - 7/$235M $33.57M/year Or whatever it takes to get him in our Hot Corner for the next 3 World Series Championships Trade #1: WE'RE STILL FRIENDS SO LETS MAKE SHELTON'S LIFE EASIER Pittburgh Pirates trade: 1B - Josh Bell Switch-Hitting Beast solves 1B need for a couple years OF - Starling Marte Will open up opportunities for more moves P - Chris Archer Wes can fix him Twins Send to Pittsburgh: 3b - Miquel Sano See A. Rendon above 1B - Alex Kirilloff Gotta give to get and he instantly becomes the Face of the Pirates for 10 years P - Blayne Enlow They'll want pitching in 3 years and Enlow fits that bill SS - Nick Gordon Still has value and most important for Pirates is cheap for 6-7 years C - Ben Rortvedt Read they will be looking for Catching...could change this to Jeffers if it seals the deal OF - Jake Cave Someone has to play OF in Pittsburgh P - Lewis Thorpe Young-ish arm to add to the deal Trade #2: BUXTON WILL PLAY 150 GAMES IN CENTER IN 2020 Twins and Reds do a 1-for-1 Swap What was your favorite Starling Marte moment as Twin? Newly acquired OF Starling Marte heads to Cincinnati Cincinnati sends the Twins their choice of: Sonny Gray / Anthony DeSclafani / Trevor Bauer I'll go with Sonny Gray to keep the dollars down for Uncle Carl Falvine were quoted when announcing the deal: "We asked for Luis Castillo and really made a strong attempt to secure him but fell just short and will settle for one of the other 4 Reds starters" Pohlad's release a few Million Moths So what will all this cost? Total Payroll would come to $165.15M for 2020 (see below for future financial obligations) So what if it obliterates the largest Payroll ever by $40M...Scott Bore-us just said the Washington Nationals will realize an extra $30M from winning the World Series and this plan guarantees at least 3 Championships before Rendon leaves Target Field...so that's $90M right there This might be incomplete...should have been a blog post...and was delayed by the JV and Varsity Hoops game tonight (don't ask the outcomes...especially if you're from East Grand Forks)...before all these people get signed here's what the roster would look like AfterMath

Free Health Care is Expensive

It all added up when I did it Make your own copy of the Google Doc and check it out for yourself if your a Doubting Thomas (or Tim-as as my late uncle used to say to me)

Exactly This!

I'll see you sometime in the 2020's

Pomerantz at $34M/4 years seems like a long commitment for a guy who goes year to year with injury It's a long winter...still time for some moves

With the recent news of: Derek Shelton being named Pirate Head Coach Jeremy Hefner being named Mets Pitching Coach James Rowson being named Marlin Bench Coach and “Offensive Coordinator” Peter Fatse being named Red Sox Assistant Hitting Coach Tanner Swanson being named Yankees Major League Catching and Quality Control Coach One could: Get depressed and wonder silently, unless you enjoy odd looks from cubicle workers, whether our hometown 9 will ever reach 100 wins again? Frantically lament on Twins Daily your disappointment in the Front Office Predict bottom feeding and/or garbage bin scrounging in Free Agency once again Fear not Twins Daily readers for I have found the Silver-Lining...the Goose that will lay those Golden Eggs...the Pot-O-Gold at the end or the rainbow Falvine have created a MillenerationXYZ beacon of success A business model that all of professional sports will try, but fall woefully short of, emulating YOUR MINNESOTA TWINS ARE THE DESTINATION ORGANIZATION OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS Think of it... Are you sitting around your parents house wondering how that degree in Advanced Statistical Interpretation and Dance will help you pay off that private school student loan that's been due for the last 6 months? Have you realized that your Economics Degree hasn't made you any better at predicting the Market than the next guy and you can no longer rely on $8/trade commissions to pay for your house on Lake Minnetonka? There are more Windows open at One Twins Way right now than at the State Fair Livestock Barn World Series Window...OPEN Coaching Windows......OPEN Analytics........ALWAYS OPEN The best of the up-and-coming Analytical Masters will flock to Target Field knowing that one season of successful data implementation will lead to rapid advancement and placement in larger/warmer climates with massive increases in pay Falvey will have the pick of litter...the cream of the crop...the 1%ers (or is it the 99%ers I can never remember which one is on top) Drivelining their way to his office The more coaches/advisors/coordinators/analytical interpreters that leave the Twins Organization the more will want to work here...now if it only worked for dominant starters and 16 year old international superstars The Reddit ad campaign has already been put in play..."Twins Staff, Get to Know 'Em RIGHT NOW cause they won't be here for long"

I concur...the cameo appearances alone should cover the difference

Thanks...the second chart is ranked by Net Adjusted Value After Taxes (far right column) The value of a dollar in NY is less but the outstanding 13+% state tax in Cali put all those teams lower

Review of the entire playoffs and one could say Howie was a Hero with the stick because he couldn't catch a cold at 1B...I think having Ryan Zimmerman start at 1B over him at the end is proof enough that he's a hitter playing first at best I'll pass on the this new old Truck

For all who asked for it here's a link to calculate the State Tax Affect Not interested in the Spreadsheet here's what $10M looks like for each team in the 2020 Season (Yes it calculates based on the Home Team State for every game*) For those who believe that it costs more to live in some states here's one that is Dollar Value Adjusted based on the home state * - I thought about adjusting for the Field of Dreams Game in Iowa (Yankees @ White Sox) or Puerto Rico Series (Mets @ Marlins 3 games) but had spent enough time with this so sue me for not including those adjustments Here's links for where I came up with the rates: Value of a Dollar by State Value of a Canadian Dollar Schedule info Income Tax Rates Pro Players Tax in Canada

Apparently MLB has an issue with Burlington's Iowa North Carolina Vermont all on the proposed chopping block

That's a lot of numbers for second day of deer camp

Player-Option - Player chooses to pick up the option in the contract or become a Free Agent (Opts-Out) Club Option - Team chooses to exercise the option in the contract to keep the player or declines the option and the player is a Free Agent...typically there is a buyout amount that the club pays to end the contract Mutual Option - Either Player or Team can pick-up or decline the option in the contract Fan Option - No such thing...but it's fun to wish and hope for some to stay and others to go

My 40-man adds look like this: Luis Rijo - just so we can continue to compare him to Gil Jhoan Duran - Big Arm and a Falvine acquisition Griffin Jax - Think he'd get picked up by the Marlins and dealt at deadline Jovani Moran - young LHR (no other reason) Wander Javier - POT (as in big potential) Travis Blankenhorn - plays and looks like a left handed hitting Justin Turner...hope he's that kind of late bloomer Gilberto Celestino - should bust out this summer also Falvine Acquisition Luke Raley - medium aged OF insurance (or we can fast forward those guys a couple years younger) I'd part ways with the following: Harper - the book has been written and all the teams have it Hildy - lost the confidence to fool batters...I wonder if he's not tipping pitches Poppen - not as fresh anymore Cron - I hope the surgery does wonders for him...too high ARB$$ to keep around Bringing my total to 35....leaving FA room for 3 starters a reliever and backup catcher I'll wait for another topic for freeing up some spots via trades... Which will have to happen when you look at next years R5 group Here's a picture (which in this case is worth 210 words) of my 40-man roster Sheet