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  1. nicksaviking
    Edward Cabrera For Luis Arraez Josh Winder Matt Wallner I'm interested in Rogers and Luzardo as well. Lopez would be fine, but only if his asking price is surprisingly low; they need long term pitchers. And I can't imagine the Marlins having interest in Kepler.
  2. nicksaviking
    Kepler is a free agent in two years and the Marlins are non-competitive in the the league's best division. I just don't see them having any interest in him since they aren't contending for anything. They'll want young position players. And probably young pitchers too. Everybody wants young pitchers, especially if they're trading pitching.
  3. nicksaviking
    I don't remember who had the original details, but I'm pretty sure it was 502 PA. But I also saw that it's not only vesting options, but team options as well. So if Correa is still playing well but has a fluke injury keeping him from 502 PA, the ball's still in the Twins court. Like most, I'm sure MLBTR is a go to refresh page for this kind of news. I don't like when they restructure the initial reports into an article removing the old links and minor updates once that article is ready to go up. Then I lose most of the sources like to the things I 'think' I remember reading above.
  4. nicksaviking
    Why single out the Mets in particular then? No other team was willing to beat MN's AAV. Not now, nor with the initial offers. I mean, the Mets were offering 26M per year, the first year of his deal with the Twins is 36M. That's a pretty significant jump.
  5. nicksaviking
    36M the first three years then 31-30M the years after. The Twins have really structured this contract well. Most teams try to structure them to make the payouts higher at the end (let's earn some interest!!!!!), but clearly the front loaded deal works for the Twins current payroll situation best. That's a great sign that to them, doing this deal right is worth more than doing it economically.
  6. nicksaviking
    I mean I hope not, and I have hopes he'll rebound, but if he has a .620 OPS and is leading the league in strikeouts, while the other corner bats are playing well in St. Paul, that seems like a possible outcome.
  7. nicksaviking
    AAV. Their highest yearly offer was only 26.25M. Even the offer the Twins made, which we all knew was subpar overall, was 28M. Once they had injury concerns, naturally it was the length of the deal that the Mets wanted to cut down, the initial salary they were offering probably wasn't the issue to them.
  8. nicksaviking
    I don't think Miami would have any interest in Kepler. They have two 100 win teams in their division in addition to the World Series champs. Kepler will be long gone before that team is ready to compete.
  9. nicksaviking
    Yeah, their AAV was only ever 26.25M. Once they decided 12 years was too many, it was probably over for them, since that was the real difference between the Twins and the big market clubs. The Mets were willing to go with a huge payroll, but looks like they did have a threshold they didn't want to cross.
  10. nicksaviking
    The vesting options are all based on 502 PA the previous season. https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mets-minnesota-twins-san-francisco-giants-mlb-sports-9bfbe5088907863eb3a604ae3cca6307 That's pretty fantastic in my book. The Twins pretty much get to call the shots.
  11. nicksaviking
    Wow the vesting options are all based on 502 PA the years prior. https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mets-minnesota-twins-san-francisco-giants-mlb-sports-9bfbe5088907863eb3a604ae3cca6307 First option is at 25M, which is a lot, but will probably just be the equivalent of a QO by then. The following years are 20M, 15M and 10M. That's fantastic. Even without discussing the games the Twins should or shouldn't play with those 502 PAs.
  12. nicksaviking
    I think Miami would prefer younger players. Maybe ONE of those three vets along with younger players.
  13. nicksaviking
    AK and Larnach are corner players and oft injured ones at that. If they're lucky enough to get an extension, they'd likely only get a Kepler/Sano kind of deal. Lewis, Lee and Miranda are still years away from free agency. They certainly COULD extend them now, but if they did, the players would be taking a discount, if they wait to extend them (assuming any end up being worthy) the bulk of their extensions won't bump up against Correa's commitment. You'd likely only have a year or two where it gets tight.
  14. nicksaviking
    I understand where you're coming from. I just hope the front office doesn't actually think Kepler is a key cog in this system.
  15. nicksaviking
    We agree on a lot, but not this one. Seems more likely they'll be interested in getting his salary off the books now. And personally, I don't want both him and Gallo manning the corners. I don't want Miranda to be the only young upside player in the lineup, I really want to make room for the young bats.
  16. nicksaviking
    Yeah, and the vesting option will likely only kick in if he's still a useful player. And if that vesting option really is 4/70M, well 17.5M is going to be chump change seven years from now. The Twins are already paying DFA candidate Joey Gallo 11M here in 2023.
  17. nicksaviking
    For what? A mea culpa?
  18. nicksaviking
    This is nuts, and I'm all for it. I bet this worked out due to the pretty crazy AAV of those first six years. The Mets and other big clubs liked those long term deals to stretch out the payments, but the Twins did have one thing going for them in that they had next to no payroll commitments for the next several years. The high AAV upfront worked out for them.
  19. nicksaviking
    Wow, that worked out really well. Not sure of the salary structure, but if it's 33M/year, that's both a lot, and extremely affordable for the next 3-4 years minimum as the Twins have so few big budget commitments.
  20. nicksaviking
    I don't think these leaks are coming from Boras, the Mets seem like they're inclined to walk away, Boras wouldn't want to give them a reason to. If Correa is going to end up getting less than Bogaerts, I wonder if the Red Sox might jump back in the mix though.
  21. nicksaviking
    Ugh, looking at that list, "Top" free agents is obviously a relative term.
  22. nicksaviking
    Most outlets suggest the Twins salary goal could or should be about 160M this year even if only to pump up their upcoming broadcast rights negotiations. 10 years from now, the payroll should be closer to 200M, than it is to 150M. Whether it works out or not, whatever deal Correa signs now, will be yawned at by 2028. Heck, 10 years from now, payroll might be well north of 200M because revenue sharing and salary caps/floors are likely the only way the league will survive. The sport's going to be dead if there continues to be a 1000% difference between the top spending club and the bottom spending club.
  23. nicksaviking
    It could cost you the clubhouse and it could cost you the fan base. And could is probably closer to would.
  24. nicksaviking
    While certainly jealous, I didn’t begrudge the Mets and their new owner and his crazy spending. This is totally unacceptable and unprofessional though. The Mets KNEW the Giants had medical concerns and still offered that deal. Now they want to renegotiate? Fine, they can ask, but spare us the dramatics. They have zero right to be indignant and passive aggressive. And if they think passive aggressiveness is going to get the job done, ha, good luck! Upper Midwesterners are the kings of passive aggressiveness. You’re playing on our turf now.
  25. nicksaviking
    Those two will need to duel for the honor of being named the heir to Sir Sanchez.
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