I have concerns on how Dozier will age, maybe just me but he seems to hit a lot that barely make it in the seats, he doesn't have the raw power and relies mostly on quick reflexes pulling the ball.  I'm worried that once he starts to slip, he goes down in a hurry.  That said, I'm a big fan of Dozier and don't want to see him leave.  I think it would leave a huge hole in the lineup.  Besides Dozier, opposing teams are probably only really worried about Sano in this lineup.  A lot of decent hitters, but they don't have any other true middle of the order type threats.  

Some would say you just fill that hole with Gordon.  I'm just not a fan of that.  Gordon to me is just not an impact player.  Replacing an impact player with an average player is not going to lead to anything good besides saving money.  If they had an impact bat coming up at a different position, maybe.  Unfortunately potential impact position players are in the low minors.  Rooker is one of the only possibilities in the system that could come up in the next 2-3 years.  

With Dozier I would feel him out, see if he's reasonable.  I wouldn't want to go more than 4 years.  Not sure what that would be, maybe 4/$70M?  If he's concerned more with a market-setting deal I would let him walk if it comes to it.  

Sorry, maybe its a misprint, but how could Dozier, who i love, believe in, and would like to be re-signed, be worth $100M? $20-$25M per depending on years. What? Typo, right?

Dozier is an iron man. All iron man are until they aren't. In any sport. But you can't predict those things. The Twins have a wonderful wealth of talented infielders coming up. But most, except for Gordon, are 2-3 years away. Dozier shows no signs of slowing down, and is an important part of this team both offensively, leadership wise, and is quality defensively. There is also a bit of a glut in MLB in regard to 2B available in FA and trade the next few years. This brings his cost down, I believe.

With the continued development of Sano, Rosario, Buxton, Kepler, Polanco, etc, trade and FA opportunities and eventual promotion, I still feel Dozier is a viable and important presence. What if he's signed for 4-5 years and plays the last 1-2 as a DH and super utility player? His value is about $14M per IMO.

Even if you re-sign him for that, even if Mauernis also re-signed for 2 more years, which has been discussed, you still save money overall for payroll.

Production, experience, leadership, potential flexibility, I'd love to sign him for about 4 years and $14M. Anything more, I trust in moving forward.

Right now, Brian Dozier is the Twins best player. As stated above, beyond the outstanding power stats, he is durable and could perhaps move to another less-demanding position. He's a good guy and a clubhouse leader.

For the last three years, I have mused "is Dozier another Jeff Kent or is he another Dan Uggla?" Kent became a fine offensive player relatively late (as Dozier did) and continued as a 120+ OPS player into his late 30s. Uggla burst onto the scene as a slugger, but was basically done by 30 or 31.

Dozier has adjusted through his career, becoming a home run hitter despite raw power that is less than off the charts. Last year, he used the whole field more, was more selective and had career highs in BA and OBP. This would indicate that he could be a fine offensive players for the next few years.

I think Dozier has earned big bucks going forward and if I were the Twins I would not hesitate to give him big money for the rest of the decade, but they should try to limit the years, maybe 3? Perhaps three years of Cano money (3-$72M).

Short answer..... Yes.

Sorry, maybe its a misprint, but how could Dozier, who i love, believe in, and would like to be re-signed, be worth $100M? $20-$25M per depending on years. What? Typo, right?

Dozier is an iron man. All iron man are until they aren't. In any sport. But you can't predict those things. The Twins have a wonderful wealth of talented infielders coming up. But most, except for Gordon, are 2-3 years away. Dozier shows no signs of slowing down, and is an important part of this team both offensively, leadership wise, and is quality defensively. There is also a bit of a glut in MLB in regard to 2B available in FA and trade the next few years. This brings his cost down, I believe.

With the continued development of Sano, Rosario, Buxton, Kepler, Polanco, etc, trade and FA opportunities and eventual promotion, I still feel Dozier is a viable and important presence. What if he's signed for 4-5 years and plays the last 1-2 as a DH and super utility player? His value is about $14M per IMO.

Even if you re-sign him for that, even if Mauernis also re-signed for 2 more years, which has been discussed, you still save money overall for payroll.

Production, experience, leadership, potential flexibility, I'd love to sign him for about 4 years and $14M. Anything more, I trust in moving forward.

Well in the post you can see that the prediction would be that he would sign for somewhere between $19M-$21M annually. So a 5 year extension, would approach $100M. 

If you think that Dozier doesn't have any more value than Ben Zobrist had in 2016, then I think you might be undervaluing Brian Dozier a bit. Not only is Dozier 4 years younger than Zobrist was at the time, but Zobrist was also coming off a season where he was starting to show signs of his decline, while Dozier has been a very consistent performer. 

Yes, I too would love to sign Dozier to the same deal Zobrist got, but the truth is Dozier is far more valuable now, and will be a year from now as a free agent, than Zobrist was in 2016, at age 35.

Also, just a little proof that my numbers are not that far off. Last night, Lorenzo Cain signed a 5 year, $80M contract. Not only is Cain the same age now, that Dozier will be next offseason (32), but he has also hasn't been as good of a player as Dozier over the past couple of seasons. Couple that with the fact that he will be playing a corner outfield position which brings his value down even more when compared to Dozier, who plays a premium defensive position.

First, let me say I like Dozier.  I don't really see a downside to him.  However, I think it's time to embrace the future.

I like Polanco far better at 2nd than short. 

Dozier is still young, affordable and productive.  Dozier should be worth something more than LA was offering last year.  It is a pretty unique thing for the Twins that they have the option to trade a guy like Dozier and back-fill it's MiLB system with new talent.

Or, I could be wrong   :-)

4/$76M + 5th yr option @ $4M buyout

Not my money ... Sign him up

Make him an All-Time Twin and let us enjoy his game the whole way!

I don't care about those comparisons. I say give him 3 years at $45 mil

Ok. My bad. So 3 years at $65 mil.

I think Lorenzo Cain is a better long term bet and would get better offers. He did get 80 million over 5 year at 16 million a year. I don’t see Dozier getting that kind of deal. He may get the year amount over a shorter term.