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Although the majority of MLB teams will not even consider signing Trevor Bauer to join their club, he will inevitably be pitching for someone in 2023. This is a strangely curious topic for me, and I am intrigued where everyone predicts he will ultimately end up. Below is my rankings list of potential Bauer suiters, along with a few of my thoughts. Would you be surprised if the Yankees sign him? Where do you think he ends up? Thank you for your thoughts! (30) LAD (29) TOR (doubtful Canada lets him in the country) (28) HOU (probably not a good way to help rebuild your franchise's reputation) (27) SEA (26) St. Louis (25) LAA (Angels would have b…

He can be had if a team wants the slime trail that accompanies him. I dont.

When the anti-shift rule was announced everyone started talking about how it will help guys like Kepler, Gallo, and other guys that get shifted a ton taking away singles from pull hitters, both right and left handed. I have debated that I do not think the rule as stated will make a huge difference in that aspect. Mainly, it only takes away the middle infield guy from playing the few feet on the other side of second base, but they can play just behind the base, still playing way over from past traditional spots. It does prevent the 2nd baseman from playing in short right against lefties taking away a few line drives or hard hit ground balls for hits. However, one s…

I was thinking about how that question may change depending on perspective. First, I am not addressing next year specifically, but just generally. There are 30 team in MLB. Only one wins the World Series. Two teams win their respective league. Six teams win their divisions. 12 teams make the playoffs. Most fans look at anything less than a World Series win as success. However, I remember after the second half of the 90's being terrible team each year, when we finally won the division we thought that was success. Then, after having many years of winning division, but not winning a series, and now on a run of now winning a playoff game, we felt like our season …

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/01/red-sox-rafael-devers-in-agreement-on-11-year-332mm-extension.html

If I were rich enough, I would put up a Hall of Almost HOFers. Bonds, Clemons, Rose, Shoeless Joe, McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro - lots of stories and it would get a lot of visits. I am glad that they lost out, but they still have compelling stories. Who else? Tommy John comes to mind, no scandal, just an operation, and 288 victories. Lou Whitaker? Johann Santana? Luis Tiant?Dick Allen, Dale Murphy, Curt Schilling? Who would you put in? And would you visit this museum when you went to Cooper's Town?

according to this article https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/which-teams-are-slated-to-pay-the-luxury-tax-in-2023.html There are 14 teams over $200 million in payroll for next season. I hope there is a lot of penalties for exceeding the threshold going to lower revenue teams and that they are going to spend the money on their teams so they can keep up. This makes the Twins budget so small in comparison. There is a growing divide between teams that have means and don't. At this rate the small market teams are basically farm teams for the big market teams. I wonder if this will prevent other cities from entertaining the idea of a relocation or expansion teams…

There goes another one.

Aaaaaand another one that got away.... At this point are we really just content with running back what we had in the rotation? If this fails (which all odds point to that being the outcome) I would hope this spells the end for Falvine's tenure. An inexcusable lack of action this offseason. We wettn winners in 2022 even with Correa. Gallo and Vasquez arent gonna make up that gaping difference in talent.

Time to dream big? Nah... done enough of that this off-season. Seriously though... the Yankees? I dunno... just seems odd to me.

This scandal has been circulating for a couple weeks now, not sure if it has been discussed on TD. MLB has been accused of circulating 3 different baseballs during the '22 season. Manfred lied & said that there was only one type of ball. But in fact there was the dead ball (most teams had), the juiced ball and the "Goldilocks" (not too light, not heavy- just right for hitters), those went to NYY. https://climbingtalshill.com/posts/astros-news-study-reveals-the-yankees-received-juiced-baseballs-in-2022-01gkpf60tavn Another case where MLB catering to the big teams & players. Something should be done, what do you think?

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/giants-taylor-rogers-agree-to-three-year-deal.html Good for him! Although for that money, I'm fine with the Twins taking a pass. View full rumor

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Or should I say Moreno and Gurriel to Arizona? If this is the entire trade it blows my mind. I would never have guessed Varsho could demand a return like that. Never. Good for Arizona.

I've felt this way for years, but this offseason really pushed me over the edge - that MLB does not care about most of its teams. This article on MLB.com seals it in my opinion. https://www.mlb.com/news/carlos-correa-mets-deal-takeaways Item #5 on this list *really* irks me. Really - the best offseason ever? What is you are a fan of the 22 teams that can't spend up to (or blow away) the Luxury Tax? Do you really feel that this was the best offseason ever? Of that's right - your not in LA or NY or Philly or Chicago so you do not matter to MLB. MLB BASEBALL IS SOOOOOO BROKEN RIGHT NOW! I have been a fan of the game and of the Twins for over 50 years and…

Mets payroll to eclipse $400M. Owner doesn't care about all the "taxes" that are supposed to control spending. Mets enjoy a rich owner and a massive TV contract in the largest media market. NFL is the perfect model of a balanced league with parity. MLB is the perfect model of an imbalanced league that destroys its fanbase. Twins stuck in the middle of mediocrity for perpetuity until they actually fix these league-wide financial issues. And, yes, you can give me your feel-good stories like how competitive the Rays are, but NO ONE can claim this is an even playing field for each team. NO ONE. The 2 NY teams, the 2 Texas teams, and the California …

Gets 7 years $177 million reported by Jeff Passan View full rumor

Alright, everyone. Pile on.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/athletics-sign-trevor-may-dfa-cody-thomas.html

Jeter Downs gets DFA'd by Red Sox.

Omar Narvaez signed a 1yr/ $8MM with the Mets, with a $7MM player's option Yeah, I know big deal. but LH hitting Narvaez was my pick for the Twins to pick up for a catching floor and if they find an upgrade they can trade Jeffers. They landed Vazquez. But after missing out on Correa we have a lot of money to spent on FA. Why not pick up Narvaez? You may say we already have 2 MLB catchers. Mets have 4 MLB ready catchers, why did they sign him? Good question, IDK exactly. As you may guess I'm not high on Jeffers, which I won't go into. We have a few needs that very well can not be met in FA. We need a viable short term SS, a very good long term soon to be MLB rea…

https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/mlb-hot-stove-cincinnati-reds-could-bring-back-two-time-all-star Johnny Cueto is also in conversation with Jays

Another big market team driving prices up for the mid/small market teams.... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/yankees-interested-in-nathan-eovaldi.html

Brandon Nimmo just signed a $162 MM/8yr contract. That's more than Buxton's deal (almost more than he can earn with incentives). Good deal for the Mets or no???

Bruce Wayne must have called Mark Lerner and told him he needed him in Gotham....?

One less catcher available.. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/braves-acquire-sean-murphy.html View full rumor

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35239518/sources-blue-jays-land-chris-bassitt-3-year-63m-deal

The pitching is getting slim and might not be worth the Twins efforts, especially with Rodon asking for seven years. The Giants signed Manea according to Yahoo Sports - two year deal. View full rumor

After many off seasons I read people post about how Twins should have signed player x because the contract was a good one and if only the Twins would have offered that it would have been good. I normally comment that we do not know if the Twins did offer anything, or if the player had any interest in the Twins anyways. This is not like a fantasy draft of auction where highest bid wins. Recently, there was rumors of two players the Padres offered contracts to that were significantly more money, but similar annual value. First Turner signed 11 year 300 mil contract with Philly, rumor was Padres offered 342 million, no details on years, but imagine it would have be…

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