Matthew Trueblood’s 2023 Payroll Blueprint

[Matthew Trueblood]

The Twins need a shakeup. They need an aggressive strategy for building a deep and reliable corps of both hitters and pitchers. That means setting the bar higher than they have in the past, and it means spending more money than they have to this point. It means trading a lot—here, swapping Polanco, Kepler, Garlick, and Kirilloff for Jansen, Swanson, and Canario—in addition to shelling out over $80 million in 2023 alone for free agents Correa, Bell, Drury, Stripling, and Robertson, with significant commitments to each of the first four beyond that. But this would yield the kind of team that could seriously compete immediately.

• C: Danny Jansen ($3.70M)
• 1B: Josh Bell ($17.00M)
• 2B: Luis Arraez ($4.50M)
• 3B: Gio Urshela ($9.00M)
• SS: Carlos Correa ($35.00M)
• LF: Trevor Larnach ($0.70M)
• CF: Byron Buxton ($15.00M)
• RF: Matt Wallner ($0.70M)
• DH: Jose Miranda ($0.70M)
• 4th OF: Alexander Canario ($0.70M)
• Utility: Brandon Drury ($11.00M)
• Utility: Nick Gordon ($0.70M)
• Backup C: Ryan Jeffers ($0.70M)
• SP1: Sonny Gray ($12.00M)
• SP2: Ross Stripling ($13.00M)
• SP3: Tyler Mahle ($8.00M)
• SP4: Joe Ryan ($0.70M)
• SP5: Bailey Ober ($0.70M)
• RP: Jhoan Duran ($0.70M)
• RP: Jorge Lopez ($3.00M)
• RP: Griffin Jax ($0.70M)
• RP: Jorge Alcala ($1.00M)
• RP: Caleb Thielbar ($2.00M)
• RP: Kenta Maeda ($6.00M)
• RP: Erik Swanson ($1.40M)
• RP: David Robertson ($4.50M)

Payroll is 8.56% over budget

[Richie the Rally Goat]

Over budget?! Is that allowed?

[Game7-91]

23 minutes ago, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Over budget?! Is that allowed?

Which century?

[Richie the Rally Goat]

9 hours ago, Game7-91 said:

Which century?

twenty-first-and-a-half Century!