Done deal per Jon Heyman.  3 years, $30 million.  

More money than I thought, but a good acquisition.

Just now, stringer bell said:

More money than I thought, but a good acquisition.

It’s worth it though. Veteran who put up good numbers and has World Series experience. Should be able to work with our young pitchers well too.

Sweet. Murphy was obviously too dear a price to pay so this is excellent.

Great news!

Not a huge needle mover, but an improvement for sure. 

Well well! I call this good news too.

That's 30 million less for Correa. Carlos better make up his mind in a hurry, before it's all gone!  ?

Good move. Need a catcher and he was second best on the market, best on the defensive side. Maybe this helps Correa decide the Twins are where he wants to be. 

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

Not a huge needle mover, but an improvement for sure. 

Yeah, catchers bore me, but others seem to really crave this position, so I’m happy they tossed us something to tide us over. $10M is peanuts in today’s free agent pay. This will have no impact on any other signings.

Solid and necessary move.  Keep 'er going FO.

I like him a great deal more than Sanchez or Jeffers.

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Let's see how the rest of this off-season goes. Bring us more please. 

lOOK AT 2019 Home run total,   and we wonder about the juiced ball,   Good signing  puts the bat on the ball alot more than were used to seeing

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
8 Yrs				733	2633	2433	283	636	127	5	55	276	28	16	163	474	.261	.310	.386	.695	85	938	74	14	8	15	6
162 Game Avg.				162	582	5
2014	23	BOS	AL	55	201	175	15	42	9	0	1	20	0	0	19	33	.240	.308	.309	.617	73	54	4	0	3	4	1	2/DH
2016	25	BOS	AL	57	184	172	21	39	9	1	1	12	0	0	10	39	.227	.277	.308	.585	55	53	3	2	0	0	1	2/HD
2017	26	BOS	AL	99	345	324	43	94	18	2	5	32	7	2	17	64	.290	.330	.404	.735	92	131	14	3	0	1	0	2/5DH
2018	27	BOS	AL	80	269	251	24	52	10	0	3	16	4	1	13	41	.207	.257	.283	.540	46	71	5	4	1	0	1	2/H5D
2019	28	BOS	AL	138	521	482	66	133	26	1	23	72	4	2	33	101	.276	.320	.477	.798	103	230	17	0	3	3	3	*2HD3/54
2020	29	BOS	AL	47	189	173	22	49	9	0	7	23	4	3	16	43	.283	.344	.457	.801	111	79	6	0	0	0	0	*2/D4H
2021	30	BOS	AL	138	498	458	51	118	23	1	6	49	8	4	33	84	.258	.308	.352	.659	77	161	15	2	1	4	0	*2/HD453
2022	31	TOT	AL	119	426	398	41	109	23	0	9	52	1	4	22	69	.274	.315	.399	.714	99	159	10	3	0	3	0	2H/34D
2022	31	BOS	AL	84	318	294	33	83	20	0	8	42	1	2	18	51	.282	.327	.432	.759	109	127	7	3	0	3	0	2/3H4
2022	31	HOU	AL	35	108	104	8	26	3	0	1	10	0	2	4	18	.250	.278	.308	.585	68	32	3	0	0	0	0	2/HD

3/$30M is a fantastic deal for an experienced game-caller who has a solid pop-time to 2B. Proven winner with Red Sox & Astros. Beloved locker room leader - Red Sox players were collectively broken when he was traded to Astros at the last deadline. He's said to be great at helping pitchers, and Twins will have a lot of young pitchers over the next 3 years who need the help. Also, he hits much better without the shift from what I recall.

Signing Vazquez is an excellent move for the Twins. Love it.

One down. What's next?

This is fine.

A good get at a reasonable price.  A catcher that doesn't hurt you on offense, calls a good game, plays great defense and has post season experience

 Good signing. 

Who's feeling more optimistic this evening? Vazquez brings us one step closer to this becoming a reality... 

Excellent addition - cost is fine too.  Really checks all our boxes - strong defensively, good with a young staff, veteran presence, decent bat. 
 

Let’s get CC and some bullpen help and call it a day on the FA front 

1 minute ago, talkintwins said:

Who's feeling more optimistic this evening? Vazquez brings us one step closer to this becoming a reality... 

I have know idea why people do not give Gordon his due.  Replace Max with Gordon and maybe bat him #9 behind Vasquez as more of a speed guy on base for Arraez.  

BOUT DAMN TIME! Let's keep it going!

As good of a hitting catcher as we could hope to get. Defensive numbers look decent too. If his offensive numbers continue, he’d be one of the twins’ best hitters (unless everyone else picks it up a bit…. Which, hopefully they will). 

14 minutes ago, Nashvilletwin said:

I have know idea why people do not give Gordon his due.  Replace Max with Gordon and maybe bat him #9 behind Vasquez as more of a speed guy on base for Arraez.  

Agreed - I have a 2nd version with Gordon in LF... just waiting for Kepler to be moved first. For those who are into meaningless stats without context, Vazquez has hit best at 5th and 9th over his career.

Spoke about Gordon being one of my personal favs in my newest video posted earlier this afternoon:  

 

 

1 minute ago, talkintwins said:

Agreed - I have a 2nd version with Gordon in LF... just waiting for Kepler to be moved first. For those who are into meaningless stats without context, Vazquez has hit best at 5th and 9th over his career.

Spoke about Gordon being one of my personal favs in my newest video posted earlier this afternoon:  

 

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1 hour ago, Nashvilletwin said:

I have know idea why people do not give Gordon his due.  Replace Max with Gordon and maybe bat him #9 behind Vasquez as more of a speed guy on base for Arraez.  

Yea. For some reason, like Areaez, everyone will try to find reasons why Gordon is no good. Meanwhile his numbers get better and better.

Very good FA signing in my opinion. Gary has power, but boy was he frustrating at times last year. Vazquez has been quite durable since 2019 and can actually hit lefties...something we all know this team cannot do.