Twins Payroll now at $157 million?

[SanoMustGo]

Read that on MLB rumors regarding the Correa signing.  How much higher will it go for 2023?

[mnfireman]

I see $151 MM on FanGraphs....

[bap3141]

I would imagine it would depend on who becomes available to the Twins.  Obviously, I can only speculate like the rest of you but if, for some odd reason, Corbin Burnes or Logan Webb were to become available to them, I think they'd find a way to make it work.  The won't be, but I was struggling for an example off the top of my head. (I've always liked Ketel Marte, how's that for a random name?)

How high?  I guess I don't know. I doubt they're taking on Mike Trout or Gerrit Cole (again, in Bizarro World).  They probably have room for one more solid addition like Michael Wacha (and, yes, he IS solid), barring a trade. 

[Major League Ready]

Spotract has them at 143.6M.   I come up with $146.4M.

	Starters	SALARY
1	Sonny Gray	12,700,000
2	Tyler Mahle	10,000,000
3	Joe Ryan	740,000
4	Bailey Ober	740,000
5	Josh Winder	740,000
	Relief Pitchers
7	Jorge Lopez	3,500,000
8	Jhoan Duran	740,000
9	Jorge Alcala	900,000
10	Griffin Jax	740,000
11	Caleb Thielbar	2,700,000
12	Jovanni Moran	740,000
13	Emilio Pagan	2,500,000
	Catchers
14	Ryan Jeffers	740,000
15	Christian Vazquez	10,000,000
	Infielders
16	Alex Kirilloff	740,000
17	Jorge Polanco	7,500,000
18	Jose Miranda	740,000
19	Carlos Correa	33,333,000
20	Luis Arraez	5,000,000
21	Kyle Farmer	5,000,000
	Outfielders
22	Max Kepler	8,500,000
23	Byron Buxton	15,000,000
24	Trevor Larnach	740,000
25	Nick Gordon	740,000
26	Joey Gallo	11,000,000
	Randy Dobnak	1,500,000
	Kenta Maeda	6,000,000
	Kyle Garlick	750,000
	Chris Paddack	2,400,000
	TOTAL PAYROLL	146,423,000

 

[Richie the Rally Goat]

  On 1/12/2023 at 12:41 PM, Major League Ready said:

Spotract has them at 143.6M.   I come up with $146.4M.

	Starters	SALARY
1	Sonny Gray	12,700,000
2	Tyler Mahle	10,000,000
3	Joe Ryan	740,000
4	Bailey Ober	740,000
5	Josh Winder	740,000
	Relief Pitchers
7	Jorge Lopez	3,500,000
8	Jhoan Duran	740,000
9	Jorge Alcala	900,000
10	Griffin Jax	740,000
11	Caleb Thielbar	2,700,000
12	Jovanni Moran	740,000
13	Emilio Pagan	2,500,000
	Catchers
14	Ryan Jeffers	740,000
15	Christian Vazquez	10,000,000
	Infielders
16	Alex Kirilloff	740,000
17	Jorge Polanco	7,500,000
18	Jose Miranda	740,000
19	Carlos Correa	33,333,000
20	Luis Arraez	5,000,000
21	Kyle Farmer	5,000,000
	Outfielders
22	Max Kepler	8,500,000
23	Byron Buxton	15,000,000
24	Trevor Larnach	740,000
25	Nick Gordon	740,000
26	Joey Gallo	11,000,000
	Randy Dobnak	1,500,000
	Kenta Maeda	6,000,000
	Kyle Garlick	750,000
	Chris Paddack	2,400,000
	TOTAL PAYROLL	146,423,000

 

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Who’s number 6? Winder 5, Lopez 7…

:)

[Brad.dahlen]

Getting rid of Kepler would give you some extra money to play with....

[Major League Ready]

  On 1/12/2023 at 12:55 PM, Richie the Rally Goat said:

Who’s number 6? Winder 5, Lopez 7…

:)

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Actually, Maeda is probably in the starting rotation.  I estimated $6M because I did not think he would get a lot of innings.

You hit on what will be a very interesting thing to watch this year.  Winder looked pretty good in his initial starts and bad after he came back from injury.  Varland looked like he just might earn that 5th spot.  When exactly I don't know.  Then, when will Paddack come back and how will he look.  Personally, I  hope Winder / Varland and SWR all step-up and make it a real battle for the SP positions.  If Paddack is healthy we should be 8-10 deep.  maybe we even get something (long relief) out of Dobnak.

[Richie the Rally Goat]

  On 1/12/2023 at 3:29 PM, Major League Ready said:

Actually, Maeda is probably in the starting rotation.  I estimated $6M because I did not think he would get a lot of innings.

You hit on what will be a very interesting thing to watch this year.  Winder looked pretty good in his initial starts and bad after he came back from injury.  Varland looked like he just might earn that 5th spot.  When exactly I don't know.  Then, when will Paddack come back and how will he look.  Personally, I  hope Winder / Varland and SWR all step-up and make it a real battle for the SP positions.  If Paddack is healthy we should be 8-10 deep.  maybe we even get something (long relief) out of Dobnak.

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Agreed, a 6 man rotation would not surprise me. Likely Maeda, Ober, and Winder will be 5 and fly starters, so effective multi inning relief from a couple pitchers will be continue to be important, in order to manage workload and still win games.

[August J Gloop]

Plenty of payroll headroom to add 3 relievers at around 7-8 each. Andrew Chafin, Matt Moore, Michael Fulmer.