REPORT: Twins and Dobnak Agree to Five-Year Deal

Once I got past my initial shock, this seems to be a rather shrewd move. This front office doesn't take any of its players for granted - when they see a contributor who can be extended, they take the opportunity. Cool. Looking forward to seeing how Randy responds this season!

Is that more than he made driving Uber?  Grab the money Randy!

A huge win for all - congratulations to Dobnak.

Seems like a no-brainer from the Twins perspective. A win for Randy too grabbing the guaranteed money after everything he has overcome

The Dobnak scores!

First let me say this is a first for the Twins extending a young home grown starting pitcher.  The Twins just haven't been a team to get out in front in deals like this. They especially never want to do these deals for pitchers.  I guess TINSTAAP?  Well they broke that mold today.

IMO the Twins see what I see, a guy ready to breakout and be a top of the rotation starter.  Best to strike before it is too late.  There also seems to be some poetic justice since they demoted possibly their second best pitcher (if the K rate holds). So this should make up for that.

I think it is a good move.  Randy has the security that if anything does go wrong with his arm or body he has life changing money.  The Twins get an incentive laden deal that pays for performance and let's them off the hook if he gets injured or becomes ineffective.

Randy has to be a happy guy today and the Twins just as happy. Very surprised to see this today but it is nice to see our team making an early deal for once.

I have to say I'm surprised. I know it's not a huge number based on the number of years but I don't think he's consistently proven himself. Obviously the Twins see something worthwhile there so I hope he makes Falvine look like geniuses.

Absolutely love this deal for both sides.

Congrats to The Dobnak, The Twins FO, and most importantly US FANS

This is great for Randy but I also don't see how the Twins could possibly lose with this contract.

$9.25 million for five years, that's not even $2 million per year. Even if he gets hurt and never pitches an inning again, that's hardly crippling the Twins.

That kind of money is what a somewhat decent reliever makes on the open market and I think "somewhat decent reliever" is Randy's absolute floor.

If he manages to stick as a starter, this contract could turn into an absolute steal. Shrewd move.

Here's another potential scenario that works in the team's favor. Let's be optimistic and say that our prospects pan out and we have 7 or so good starters in 3 years. This contract makes Dobnak very tradeable, and for a good return.

It's 5 years, $8.25 million, with three option years, and a buyout of $1million after the 2025 season. So AAV of 1.65 million. He would have gotten about 1.25 over then next two years total, so 3 yrs, 7 mil added to that is fair both ways for his player type.

I think the Twins realize his new pitch puts him in a new category. He had everything already except an out pitch.

Good for him. A bird in the hand.....  He and his family are set for life no matter what happens.  What was that deal Duffy made a few years ago with his contract/earnings?  I can't remember the details.

  This is going to like like an awfully good move when he's in the rotation and putting up solid numbers over the second half of the year, and again when he's in the rotation next year.

Super bargain fur the next Dallas Keuchel!

And lifetime financial security for a guy two years from his first arbitration.

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Now all that’s left is fur him to win the Cy Young award -- this year! Not a totally crazy sleeper pick, either, especially if Donaldson, Simmons and Buxton stay healthy.

As a Twins fan, I am thrilled!

Great deal for the Twins.

Good for Dobnak, locking up some guaranteed life-changing money.

hopefully he earns all 29.75.....would mean good things for the Twins, and Him!!

At some point this season he's going to be in the rotation and he's going to probably stay there for good, 2022 certainly.

Will he be good enough to be a #2? #3? We'll see. But this is great for both sides. And I love the incentives if and when he really takes off.

Interesting side note that may mean nothing: Dobnak has the same agent as Nick Anderson

In related news, Anderson needs ligament surgery and will be out half the season. Bad break.

Great news for both parties here, I think. Let's hope Dobnak gets some good financial advice. He's only set for life if he plans for it. My guess is he's got that under control. I hope it's true, for him and all the other players who sign good multi-year deals.

I have a friend who worked as a financial planner for a sports agency. She said that it was an incredible chore keeping players from investing in whatever their friends thought was a good idea (Burger King franchises were very popular ideas for a while). She also said that of all the athletes, baseball players were the hardest to manage because a lot of them had not only never been to college but sometimes hadn't finished high school and the amounts of money just seemed unlimited to them. Not much life experience or trying to manage money independently. Fortunately for Randy he's got a ton of life experience.

It would be interesting to know what kind of help agents give, or don't give, their clients and how it varies.

This is great! Congrats to The Dobnak. 

This is a great deal for all parties involved. 

Like it a lot! 

Good deal! I'm excited to watch Randy Dobnak fast paced baseball for the better part of this decade.

Fantastic news.  Great job by the front office and his agent in finding the middle ground; the legendary, rarely seen and much sought "win-win"!!  I'm thrilled for Randy and thrilled for the Twins.  Congratulations all.  

I just have to say good for him.  We can talk about the deal in terms of who wins it or not, but the fact is Randy saw a chance to make sure he was going to get paid basically just over 9 mil for 5 years but could be more.  

Yes, he could be giving up big money if he develops into an Ace, not that I expect that, but he knows where his home will be, he knows he will be paid, and sure he may end up leaving sever millions on the table.  

On the other hand, he may get injured this year and never come back to MLB form and he will still get paid.  If he did sign, then he needs to continue to pitch well, never get injured and continue to fight for money every arbitration year and may face non-tender.  He decided this move was right for him.  

I think it is a good move for Twins because it is very low risk overall for a potential starter for years to come.  Sure, it is unlikely that he will be a top end starter but should still help team for years to come.  Good job Randy way to secure your bag.