Which Padres Pitcher Joins Minnesota Next?

Musgrove could have blossomed in MN, but after being stuck in PIT for years, he was stolen away by SD which IMO doesn't have a good coaching staff for pitchers. I'm sorry after the Pagan trade, it has soured me on any trade w/ SD. So no deal.

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they sent closer Taylor Rogers (and Brent Rooker) to the Bay Area

The Bay Area? Are you referring to Mission Bay? Or have the Padres moved a few hundred miles north?

I am running from the Padres as fast a healthy Byron Buxton chasing down a deep fly ball can... LOL

I am not sold on Paddock.

Also, not sure who got the worst end of that deal. LOL

Clevinger's stuff seems diminished and his K/9 rate decrease backs that up.  Manaea's ERA last three seasons...4.50, 3.91, 4.96 make me wonder what all the hype is about

OR, instead of trading even more prospects for either one of the 30 and 30yo+ veterans on 1yr deals they could KEEP their prospects and spend the same $ or a little more in FA.

Rodon and Bassitt would look outstanding  in the Twins rotation without losing any additional prospects. 

Remember a year ago when Manea was considered one of the top available trade options? Well, after a down year he's available without having to trade for him. And there are a handful of similar arms out there that could be solid options in the "Gray or Mahle" quality range it would be nice to plug in if depth is the answer. 

Keep the prosects and spend some $. Nick Martinez if he opts out. He's a starter/long reliever and he was quite a bit better then Clevinger and Manea. 

Let’s trade for Woodruff of the Brewers or Pablo of the Marlins and trade Larnach & Sands or Winder. Cabrera of the Marlins is and other pitcher I like as a 5-7 choice. 
Resign or extend Correa for 5 yrs. for @$38.1 per year followed by 2 yr. Mutual  extension. That a need of 2 relief pitchers, a ,catcher, a right power hitter who could be a corner outfielder. 

Will we be shopping for a pitcher whose arm is about to fall off or one whose upper-90's fastball is only topped by the resulting exit velocities?  (Or will we just take one of each again?)

Personally, I would not go after any of them.  I would not want to give up the prospects for Darvish or Musgrove, and the FA do move the needle enough for me.  They are better than our 4th or 5th most likely, but unless they are better than our 1, I do not care too much. 

A solid NO on these options.  As stated in this thread, there are better FA options available.  That said, since these are 1-year options I suspect that the Twins would have interest since that is their MO.

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Both Mike Clevinger and Sean Manaea will be free agents following the World Series.  Both would represent an upgrade for the Twins, and either could’ve been a trade deadline target should the team have opted for it.

I don't think they were an upgrade in 2022 and might not even be in 2023, especially in Sean's case.  86 and 75 ERA+ respectively with 114 and 158 innings.  Bundy had a 79 ERA+ (and 140 innings).  Archer and Winder were 85 and 82 ERA+.

Please FO, aim higher.  Or be realllyyyy confident Clevinger is fully back.

(Sure - Mike is an upgrade if he goes back to his pre surgery numbers of roughly 140 ERA+.  His SO/9, FIP, etc aren't kind to him though.)