Twins and 2020 Arbitration

Every one of those figures looks like a bargain when I attach it to my own projection of what each player might produce.

This exercise has convinced me that I am officially an optimist. Perhaps unrealistically so.

I look at this and keep thinking extension!  Don't just win or lose at arbitration a player like Berrios or Sano need to be locked up for the future.  All the angst about Rosario this year means he would probably not be granted an extension - except it actually might make him more tradeable. 

I look at this and keep thinking extension!  Don't just win or lose at arbitration a player like Berrios or Sano need to be locked up for the future.  All the angst about Rosario this year means he would probably not be granted an extension - except it actually might make him more tradeable. 

I just don't know that either would be willing to do it.

Sano has always struck me as a guy that wants to be on the east coast, and I think Berrios has so much confidence in himself that he wouldn't sell a couple of years of FA for more up-front money in his arb year.

Obviously I could be wrong on both accounts and they'd be willing to work something out.

Or maybe they don't fit into the "5-year plan."

Looks like the Twins will be going to the arb judges for most of these players... hopefully nothing gets too messy.

In a civil lawsuit, the party seeking relief is designated   as "The Plaintiff" and the party being sued is designated as "The Defendant". However in a baseball arbitration,I have learned that   the player is designated as "The Arbi" and the owner is designated as "The Trator"?   Show me the money.

I don’t think it is at all uncommon for figures to be exchanged. Hearings don’t start until next month, right? Lots of time to decide what to do on both sides.

Not good to have this many cases go to arbitration. To me that means the Twins lowballed every single one of them. When will they learn. 

I'm guessing our best guys have had enough of their bosses already. Don't expect it to be easy to sign the rest of the core of this team to long term deals. 

Twins and Duffey agreed at 1.2MM

I have to say that I have never seen it like this before. Normally these deals come out right at the deadline. I haven't seen anything about the deadline being later than noon (central time)... It's crazy!

Those pesky assessed values............

I doubt all these cases are going to arbritration.  It's probably a plumbing issue with the news transfer.  Quite the payload today.

Not good to have this many cases go to arbitration. To me that means the Twins lowballed every single one of them. When will they learn. 

 

I'm guessing our best guys have had enough of their bosses already. Don't expect it to be easy to sign the rest of the core of this team to long term deals. 

Or the players highballed it.  Because arbitration is a binary win/lose system, where the arbiter either chooses the team's number, or the player's number, and nothing in between, it is patently NOT in a team's interest to make a lowball offer, as that will make it more likely the arbiter rules for the player, and the team ends up overpaying.  Both sides are attempting to make an offer that is slightly closer to a fair number than the other.

that's in the article....and it's the only one announced so far. Which, as has been said, is unusual.

No it's not, but I did miss where Musk21 said it in an earlier comment.

Edit: Fixed Musk21's name.

I suspect this will be Sano & Berrios attitude whenever a long term deal is offered. 

I suspect this will be Sano & Berrios attitude whenever a long term deal is offered.

Luckily for us, Sano is under Twins control through 2023 (Option year included)

Twins are fighting Berrios over $375,000. Seems like a petty line to draw if you hope to build good faith with the player for a potential extension. 

Come on FO. Give Berrios a fair long term contract. Show him the money.

Maybe they are trying to work out a deal with him and that’s the hold up, and not $375,000.

My thinking as well. Makes me very optimistic that they won't go to the arb hearing and that a 4 or 5 year extension is doable.