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Below is my free agency tracker. Signed players are in yellow and will be removed after they have been signed for awhile. I will leave AL Central signings on though so people can see who they sign and how they compare to the Twins. Recent Signings: Daniel Hudson, Corey Seager, Kirby Yates) Still a lot of SP and RP options out there, but with FA's we had a better chance of signing now off the board like Eduardo Rodriguez, Anthony Desclafani, Aaron Loup my hopes aren't high. I'm fully prepared for a bunch of bargain bin signings similar to Happ, Shoemaker, etc and the team trying to sell us why they are good additions, as well as hype up our prospects to get people excited about them instead of signing good established players. Feels like next year is going to be a tough year, and that the comments Falvey made about us not rebuilding were dishonest. Flurry of signings could leave the Twins in the dust in the SP market and force us to turn to trades. CWS- Kendall Graveman, Leury Garcia CLE- DET- Eduardo Rodriguez, Javy Baez MIN- KCR- PLAYER (2) POS. AGE BATS THROWS FROM TO Contract Fernando Abad RP 35.8 L L BAL TBD Ehire Adrianza SS 32.2 S R ATL TBD Andrew Albers RP 36.1 R L MIN TBD Hanser Alberto 2B 29 R R KC TBD Yency Almonte RP 27.4 S R COL TBD Albert Almora CF 27.5 R R NYM TBD Dan Altavilla RP 29.2 R R SD TBD Brett Anderson SP 33.8 L L MIL TBD Drew Anderson SP 27.6 R R TEX JAP Japan Tyler Anderson SP 31.8 L L SEA TBD Chris Archer SP 33.1 R R TB TBD Shawn Armstrong RP 31.1 R R TB TBD Jake Arrieta SP 35.7 R R SD TBD John Axford RP 38.6 R R MIL TBD Javier Baez SS 28.9 R R NYM DET 6 year, 140 mil Luke Bard RP 30.9 R R LAA TBD Jacob Barnes RP 31.5 R R TOR TBD Kyle Barraclough RP 31.4 R R MIN TBD Franklin Barreto SS 25.7 R R LAA TBD Tim Beckham 3B 31.8 R R CHW TBD Travis Bergen RP 28.1 L L TOR TBD Dellin Betances RP 33.6 R R NYM TBD Christian Bethancourt C 30.2 R R PIT TBD Greg Bird 1B 29 L R COL TBD Alex Blandino 3B 29 R R CIN TBD Scott Blewett SP 25.6 R R KC TBD Jorge Bonifacio RF 28.4 R R PHI TBD Brad Boxberger RP 33.4 R R MIL TBD Archie Bradley RP 29.2 R R PHI TBD Austin Brice RP 29.3 R R BOS TBD Kris Bryant 3B 29.8 R R SF TBD Dylan Bundy SP 28.9 S R LAA TBD Matt Bush RP 35.8 R R TEX TBD Drew Butera C 38.2 R R HOU TBD Asdrubal Cabrera 2B 35.9 S R CIN TBD Trevor Cahill RP 33.7 R R PIT TBD Matt Carpenter 3B 35.9 L R STL TBD Nick Castellanos RF 29.7 R R CIN TBD Andrew Chafin RP 31.3 R L OAK TBD Tyler Chatwood RP 31.8 R R SF TBD Jesse Chavez RP 38.2 R R ATL TBD Robinson Chirinos C 37.4 R R CHC TBD Steve Cishek RP 35.3 R R LAA TBD Tyler Clippard RP 36.7 R R ARI TBD Alex Cobb SP 34.1 R R LAA SFG 2 year, 20 mil A.J. Cole RP 29.8 R R TOR TBD Alex Colome RP 32.8 R R MIN TBD Michael Conforto RF 28.7 L R NYM TBD Jimmy Cordero RP 30 R R CHW TBD Carlos Correa SS 27.1 R R HOU TBD Nelson Cruz DH 41.3 R R TB TBD Charlie Culberson 2B 32.6 R R TEX TBD Zach Davies SP 28.8 R R CHC TBD Khris Davis DH 33.8 R R OAK TBD Grant Dayton RP 33.9 L L ATL TBD Delino DeShields CF 29.2 R R CIN TBD Ian Desmond CF 36.1 R R COL TBD Ross Detwiler RP 35.7 R L SD TBD Chris Devenski RP 30.9 R R ARI TBD Jairo Diaz RP 30.4 R R SD TBD Corey Dickerson LF 32.4 L R TOR TBD Jake Diekman RP 34.8 L L OAK TBD Rafael Dolis RP 33.8 R R TOR TBD Sean Doolittle RP 35.1 L L SEA TBD Oliver Drake RP 34.8 R R TB TBD Brandon Drury 3B 29.2 R R NYM TBD Danny Duffy SP 32.8 L L LAD TBD Matt Duffy 3B 30.8 R R CHC TBD Robert Dugger P 26.3 R R SEA TBD Jarrod Dyson CF 37.2 L R TOR TBD Jerad Eickhoff SP 31.3 R R NYM TBD Thomas Eshelman RP 27.3 R R BAL TBD Jeurys Familia RP 32.1 R R NYM TBD Luke Farrell RP 30.4 L R MIN TBD Michael Feliz RP 28.3 R R OAK TBD Neftali Feliz RP 33.5 R R LAD TBD Michael Fiers SP 36.3 R R OAK TBD Mike Foltynewicz SP 30.1 R R TEX TBD Dexter Fowler RF 35.6 S R LAA TBD Todd Frazier 3B 35.7 R R PIT TBD Freddie Freeman 1B 32.1 L R ATL TBD Mike Freeman 2B 34.2 L R CIN TBD Jace Fry RP 28.3 L L CHW TBD Rocky Gale C 33.7 R R CIN TBD Freddy Galvis SS 31.9 S R PHI TBD John Gant SP 29.2 R R MIN TBD Edgar Garcia RP 25.1 R R MIN TBD Leury Garcia OF 30.6 S R CHW TBD 3 year, 16.5 mil Luis Garcia RP 34.8 R R STL TBD Brett Gardner LF 38.2 L L NYY TBD Ian Gibaut RP 27.9 R R MIN TBD Mychal Givens RP 31.4 R R CIN TBD Ryan Goins 2B 33.7 L R ATL TBD Yan Gomes C 34.2 R R OAK CHC 2 year, 13 mil Chi Chi Gonzalez SP 29.8 R R COL TBD Erik Gonzalez SS 30.2 R R PIT TBD Brian Goodwin RF 31 L R CHW TBD Conner Greene P 26.6 R R BAL TBD Zack Greinke SP 38 R R HOU TBD Reymin Guduan RP 29.6 L L OAK TBD Junior Guerra RP 36.8 R R LAA TBD Preston Guilmet RP 34.2 R R MIA TBD Ronald Guzman 1B 27 L L TEX TBD Jesse Hahn RP 32.2 R R KC TBD Cole Hamels SP 37.8 L L LAD TBD Billy Hamilton CF 31.2 S R CHW TBD JD Hammer P 27.2 R R PHI TBD Brad Hand RP 31.6 L L NYM TBD J.A. Happ SP 39 L L STL TBD Josh Harrison 2B 34.3 R R OAK TBD Matt Harvey SP 32.6 R R BAL TBD Heath Hembree RP 32.8 R R NYM TBD Cesar Hernandez 2B 31.4 S R CHW WAS 1 year, 4 mil Odubel Herrera CF 29.8 L R PHI TBD Chris Herrmann C 33.9 L R BOS TBD David Hess RP 28.3 R R TB TBD Cam Hill P 27.4 R R CLE TBD Rich Hill SP 41.6 L L NYM TBD Jonathan Holder RP 28.4 R R CHC TBD Derek Holland RP 35.1 S L DET TBD Greg Holland RP 35.9 R R KC TBD Brock Holt 2B 33.3 L R TEX TBD Sam Howard RP 28.7 R L PIT TBD Joe Hudson C 30.4 R R PIT TBD Tommy Hunter RP 35.3 R R TB TBD Drew Hutchison SP 31.2 L R DET TBD Jose Iglesias SS 31.8 R R BOS TBD Raisel Iglesias RP 31.8 R R LAA LAA 4 year, 58 mil Travis Jankowski RF 30.3 L R PHI TBD Kenley Jansen RP 34.1 S R LAD TBD Jon Jay RF 36.6 L L LAA TBD Jake Jewell RP 28.4 R R SF TBD D.J. Johnson RP 32.2 L R TB TBD Jacoby Jones CF 29.5 R R DET TBD Jake Junis RP 29.1 R R KC TBD Scott Kazmir SP 37.8 L L SF TBD Keone Kela RP 28.5 R R SD TBD Joe Kelly RP 33.4 R R LAD TBD Ian Kennedy RP 36.8 R R PHI TBD Clayton Kershaw SP 33.6 L L LAD TBD Mike Kickham RP 32.8 L L LAD TBD Yusei Kikuchi SP 30.3 L L SEA TBD Kwang-hyun Kim SP 33.2 L L STL TBD Andrew Knapp C 30 S R PHI TBD Corey Knebel RP 29.9 R R LAD TBD Brody Koerner P 28 NYY TBD Pete Kozma SS 33.5 R R OAK TBD Ian Krol RP 30.5 L L DET TBD Juan Lagares CF 32.6 R R LAA TBD Brady Lail RP 28.2 R R PHI TBD Ryan LaMarre LF 32.9 R L NYY TBD Ryan Lavarnway C 34.2 R R CLE TBD Derek Law RP 31.1 R R MIN TBD Wade LeBlanc SP 37.2 L L STL TBD Dominic Leone RP 30 R R SF TBD Jon Lester SP 37.8 L L STL TBD Jose Lobaton C 37 S R CHC TBD Kyle Lobstein RP 32.2 L L MIL TBD Jed Lowrie 2B 37.5 S R OAK TBD Jordan Lyles SP 31 R R TEX TBD Luis Madero SP 24.5 R R MIA TBD Luke Maile C 30.8 R R MIL TBD Martin Maldonado C 35.2 R R HOU TBD Jake Marisnick CF 30.6 R R SD TBD Jose Marmolejos LF 28.8 L L SEA TBD Evan Marshall RP 31.5 R R CHW TBD Chris Martin RP 35.4 R R ATL TBD Carlos Martinez SP 30.1 R R STL TBD Jose Martinez 1B 33.2 R R NYM TBD Nick Martini RF 31.3 L L CHC TBD Jeff Mathis C 38.6 R R ATL TBD Cameron Maybin RF 34.6 R R NYM TBD Chris Mazza RP 32 R R TB TBD Ryan McBroom 1B 29.6 R L KC TBD Andrew McCutchen RF 35.1 R R PHI TBD Collin McHugh RP 34.3 R R TB TBD Alex McRae P 28.6 R R CHW TBD Sam McWilliams RP 26.2 R R SD TBD Ryan Meisinger RP 27.5 R R LAD TBD Mark Melancon RP 36.6 R R SD TBD Keury Mella RP 28.2 R R PIT TBD Jordy Mercer SS 35.2 R R WSH TBD Keynan Middleton RP 28.1 R R SEA TBD Andrew Miller RP 36.4 L L STL TBD Brad Miller 2B 32 L R PHI TBD Shelby Miller SP 31.1 R R PIT TBD Tom Milone SP 34.7 L L CIN TBD Bryan Mitchell RP 30.5 L R MIA TBD Matt Moore SP 32.3 L L PHI TBD Mitch Moreland 1B 36.2 L L OAK TBD Adam Morgan RP 31.7 L L CHC TBD Shawn Morimando RP 28.9 MIA TBD Reyes Moronta RP 28.8 R R SF TBD Brandon Morrow RP 37.2 R R LAD TBD Taylor Motter SS 32.1 R R BOS TBD Jose Mujica P 25.3 R R COL TBD Jimmy Nelson RP 32.4 R R LAD TBD Daniel Norris RP 28.5 L L MIL TBD Renato Nunez 3B 27.6 R R MIL JAP Japan Brian O'Grady LF 29.4 L R TB TBD Joseph Odom C 29.8 R R TB TBD Corey Oswalt RP 28.2 R R NYM TBD Adam Ottavino RP 35.9 S R BOS TBD Chris Owings 2B 30.2 R R COL TBD Joe Panik 2B 31 L R MIA TBD Blake Parker RP 36.3 R R CLE TBD Gerardo Parra RF 34.5 L L WSH TBD James Paxton SP 33 L L SEA BOS 1 year, 10 mil Brad Peacock SP 33.8 R R BOS TBD Joc Pederson LF 29.5 L L ATL TBD Wily Peralta RP 32.5 R R DET TBD Jose Peraza SS 27.5 R R NYM TBD Martin Perez SP 30.6 L L BOS TBD Roberto Perez C 32.8 R R CLE TBD Yusmeiro Petit RP 36.9 R R OAK TBD Tommy Pham LF 33.7 R R SD TBD Kevin Pillar CF 32.8 R R NYM TBD Michael Pineda SP 32.8 R R MIN TBD Adam Plutko RP 30.1 R R BAL TBD Daniel Poncedeleon RP 29.8 R R STL TBD Austin Pruitt RP 32.2 R R MIA TBD Albert Pujols DH 41.8 R R LAD TBD Kevin Quackenbush RP 32.9 R R LAD TBD Nick Ramirez RP 32.2 L L SD TBD Roel Ramirez P 26.4 R R NYM TBD A.J. Ramos RP 35.1 R R LAA TBD Wilson Ramos C 34.2 R R CLE TBD Robbie Ray SP 30.1 L L TOR TBD Colin Rea SP 31.3 R R MIL TBD Cody Reed RP 28.5 L L TB TBD Garrett Richards SP 33.4 R R BOS TBD J.T. Riddle SS 30 L R MIN TBD Anthony Rizzo 1B 32.2 L L NYY TBD David Robertson RP 36.6 R R TB TBD Hansel Robles RP 31.2 R R BOS TBD Carlos Rodon SP 28.9 L L CHW TBD Chaz Roe RP 35.1 R R TB TBD Andrew Romine SS 35.8 S R CHC TBD Austin Romine C 32.9 R R CHC TBD Sergio Romo RP 38.7 R R OAK TBD Eddie Rosario LF 30.1 L R ATL TBD Trevor Rosenthal RP 31.4 R R OAK TBD Ramon Rosso SP 25.2 R R PHI TBD Ben Rowen RP 32.9 R R LAA TBD Chris Rusin RP 35 L L COL TBD Adrian Sanchez 2B 31.2 R R WSH TBD Daniel Santana OF 31 S R BOS TBD Edgar Santana RP 30 R R ATL TBD Ervin Santana SP 38.8 R R KC TBD Hector Santiago RP 33.8 R L SEA TBD Scott Schebler CF 31.1 L R LAA TBD Kyle Schwarber LF 28.7 L R BOS TBD Kyle Seager 3B 34 L R SEA TBD Bryan Shaw RP 34 S R CLE TBD Travis Shaw 1B 31.5 L R BOS TBD Matt Shoemaker SP 35.1 R R SF TBD Chasen Shreve RP 31.2 L L PIT TBD Andrelton Simmons SS 32.2 R R MIN TBD Chance Sisco C 26.7 L R NYM TBD Burch Smith RP 31.5 R R OAK TBD Joe Smith RP 37.6 R R SEA TBD Drew Smyly SP 32.3 L L ATL TBD Donovan Solano 2B 33.8 R R SF TBD Jorge Soler DH 29.7 R R ATL TBD Steven Souza RF 32.5 R R LAD TBD Kohl Stewart SP 27.1 R R CHC TBD Robert Stock RP 31.9 L R NYM TBD Troy Stokes OF 25.8 MIL TBD Trevor Story SS 28.9 R R COL TBD Hunter Strickland RP 33.1 R R MIL TBD Marcus Stroman SP 30.5 R R NYM TBD Kurt Suzuki C 38.1 R R LAA TBD Mike Tauchman CF 30.9 L L SF TBD Beau Taylor C 31.7 L R CIN TBD Chris Taylor 2B 31.2 R R LAD TBD Julio Teheran SP 30.8 R R DET TBD Ryan Tepera RP 34 R R CHW TBD Curtis Terry 1B 25.1 TEX TBD Trayce Thompson CF 30.6 R R CHC TBD Josh Tomlin RP 37 R R ATL TBD Ronald Torreyes 2B 29.2 R R PHI TBD Nicholas Tropeano RP 31.2 R R LAD TBD Jose Urena SP 30.1 R R DET TBD Pat Valaika SS 29.2 R R BAL TBD Cesar Valdez RP 36.6 R R BAL TBD Ildemaro Vargas 2B 30.2 S R ARI TBD Felipe Vazquez RP/CL 30.3 L L PIT - Jonathan Villar OF 30.5 S R NYM TBD Nick Vincent RP 35.2 R R MIN TBD Stephen Vogt C 37 L R ATL TBD Konner Wade RP 29.9 L R BAL TBD Adam Warren RP 34.2 R R NYY TBD Tony Watson RP 36.4 L L SF TBD Tyler Webb RP 31.2 L L STL TBD Ryan Weber SP 31.2 R R SEA TBD Nick Wittgren RP 30.4 R R CLE TBD Alex Wood SP 30.8 R L SF TBD Hunter Wood RP 28.2 R R TEX TBD Mike Wright RP 31.8 R R CHW TBD Austin Wynns C 30.9 R R BAL TBD Jimmy Yacabonis RP 29.6 R R SEA TBD Hyeon-Jong Yang RP 33.7 L L TEX TBD Eric Yardley RP 31.2 R R MIL TBD Ryan Zimmerman 1B 37.1 R R WSH TBD

Blue Jays have signed Jose Berrios to a huge 7 year extension. Contract is 131 million, 18.714 per year.

I would rather see the team gamble on one of these guys who's flaws will cause them to have a down year that would be a career year of a bargain bin player. The home/road splits for Rockies players don't worry me as much. A lot of players who have left said yes Coors will inflate numbers, but going on the road makes it harder to adjust to breaking pitches etc. A lot of Rockies players have left and went elsewhere where they don't have home games at Coors and their home/road splits have normalized. We know how sour things went with Simmons. Only bargain bin player I would even consider is Galvis. Just go out and solidy the SS spot, and let's have a good problem of where to play our prospects.

Yup. This is just recency bias and I get Simmons has been bad, but since he came out against vaccines and made comments against them, people have been a lot more negative towards him. I'm not defending him, he's been bad. I don't see how Simmons signing though could even be considered close to the Nishioka signing. Below are the stats for both. I don't know how you can make a case for SImmons over Nishioka. Nolasco is up there too because of the length of the deal. A 1 year deal can't be the worst ever for me as you can wash yur hands of the player after 1 year. Simmons Nishioka 1 year deal 3 year deal 116 GP 71 GP .221/.286/.275 (.561) .215/.267/.236 (.503) OPS+ 58 OPS+ 41 Nothing about the Simmons signing says it has been worse than Nishioka. Simmons has been very bad too. You could make a case for Nolasco as he was terrible for a team that desperately needed pitching.

710 ESPN out of Seattle is saying Nelson Cruz would be a great fit for the Mariners to make a push.

Here is a link to an article on a Yankees site. In this article they talk about most Twins being a trade fit. https://www.pinstripealley.com/2021/7/6/22563666/yankees-potential-trade-partner-minnesota-twins-pitching-hitting-arbitration-defense-centerfield

I'd pay Berrios if that number doesn't go above the 17-18 per year range. 4 year 72, or 5-85 seems like a fair number. If he wants more, I would look at moving him. The trade market for starting pitching this year is incredibly thin, and 1.5 years of control for Berrios would bring back great value. If we could get a major league ready starter or someone close with a skillset equivalent to Manoah (Had he been in the minors still, maybe the Jays would have moved him, but now that he has had some success in the majors can't imagine they will now), and 1 or 2 other decent players that have a chance to be a starter down the road and/or a good bullpen piece, it would be hard to say no. If you trade Berrios though, you have to end up with one of the top free agent pitchers. Per spotrac, Scherzer's market value will be 1 year 29 mil. If you can entice him with more years but less AAV (Maybe 3 year 66 mil?) that would be big. I believe Scherzer will be better than Berrios over the next 3 years, and if he regresses, he may be around Berrios' career averages. A 3 year contract for Scherzer would free up more money to maybe backload a deal for Buxton. Of course, there is the possibility no big free agent starter may want to come here. If you believe that you can't lure any starter, than you probably have to overpay Berrios.

Velocity means nothing if you don't know where its going. The location of his fastball isn't ideal, a lot of them down the middle of the plate. K% down, BB% up. Teams are hitting a whopping .406 with a slugging of .844 on his four seamer. I think he may need to dial the velo on the 4 seamer back to where it usually is, and work on control and command. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/jose-berrios-621244?stats=statcast-r-pitching-mlb&season=2020

This makes no sense to me. Why should the team getting Kenta Maeda have to pay more than the team getting Mookie Betts? I think the Dodgers should have to throw an extra piece in. If they are unwilling, let them find a 3rd team. Looks to me the Red Sox GM got ripped off giving up Betts for only Verdugo and Graterol and got some backlash from fans, and is now back tracking.

I didn't see pop time mentioned, but last year both Castro AND Avila posted the exact same average pop time, 2.01 seconds. There average exchange time was exactly the same at 0.74 seconds. Average velocity was close on throws also, although Castro was slightly better (82.1 mph to Avila's to 815 mph). I was surprised at how close they have become defensively. Really is a nice signing, and only for a 1 year commitment.