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The Twins got 2 decent pitching prospects, including one who was rated #98 overall in 2020, for a 41 year old DH on an expiring deal. As one of one the better relief pitchers in baseball consistently for the past 6 seasons and still with 1 1/2 years of control, Taylor Rogers should have a bit more trade value than as just a throw-in as it seems in deals #1 and especially #2.

I think everyone wringing their hands about the fact that Buxton doesn't want to play for the Twins or that negotiations are over need to take a deep breath, 1. Nowhere in Rosenthal's article does it state that negotiations are over. The Twins offered $73 million guaranteed and the Buxton camp made a counteroffer. The Twins followed that up by offering $80 million and Buxton rejected that. 2. If Buxton simply didn't want to play for the Twins, would his camp have even made a counteroffer?

Would be ready for 2022 MLB season and cost $23 a month. https://www.startribune.com/would-you-pay-23-a-month-for-access-to-just-bally-sports-north/600067173/ https://nypost.com/2021/06/10/sinclair-raising-250m-for-new-sports-streaming-service-sources/

I was wondering the same thing. Why is he so low on the prospect rankings? Is his stuff not expected to translate to MLB? Year Age Tm Lev Aff W L W-L% ERA G GS IP H R ER HR BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W Mino Mino Mino Minors 17 3 .850 2.34 36 33 188.2 155 55 49 11 24 231 0.949 7.4 0.5 1.1 11.0 9.63 2017 21 Elizabethton Rk MIN 2 2 .500 3.21 6 4 28.0 24 10 10 2 3 35 0.964 7.7 0.6 1.0 11.3 11.67 2018 22 Cedar Rapids A MIN 7 1 .875 3.84 14 14 75.0 71 32 32 7 9 88 1.067 8.5 0.8 1.1 10.6 9.78 2019 23 3 Teams A+-AA-Rk MIN 8 0 1.000 0.69 14 13 78.2 55 12 6 2 9 100 0.814 6.3 0.2 1.0 11.4 11.11 2019 23 Pensacola AA MIN 3 0 1.000 0.38 4 4 24.0 10 2 1 1 2 34 0.500 3.8 0.4 0.8 12.8 17.00 2019 23 Fort Myers A+ MIN 4 0 1.000 0.99 8 8 45.2 39 8 5 1 6 53 0.985 7.7 0.2 1.2 10.4 8.83 2019 23 Twins Rk MIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 9.0 6 2 0 0 1 13 0.778 6.0 0.0 1.0 13.0 13.00 2021 25 St. Paul AAA MIN 0 0 1.29 2 2 7.0 5 1 1 0 3 8 1.143 6.4 0.0 3.9 10.3 2.67

To think we started the season 5-2... 7-21 since then.

If I recall, I don't think he did great, but a cool moment was him participating in the HR Derby at Target Field and the reception he received.

Admittedly, I know nothing about Sabato (or any of the other draft prospects)...Seems like ceiling could be Pete Alonso or could flame out similar to former Twins 1st round pick Henry Sanchez (RIP).

How about this one? 'The 2002 Minnesota Twins: From Contraction to Contention."

Loved watching this show when it re-aired on ESPN Classic in the 90's. A sad note about the show....The host, Mark Scott, died of a heart attack shortly after the lone season aired. The series was then cancelled rather than proceeding with a new host.

After an off-season of Twins fans wallowing in self-pity as to why the top FA SP's wouldn't pick Minnesota, we finally have an "in" with one of these 2021 FA's! James Paxton makes his off-season home in Eau Claire (90 minutes from Target Field) to be closer to his wife's family. And he's a big fishing fan. https://www.mlb.com/news/getting-to-know-yankees-lefty-james-paxton-c303341582

Joe Nathan was inducted last year, Cuddyer in 2017, and Guardado in 2013.

Yeah, we all know what's out there. The options have been bandied about here for 3 months.

I'm in the midst of watching Shameless. 10th season just aired on Showtime, but the whole series is available on Netflix. Pretty funny, a little raunchy, very entertaining!

I'd go with the Collin McHugh suggestion...Not sure why he isn't on this list. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mchugco01.shtml

Umm, like who? Mitch Moreland is about the only FA 1B left that I can think of. And Cron signed with Detroit before Christmas.

Doogie indicates that Tyler Duffey and Twins have settled at $1.2 million.

They're also not going to throw Hill and Bailey under the bus by saying something like "We struck out on some (all?) of the players that we had targeted, so had to sign whatever scraps were left...."

Here's the breakdown of Hill's incentives: $1 mill for 5 GS or 25 IP $1 mill for 7 GS or 35 IP $1 mill for 9 GS or 45 IP $1.5 mill for 11 GS or 55 IP $2 mill for 13 GS or 65 IP $3 mill for 15 GS or 75 IP

I'm going to guess that many teams (and agents!) underestimated how high the demand and prices would get on starting pitchers. Twins might've gone after Gibson and Odorizzi definitely would have declined his QO.

More updates: Bailey’s contract includes a $7MM guarantee, per Jon Heyman of MLB Network (via Twitter). He also has some incentive pay available, but only if he gets up to 180 innings. Hill is guaranteed $3MM, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com tweets. His contract includes a hefty $9.5MM in total available incentives which can be met by recording only 15 starts and/or 75 innings thrown.

On Hill: Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports that the deal carries a $3 million guarantee.

Why not just ride off into the sunset after last year's emotional farewell in Seattle then? https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/baseball/article/It-was-time-King-Felix-bids-emotional-farewell-14472284.php I think most veterans, even potential future-HOFers, trying to stave off the end of their playing careers accept minor league contracts with a non-roster invite to ST.

Hoping that the FO can uncover another Odorizzi or two out there. His numbers were decent, serviceable in Tampa Bay and it only took something called Jermaine Palacios to obtain him.