mnfireman

After reading comments on this thread and others about the teams FO, I don't think I would let most of these posters (posers?) be the GM of my Fantasy baseball team, more less the GM of a MLB team. If you guys think that team was so focused on Correa that they let other players "slip" away you are very delusional. There are more than enough FO members, assistants and interns to keep in contact with all players and agents, all keeping Falvey and/or Levine up-to-date on negotiations. Realistically, who does everyone think the team should have "tried harder" to sign? Judge? Wasn't going to happen, he turned down more $$$ and years to stay in NY. Turner? Turned down more $$$ to go back to the east coast. Bogaerts? Boras played that one correctly, getting every teams "back-up plan" SS to sign first, and at a very steep commitment to the Padres at that. Nimmo? Boy did the Mets get played on that contract, $62 MM more guaranteed money than Buxton. Haniger? Maybe, but he's 32, has a history of injuries and he's from the west coast, San Francisco is close to family. Verlander or deGrom? Not happening, too expensive. Bassitt, Walker, Taillon, Elflin? If you believe in your system and feel it is going to produce soon, you don't sign aging veterans to 3 and 4 year contracts, especially veterans with past injury issues. Clevinger or Syndergard? Veteran pitchers with injury history on 1 year make-good or build-value contracts, where have we heard this before? Rodon may be in play, but he is on record as saying he prefers NYY as his landing spot, why outbid them for a guy who doesn't want to be anywhere else. But if 5/$135 gets it done, do it.* Swanson may also be in play, but he has sat back and watched Correa, Turner and Bogaerts get stupid $$$ for stupid years, he has got to be thinking "I can get some of that." But if 6/$141 gets it done, do it.* * + FanGraphs/CrowdSource estimates. I think we will some FA signings and some trades and we may be very surprised who is involved. Or maybe not. Either way, Falvey and Levine etc... are building this team around expectations of prospects future performance, just like every previous FO this team has had, good or bad.

$40 MM/yr is a pretty expensive DH in a few years. NY can afford that, the Twins can't.

In the wake of losing the Carlos Correa sweepstakes, it appears other teams may smell blood in the water and are calling about starting pitchers Sonny Gray and Kenta Maeda. Should the Twins decide to start trading pieces for 2023, this could signal a massive mid-offseason pivot that is rare to see in baseball and probably unprecedented in the history of the Minnesota Twins organization. What do you think? Should the Twins pivot this drastically in a division that once again looks weak in 2023? View full rumor

Why do people keep saying things like this? The team made several moves and were mentioned as "being in on" many of the top FA's. Considering how many hours are in a day and how many people the front office employs, this is a statement of ignorance. If one player is taking up all your time, then there are bigger problems at hand. However, that one player or players may force you to take Plan B or Plan C instead of Plan A. The team is now in the Plan B or Plan C stage. And I vote NO. Correa is a helluva ballplayer, but he loses value when moved off of SS, and he's not staying there over the second half of this contract (inflation or not).

TD posters be like:

Another big market team driving prices up for the mid/small market teams.... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/yankees-interested-in-nathan-eovaldi.html

Well, the Yankees are supposedly interested in Kepler, maybe the Twins get Kiner-Falefa back and 1 or 2 young P's in return. Also think we see Arraez as part of a deal for Lopez at this point.

You saw a 13 year deal from another team coming last spring?? How did you not win the $$ Billion powerball??

Dead money is, well, dead money.

For a little perspective, Rod Carew played 12 seasons for the Twins, Kirby Puckett played his whole career, 12 seasons, for the Twins, and Joe Mauer played his whole career, 15 seasons, for the Twins. Correa has already played 8 seasons and has an injury history attached to him, don't see this contract as being very team friendly in about 5 years.

Guaranteed $$$ until he's 41 yrs old, he may not even be on the field by the end of this contract

At least its over. Now that the $$$ chasing is done let's figure out the rest of the roster

Looks like Boras kept him on the market long enough for the Mets to join in. He isn't signing here,,,

Opt outs are used to build value, Swanson's value is as high as it will ever be, so opt outs make zero sense for him.

The biggest reason why Swanson is not Carlos Correa is arm strength, and it is the reason why he won't stick at SS. His arm strength was 48/50 among SS making 100 throws. Hell, it would have been 40/70 among 2B with 100 throws (.3 MPH stronger than Polanco, and we know he's not a SS). Some teams can afford $25 MM/yr at 2B, the Twins cannot, and with all the prospects, do not need to.

Bruce Wayne must have called Mark Lerner and told him he needed him in Gotham....?

Nah, the Marlins didn't like all the arthritis in Arraez's knee's.....

I thought I saw the same thing!! Was driving me crazy that I couldn't find it again....

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/yankees-have-discussed-outfield-trades-with-twins-diamondbacks.html View full rumor

I don't see SD trading Kim this off-season because Machado can, and probably will, opt out of his contract after next season. He could surprise everyone and elect to not opt out, like Arrenado, but Machado doesn't impress me as a team-first kind of guy.

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2023-zips-projections-minnesota-twins/

Rodon now wants 7 years and Bassitt wants 4 years. If you think Correa's contract will be dead weight after 4-5 years, these two will get there in half the time. This year has been crazy with all the long-term contracts, many of which will not look good as the player ages. Rodon for 5 years max and Bassitt for 2 or 3 with a vesting option and a mutual option would be more palatable.

Brandon Nimmo just signed a $162 MM/8yr contract. That's more than Buxton's deal (almost more than he can earn with incentives). Good deal for the Mets or no???

I'm not a big fan/believer of BTV, but those three for Lopez is a wash according to their assigned values.