Jon Rauch won't bring the Twins a draft pick if he signs with another team this winter. |
The Twins will not get picks if/when Jon Rauch, Matt Guerrier and/or Brian Fuentes sign elsewhere, because those three were not offered arbitration.
I expect the three they offered arbitration to sign elsewhere, and I suspect that's the Twins expectation also. They were safe offers -- the other three might well have decided that they'd do better with arbitration than in the marketplace.
Considering how poorly Hudson has fared in the marketplace the past two years, it's still possible he'd accept arbitration. I think the Twins would rather he didn't.
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Baseball America today released its Twins Top 10 prospect list. Kyle Gibson tops the list. Aaron Hicks dropped from No. 1, where he's been the past two winters, to No. 2.
There's a lot of good stuff behind the paywall. One tidbit I picked up from the chat with John Manuel, BA's co-editor-in-chief and the man behind the Twins list, is that Miguel Sano, the Twins' Domincan superprospect, is now 230 pounds. Still a teen, but he's definitely outgrown shortstop -- which was always deemed likely -- and may be outgrowing third base as well.
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ReplyDeleteLooks like you nailed it on the Twins arbitration offers. Guerrier as a Type A, and Fuentes at probably $10 mil or more were definitely too risky, but I thought they might offer to Rauch
There has been speculation that the Twins and Hudson had a gentleman's agreement for him to decline arbitration, which happens sometimes with Plan B guys. It would make sense since the Twins agreed not to offer Hudson arbitration if he was a Plan A guy. It might have been that the Twins asked Hudson to reciprocate if he was a Plan B.
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