Here’s the snapshot view of my final 40-man roster: Your 2024 Minnesota Twins | LINK | Click to zoom in The Action The ResultsĪll my moves and some of my thinking behind them are written out below. (And that was before Derek Falvey told the media that the Twins planned to reduce payroll.) I decided to try to work to something around $140 million. The simulation’s recommended budget for me was $ 161 million, which I thought was probably a bit higher than is realistic given the Twins’ TV revenue uncertainty.

Be open to selling high on young players (especially bats) who attract trade interest.

Find a strong “backup” Centerfielder as Buxton injury insurance.

Add balance to the offense prioritize guys who make contact, get on base, and have smaller platoon splits than players being replaced.

Make Louie Varland SP6 and Trevor Larnach OF5. Target controllable starters and lengthen the bullpen.

Replenish depth and flexibility, especially pitching.

With the Twins coming off a division title and returning the main core of the roster next season, my goals were as follows: Also worth noting is that we do not include working out extensions for currently rostered players, which is something I otherwise would have been doing for some of the Twins’ young core. We make decisions about options, qualifying offers, arbitration-eligible players, make trades, and try to sign free agents with a soft target budget from ownership. We play under the assumption the GM has resigned and we have replaced them, free to pursue our own organizational philosophy. All the rules are spelled out here and you can read Max’s roundup of all the activity here. Huge kudos to Max for making this happen and taking on everything that goes into it.

This annual event is organized by Max Rieper of our sister site Royals Review and it takes a ton of work to pull together.

You can read about his work for the Tigers.) (He didn’t change his loyalties, but we needed each team to have a rep, so he volunteered to help out.

pulled a Gardenhire, and went to work for the Detroit Tigers. I had the honor of representing the Twins this year for the first time, after our long-time former blog boss T.J. This past weekend, SBNation writers donned their front-office executive hats and simulated the offseason’s roster-building activities over a ~48-hour flurry.

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