The Minnesota Twins Payroll In 2014 + Contracts Going Forward
In 2014, Joe Mauer will be in year #4 out of the 8 YR/$184 MIL extension that he signed. The 30 Year Old native of Minnesota returned more to what his usual Career numbers resemble in 2013 – with a 3 Slash Line of .324/.405/.880. Perhaps the club will now move him to 1st base permanently with the departure of Justin Morneau. The 2009 AL MVP, and former 3 time Batting Champion, is now the Active Leader for Batting Average at .323 – and has a lifetime .405 OBP. Mauer is a 6 time ALL – Star – and will need to continue his offensive flair making $23 MIL annually until the end of the 2018 season.
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With Justin Morneau leaving the club via a trade at the deadline this campaign, the Twins are starting to resemble the ‘Metrodome’ style – version of the team in terms of having a lower payroll .
Joe Mauer ($23 MIL in 2014) is the only player that stands to make over $10 Million next year.
As of right now, the players they have signed, Josh Willingham, Kevin Correia, Ryan Doumit, Glen Perkins and Jared Burton are the only Veteran’s signed long – term – and they make $23 MIL as a collective unit.
At 5 players – and only $46 MIL on the books, the Twins have a chance to go shopping on Free Agents.
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Willingham was one of the best bargains last year with 35 HRs (7th in AL), 110 RBI (3rd in AL) and an .890 OPS (8th in AL). His numbers netted him a Silver Slugger Award in the AL. 2013 wasn’t as kind to the 34 Year Old, where he featured a 3 Slash of /208/.342/.709 – with just 14 HRs and 48 RBI. Willingham’s contract calls for him to be paid $7 MIL in 2014, although he can earn an additional $1 MIL if he can rack up 525 PA. The franchise would love for him to duplicate his 2012 campaign, as he would be very appealing to deal at the 2014 Trade Deadline if the Twins aren’t in contention.
Don’t count on them breaking the bank, although they do need a 1st Baseman, maybe they will make an offer to Free Agent Justin Morneau.
If the Minnesota franchise doesn’t think that making a few Free Agent deals is necessary, they best look at the attendance for the park./
Of course, they might convert Mauer to 1st permanently to solve that problem.
Yes we all know that they play in a Division against payroll giant Detroit, but the team has to spend some cash to compete.
The club should go after a few Starting Pitchers. Ever since Johan Santana was traded, the team has struggled to find a premiere #1 chucker.
You only have to look at the White Sox and Royals to see that they both feature #1 Starters at least for next year in Chris Sale and James Shields.
The more talented players in their system comes from positional players anyway.
Players and their contracts for the next 5 years.
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Joe Mauer | 23,000,000 | 23,000,000 | 23,000,000 | 23,000,000 | 23,000,000 | ||
| OF Josh Willingham | 7,000,000 | 7,000,000 | UFA | – | – | ||
| SP Kevin Correia | 4,500,000 | 5,500,000 | UFA | – | – | ||
| SP Mike Pelfrey | 4,000,000 | UFA | – | – | – | ||
| C/DH Ryan Doumit | 3,500,000 | 3,500,000 | UFA | – | – | ||
| CL Glen Perkins | 2,500,000 | 3,750,000 | 3,750,000 | 4,500,000 | UFA | ||
| RP: Jared Burton | 2,050,000 | 3,250,000 | 3,600,000 | UFA | – | ||
| SP: Brian Duensing | 1,300,000 | ARB | ARB | – | – | ||
| – | – | – | |||||
| SP: Scott Diamond | 530,000 | – | ARB | ARB | ARB | ||
| SP Vance Worley | 525,000 | ARB | ARB | ARB | ARB | ||
| 3B: Trevor Plouffe | 520,000 | ARB | ARB | ARB | – | ||
| RP: Josh Roenicke | 505,000 | ARB | ARB | ARB | – | ||
| RP: Anthony Swarzak | 502,500 | ARB | ARB | ARB | – | ||
| SP: Cole De Vries | 500,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| RP: Casey Fien | 500,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| UT Darin Mastroianni | 500,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| INF Brian Dozier | 497,500 | – | – | – | – | ||
| RF Chris Parmelee | 497,500 | – | – | – | – | ||
| SP Liam Hendriks | 495,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| INF Eduardo Escobar | 495,000 | – | ARB | ARB | ARB | ||
| SS Pedro Florimon | 495,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| UT Chris Herrmann | 490,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| LF Wilkin Ramirez | 490,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| RP Ryan Pressly | 490,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| OF Aaron Hicks | 490,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
| SP Kyle Gibson | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| C Eric Fryer | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| SP Sam Deduno | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| CF Alex Presley | 0 | – | ARB | ARB | ARB | ||
| 1B Chris Colabello | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| OF Clete Thomas | 0 | – | ARB | ARB | ARB | ||
| OF Oswaldo Arcia | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| SP: Andrew Albers | 0 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Buyouts | |||||||
| Matt Capps at | 250,000 | – | – | – | – | ||
The Twins used to be the Washington Senators from 1901 – 1961. It took the franchise until 1924 to win the AL Pennant. Behind Walter Johnson and Manager Bucky Harris, they took home their 1st World Series Trophy. The club lost both of the 1925 and 1933 Trophies, before entering 28 years of futility, posting just 4 winning seasons during that timeframe, ultimately moving to Minnesota after 1961. The Twins made it to the World Series in 1965, just four years later. It would take 22 years later before they took home the prize. In 1991, they brought home another World Series to the Twin Cities. This team needed to build a new park to generate the kind of revenue to compete with the other AL clubs. It is time to start spending a fraction of their new-found wealth. This team can easily handle a $100 MIL Payroll.
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