Jake Bauers

[Mr Southpaw]

Does anybody offered Jake Bowers a four year $18 million contract extension right now I’m thinking it would be well worth it. He can play first, DH, play their corner outfield. I think he is found what he needs to be productive.

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

2 hours ago, Mr Southpaw said:

Does anybody offered Jake Bowers a four year $18 million contract extension right now I’m thinking it would be well worth it. He can play first, DH, play their corner outfield. I think he is found what he needs to be productive.

Given Rengifo is making $3,5 million, wouldn’t $4.5 per be a little light?  I get it’s a multi-year deal.

hopefully Bauers is one of those guys that realizes he’s more valuable here then elsewhere, and we can find a way to keep him around in 2027 and beyond.

that said, this might be his only opportunity to cash in, so I’d understand if he took a bag from a different club

[jay87shot]

I would think 4/18 is very light. He is at .281/.353/.480 with a 133 ops+. His defense hasn't been as good as the past couple years but I would guess we could call him average. If you look at the free agent class this year it is exceedingly weak. I would guess a contract might be more like 3/24 at this point. I wouldnt mind extending him but dont forget we control Vaughn next year. To be honest I still like some combination of Burke, Adams, Fischer, or Bitonti long Iong term so 4 year seems to unnecessary.

I wouldnt be against trading one of Vauhhn or Bauers at the deadline if it means getting a meaningful peice back. I am sold on Lara taking over at CF and being a dude. In that case, Bauers doesnt get OF playing time (especially when Lockridge is back). Since Vaughn has control next year, I would lean towards trading Bauers.

[cragi]

29 minutes ago, jay87shot said:

I would lean towards trading Bauers.

Im not seeing it. We have weak pieces in the OF right now, and Bauers isnt one. He is the kind of pickup we might be interested in picking up at the deadline if he wasnt the team right now. We are in the playoff hunt and you'd deal away one of the few bright spots in the lineup? What to unload a cheap player while there is some value and make a competitor stronger? doesnt make sense to me. 

[jay87shot]

11 minutes ago, cragi said:

Im not seeing it. We have weak pieces in the OF right now, and Bauers isnt one. He is the kind of pickup we might be interested in picking up at the deadline if he wasnt the team right now. We are in the playoff hunt and you'd deal away one of the few bright spots in the lineup? What to unload a cheap player while there is some value and make a competitor stronger? doesnt make sense to me. 

Chourio has LF, as I mentioned I think Lara will be the CF come mid-June, that leaves Vaughn, Bauers, Mitchell, Frelick, and eventually Lockridge for 1B and RF. I am not for trading away one of our better bats but with potential shrinking playing time and no control beyond this year I think he would make the most sense. I would be looking to get a SS/3B not just unloading him for a prospect. I think Vaughn is the better bat long term and with the year of control a better fit. 3B/SS have been so bad getting an average player at one of those spots would be a bigger improvement. If we do have a roster crunch I would be OK with trading Vaughn, Mitchell, or Frelick for the right 3B/SS, I would just lean towards trying to trade Bauers because he doesn't have control after this year.