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In response to
"Buster Olney's blog highlighted today how the Twins have done virtually nothing in free agency since 1991, and still maintained winning teams."
by
TFox
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C&P for ya:
Posted by
TFox
Jan 14 '10, 14:14
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From Mark Simon of ESPN Stats & Information, some interesting stuff on the Twins' history of spending.
This is a list of the least guaranteed money committed to free-agent signings (approximately) since the 1990-91 offseason.
Pirates: $110.3 million
Nationals: $118.25 million
Twins: $156.33 million
Padres: $156.66 million
Rays: $190.25 million
These are the biggest free-agent commitments by the Twins since that same offseason (1990-91), with the player, year of the deal and years-dollars. Each were re-signing with the Twins, except for Aguilera:
Kirby Puckett | 1992-93 | 5-30.0
Brad Radke | 2004-05 | 2-18.0
Shannon Stewart | 2003-04 | 3-18.0
Rick Aguilera | 1995-96 | 3-9.0
Nick Punto | 2008-09 | 2-8.5
Since 1990-91, the Twins have signed 11 free agents to multiyear deals. The only team to sign fewer multiyear deals in that span is the Nationals, with eight. Here's the list:
Nationals: 8
Twins: 11
Rays: 13
Brewers: 14
Padres: 14
And a breakdown of those Twins multiyear deals since 90-91. Nearly all the deals were 2-year deals, which accounts for eight of the 11 total:
2 years: 8
3 years: 2
4 years: 0
5 years: 1 (Puckett)
6+ years: 0
But the Twins always seem to do more with less. Here are the past eight years, with Opening Day payroll rank and wins. In years with an asterisk, the team made the playoffs.
More for the Money
Year Payroll rank Wins rank
2009 24th 9th*
2008 25th 10th
2007 18th 17th
2006 19th 3rd*
2005 20th 11th
2004 19th 6th*
2003 18th 8th*
2002 27th 8th*
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