Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins have a lot of holes and a lot of payroll flexibility. Miguel Sano isn’t good enough defensively at third base. Willians Astudilo may not be the answer either. The club made the Wild Card game just two years ago, and in a division where everyone seems to be rebuilding or retooling, including Cleveland, why not take a risk and add some pop to your lineup and make a deal with the Seattle Mariners for Seager.
For the Seattle Mariners, the fact that the Twins have payroll flexibility and can take the entire contract back without getting back another piece and taking offsetting money like in the other deals that they have made. It can be a straight salary dump and a way to help the Mariners continue their rebuild, even if they have to kick in a little bit of money to help the Twins.
For the Twins, Seager would reprsent a veteran presence and a left-handed power source to go with Eddie Rosario and Max Kepler. A middle of the order with Seager, Rosario, Kepler, Sano and C.J. Cron can provide some pretty good power. Add some pitching to the staff and maybe they can get back to the postseason in 2019.