Donaldson, Twins agree to 4-year deal ($92 million guaranteed)

[Auggie]

Third baseman Josh Donaldson has agreed to a four-year deal with Minnesota with $92 million guaranteed, including an $8 million buyout of a $16 million club option for a fifth year, sources told MLB.com. That gives the Twins the impact addition they have sought on the free agent market all offseason following their run to an American League Central title in 2019. The news was first reported by MLB.com's Mark Feinsand.

The club has not confirmed the deal.

The contract is the second-largest in Major League history for a player 33 or older, trailing only Kevin Brown's seven-year, $105 million deal with the Dodgers in 1998. It blows away the Twins' previous record commitment to a free agent, which had been four years and $55 million to pitcher Ervin Santana before the 2015 season.

https://www.mlb.com/news/josh-donaldson-deal-twins

THIS is an insanely BAD idea, but one (as a Cleveland fan) I actually delight it: a small-market division foe grossly overpaying for an aging position player in decline.

[Ohiogal]

1. Still,

The Twins have had a busy offseason... they are taking chances on older starting pitching having signed Rich Hill and the inconsistent Homer Bailey. And how did the Tribe let them get Tyler Clippard!

They’re still a force for us Tribe to reckon with and having to face Donaldson and Sano plus Nelson Cruz and tribe killer Eddie Rosario will be no easy task for AL central teams.

[Auggie]

4. I get it ...

but I think the Tribe is thinking longer term — two, three years from now. They’ve always been smart that way. If they start out strong and give Minnesota a run then it will be worth it to have kept Lindor and Clevinger.

[GeorgeGist]

2. STUPID ...

ONE PERCENTERS.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Oh boy,talk about coming back to

bite you later. Seen this so many times with the Twinkies.