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Twins Acquire David Banuelos From Mariners In Exchange For International Bonus Money

By Steve Adams | December 6, 2017 at 8:12pm CDT

The Mariners announced that they’ve traded catching prospect David Banuelos to the Twins in exchange for international bonus money. Minnesota has also announced the deal, revealing that they’re sending $1MM of their $3.245MM pool to Seattle in the deal.

For the Mariners, the money added in tonight’s deal will allow them to pad their offer to Shohei Ohtani. Seattle’s international pool now sits at $2.5575MM, which still leaves them shy of the Rangers’ leading pool of $3.535MM but nonetheless allows them to sweeten their offer. Money, of course, isn’t thought to be the deciding factor when it comes to choosing a landing spot for Ohtani, but those of the seven finalists that are allowed to offer him more than $300K unsurprisingly appear to be putting forth their best effort to maximize their spending capacity. The Angels, for instance, are also set to reel in $1MM in bonus money from the Twins in a trade of their own.

The Twins will pick up a prospect that ranked 10th in a weak Mariners farm system, per MLB.com’s organizational rankings. Banuelos, 21, will give the Twins an intriguing prospect at what had been a relatively thin position in the organization. Seattle selected him in the fifth round of the 2017 draft out of Cal State Long Beach, and he went on to bat .236/.331/.394 with four homers and eight doubles in in short-season Class-A this summer. Banuelos, who threw out 38 percent of would-be base thieves, draws praise from MLB.com’s Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo for his plus arm behind the plate and strong plate discipline/on-base skills.

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  1. jide

    5 years ago

    Shohei

    Reply
    • Bart

      5 years ago

      They will not get the Sho Hey Kid.

      Reply
      • whereslou

        5 years ago

        Ichiro told him to go to Seattle the fans will love you and you will love the city. I am not going to guarantee he is coming here. This is a good sign though shows we still are in it

        Reply
        • Polish Hammer

          5 years ago

          Because no other fan base will love him and without Ichiro telling him that he’d never consider Seattle.

  2. Kayrall

    5 years ago

    That’s a large chunk of change for a weak prospect.

    Reply
    • baseballnerddom

      5 years ago

      Wouldn’t say he’s weak, he’s the M’s #10 prospect on mlb.com. Really good defensive catcher.

      Reply
  3. Dodgethis

    5 years ago

    Hes going to make tens of million a year in endorsements from Japan alone, because of his exposure in the MLB. This is why money has zero influence. Even the 3-4 million bonus isn’t enough to make a long term difference. He s not some south American kid who is going to sign away his future for a few extra up front dollars. I still cant see him going to the AL.

    Reply
    • Bart

      5 years ago

      Why would he want to go to the inferior conference, the NL?

      Reply
      • JKB

        5 years ago

        Because the NL is real baseball thats why

        Reply
  4. Kaastious

    5 years ago

    Jerry’s gettin his daily fix………

    Reply
    • xabial

      5 years ago

      Nope. One could argue the other Jerry trades either didn’t make sense, lacked focus, or just plain random, but this one was made with someone in mind.

      I can’t fault Jerry for this one. Actually respect him more for going all in, and going for it.

      Reply
  5. Phillies2017

    5 years ago

    I guess you could say he gets “rave reviews” for his defense

    Reply
  6. Pablo

    5 years ago

    I’m happy with the move, give up nothing really for a top ten prospect. This Ohtani stuff seems to be paying off for the twins.

    Reply

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