Article: Daily Twins Daily: July 29, 2017

[Parker Hageman]

Good morning and welcome to the Daily Twins Daily.

 

FINALLY the Minnesota Twins get back into the win column. Unfortunately, Cleveland and Kansas City won as well keeping them from gaining any ground. Jaime Garcia looked good in his first start in a Twins uniform while Byron Buxton did some things on a baseball field as well. Also, does Friday's win mean the team will reconsider their trade deadline position or have they already committed to the purge?First: Was this Jaime Garcia’s first and last start with the Minnesota Twins? If it was, it was pretty good. Seth Stohs walks you through the rest of the details from Friday’s win over the Oakland A’s.

 

Second: Heading into the Dodgers series earlier in the week the Twins said they were not going to have Byron Buxton take a rehab assignment. After he showed up with migraine headaches and needing to sit out several games in a row, they changed their minds sent Buxton to Rochester. The Red Wings had him lead off on Friday and the game’s first pitch he deposited over the field fence.

 

 

 

There is plenty more minor league action across the organization and Tom Froemming has you covered.

 

Third: Let’s just say the Twins are indeed sellers after the weekend. Who stays? Who goes? Seth Stohs tries to handicap that action.

 

Home: I am super amused by the hero town ball umpire who decided to walk away from a tie game in the 10th inning rather than take any more guff from the players and fans. Robot umpires wouldn’t walk away from games.

 

Extra Innings: Twins Daily community member darin617 raises a good discussion in the forums -- the Twins only have 38 people committed to the 40-man roster. Could the last two slots come from outside the organization or are there two internal candidates ready for those?

 

Random: Heading into the bottom of the 7th inning of last night’s game, FSN flashed a graphic showing the day’s better performances around the league. One of the three blurbs was former Twin Kurt Suzuki who had launched his 11th home run of the season.

 

Both Dick Bremer and Roy Smalley were bemused by Suzuki’s recent power binge. Bremer noted that Suzuki has had a phenomenal July -- hitting seven home runs in the month -- and said that contending teams may be taking an interest in the catcher as a trade target. “I think he wants to stay in that bandbox in Atlanta,” added Smalley.

 

For the record, only two of his 11 home runs have come in the Braves new ballpark. He is also hitting . 250/.318/,382 at home while posting a .288/.376/.685 line on the road. So yeah, I think he’ll be fine leaving the bandbox in Atlanta.

 

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[HitInAPinch]

First: Was this Jaime Garcia’s first and last start with the Minnesota Twins?

 

Man, wouldn't that be something!  LOL

 

Second: .... After he showed up with migraine headaches and needing to sit out several games in a row, they changed their minds sent Buxton to Rochester.

 

Read about Buxton's migraines elsewhere.  Once a month.  Migraines are aggravated by things like stress, physical activity and bright, sunny days.  Which kinda leads to......

 

Third: Let’s just say the Twins are indeed sellers after the weekend. Who stays? Who goes?

 

Not trying to be a mean guy here, but with Buxton's migraine issues, is he really that Safe?  Should he be?  

 

Extra Innings:  the Twins only have 38 people committed to the 40-man roster. Could the last two slots come from outside the organization or are there two internal candidates ready for those?

 

My gut feeling:  I think new management has done there homework on inside candidates.  Outside the org.

 

 

Edited July 29, 2017 by HitInAPinch

[nytwinsfan]

They are not going to trade Buxton. They just aren't.  Even if they don't see him as part of the long-term picture (which I think they do), now wouldn't be the time to trade him.

[nytwinsfan]

 

[nytwinsfan]

MOAR: https://www.mlbdailydish.com/2017/7/29/16063678/mlb-trade-rumors-twins-sale

 

 

 

The Twins have definitively decided to sell pieces in advance of Monday’s non-waiver trade deadline, a major-league source confirmed Saturday. Minnesota is expected to make moves over the next 48 hours.

Minnesota has a few assets that will draw interest, including starters Ervin Santana and Jaime Garcia, infielder Brian Dozier and relievers Matt Belisle and Brandon Kintzler. It’s unclear if they’re willing to trade controllable assets, though the pending free agents (Kintzler and Garcia) are definitely available.

The Twins made a buy move last week, acquiring Garcia in a three-player deal with Atlanta. He’s again on the trade market after making one start for Minnesota and will likely draw interest from clubs like the Royals and Yankees who previously pursued him.