Game Recap: White Sox 4, Twins 1

[bighat]

1 hour ago, Mike Sixel said:

I have no idea what that has to do with Tatis Jr?

We are having a discussion about trading Buxton and Berrios for top prospects.

 

[bean5302]

5 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

...The Chris Sale trade is a fair example of what the Twins would might need for Berrios...

Chris Sale was was better than Berrios and Boston got 3 full years of control over him. I think Berrios is a very good pitcher, but that expectation seems out of reach. I think a Berrios package might bring back 3 top 10 prospects in an organization which would include a top 50 MLB, another top 100 and a 6-10 ranked organizational prospect.

 

[RpR]

Why is Jeffers, easy out, still catching instead of Astudillo?

[tony&rodney]

3 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Chris Sale was was better than Berrios and Boston got 3 full years of control over him. I think Berrios is a very good pitcher, but that expectation seems out of reach. I think a Berrios package might bring back 3 top 10 prospects in an organization which would include a top 50 MLB, another top 100 and a 6-10 ranked organizational prospect.

 

The Twins should not trade Berrios for less than a haul - that is my point. Whether it is out of reach, which it should be, is another teams decision.

[se7799]

8 hours ago, Whitey333 said:

I agree with the comments concerning Berrios.  What do you people want?  He pitched a great game.  He only gave up 1 hit and struck out 10 in 7 innings.  And have got to love Baldelli putting in Colome' with the game only 2-1?  What kind of bone head managing is that?  How about Sano?  2 costly errors and a base running blunder they don't make in Legion baseball.  Bottom line is Twins lose again in all too familiar fashion.

I agree, try hard to resign Berrios.  Please get rid of Rocco.  This maybe a unpopular opinion.  But Jose is necessary...wish we had at least 2 more just like him.  But I just don't see Rocco as a manager for this team...and not just because this year.  He is who who is, and that is a manager that seams to have lost the balance between analytics and baseball.

[bean5302]

6 hours ago, tony&rodney said:

The Twins should not trade Berrios for less than a haul - that is my point. Whether it is out of reach, which it should be, is another teams decision.

I agree the Twins should be making it a huge priority to extend Berrios up to about the 5 years $125MM or so price point. If the Twins are unable to sign Berrios and they're unwilling to accept a good trade for him is a Twins decision. Watching Berrios walk for literally nothing would be a disaster. I say literally nothing because I don't know if the compensatory pick will even be a thing in the next CBA.