Sunday is decision day for Sano. What will the Twins do?

[Jerr]

23 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

Also @Squirrelis correct. Garlick has 1 option remaining. My mistake! 

Then change my vote to sending Garlick down now that I have the proper info.

 

[puckstopper1]

My hope is they DFA Sano, but they won't.  If Larnach and Jeffers were healthy (giving them more positional and DH options), then the conversation would be tougher.

At this point I say Garlick goes to St. Paul.

Sano's return complicates things in the lineup as well.  Given that Buxton has DHed more than a third of his games played this season, you can't just have Sano as a full-time DH.

Bottom line whoever is still on the roster (Gordon, Celestino, Garlick, Miranda, Urshala, Kirilloff, Sanchez, maybe even Kepler) are likely to see less ABs IF Sano gets significant playing time.

 

[MTV]

Send Sano to San Diego. The Twins can eat Blake Snell’s contract and send possibly Cole Sands and/or Max Kepler to the Padres for some serious returns.

[Stew]

The twins were thinking about this during the break. I think the best solution is to make a trade for a good pitcher. Using at least 2 spots on the 40  man roster. Would that not free up a spot for Sano?

[Tunneler]

Trade him for a bag of balls ASAP. 

[Vanimal46]

11 hours ago, Jerr said:

Then change my vote to sending Garlick down now that I have the proper info.

 

I’m sorry. Unfortunately your original vote has been recorded for the history of time. No do overs here! No way no how. 

[Twodogs]

On 7/19/2022 at 11:02 AM, wsnydes said:

I think I'd rather they release Smith than take Strotman off the 40 man.  That's no endorsement of Strotman, but it does free up a 40-man and active roster spot all at once.

Plus if they pick up a couple of bullpen arms by the trade deadline they'll need to drop a bullpen guy anyway.

[Vanimal46]

FWIW, in Aaron Gleeman’s mailbag article, he appears to be confident that Sano will be DFA/released. 

[jorgenswest]

6 minutes ago, Vanimal46 said:

FWIW, in Aaron Gleeman’s mailbag article, he appears to be confident that Sano will be DFA/released. 

I had to reread the article.

I guess I did not equate “I believe he has a decent chance…” with confident or even likely.

It didn’t really move my thoughts about the Twins position on Sano. I think I was already at a place of decent chance where I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened.

He did show confidence that they aren’t trading Correa.

[Whitey333]

You know they will let Sano play.  Rocco loves him.  But consider the source lol.  I say send down Garlick.  Celestino is better and can fill in for the often whiny and injured Buxton.  However I do think it's time to move on from Sano.  Perhaps they keep him through rest of the year.  But don't bring him back next year.  He and the Twins would benefit from a change of scenery.  

[insagt1]

Definitely Sano is not in the Twins future so move him as quickly as you can. He isn't magically going to stop striking out. There isn't room for him anymore. If suddenly twins catch lightning in a bottle with Sano he hangs around till season is done then he's gone. Either way his days are numbered in Minnesota. Any return they get for him will be very small.

[LA VIkes Fan]

Unless they work out a deal before Sunday, which seems unlikely, we should expect that Sano will be back with the big club and probably Garlick optioned to St. Paul. I just don't see another way to do this given our need for Celestino to stay on the Twins to play centerfield when Buxton is the DH.

If I'm right and Sano is coming up, play him. It has advantages both in deciding what to do with him for the rest of the season and auditioning him as a throw in trade piece on other deals. He can DH or play 1B 5 days a week for 2 weeks and we can see if he goes on one of those 2nd half tears and helps us or is a DFA candidate on July 31. 

[RpR]

2 hours ago, Whitey333 said:

You know they will let Sano play.  Rocco loves him.  But consider the source lol.  I say send down Garlick.  Celestino is better and can fill in for the often whiny and injured Buxton.  However I do think it's time to move on from Sano.  Perhaps they keep him through rest of the year.  But don't bring him back next year.  He and the Twins would benefit from a change of scenery.  

Send Kirilloff down:

Kirilloff vs Left .158 -- Right .288 -- OPS .712

Garlick vs Left .313 -- Right .225 -- OPS .853

No one knows what Sano will do, so the Sky-is-Falling doom and gloom is a bit assymetrical.

[Blyleven2011]

I sure hope the front office has it all figured out because here on twins daily  everyone is just speculating ,,, it was good reading though  ...

I did see a quote by squirrel  I think that makes sense ....

 

No matter what the front office does , we aren't going to like it  .....

[lecroy24fan]

5 hours ago, RpR said:

Send Kirilloff down:

Kirilloff vs Left .158 -- Right .288 -- OPS .712

Garlick vs Left .313 -- Right .225 -- OPS .853

No one knows what Sano will do, so the Sky-is-Falling doom and gloom is a bit assymetrical.

The lack of common sense in this post is unsurprising.

[Squirrel]

7 minutes ago, lecroy24fan said:

The lack of common sense in this post is unsurprising.

Let alone general coherency. I'm not sure what that says?

[Shaitan]

Buxton's mysterious injury is the wild card. Do they trust Gordon enough as next in line?

Not knowing this, I'd send down Celestino.

And I'd be fine moving Coulome to the 60 day, dropping Godoy, or dropping any of the back half of the bullpen of the 40-roster.

Unless Sano is abysmal (see April), his spot it safe until Larnach is back or they trade for a hitter (imo).

[solomon1930]

8 hours ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

Unless they work out a deal before Sunday, which seems unlikely, we should expect that Sano will be back with the big club and probably Garlick optioned to St. Paul. I just don't see another way to do this given our need for Celestino to stay on the Twins to play centerfield when Buxton is the DH.

If I'm right and Sano is coming up, play him. It has advantages both in deciding what to do with him for the rest of the season and auditioning him as a throw in trade piece on other deals. He can DH or play 1B 5 days a week for 2 weeks and we can see if he goes on one of those 2nd half tears and helps us or is a DFA candidate on July 31. 

Pretty much exactly what I'm thinking.  This team seriously needs a boost, maybe Sano can give it, maybe not

but worth a shot to see if he can be the one to give it.  He definitely is not in my long-term plans after this season.

[Ryan_K]

One of two things not listed.  1) trade Miranda and others for Montas freeing up first base time. 2) trade Nick Gordon for a RP with options

 

 

[terrydactyls]

On 7/19/2022 at 11:28 AM, ICTwin25 said:

Package him with Brooks Lee, Austin Martin, Alex Kirilloff, and SWR for Juan Soto?  

And then lose him to free agency?  No thanks

[RickOShea]

Guys and chics dig homeruns.  Sano will find a way back to the MLB roster.

[stringer bell]

8 hours ago, Ryan_K said:

One of two things not listed.  1) trade Miranda and others for Montas freeing up first base time. 2) trade Nick Gordon for a RP with options

 

 

I can see Miranda being a trade piece in a major deal. Nick Gordon isn't going to net much more than a lottery ticket or a middling to poor reliever with an expiring contract, at best.

[ICTwin25]

11 hours ago, terrydactyls said:

And then lose him to free agency?  No thanks

I was joking. One can dream that we traded for a talent like Soto

[Game7-91]

Out-of-the-box idea:

   Imagine NYY and Wash are engaging seriously on Soto.  What if NYY need some add-on pieces to fill out a package? Twins get involved via Sano. So Wash takes a 2 month tryout on Sano, and determines at end of year if they take his 23 option. Sano might be a power batter Wash would have sone interest in including in a rebuild. If they decide to pass, no harm no foul. Twins and/or NYY contribute part of remainder of salary, say 1M, to fill-out the package, and in return Twins net a BP guy, somebody like Erasmo Ramirez....not a difference maker but reliable depth for last 2 months.

 

[ICTwin25]

4 hours ago, Game7-91 said:

Out-of-the-box idea:

   Imagine NYY and Wash are engaging seriously on Soto.  What if NYY need some add-on pieces to fill out a package? Twins get involved via Sano. So Wash takes a 2 month tryout on Sano, and determines at end of year if they take his 23 option. Sano might be a power batter Wash would have sone interest in including in a rebuild. If they decide to pass, no harm no foul. Twins and/or NYY contribute part of remainder of salary, say 1M, to fill-out the package, and in return Twins net a BP guy, somebody like Erasmo Ramirez....not a difference maker but reliable depth for last 2 months.

 

I like what you're getting at, but the Yankees are literally good at everything where they dont need another team to be involved. If they wanted to get Soto they would easily make it happen as their farm system is solid. I dont know if they even need to trade for him as they will pay him whatever he wants when he's a FA anyway

[Otto von Ballpark]

Even though his rehab assignment is over, apparently the Twins don't need to do anything with Sanó until Tuesday, per Dan Hayes of The Athletic.

 

[The Mad King]

A month ago I was ready to trade him for anything better than a bag of balls. I was also against sending Celestino down. 

Today, bring him up (but still looking to trade) and Celestino needs to go to St Paul, play everyday, and get his groove back. And take things day by day.

[AstrosTwins]

On 7/21/2022 at 11:22 PM, terrydactyls said:

And then lose him to free agency?  No thanks

Soto isn’t a free agent for 3 more years. Whether you extend him or not, 3 years of Soto in his prime, if you believe he is the best player in the game, might be worth that.

[Linus]

I am not a Sano fan but I would give him a couple weeks. Maybe he will get hot; if not then DFA. 

[RpR]

He will play until the people in charge have made a conclusion on his future, simple as that.