How Have the Twins Fared in Previous Top-100 Prospect Trades?

That’s ugly

Not very encouraging. When I hear, "Wilson Ramos", I feel like Moe of the 3 stooges in the Niagara Falls routine.

Well, the previous regimes sure didn't do well, but we're in a new era of management here. I wouldn't expect similar outcomes.

It's pretty crazy to me that the Revere trade happened so long ago, yet we still have control of May that originates from that deal.

Having played a full season Young was not a prospect.

Gomez, Humber and Guerra were all top 100 prospects

Liriano and Bonser had been a top 100 prospect and had fallen out of the top 100 prior to the Twins trading for them. Natahan was not ranked

If anything it shows that top 100 prospect lists do not mean much.

Yikes....I just threw up in my mouth a little bit....

Nice idea though and great article!

I loved that review.  Thanks for the work.  I think that we can only come to one conclusion in this summary.  We lost.  Now we have to hope we have turned a corner and have better judgment - the evaluation is years away.

What about the Denny Neagle for Jon Smiley trade and Viola for West, Drummond ,Savage, Tapani, and Aguilera? I don't know if Neagle was too 100.... But West was the highest ranked pitcher in the Viola trade.

Also there is the Gonsalves and Stewart for nothing as well

Also there is the Gonsalves and Stewart for nothing as well

Proves my point that top 100 doesn't mean much. Somebody could prove me a Dofus, but I don't think so.

  Any trade involving prospects is a bit of a crapshoot one way or the other.   I have a lot of faith in this FO. They are smart baseball men.  We'll have wait to see how the Graterol/Maeda trade works out.  Clearly dropping Nick Anderson from the 40-man was a mistake.  Trading Pressley hasn't worked out.

It's a matter of time until we win the Pressly trade. Just to be consistent, let's remember to judge the Graterol trade less than a year later. Also, Nick Anderson is Falvey's David Ortiz.

It's a matter of time until we win the Pressly trade. Just to be consistent, let's remember to judge the Graterol trade less than a year later. Also, Nick Anderson is Falvey's David Ortiz.

Agree on your comment on the Pressley trade, but Nick Anderson is far from being Falvey's David Ortiz. Anderson has had one good year. That's like comparing Dan Quayle to Jack Kennedy.

Exactly. Thanks for the article. Folks really like to shine it up when the deal is made, and those that hate the trades are spoken of as "negative". Prophetic would be more like it.

  Any trade involving prospects is a bit of a crapshoot one way or the other.   I have a lot of faith in this FO. They are smart baseball men.  We'll have wait to see how the Graterol/Maeda trade works out.  Clearly dropping Nick Anderson from the 40-man was a mistake.  Trading Pressley hasn't worked out.

Anderson was never on the 40 man.

Hard to say if the Pressly move will pan out, we haven't even gotten a good look at the two guys we got for him at the highest level. It wasn't a good move for the 2019 season, but we weren't advancing any further in the playoffs with him on our roster.

Proves my point that top 100 doesn't mean much. Somebody could prove me a Dofus, but I don't think so.

You misspelled doofus.

Agree on your comment on the Pressley trade, but Nick Anderson is far from being Falvey's David Ortiz. Anderson has had one good year. That's like comparing Dan Quayle to Jack Kennedy.

What team did this Jack Kennedy play for?

Aaron Hicks?

That is problem when trading away proven talent and position prospects for pitching. Pitching prospects or young pitching is a very risky business so many things can go wrong with pitchers. I always feel when teams are willing to trade pitchers there's something wrong with them or they wouldn't trade them. Even signing free agent pitchers is risky business only hit there on 50% basis usually. I still think you need to develop your own pitching but it requires a big checkbook to sign a lot of talent and hopefully you hit once a while.

You misspelled doofus.

Intentional because sometimes things get missed unless there is something that draws attention to it.

Aaron Hicks?

Yes, Aaron Hicks is another one w/ great potential that they gave up on which they traded just for the sake to trade, we got nothing for him. I don`t pretend that I know more than the experts but I wonder sometimes that sometimes those who are close to these players & see their warts, they magnifies those warts so that`s  all they see. At the same see a possible need & another team`s player that possible could fill that need, they then magnify their talents & not see their warts. Therefore making a terrible trade. So I suggest that any trade they somehow get some outside eyes

Intentional my arse.....what a doooofus.  LOL!

Yes, Aaron Hicks is another one w/ great potential that they gave up on which they traded just for the sake to trade, we got nothing for him. I don`t pretend that I know more than the experts but I wonder sometimes that sometimes those who are close to these players & see their warts, they magnifies those warts so that`s it`s all they see. At the same see a possible need & another team`s player that possible could fill that need, they then magnify their talents & not see their warts. Therefore making a terrible trade. So I suggest that any trade they somehow get some outside eyes

Lets not forget that Hicks has only played 407 games in the last 4 years, and was terrible his first year in New York (which was 123 of those 407 games)
 

This short list of mostly failed trades excludes long-view deals where the players acquired eventually wind up in the Top 100. That long-view list could (eventually, if not already) include the Pressly and Escobar deals.

I never liked losing Denard Span. Never!

Thanks for the article & the work that you put into it

Lets not forget that Hicks has only played 407 games in the last 4 years, and was terrible his first year in New York (which was 123 of those 407 games)
 

Thank you for pointing that out. I don`t think Hicks really achieved his full potential although he`s been rated as one the best OF in the  AL. I don`t think Buxton has played much more in the last 4yrs. w/ some under stats years but I wouldn`t trade him for anyone. About the guy we trade for (Murphy), I believe he`s never been in a ML game.

Let's face facts. Todate, the Twins have been much better at developing their own prospects than trading for talent. So far that is ...