Official 2020 Trade Deadline Thread

 

Speculation is always fun, and your team actually making a move brings out debate and hope and conversation. But I never really expected much to happen and I'm OK it didn't. And while I haven't gone line by line through everyone that did get moved today, I really don't see anyone of great value that would have made a difference. (Leaving Clevinger out if the discussion as that never would have happened anyway.)

Look, I'm in favor of good and aggressive moves to help the Twins. And I'm OK sending out some quality prospects for addition. Maeda, for example, has been great, even though it cost a big arm for the pen. But pen depth hasn't been a problem, it's been injuries and a team out is sync right now.

I don't see much of anything moved today that would have made any difference. Well, let me take tbat back slightly and say I still think Pillar would have been smart. He would have given us a decent, experienced RH bat who could platoon with Cave or Wade at worst.

There are no guarantees, of course, but coming back...reportedly...are Donaldson, Buxton, Odorizzi, Smeltzer and Pineda. Not sure what to think about Littell. Is he snakebit this year or is there something deeper going on? But how do you top having those guys back? Where is the room even for someone else unless it was BIG move that nobody made. (Again, except for Clevinger).

This is still the same pundits and we fans loved so much to begin the year. I think you ride it out and hope/expect guys to simply perform to reasonable expectation.

 

 

I'm with you. Normally I hate this kind of inaction and when people say getting players back from the injured list is as good as a trade, etc. However, this year, I didn't see anyone worth going after. We also don't even really know what we have in this team as there haven't been many games played and we have been hit with the injury bug so bad. 

 

Let the guys come back, let it play out and lets see what we have going into the offseason. 

Let the guys come back, let it play out and lets see what we have going into the offseason. 

Did you mean post-season, or are you really in Wait 'Til Next Year mode?

I'm with you. Normally I hate this kind of inaction and when people say getting players back from the injured list is as good as a trade, etc. However, this year, I didn't see anyone worth going after. We also don't even really know what we have in this team as there haven't been many games played and we have been hit with the injury bug so bad.

 

Let the guys come back, let it play out and lets see what we have going into the offseason.

Agree with Ash that I think you might have meant post season.

 

But we are on the same page. I don't know how we possibly fit Kirilloff, Larnach and Rooker all in sometime soon. At least there is no reason or pressure to have to do so now, or in 2021. Lewis can be thrown in there too, but positionally speaking it's a different story, of course.

 

But despite disappointment this far, does cutting someone from the 40 man to bring up a rookie like Larnach or Kirilloff or Rooker INSTEAD of Kepler or Rosario really make the team better??? I get Cave being really disappointing. In disappointed to. We're seeing the first half of 2019 version of Cave, not the 2nd half version, or even the 2018 version. But his defense has been much improved and has allowed Kepler to remain in RF. That's not small.

 

On the 40 man, talented, given a long look in ST, I would be in favor or Blankenhorn getting a shot at 2B, and other spots, to give Arraez a break and see if his bat could help.

 

Did you mean post-season, or are you really in Wait 'Til Next Year mode?

 

No, I mean if you are going to make trades, etc., wait until the offseason after we see how the rest of this year goes. 

 

As far as bringing guys up. If the Twins think they will help more than what we have right now, then I'm totally fine with it. Or if the team feels they have a real shot at doing some playoff damage, then fine start the clock on a few of them. 

 

I'd have to see more from the team than I have lately though in order to make that decision. Right now, they are looking like one and dones again.