One Team's Trash...

I nominate Cody as the FO's official bargain shopper.

Seriously, these were well-researched and well-reasoned suggestions. If we're going to continue to be a team that relies on finding diamonds in the rough, we better at least be good at it.

I like Robert Gsellman.  He's a good reliever from a team that has a knack for finding pitchers.  And like Hrbeck, he's vowel deficient.

Well reasoned out.  I hope the Twins sign Minaya.  I like Rodriquez as an option for the Twins.  Not a big fan of Boyd, who might need to locate his stuff, and some of that (command ) cannot be easily learned. There are others, we shall see today.

I really enjoyed this article because it gave me so much information that I really didn't have. Boyd is a surprise to me because he was at one time their Ace. They had great expectations and I know that in the past we even talked about trading for him. Otherwise I don't really know much about the other players but I think I would take a chance on him.

Boyd has really NEVER been good.  At his best, he would be a #4 starter.  At his "average," he is a AAA player.  This was a whiff for Detroit!  But we have our share of our own whiffs.......

And Ryan and Over at BEST are number 4 starters.  They have only 25 games of major league experience behind them.  They are going to take some time to develop.  Great article.  Well researched.  It's just always so sad for Twins fans that we have to shop the very bargain basement for pitching help.

First after thinking about it, I wouldn't mind being referred to as MLB baseball team trash. Bring on the multi million dollar contract.

Second, we put a lot on Johnson and his staff to turn failed or failing MLB pitchers into pitching staff regulars. They may fail more than they succeed, but they are getting good results overall. I can't ever remember a Twins pitching coaches being thought of as being so readily able to resurrect pitchers. Although they could probably make 1 or 2 of these pitchers hers work, it would be nice if they had some better material to work with.

I think all of the three named will get invites to spring training from someone.  The Boyd situation shows how not selling a player at their peak can come back to haunt you.  Boyd a few years ago could have been dealt for huge return.  Now, he is sent packing for nothing.  The Rays are masters at selling guys at peak value to reload their system.  They have been doing it for years.  They get the cheap high production years from a guy, trade them a year or two before they will be a FA and most of the time the guy never does as well when gone.  A few guys have helped team that was traded to, but Rays seem to get the best out of the trades. 

Cleveland has made similar trades of pitchers lately as well.  This is one reason why I was not upset with trading of Berrios.  Maybe Berrios continues on and has good career, never been great, but it is also possible he regresses or starts to have injury issues.  I believe you should trade a guy a year too early, than hang onto them and trade them a year too late.  Remember Willingham?  His first year he did will and a lot of teams had interest.  Sure the deals may not have been great, but we held onto him and that was huge mistake. 

Of course if you are looking to compete you face hard decision.  KC years ago had several guys ready to hit FA and they had to decide one more shot at the ship or start trading off guys to restock.  They held onto them and let them walk, leading to several years of bad ball.  Rays never do it that way, they always trade guys away, knowing they need to keep cupboard stocked. 

Two different ways to do it, I personally like the keeping things stocked. Having a deep system helps in the long run. 

Again thanks Cody for your work here. Mainly RPs which we could use. I feel Boyd as another Happ but maybe worse. I like both Rodrigues and Kuhl. I'd like Rodrigues to continue his early 2021 success but I suspect that his success maybe came from his high spin rate that could've been due to illegal substances. I hope I'm wrong because he'd be a great addition. I agree with you about Kuhl, I'd put him in long relief until he get most of his stuff really working. The others I'm not really familiar with. Always nice to find that diamond in the rough from that lump of coal. All is needed is that eye that can see it.

The one thing missing from your list, Cody, was a slick fielding shortstop.  Maybe there is one and you didn't include him.  Maybe they are in such demand that they stuck with their teams.

Rodriguez and Gsellman appear to be the best of this bunch and maybe Kuhl. Boyd will get signed by someone. The others - who knows.

9 hours ago, Aichiman said:

I like Robert Gsellman.  He's a good reliever from a team that has a knack for finding pitchers.  And like Hrbek, he's vowel deficient.

 

Maybe he could borrow one from Maeda while he's on IL?

I'd kind of prefer we go shopping in the pile of players not having the "one team's trash" label in their description.

I'd kick the tires on Matt Strahm. Local angle of course