Potential Twins Bullpen Target: Brad Hand, LHP, Indians

This isn't happening. Cleveland is well within wild card contention and it would be foolish to give the Twins, a division rival, Hand with control from 2019-2021. I imagine Cleveland starts to think about trading him in 2020 if they're doing to rebuild or retool, but not now.

This isn't happening. Cleveland is well within wild card contention and it would be foolish to give the Twins, a division rival, Hand with control from 2019-2021. I imagine Cleveland starts to think about trading him in 2020 if they're doing to rebuild or retool, but not now.

Sadly, I agree. The cost would be prohibitive to say the least. Something like Graterol, Rooker and Littell, or something along those lines. Cleveland fans wouldn't be happy about trading him either, especially as the Indians are still in contention for the wild card--although, I doubt they can stay there with the BoSox starting to play at such a high level.

If Cleveland makes him available it could be pay up to get him or bat against him in the playoffs.

Hand would be my first target.  Sometimes you have to surrender prospects.  Most prospects are very overvalued because their true upside is unknown.  That is something the Twins have missed out on for the past 15 years, packaging a group of minor league players and getting a known and valuable player.  

If Cleveland makes him available it could be pay up to get him or bat against him in the playoffs.

That's true, but I doubt they'd let him go to the Twins.

We should have gotten Brad Hand when he was playing for SD.  If we get him now, we pay thru the nose. 

I think Cleveland makes an effort to improve and win every year they still have Lindor.

I don't see Cleveland selling at the deadline.  They have stayed within a game of the wild card so far and this is without vintage Kluber, Carrasco, and Clevinger. With Clevenger back and Kluber throwing again they could easily make a run at the wild card or more.

Interesting side note, they had a 39-33 record this time last year compared to 39-34 now.

Plus look at their schedule leading up to the deadline.

Detroit - 7 games

Kansas City - 13 games!!!

Baltimore - 3 games

Toronto - 3 games

Cincinnati - 2 games

Minnesota - 3 games

Houston - 2 games

Texas - 1 game

26 games versus really bad teams and just 5 against good teams.

There is a 0% chance the Indians will give up Hand until next year midseason at the earliest, and probably not even then. This would be as daft as if the Twins had given up Joe Nathan after 2007.

What was the methodology TwinsDaily used for picking the candidates for these threads?

Morosi and Olney have both reported the the Indians would listen to offers on Bauer, Hand and Santana if they didn’t make up ground on the Twins.

I literally asked this same question maybe four years ago (the team was the Marlins): if we are to trade with Cleveland, why not trade for Nick Wittgren?

I can't imagine trading with Cleveland until the gap is insurmountable, but wouldn't it be something if the guy I clamored for in the 2012 draft became a Twin finally? He is having his best year with 30 K and 4 BB in 27.1 IP, with a 2.37 FIP. He has actually gotten better all four years in the majors.

Indians might be within a few games of us by the ASG with the ease of their schedule and the way we have played lately. I doubt they would trade with us

I'll echo what has been said several times. As of this moment Cleveland is the second AL wild card team. It's highly unlikely they would let Hand go.

The only reason this is like a 0.001% chance instead of 0.000% chance is the relationship between Falvey and the Indians. But Cleveland would have to completely disintegrate and fall out of the WC race, and have to get low-balled by everyone else, and the Twins would have to miss out on other targets, etc. Not really worth thinking about.