Trade Deadline Tracker Day 2: The Latest Twins' News and Rumor Roundup

Kind of surprised a move or any talk of a trade of Robles Duffey or Pineda. A lot of guys to move today if that’s the case, sounds like we may have seen the last of Berrios. 
maybe a deal in the works to package a few together.  Hope for Mackenzie Gore.

Who knows??  Big pitcher names have been traded already that are much better than Berrios.  Maybe Twins will do something today.  If they keep Berrios fine.  But they better trade some of the stiffs on the team even if they get low level prospects.  If the Twins do nothing today to improve the team now or at least for the future it will speak volumes of the failures of the FO.

Twins should capitalize on overpay scenarios, especially from Padres and/or Blue Jays.  What price will be enough for Twins to make the move?  Fly on the wall in the trade bunker office for the Twins would be a fun day.  I think you get something less impressive for Pineda, Robles and Duffy would be arms for the future but don't think it will be anything that knocks our socks off.  Buxton move would be interesting, don't see them parting ways with him at this time.  I'd like for Berrios to go NL vs AL

Joe Ryan in the Olympics - 6-5-1-1-0-5. Lone run surrendered was a dinger to old friend Danny Valencia.

No team is going to trade for Robles. Pineda will be traded today. Maybe Thielbar will also be traded. By the way, Coloumbe certainly has been a pleasant surprise out of the pen.

After the trading deadline I hope the Twins release Colome and Robles and option Alcala to St. Paul. Alcala needs to rework his game. Earlier in the season I was expecting him to do great. He throws so hard, but when he’s throwing strikes the pitches are all too often in the middle of the plate. The demotion to AAA seems to have helped Rooker. Alcala needs something similar to happen to him. 

While you all believe Berrios is gone, I don't know if that is true.  Am somewhat disappointed that the Twins haven't pulled the trigger on anything other than Cruz, who got a great return.  Expect they are holding their cards tight and demanding very high returns.  Understand that for Berrios, but lots of other parts should already have been moved, at least IMO.

Seven hours to go.  Is it going to be a wild ride this afternoon?  I certainly hope so as the return for Jose will never be higher if it is true that there are four or more teams vying for his services.

This is painful.  No game report, except the minors where I had to read about Shoemaker again.  With so many parts to remove and so much happening in the marker where are the Twins.  We need to do more that lose Berrios - if we do!

Twins are historically horrible at trading at the deadline. so, my expectations are very low on who other teams throw at us for trade bait. just look at all the crap we've got from the Yankees for years

32 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

This is painful.  No game report, except the minors where I had to read about Shoemaker again.  With so many parts to remove and so much happening in the marker where are the Twins.  We need to do more that lose Berrios - if we do!

Is this more painful than watching the Twins pretend to be a baseball team? 

i may be the only guy that wants no trading of Berrios or Pineda..with Pineda Maeda and Berrios Twins would have a good nucleus for next year..no true Ace but solid 2,3,4....(no one they get in trades will be better than them in the near future). Ober can be a good 5...but what Twins need most of all is an ACE. and oh,,,,,5 good relievers ..there is absolutely no one in that pen that can be trusted.  

10 minutes ago, KFEY93 said:

Is this more painful than watching the Twins pretend to be a baseball team? 

Yes - because I am trying to figure out what the highlights will be for the rest of the season.  What keeps me interested after the trades are done.  Kiriloff and Buxton gone, Berrios gone???  

11 minutes ago, mikelink45 said:

Yes - because I am trying to figure out what the highlights will be for the rest of the season.  What keeps me interested after the trades are done.  Kiriloff and Buxton gone, Berrios gone???  

Iv switched over to Football mode. Watching training camp highlights. Thats more entertaining than watching the Twins at this point. 

I feel for any player or prospect that gets traded to MN.  It would be like the player in the movie 42 who got traded to Pittsburgh because they were unwilling to get on board and play with Robinson.  Not really sure if it was Pittsburgh but it was a sucky team and no player wanted to go there.  I wonder if we are on the no trade list of many of the great players today and that is why we get stuck with prospects or older veterans.  To clarify....we were lucky to get a veteran like Cruz but is he here?  NOPE!  Will we see the prospects we got for him in the near future?  DOUBT IT!

The Twins have 4 bad months of baseball following 2 Division Championships  and 3 playoff appearances in the last 55 months.................and they see the need to sell off important pieces. I don't want these guys handling my investment portfolio. It's not just our guys of course. Baseball is broken in so many ways.

But what this sell off does.......it now gives them a chance to play front office managers of a MLB team. Good for them. Have fun fellas. No expectations of winning right away [they are building a winner.....ya, right]. There farm hand managers and coaches get top develop exciting talent -- to the point where they are so good, they are too expensive to keep.

Go Yankees......

Damn, I keep looking at that picture at the top of this piece.  Remember the excitement that day when he was drafted.  Recall all those winter videos of his working his butt off on the beaches back home in P.R.  I understand that they can get a haul for him and it probably makes sense to move on.  But what I would really prefer is that they find a way to pay the young man and he stays a Twin.......for life.

59 minutes ago, MinnInPa said:

i may be the only guy that wants no trading of Berrios or Pineda..with Pineda Maeda and Berrios Twins would have a good nucleus for next year..no true Ace but solid 2,3,4....(no one they get in trades will be better than them in the near future). Ober can be a good 5...but what Twins need most of all is an ACE. and oh,,,,,5 good relievers ..there is absolutely no one in that pen that can be trusted.  

You're right. Everyone on this site fancies themselves MLB managers more than fans. They are like fantasy football players. Fans of the process.....not the game. They "want" a Berrios trade...to see if they called it correctly.

Go Yankees...........?

Pull the trigger FO - if you are going to trade Berrios, get it done, or just stop the charades and walk away and finish this soap opera.

I can't see them trading Berrios. That would be plain stupid. I can see them trading Pineda and Kepler and possibly Donaldson while paying some of his salary. Robles is worthless right now so maybe a waiver deal in August is possible. Rogers would be in demand though I would hate to see him go. 

The Red Sox getting Schwarber is like the Yankees getting Gallo. They are both Dave Kingman type hitters (or similar to Sano). Rizzo is a big acquisition and maybe we can get Voit from them for Pineada (though they would want Berrios).

we've had a bad year. Should we blow up everything and really go backwards?