Twins Acquire RHP John Gant for J.A. Happ

You must be kidding.  To get anything for Happ is amazing, flat out amazing.

Is he also a Top 50 in baseball?

Someone traded for Happ?  Huh...what?

Who cares as long as Happ is gone.  Gant is 23 - 21 and has 1.8 WAR over 6 seasons.   Aged 28 - that is so much more than the bag of used baseballs I expected us to get. 

1 minute ago, mikelink45 said:

Who cares as long as Happ is gone.  Gant is 23 - 21 and has 1.8 WAR over 6 seasons.   Aged 28 - that is so much more than the bag of used baseballs I expected us to get. 

And really dirty, old baseballs, like the kind we played with in the backyard. Not the gently used batting practice balls.

This trade deadline is good now.

He hit two home runs in 2018.

Maybe he can pinch hit for the rookie outfielders the Twins are using now.

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Since moving to the bullpen in June, he's given up 2 runs in 11 appearances. And they got another guy. Unreal.

Are you having a good day, Mike?  Are you going to need a sedative if they get something for Pineda?

Do we know there is a second player?  And Gant isn't a prospect, he has been with the Cards for several years.  Is he a free agent at years end?

There is still 32 minutes remaining.  Could they possibly still move Donaldson?  Or Pineda?

The Twins are also sending cash. I just hope it's less than $10M.

Wow!  Maybe they can get some baseballs for Robles and Colome?

7 minutes ago, LewFordLives said:

And really dirty, old baseballs, like the kind we played with in the backyard. Not the gently used batting practice balls.

Nah I thought it would be the bag a the baseballs we got the dog fetch out of the drainage swamp by fake throwing the last one she brought back. 

Gaunt was quite the vulture in 2019 going 11 - 1 from the pen in 66 games.

Sick is having a Colone type season in the minors decent pitching but tons of unearned runs to blow games.

Finding a trade for a 38 year old pitcher that has been truly terrible for 3 straight months is amazing.

Clear to me, the Twins are doing everything possible to bring a championship to Wichita and St. Paul in their first year's with the organzation.

6 minutes ago, roger said:

Do we know there is a second player?  And Gant isn't a prospect, he has been with the Cards for several years.  Is he a free agent at years end?

There is still 32 minutes remaining.  Could they possibly still move Donaldson?  Or Pineda?

I renew my prediction from yesterday that the trade comes in at 2:55.  I am a Donaldson supporter but I have a man crush on Jose Miranda.  What a story that guy is.  I would be just fine with giving him a shot a 3B next year in the wake of today's trades and what they mean to 2022.

I think the Shoemaker leak was encouraged by the Twins to make teams think that the Twins Way is the problem 

2 minutes ago, twins_89 said:

Finding a trade for a 38 year old pitcher that has been truly terrible for 3 straight months is amazing.

In relative terms it's probably better than the Berrios trade.