Twins Close To Acquiring LHP Jaime Garcia?

what does an average pitcher cost?

 

And, if you are upgrading from colon or Turley or Wilk or ????....average is a huge upgrade.

Ervin Santana's numbers pre-Twins would be considered quite average. Probably even below average.

Can he pitch the 7th inning?

Not as well as Gimenez, but he's more of a 9th inning guy

Exactly, how many times a game does he scream deep fly ball, or line drive and it is pfft an easy out. Sounds about right that the reporters jumped the gun on this one.

Hanging chads?

I think spy cake hit the nail on the head. My guess is the whole deal hinged/hinges on an extension being signed.

Ellis  and Dykstra show up where on prospect reports?   Ellis has an ERA of replaceable.  Essentially nothing.

Before the trade, all three were top 30 guys.

If they don't like Garcia's medical reports why in the world would they even still want him?

If I knew this, I'd be making the little bucks in a front office.

If it's a legit medical concern, I'd likely just drop the deal altogether. Guess it depends on what they think they know.

 

Edit: haha ... I see others basically made the same comment ... note to self: read to end of thread first.

Part of the issue is that Garcia's medical file was going to be crud. That was well known. He's injured his shoulder, neck, back, and pretty much everything involved in the pitching motion.

RickMahlerUnsungHero - this is the quote from TalkChop:

 

My sister is dating a guy working locally for one of the Twins minor league affiliates. He tells her that they don’t know yet because they’re waiting for medical clearance, but they think maybe a catcher? (I know this is a stretch, but I just wanted to humblebrag about my potential brother-in-law. Don’t screw this up sis!)

 

I liked the 'humblebrag' line.

LOL...okay, that's not mine. The guy who wrote the article at Talking Chop got a lot of info from me and a number of the posters follow me on Twitter and were asking away last night, but that one is not mine.

I also love the "humble brag" line...

The Braves just released reliever Eric O'Flaherty. His 7.85 ERA would have fit right in with the Twins...

Only 32. Nowhere near veterany enough.

This is the Twins are about to trade Dozier to the Dodgers summer addition for your amusement...

Before the trade, all three were top 30 guys.

Top 30 of Atlanta, not baseball. Dykstra not projected to be much of a hitter, Eliis has a ceiling of middle relief, not even set up. Gant lacks command to be a starter. At almost 25 still has not shown command to be a starter, has given up too many runs yo be a reliever. That is not any different than a year ago.  The Cards dumped a starter for low ranked prospects.

I just want to know the name of the discussed prospect regardless if the trade happens. I have been told that there is no chance of acquiring a competent starter for a 15ish ranked org prospect. This seems to indicate that is possible but we really don't know if 'decent' is more like 10ish or in the 20's.

And my frustration with the board as a whole continues with the complaints about 'Why is Gibson even here (much less Colon)?' and the reluctance to trade any level prospect (except the Navaretto (almost non-prospect) level) for a decent/compentent pitcher like Garcia.

It makes a lot more sense to me if Atlanta leaked it.  They are the ones looking for more in return. 

Except that'd be very, very odd by Coppy, who is incredibly tight-lipped about any discussions, as is anyone in the org as far as names.

Garcia shutting out the Dodgers through 4. Of course, I wouldn't want to throw him against them twice in 5 days. 

Grand Slam for Garcia tonight against the MLB's ERA leader coming into the night.