Twins Offseason Trade Target: David Price

What's Prices Era versus the Yankees? I'm guessing it's ugly as I had him in fantasy couple years ago.

Hard pass.

Certainly worth exploring if Boston is desperate enough to give him up for next to nothing and eat some of the remaining salary. Not sure this is the way to go otherwise. 

I thought April Fools Day was in April. Please get off this free agent / trade kick as a miracle cure for a 101 win team. Angels have just sealed their doom by signing Rendon (I thought Pujols was the answer; where did that get them?)

Falvine said yesterday that they are still pursuing the FA route first. As long as Bumgarner, Ryu and Keuchel are still out there that is where they should be concentrating. If someone beats them to Price, then oh well.

I suspect present internal options will be relied upon quite heavily this season. The FA SP's are dropping like flies, Porcello is now a Met.

I'd pass. Boston also only has 1 prospect in the top 100 they could add to sweeten the deal.... No reason to alleviate them of their problem unless they're going to add at least a good prospect to the deal.

FYI, Price's Hits/9 went up to 9.1 from 7.7, not his BB.

I'm interested in price and frankly I'm not worried about taking on the salary. I'd rather take the whole salary right now and give up a lesser prospect and plug him in to the top of the rotation. The only issue with Price is health. The bWAR for Price in the Boston years is 3.0, 1.6, 4.4, 1.8. FIP suggests he was a little unlucky last year so I'm not panicking over the increase in WHIP. If you feel confident in his overall health and your team's ability to manage and coach him, I'd be happy to grab him in a salary dump.

Generally this board has been in favor of signing Madison Bumgarner this offseason; it's important to realize that Price has been almost exactly as valuable over the last three years, and while Price is older he only has 150 more innings on his arm. If the Twins can't make it happen with a guy like Bumgarner, Price would be a fine alternative and the money really shouldn't be an issue. There's an assumption of risk, but it's also only 3 years remaining on the deal, making it a palatable one IMHO.

Price, Berrios, Odorizzi, Pineda and one of Thorpe/Dobnak/Graterol/Smeltzer is undoubtedly an improved rotation from last year, and if Graterol or Thorpe breaks out? You're off to the races.

I'd definitely take Bumgarner or Ryu over trading for Price; both will cost less, both are at least slightly more likely to have a really strong season next year, and there's no other trade cost with them. But as an alternative Price works just fine. (so does Darvish)

32 mill a year for someone that "might still have some left in the tank"? No thanks. 

It would have to be something like the Zack Cozart deal, only way bigger. Their pipeline blows, so they'd probably have to send a couple guys and cover at least 10 mill a year.

If you're willing to consider Price at 32-million per year why settle for 2nd best??  Chris Sale should be the target.  He's much more talented than Price and the cost is relatively the same except that Sale is under contract for 3 more years.  If you're going to make a trade like this you go for somebody head and shoulders above what's available on the FA market.  You go for somebody who will be your #1 and you can have confidence he can shut down ANY lineup.  Be that the Yankees, Houston, the Dodgers, whoever.  Who here on Twins Daily would be concerned that we would have Chris Sale pitching with a trip to the World Series or a Championship on the line ?  I would still have "concerns" if the guy we were leaning the most on was Berrios, Mad-Bum, Ryu, David Price, Odorizzi.  But Chris Sale ??  Give me some Chris Sale.  Boston is desperate to keep Mookie.  They MUST keep JD Martinez.  Make a deal for Sale.

Did you read the link I posted.....you might find it interesting.

Yeah, I should have read that first.  I just immediately responded to the "left in the tank" part.

He never could beat the Yankees so he would fit right in, if that is what you’re looking for

Sale is on the decline and is going to need to adjust. His velocity is down in a big way so he’s not actually CHRIS SALE. Is the latter version of that guy. So is Bumgarner.

If you are looking for brand name status with decent quality you overpay for it. I would actually prefer a guy on the rise without the name that elevates the price tag

Guys you might want to check Price’s splits against the NYY. That is most likely the team we will need to get past and we can never win a damn game against them. Getting Price is like a cruel joke.

The Marlins beat a world class Yankees team in 2003 to win the WS with Josh Beckett, Carl Pavano and AJ Burnett. None of those guys would have been called “aces” in December of 2002. They were young guys on the rise.

We need more of that as opposed to throwing money at guys who made their mark already and are on the decline. Houston made a great deal to get Cole. This is what we need to do and it has involve trading off players/prospects. No one said it was easy, but trading for Price is really silly if we want to get someplace in the postseason. He’s awful against the Yankees. Look it up

So, what player that is available has been great against the Yankees?

That isn’t the point. Give me someone that isn’t completely horrendous against them. His numbers against them are THAT bad. I’m not scouring the market for guys who are Yankee killers. I do, however, want to know who SUCKS against them and if anyone ever has, it’s David Price.

So he can keep losing to the Yankees someplace else

If the Twins don't want to give MadBum $20+ million a year, why on earth would they trade for washed up, injury prone David Price and pay even more salary for him?

Makes zero sense IMO.

So, what player that is available has been great against the Yankees?

Jon Lester is 13-6 vs the Yanks but he's 35 now and still can't throw to 1B.

Question: Does the Mets signing Wacha and Porcello make DeGrom or Thor remotely available?

Price averaged 5 innings per start last year. Unless Boston is eating 2/3 of that contract, no thanks.