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I like the trade. And I really like Luis Arraez. He was worthy of the return. I think the Twins sold high on a guy who had a very good year. Luis will still have more good years but I think his knees trouble me for a kid only 25 years old and I anticipate he might have issues going forward. Both teams traded from a position of strength (surplus) so it makes sense. I hope Jorge Polanco is healthy and ready to have a big year because if not, the Edouard Julien kid is knocking at the door and also Austin Martin has a good on base .pct with plus plus speed (can steal bases) that the Twins lineup could use. All that said, I'm going to miss Luis Arraez and probably will follow the Marlins for the first time ever because of him.

No way. He was horrible. Talk about a guy who was suppose to lead us to the promise land and got a little worse every year he played. Turn the page.

Meant if thinks really bad .... Would Not..... Need coffee.

Meant is thinks really bad ......Would Not.....sorry.

From the outside looking in I'm not sure if Trevor Bauer can be restored. However, the Twins are an embarrassment in the playoffs and I don't believe we have won a playoff game in the last 21 years. Think on that for a second. Correct me if I'm wrong but was not 2002 the last time we won vs Oakland? Why? We don't have frontline starters that can compete. If you look under the surface and the details are really bad I would consider this idea. But if the guy got the proper counseling and could be restored it is an interesting idea. He is only 31 and from a baseball only perspective can be elite at times. Again, I'm on the outside looking in so pitching this without knowledge. But when you have gone two plus decades without winning a game that matters we need to try something.

It is hard to know looking from the outside how bad a situation can be. The Dodgers recently released Trevor Bauer. I wonder if the Minnesota medical community could stabilize this guy? I have no idea. From a baseball only point of view he would be a big upgrade. I'm a person who believes in forgiveness but for a team to take a chance on a guy there would need to be evidence of change and restoration. Not sure on this one, what does everyone else think?

I think the bullpen is where the Twins could make the biggest impact. Even if we had to overpay. Think on how good K.C.'s bullpen was when the won the world series in 2015. Greg Holland, Wade Davis, and Kelvin Herrera. Everyone will remember in history mostly Hosmer, S. Perez, and Moustakas but I think that bullpen was a bigger driving force. I agree with a few of you guys that another dominant lefty would help. Brad Hand or Will Smith. There aren't many of them unsigned so an aggressive offer by the Twins seems wise to me.

Equal to the likes of Glenn Borgman, Butch Wynegar, Sal Butera, Marc Salas, David Engle and Matt Walbeck.

I just looked it up. Minnesota Twins Zero wins and ten losses in playoff games with Joe Mauer. Enough said for me.

I say No. Beautiful game. But Hall of Famers win. I wonder how many playoff victories we had with Joe as a player. He never developed a power stroke either. I thought he should have hit the weights a bit more. Just being honest, he was my favorite player but always left me disappointed.

I think we could have really good starting pitching if guys are healthy. Maeda, Mahle, Gray, and Ryan. What is we traded low on Trevor Bauer? I know character is a big question mark but the dude can pitch. If you took on that salary LA might trade him for a 20-30 range prospect. Bullpen could be good. Especially if Alcala is healthy. I think SS is the big question mark. Brooks Lee is hard charging and lets hope Royce Lewis can take the position by all star break. I really think we can contend with what we have now. Larnach and Kiriloff healthy should give the outfield a boost.

I like the move and personally would rather strengthen the bullpen. Povich does have upside but he's not a top 10. With Lopez in the 9th, you have Duran in the 7th or 8 and Jax before Duran. Two areas of opportunity for the Twins now will be helping Pagan get right in early relief because he really does have elite stuff. Second opportunity, if we can get Kenta Maeda healthy, he is nasty in the bullpen. He proved it with the Dodgers. I like this trade simply because we can't give up on this season and we didn't move any tier one prospects. Now if Povich wins the Cy Young some day than I was wrong.

Also remember that Maeda might be able to help toward the end of the year in the bullpen and I'm hoping Jorge Alcala as well.

Rather than decimate our prospect pool, I think the Twins should trade from a position of strength. We have a lot of depth in the outfield. I might use Max Kepler as a centerpiece to the Yankees in a 3-way trade with the Reds. Mahle comes to Minnesota and the Yankees send prospects to the Reds. I like the Bednar kid from the Pirates and Joe Mantiply the lefty from the D-Backs. I think trading guys like Cole Sands and Bailey Ober make more sense to me. I might even move Gio Urshela and give the keys to Jose Miranda. Miguel Sano is another guy we could hang out there. Notice we have been winning since Sano went away. I really don't think we need to blow up the farm. I think we just need to be a little creative who we trade. There certainly is a market for Max Kepler and a young pitcher like Ober there is a market. Gio Urshela to a contender makes sense. We need pitching. We also need prospects for future cause elite free agents don't usually come to Minny. Correa was a Godsend.

There are 3 prospects I like in the Twins system that might be under the radar but I'm really intrigued how they will do this year. Cade Povich - Pitcher with nice mix Edouard Julien - Super good eye at plate. Really good on base .pct. Will play 2nd base at 2A to start season. Christian Encarnacion - Strand - Lots of pop in the bat. Comparable might be Jose Miranda.

This trade makes no sense. You get an elite shortstop and with Donaldson has really good defense. Then you trade them for a couple of guys who are washed up and probably have inflated stats because they play in N.Y. And you give them Rortvedt as well. I can understand removing the Donaldson contact but what did we get. Just junk. The Yanks destroy us on the field and now destroy us in this trade. I was so excited about the trades we had made before this one. You give up a catcher (Garver) with elite OPS to get an elite defensive shortstop and then you flip him for a has been catcher. This is miserable. Is Falvey on NY's payroll?

In 1987 we had Viola and Blyleven on the mound. In 1991 we had Jack Morris. The reason these modern day Twins don't win is because we do not have an ace. Berrios was far from an ace and case in point he was shelled in the post season. Yes 2019-2020 was a fluke because we were good in the regular season. How long has it been since we won in the post season? I won't answer that but enough said.

I like Donaldson as a player. Very good fielder and has pop at the plate. That said, i think he is at the age where he will struggle to stay healthy. If they could move that contract off the books we might better spend that money for pitching. We need to find players that are more athletic and pitchers who can miss bats. I might even consider moving Buxton for the same reason. He can't stay healthy. Lastly, you have to win a trade or think you are going to win a trade to even make it. If the trade does not make you better it is not worth making.

The one thing I really enjoyed about the Tom Kelly teams was how well the team played on defense, and running the bases etc. If just don't like the defense now. I think Kirilloff would be a big upgrade over Sano defensively. In fact, unless Sano starts to swing the bat better I don't see what value he brings to the team. I'd like to think a healthy Donaldson, Simmons, Polanco and Kirilloff would be a good infield.

For me the Kepler fielding play was horrible. There are softball players in the beer leagues making that catch. He is a pro. It's not the playoffs anymore, it's ok to win.

Arraez might be able to spell Donaldson quite a bit at 3rd. Frankly, I like Arraez more than Polanco at 2nd base. I'm going to give Polanco the benefit of doubt with his injury last year but he was terrible. Lounging at pitches, slapping the ball the other way etc. Either he just completely forgot his fundamentals or his injury was causing him not to apply proper balance and weight transfer hitting. I think he had like 3 hits in his last 50 at bats and his error (throwing) caused us a game in the playoffs. I'm glad we are getting back to a concept of defense. Simmons is a stud and so is Donaldson if he ever decides to consistently show up for work on the field.

Both. Why not both?

I agree with you guys. Yates at 5 million plus was well worth the risk. Not sure what we're doing on our bids?

Marwin was terrible. Even with the glove. Mis-handled two plays at 3rd in the playoffs verse the Astros. He was still benefitting the Astros after all these years. We need to move on. Twins need better Defense. I'm thinking Marcus Siemen and moving Polanco into that utility role.

I agree with the author that 2nd base and Shortstop are not a lock. I love what Luis Arraez does on the offensive side of the equation. But he is a bit slow on defense. But since he can back up Donaldson at 3rd I see value. I'm happy to give him the starting job but we need to improve the infield defense. That's while I would replace Polanco and make him the utility guy. He is slow at SS as well or better said the range is not there. Marcus Siemen makes a lot of sense to me. Switching gears, one guy I'd get rid of is Jake Cave. I actually like Lamont Wade as the backup and Kepler could move to CF if Buxton needs a break or decides to get injured again and again and again.