Monkeypaws

Glad to hear about Adalberto.

I'll chip in: GONSALVES DAMMIT!

Baseball is great in that tanking for a pick is pretty much impossible. In hockey they often have slogans like"Fail for Nail, Play Bad for Ekblad, Fall for Hall," for the trophy players that often pop up at #1 overall (failing for Nail was a fail). There are so many ways to acquire players, and the learning curve can be long. You never know where a potential star may lurk. It can happen in hockey as well, but the odds are much more slim. Basketball, what do they have, 3 rounds or so? Development and good scouting are gold in MLB.

I think it would be shameful were the Twins to merely cast Mauer aside at the end of the season. I remember watching Harmon Killebrew in a Royals uniform. Ugh. You just don't do that to special franchise players. Twins cast aside Morneau, Cuddyer, Hunter, Hawkins before their expire date. They were younger when they left, but I would have preferred they all stayed here. . I hope they come up with a deal that allows Mauer his farewell tour for a reasonable price for both sides. Not being sentimental, but how an organization treats players like this matters, to me at least. EDIT: It isn't like the people being proposed here to replace him are blocked stars.

Imagine Matt was your brother, or your son, father, cousin, etc. Not his fault the Twins management likes him. $$*&(T(*&tJ098uHO*7to8bubd#@%^$E*R&^G! OOUUCCHH! Sorry, just fell off my soapbox.

Per Bernardino:https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/06/source-twins-joe-mauer-logan-morrison-clear-waivers/

who knows Mike - they certainly have more data and scout input than our gut feelings. Hells bells, you don't rise to their positions by being dummies.

Me too - lots of new bodies to be accounted for. On the bright side, maybe Falvine forgot as well.

However, perhaps these guys have been on the radar of Falvine a while. Also, there was no room on the Twins 40 man until the trade deadline purge a week ago. Kickin tires...lots of variables in play we are completely blind to.

Riverbrian, well said. This management is seems unwilling to let any opportunity go by. You identified the key points. When rosters expand, if our AAA guys don't get a look, then I'll get mad.

Here is your Monday morning anomaly: Seattle is a full 11 games ahead of the Twins with a shiny 64-48 record. Yet somehow, their run differential is slightly worse than that of the Twins, -19 to -17. There must be some royal butt-kickings in those 48 losses.

oh, just a MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD. And a win. And 3 home runs, including an absolute BOMB by 99.

Add a couple odd waiver claims and I think you nailed it.

My guess? The Twins braintrust has already made up their minds about Busenitz, Curtis, Reed, Bard and company, and they no likey. They already let Burdi and Chargois go, and Bard once too. The must lack spin or some other micro-quality. Or they have a fetish for 43rd round draft picks.

Holy leg kick! Get a load of this pic of Celestino from the Athletic: More kind words for the Twins' deadline over there. https://theathletic.com/457049/2018/08/02/twins-trade-deadline-prospect-haul-grades-alcala-celestino-duran/?source=dailyemail

Just the bad grades he alluded to in the previous question, or more?

Dozier is gonna get a taste of real playoff baseball in the second city, home of stars. I don't believe he will be coming back, especially if he goes on one of his late season runs in one of the media capitals of the world.

Dozier having a revival in LA. 3 run homer tonight. I think this revival was totally predictable. Playing on a new team, contender and all. Plus, he is surrounded by better payers in the lineup. He will probably go on the late season tear now. BD gets a chance to hit that jackpot if he keeps it up. Never was happening here.

Up to Hildenberger or Curtiss or somebody to step up and wrestle it from his hands.

Here's the one you've been waiting for, the Star Tribune users poll on how the Twins did. As expected of Ivy Leaguers, the grading is harsh. http://www.startribune.com/poll-grade-the-trades-made-by-the-twins-in-the-last-week/489668921/?showPollResults=true

I'll take a shot at year end subtractions: Belisle Wilson Forsythe Morisson Granite Grossman *Astudillo *Slegers *if necessary

On the Athletic, Jim Bowden gave the Twins an A- for their deadline: Full story here: https://theathletic.com/453436/2018/08/01/bowden-grading-all-30-mlb-teams-on-their-trade-deadline-moves/

I was not aware former Wild goalie Ilya Bryzgalov posted here

Although you wouldn't expect anything else, the vets that were traded all had kind things to say about the organization. They seemed to have fun on the field. Rumors like this are likely just damage control: make the fans feel good because we got rid of some "locker room poison." Spycake's take also has merit : Unhappy to be sucking could apply to any number of Twins this season.

The only one I can remember is Midre Cummings and Denny Neagle for John Smiley, 1992. It is rare with this team.