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Yes. Whether Dozier is with the team or not, the result is the same: The Twins go on winter break after game 162. Contract negotiations with Dozier will start in the offseason and Forsythe will be gone.

"Giving up" veterans for run-of-the-mill prospects always seems like a huge loss. But we are forgetting some things: - Dozier was one of those run-of-the-mill prospects, most of you were beating the "he's going to regress" drum for 2-3 years before you bought into the idea that he could play baseball well - He is a lame duck. He was off the team anyway come the end of the season. - He might just come back to the Twins next year. It's possible the Twins got prospects + get Dozier back. No one else seems particularly interested in him, and the Twins would be happy to pay him market value and possibly a little more.

The return on the Dozier trade is disappointing, but getting a couple of prospects in a situation where you otherwise would have gotten nothing is good. Otherwise I agree, these were good trades. If It were me, I would never let a guy like Pressly go except in his contract year, but I understand what they were thinking. Terry Ryan stuck to an ideal of never signing free agents, only feed the minors. But look here, the new crew signed free agents and flipped them later to feed the minors. When did Terry Ryan ever add 10-11 prospects in one week?

Viola had a pretty good career and he was not shy about being thrilled to be getting away from the Twins.

True, but if the Twins make the playoffs anytime soon, history will be written this way anyway.

He was moved to a team that might not make the playoffs. What a bummer that would be.

If there is any "chemistry" problem from 1-year deals, it's because the organization isn't used to one year deals. But this is all hearsay.

The Twins got the worst run of Lance Lynn's professional history, partly because he was signed so late. Twins fans can't pretend to be experts on Lance Lynn based on the past few months. The Yankees grabbed him because they are smart.

When the dust has settled, this will go down as the most productive midseason in Twins history. 11 players for people who were (mostly) leaving anyway? This is what GMs are paid to do. The Twins really only gave up one asset that they might turn out to have been a bad idea (Pressly), and that's only because they could have had him another year. In a couple of years, when the Twins are finally good enough to win a playoff game, this midseason will be brought up as a reason. I am confident that Falvey/Levine will continue supplementing during the offseason with FA pickups and maybe more trades. And if the Twins are still stumbling, they'll dump them off for prospects at the right time. Smart.

It's hard to be down on a guy who is having a string of injuries. Yes, shut him down/keep him in the minors this year and try again next year. Buxton is still young and his story isn't over yet ... we should stop pretending it is.

His option for next year is dirt cheap. The Twins will pick up the option if he can still play.

Yes, the front office did a GREAT job of fielding a team that can beat Cleveland. However, this left them one-dimensional. Whoops.

Nice upgrade for the Dodgers. Twins ... um ... nice trade or whatever. But he's a FA anyway, so something is better than nothing. The return makes me think the Twins plan to pursue him in free agency.

The rumor from 1.5 years ago was true! Some deals just take a long time!

To distill this down: The Twins can make things interesting by beating up on the division, yes. But it doesn't matter. The Twins would not last long in the playoffs.

He has similar K% and HR% as Miguel Sano. Too bad Sano's not a pitcher too? He already had Tommy John after all.

It's almost like Terry Ryan came back to give us one more completely useless trade for old time's sake. Someone tell the front office there's a difference between being busy and being productive.

Why would you ever give up Kiriloff? Especially for a *catcher*?

Seems like we have been reading (and talking) about 'Joe Mauer's future' for the past five years. I hope he retires so we can just move on to something else.

That's part of it. Andy MacPhail would say you have to do both. You have to feed the minor leagues but also supplement with free agency. And you know what? The current FO seems to be doing just that. They were active in free agency during the offseason. They're selling people at midseason to supplement the minors. Falvey was even quoted this week saying you have to feed all parts of the system. This front office is acting like they get it, which many young Twins fans have simply never seen before. This is almost "paint by numbers for running a baseball team" right now. Let's hope we NEVER go back to a GM who only will feed the minor league system and do nothing else.

Ha, you think the Twins FO works on weekends.

You did half the work. Now compare that workload to some other pitchers. And be fair -- don't cherry pick hall of famers or Cy Young candidates.

Gardy loved to keep Blackburn in for 100+ pitch games. It didn't end well.

Ask again after the trade deadline.

I hate this but somehow I keep looking at it.