rico7961

Twins are a 72-90 team. Not much going for them. Terrible bullpen will sink any team and the offense is very weak. We won’t lose any playoff games this season. Cause we won’t be playing any.

Complete SLOP. Get some attention to detail.It looked like amateur baseball on opening day.The Twins are a 70-92 baseball team. Gonna be a long season. Well, at least we won’t lose a playoff game this year.

I remember names like Eddie Bane, Willie Banks, Pat Mahomes, Adam Johnson. ALL, prospects who at one time were rated HIGHER than Graterol is right now. The Twins NEVER traded ANY of them hoping for eventual stardom. IT NEVER HAPPENED. So, any prospect trade is a GAMBLE, but in this case I think a worthy one.

It was a big "JUMP" for the FO to take on the additional payroll by signing Donaldson. There is "no way" they take on any additional payroll, especially that much. You can't give up 5 players with 6 years of team control plus Rosario. Betts is a lot better than Rosario, but not that much. You're better off trading for pitching.

IF the Twins make one trade for pitching, which would you rather have it be. Trade Rosario and whatever prospects it takes for a SP along the lines of Robbie Ray, Matthew Boyd, Chris Archer, Caleb Smith, David Price, or Chris Sale. Or trade whatever package necessary to aquire Josh Hader. Either supplementing our rotation, or going the route of making a very DEEP and talented bullpen. Which way would you go? Either way still leaves some question marks, but really enhances the team and pitching staff also. If you follow MLB, any trade like this MIGHT be possible with the right package. And the Twins undeniably have what it takes to GET it done. So are they willing?

244 big league AB's and 106 K's. A 44% strikeout rate, just what we need. I guess we need someone who strikes out alot, so Sano and Buxton don't feel so bad when they strike out. Sano strikes out 42% of the time and Buxton 35% of the time in their big league AB's.

Odorizzi will be long gone from the Twins before Palacios ever plays a major league game. That's if he ever does. So the Twins win the trade until the day Palacios, MAKES the majors. Knowing the Twins luck. he will be the next coming of D Jeter and all our other SS prospects will flop.

How about offering Laquon Treadwell to the NYG for Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie. DRC would really give us a good corner opposite Rhodes and let Waynes have a lesser role or good depth in case of an injury. In todays NFL, you can never have enough cover guys, and DRC might be available, since he has be in disfavor with the NYG. They need receivers, also.

The Twins should try and acquire Chris Archer from TB. The offer would be Rosario or Kepler, Nick Gordon and some minor league pitcher from AA or A ball. Then if they could pull that off, they should try to sign FA J D Martinez to fill the void left by Rosario/Kepler. This would give them a veteran masher to bat 4th or 5th, plus Archer, who has a pretty friendly contract. I know, either one of these transactions is just dreaming, but it would be nice if you could pull it off. Realistically, I think Alex Cobb from TB, would be a good FA target for the rotation.

Will Smith and Jake McGee are probably the best 2 left-handed relief pitchers avaiable in trade. Good luck trying to acquire, either. As it would take some pretty good prospects to do so. And the Twins seem unwilling to trade ANY of their higher level prospects.

Ken Giles, Justin Wilson, Carson Smith, anyone of the 3 would have been a welcome addition to the Twins bullpen. Only prospects given up and years of team control on each. This is the kind of relievers TR should be looking for. I'm sure there are more of them out there. I guess you have to make the decision to either give up some of your "valued prospects" or open the vault and sign FA. I hope they don't waste payroll on the Cott's and Thornton's of the league. If you want to go that route you're better off letting some of those "prized prospects" that you were unwilling to trade, come to the majors and pitch. Lets hope TR does something to improve the bullpen. Sign a FA or trade some prospects for some good cost controllable relievers. And hope he doesn't waste payroll on washed up trash.

Trade Plouffe for Will Smith and then trade whatever minor leaguers it takes to get Ken Giles. That would give you a REAL bullpen, with RHP (Giles, Jepsen, and May) and LHP (Perkins and Smith). Transactions like this, would actually help the payroll. Probably, very impossible trades to make. But, one can dream. Smith, with 2 years of arb. Giles has 5 years of team control. One of the 2 would really help the team.

If Atlanta offered Shelby Miller for Plouffe, do you think TR tries to make that deal? Understanding some minor leaguer's probably would be involved either way.

If he hits .250 with 15-20 HR's he's worth 3M a year. A risk worth taking. It gives them some additional money to spend elsewhere.

Sign Soria and trade for Will Smith. That gives you a top 5 of RH (Soria, Jepsen, and May) LH (Perkins and Smith). Logan Darnell and Ryan Pressly could fill out your pen. That gives you a REALLY good pen with 3 lefties and 4 righties being able to mix and match in the late innings, with more than 1 closer option available. Only really adding Soria (6-7M) and Smith (1M) to the payroll. Might have to put May in the rotation and Nolasco in the pen, which weakens your pen, but Nolasco is gonna be someplace on the roster. Maybe replacing Darnell or Pressly, if you leave May in the pen.