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.

I would try to fortify the bullpen by acquiring 1 arb-prearb reliever through trade (Will Smith or Ken Giles). Then I would sign a Ryan Madson, Tony Sipp, Matt Thornton, Tyler Clippard, or Joakim Soria in FA. I would try to get one righty and one lefty. This would really stabilize a pen with Perkins, Jepsen and May already in it and let you bring up the young guns and start them out in low leverage situations throughout the season. Plus, you aren't breaking the bank by only signing 1 FA.

You are getting rid of Suzuki's contract ( LuCroy's is less for 2 years) You are getting a cost controlled LHRP (probably the best available in the whole league). LuCroy and Murphy would be a very effective tandem behind the plate and you wouldn't have to wear either one out. A trade like this actually helps the payroll numbers (8M for Plouffe, 6M for Suzuki, and 5-6 M for Milone). I know giving up Kepler is a risky gamble. and you might have to acquire another "good defensive OF" if you made a trade like this.

Trade Plouffe, Milone, Suzuki, and Max Kepler to the Brewers for LuCroy and LHP Will Smith. Then sign a Ryan Madson, Joakim Soria, Darren O'Day type RHP for the bullpen. This sets the team up pretty well for the present, while only making 1 trade and 1 FA signing. I guess we have to sign Park (yet) and I don't know if the trade proposed here is a feasible enough trade for both (either) side.

No way the TWINS consider giving up that much. That is a fair offer, but to much for the Twins to give up in a trade.

I really think an 8th inning setup man, who could really pitch is the Twins biggest priority, up until the trade deadline. But a couple of intriguing players to me, that might be available for the right price are Starlin Castro and Jonathan Lucroy. Castro is signed and owed 37M thru 2019, with a club option of 16M for 2020. A lot of contract to take on, but maybe a player worth it, for the right trade price. Lucroy is signed and owed 4M for 2016, with a club option of 5.25m for 2017. Lucroy would be a very solid addition for the Twins, but I'm sure the price would be high. Just 2 players who "might" be available and could help the Twins if the trade was right and they wanted to take on some contract. Castro would be a "gamble". But at times he can really play the game.

Plus, you just have to sign Cabrera. With Quentin, you have to give up something to get him.

I would be more interested in Asdrubal Cabrera for 8-10M a season, than paying Quentin 8M for 1 season. Cabrera has a pretty good bat, and although not the greatest ss defensively, our batting lineup with him at ss and Santana in cf would be pretty awesome. Better than the 1 dimensional Quentin.

To me, there are about 3 no-brainer facts about this signing. 1. I would take Garza at 4/52 over either one of Nolasco's or Hughes's contract's. 2. The Twins have the money to pay all 3 and probably tried. 3. FO executives must know more about Garza's injury history then we do. I can't see him going at that price with the number of teams looking for a starter with the numbers of his past accomplishments.

The only "snapshot of the Twins payroll" that matters is the Pohlads have been bank-rolling millions and millions of $$$ since the Hennepin County Taxpayer funded a stadium for them. I "really liked" the complaint of "we need a new Stadium so we can spend money on the team". The Pohlads have been and will continue "laughing all the way to the bank" since the taxpayer built them a stadium. The Pohlads are shrewd businessmen, do you think they are going to spend money on a baseball team, when the income streams have already been established?

Drew exhibits all the qualities that the Twins didn't like in JJ Hardy. Why on earth would they sign him when they basically gave Hardy away because of their perception of what he could do for the team.