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Joey Bats and Joey Slaps on the same team? Think of how they could market that! Do it, DF!

I was there today too. Really impressed by the event and by the Twins' presence there. Will be going again next year for sure.

Sold.

Twins get JDL, Alvarez, Verdugo, Puig, Kazmir Dodgers get Dozier, Eddie Rosario Get your forks ready, because that's a deal that gets done!

I bet it would if you let the Dodgers twist in the wind until, say, mid-February. Wong plus for Alvarez would work, too.

Would it be totally insane to trade Dozier for Reyes, Flaherty, and Kolten Wong...then flip Wong plus to the Dodgers for De Leon? Is that kind of wheeling-and-dealing too Playstation-esque?

It's not that I don't like Weaver. I want Reyes very badly though, and I highly doubt we'd get both him and Weaver for Dozier. Flaherty looks like a right-handed Gonsalves to me. As a huge fan of Gonsalves, I would approve of having his right handed clone in our pipeline.

I would love it if we were able to get the Cardinals into this. Reyes and Jack Flaherty, please.

It's hard to say at this point. If TR will still in charge, I would say the 1/1 pick doesn't salvage the season. If we make strong hiring decisions at the PoBO and GM levels AND they in turn make the right calls in the scouting department AND we get a little bit lucky on the development and injury fronts, then I could see 1/1 salvaging this season. Unfortunately it will take a couple of years to have a firm answer to this question. All I can say with certainty now is that I hope we're not asking the same question next September.

Sano, Kepler, Polanco, and Buxton are the building blocks of the offense, IMO. They haven't all excelled at the MLB level yet, but I think they will eventually turn into habitual all-stars. Rosario and Vargas are fringe building blocks. Hopefully in a year or so we'll be talking about Nick Gordon in terms of building blocks, too. The pitching side of the equation has far less certainty. Probably Berrios, probably Chargois, maybe May and Duffey. I have a feeling that both Gonsalves, Jay, and Romero will pitch themselves into this conversation soon enough, too, but it's still way too early to say for them them. We desperately need to improve our standing in the pitching department, even if it means trading a fan favorite and/or a very productive position player.

I'm not sure where the Cardinals stand as far as Kolten Wong and their 2B situation goes, but they are an organization I would love to target for Dozier. Dozier and one of AB Walker or Palka for Alex Reyes and Jack Flaherty would make me very, very happy.