I think I do the Blue Jays trade all day long...I like Thorpe, Rooker and Kirilloff too much.

I like Rooker a lot too but he’s nearly MLB-ready and the Twins are deep at both OF and 1B. Rosario, Buxton, Kepler and Cron will all be back, and Sano will need to shift to 1B eventually. You never know with anyone, but Rooker feels as dispensable as anyone in the system.

I feel the same way about Larnach. A left handed hitting corner OF is behind Rosario and Kepler for the next few years. 

I'm not giving up Kiriloff, Graterol or Lewis for any deal, realistic or not.  Everyone else is fair game, within reason.  I wouldn't give up more than a couple of our top mound prospects, but would have no trouble parting with multiple IF/OF candidates where I believe we have an abundance.  I'm a big fan of Lewin Diaz, and would hope he can be retained to compete for the 1B job in '20 or '21.

I'll rent Baumgartner & Smith for Javier & Thorpe.  They may turn into fine MLB players, but MadBum & Smith could win us a World Series. 

I'd do that trade for Stroman/Giles. I like Graterol but he feels like an oft injured reliever at this point, I say sell high on him

I'm not giving up Kiriloff, Graterol or Lewis for any deal, realistic or not.  Everyone else is fair game, within reason.  

This is fair, but I think in that case we need to be realistic about the caliber of starter we'd receive in a trade. Guys like deGrom and Syndergaard aren't going to change hands without a potentially franchise-changing prospect attached.

I also think this is a reason we're hearing chatter about the Padres and Syndergaard. They just have such a deep top of the farm to work from for that kind of deal.

This is fair, but I think in that case we need to be realistic about the caliber of starter we'd receive in a trade. Guys like deGrom and Syndergaard aren't going to change hands without a potentially franchise-changing prospect attached.

 

I also think this is a reason we're hearing chatter about the Padres and Syndergaard. They just have such a deep top of the farm to work from for that kind of deal.

I agree, Greg.  I don't think that either Met starter is a realistic target for the Twins.  I'm hoping a MadBum/Smith or Stroman/Giles package could be made without including any of my 3 hands-off candidates. 

What does that site say we could get for Sano? Just curious.

What does that site say we could get for Sano? Just curious.

They consider him to have some value, but I think the challenge with Sano would be finding a team that's currently selling but still needs a 3B/1B for 2020 and 2021. That seems like a tight needle to thread.

I just played around with BTV.com, and I think we should do a few of these deals that were approved according to that website. It might help out our team this year:
 
Royce Lewis and Adam Bechtold for Mike Trout
Kiriloff for Freddie Freeman, Kevin Gausman, and Luke Jackson
Graterol and Wade for Gerrit Cole, Michael Brantley, and Roberto Osuna.
 
Do you guys think those deals would help our chances this year? Who says no to these deals???

I've got to question this website, at least at the extremes.

Royce Lewis for Mike Trout straight up is considered a fair trade.

Would anybody here realistically NOT deal Lewis for Trout???