Here is a flurry of moves for the Twins in the last few hours.  

#1 Trade for Justin Verlander.  Yes he has huge dollars attached, and yes he is old, but he is still JV!!! HE would be a great addition just by HIS performance, but the work ethic he can show our young guys and develop that mentality would be a huge boost.  WE trade Emmanuel Rodriguez. Yes he is supposedly untouchable, but how many other "can't miss prospects" have actually turned out for the Twins.  Scherzer return was "Just" Acuna, so could Verlander's be "just" Rodriguez?

#2 OK now we have 6 starters PLUS Kuechle?? Now we can move Maeda and Gray to recoup prospects.  Lets reunite Sonny Gray in Cincinatti. we ask for either Encarnacion Strand back, or Chase Petty Back.  CES could man 3B/1B and is a RH bat.  Chase Petty wouldn't help this year but would get another arm back into our system, he has a 1.83 ERA at A+ with over a k per inning.

#3 with Gray going to Cinci, we then send Maeda back to LA, however this time he goes to Angels in exchange for #22 prospect Jordyn Adams. Adams is another RH hitter with massive speed. He can help this year and can be protection in CF in case Buxton can't go next year. He can be the replacement future CF in place of Rodriguez.

#4 Promote Kuechle.  This means we swap Maeda & Gray for Verlander & Keuchle and get 2 quality prospects at the same time.

#5 With Bo Bichette getting injured last night, and us coming up on an IF log jam lets trade a Kyle Farmer to Toronto for say 17 year old Emmanuel Bonilla Toronto's #17 prospect. Farmer has been great, but with Lewis coming back, and Polanco having come back (and if we could get CES from Cinci) then he is replaceable.

This allows us to continue to challenge for AL Central and at the same time get good quality future core pieces back in return