I think it makes Mountcastle expendable.  Mayo to a lesser extent.  I don’t think they trust Basallo behind the plate full time yet.  My guess is that the O’s use Adley as primary C, Basallo as a primary DH and backup both C and 1B.  Mayo will also back up both 1B and 3B with Westburg as the primary 3B.

I sure hope the Twins aren't thinking of trading for Baltimore's excess too seriously. I could see an Ober for Mayo trade to clear a little bit of cash for the Twins and boost the Oriole's pitching staff.

While I'm thinking the Twins need change and should be willing to take some gambles on a few trades or a big free agent signing, the extreme reticence of the Twins to engage in anything remotely risky or controversial shoves all blockbuster deals off the table. So we need to accept  the Manuel Margot and Jorge Lopez type deals as a ceiling. Both of those guys were fine players at one time in my opinion, just not at the level I would seek.

No, the Pete Alonso trade shouldn't impact the Twins.

Come on guys this is truly easier then twins are making it. Rip the band-aide off.

1. Trade Lopez

2, Trade Ryan

3. Buxton 

4. Jeffers

5. Lewis 

Then 

1. Move Wallner to !B

2. Emanuel Rodriguez -Lf

3. Gabriel Gonzalez -Rf

4. Cf- Walker Jenkins

5. 3B Lee

5. Culpepper 

Call up all the trade capital plus your own draft picks and lets build on youth. 

It seems to me that Baltimore signing Alonso really means that Mountcastle is available. I could see the Twins trading for Mountcastle as a RH 1B. The question is the price. Baltimore is going all in this year so trading a prospect for Mountcastle seems unlikely to be enough, but the Orioles do need starting pitching. How about a trade of Ober for Mountcastle plus a prospect?  Both are guys with some decent track record coming off a down year. We get the prospect because a starting pitcher is just worth more than a 1B. 

It impacted but not in the way that was expected.  In Mets signing and moving Polanco to 1st base, it limited the options for the other 1st baseman free agents with Baltimore most likely wanting to now trade a 1st baseman.  Not that Josh Bell is an elite hitter,  he is a solid MLB hitter that hopefully will have a solid season for the Twins.