Article: Will Twins Address Their Most Glaring Weakness?

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

At least we aren't the only fan base that overrates our players.  Brewers fan from the MLBtraderumors comments:

 

 

Sano, Buxton, Meyer and Berrios you say?  

It's thoroughly ridiculous, but at least one of those players would probably be a headliner in an actual Lucroy trade.

 

Unlike the Twins Daily proposals, which seemingly all start with Arcia these days, or Plouffe if we're lucky.

 

(In fairness, the most unrealistic trade proposals here seem to come from the least frequent / less veteran members.  If only there was a filter that could detect outlandish trade proposals and block those posts...)

[SwainZag]

 

It's thoroughly ridiculous, but at least one of those players would probably be a headliner in an actual Lucroy trade.

 

Unlike the Twins Daily proposals, which seemingly all start with Arcia these days, or Plouffe if we're lucky.

 

(In fairness, the most unrealistic trade proposals here seem to come from the least frequent / less veteran members.  If only there was a filter that could detect outlandish trade proposals and block those posts...)

 

While it certainly would include at least of them, the idea of all of them is beyond ludicrous. 

[Linus]

Well, remember when we were shopping Johan?  The speculation about the haul we were going to receive go pretty out of hand, pretty quickly.

 

Any realistic return on that deal was bound to be disappointing by the time the hype was in full bloom.

[Willihammer]

 

It's thoroughly ridiculous, but at least one of those players would probably be a headliner in an actual Lucroy trade.

 

Unlike the Twins Daily proposals, which seemingly all start with Arcia these days, or Plouffe if we're lucky.

 

(In fairness, the most unrealistic trade proposals here seem to come from the least frequent / less veteran members.  If only there was a filter that could detect outlandish trade proposals and block those posts...)

And yet, the fantasy-league type proposals made on these boards aren't that far off from actual trade negotiations between GM's. Lucas Giolito for Lucas Harrell was an actual proposal by Luhnow last year.

[DaveW]

Call me crazy, but I have never bought into Lucroy fully. I think he is a very nice catcher, but isn't going to ever be the offensive beast he was last year, which is probably the value the Brewers will be asking for.

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

And yet, the fantasy-league type proposals made on these boards aren't that far off from actual trade negotiations between GM's. Lucas Giolito for Lucas Harrell was an actual proposal by Luhnow last year.

Perhaps, but I think this is a slight mischaracterization.  That wasn't a proposal by Luhnow, it was a "a headliner like Giolito" mentioned in response to an inquiry on Harrell.

 

Hard to say what it was exactly, without more context -- maybe Luhnow knew Washington was looking to get Harrell basically for free (he was struggling) but Luhnow wasn't interested in giving him away yet, and was just trying to use the opportunity to spark a larger deal discussion, maybe not even for Giolito but a lesser Washington prospect who could still fit his term "headliner."  Heck, Giolito was just 9 innings into his pro career at that point, maybe they were just trying to gauge how Washington saw his value.

 

Interestingly, 5 days after telling Baltimore that a Bud Norris deal was unlikely without Dylan Bundy, the Astros traded Bud Norris to Baltimore for much, much less than Dylan Bundy.  So who really knows how actual deals start and end.

[drjim]

The quotes on Suzuki struck me as the kind you say about a well-liked professional player right before you replace him.