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Kevin Jepsen traded to the Twins

DaveW

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jokin Wichita Wind Surge

jokin

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Well that took a predictable turn.

 

 

The Rays may have changed management, but fleecing the Twins is evidently still in the operator's manual on Page One.

d-mac First Round Pick

d-mac

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OMFG, HU? Fire Ryan.

 

Join the club. I've hated TR for a passion for many a season.

d-mac First Round Pick

d-mac

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And Tapia.  Wow.

 

I like how Hu wasn't good enough. This smacks of a Capps desperation move.

spanman2 Draft Eligible

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I didn't renew my season tickets this year.  Ironically my former rep had left me a vm over my lunch hour telling me how I could "secure" my playoff priority seat(s).  I wasn't going to do anything but after hearing of this BIG time signing I may just go all in and renew up baby!!!  Seeing what Toronto for example is doing and seeing what the Twins are doing is very disappointing.  I guess one could say that even if the Twins were to sneak in as a wild card that they aren't built to win an intense 7 game series so there is no reason to go "alli in" via trades and mortgaging the future etc. but if this is all you are going to do it sends a bad message to the players and the fan base! 

jokin Wichita Wind Surge

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Seriously, the Twins probably wouldn't have had to offer all that much more to the Marlins to get Capps or AJ Ramos.

d-mac First Round Pick

d-mac

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Don't worry folks, Bill Smith handled these negotiations. Only explanation really.

 

What if...

 

Terry Ryan was really handling the Bill Smith Trades?

http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_super/14/146951/3045928-conspiracy-keanu-blank2.jpg

amjgt FCL Twins

amjgt

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If I check a boxscore specifically because you played in the game, you should not be in this trade.

 

Hu's on first (plane to Tampa)

DaveW All-Star

DaveW

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I think everybody here is a little too high on Hu. He's not an elite pitcher and there are a full 5-6 guys who project higher than him in the system.

 

 

Brock, I know the Twins spent like $5 on advertising with you guys so you have to tow the Twins company line, but give me a freaking break. A rotation needs 5 guys and arms an unpredictable, thus you need as many high upside guys like Hu as possible. Also, Tapia is nothing to sneeze at either, only striking out 1 guy per inning and only 19.

 

Maybe that is the problem, Hu and Tapia both average 9k/9, PITCH TO CONTACT!

jokin Wichita Wind Surge

jokin

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I think everybody here is a little too high on Hu. He's not an elite pitcher and there are a full 5-6 guys who project higher than him in the system.

 

With that said, I don't like this trade. Not one bit. Not for Jepsen.

 

I admit, I've been pretty cautionary on Hu as a bit of a one-trick-pitch pony.  But this is an awful move, as I said, you could have gotten a really good RP from Miami for Hu and another Top 10-20 prospect.

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I could have sworn Ryan just said something about not making a trade for the sake of making a trade, and that he wasn't going to force anything.

 

When has TR never sounded like a politician. He is so dishonest, I'm really sick of him.

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Brock Beauchamp

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Brock, I know the Twins spent like $5 on advertising with you guys so you have to tow the Twins company line, but give me a freaking break. A rotation needs 5 guys and arms an unpredictable, thus you need as many high upside guys like Hu as possible. Also, Tapia is nothing to sneeze at either, only striking out 1 guy per inning and only 19.

 

Maybe that is the problem, Hu and Tapia both average 9k/9, PITCH TO CONTACT!

Hu hasn't averaged 9 k/9 since rookie ball.

 

Also, I said it was too much to give up for Jepsen but the way people are acting around here, you'd think the Twins just traded away Jose Berrios.

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No, we are acting like the Twins traded 2 prospects for a replacement level RP.......

 

TR said he was going to "try" to improve the team. Is this like Butera trying to hit a MLB pitch?

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In all honesty, I'd be OK trading Hu and Tapia for a reliever. 

 

The only problem is that we're getting Jepsen, a reliever who we'll have to bank on rebounding with the Twins. 

 

I'm not sure I want this guy pitching in the 8th inning. That what makes this a below-average (but not horrible) trade.

drjim Cedar Rapids Kernels

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Shocked that people would overrate our acquisitions.

 

I'm not overrating the acquisition - Jepsen is what he is.

 

But Hu and Tapia are what they are too. This is what they are worth. If people want to make trades and trade prospects they should probably understand what they are worth.

 

If they got a better reliever it would have required better prospects.

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