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Frontrunners. If there's one thing worse in baseball than lollygaggers, it's frontrunners.

 

Frontrunners don't get to extol the virtues of my players once it's blindingly obvious that they are doing well. Not already onboard? Tough. Tell me how great my players are, when it's still in doubt. :)

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From last week:

10:05
Twinkies: Say that the twins are *somehow* leading a tight division race around the trade deadline – what kind of trade would make sense for them?

 

10:05
Jeff Sullivan: Boring stuff. They’re not going to sell the farm for anything, but they could add depth pieces
10:06
Jeff Sullivan: Like, a piece like Jason Vargas. Completely unsexy but helpful for them

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11:09
5 Run Homer: Robbie Grossman is walking like crazy. What is happening here?

 

11:10
Jeff Sullivan: You know, at some point, Grossman is going to finally earn his own FP article. He kind of did this last year, too. And as long as the Twins are in the hunt, they’re actually good for publishable material

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https://www.jotcast.com/chat/live-chat-with-mlbtrs-steve-adams-5-30-17-2210.html

 

 

Joel
3:23 Anyobody on the Twins "off-limits" if they decide to sell? (Assuming Sano & Berrios only)

 

Steve Adams
3:23 They wouldn't trade Sano, Berrios, Buxton, Kepler, Polanco -- anyone they're controlling for 5+ years and also counting on to produce for them.

 

Cory
3:26 As a Twins fan, can you add Nick Gordon to your other 5 of not tradeable? Or would you put him on the table potentially?

 

Steve Adams
3:27 Yeah I'm sure they wouldn't trade Gordon either -- he fits under the same umbrella. Controllable, long-term piece. I just didn't list him since he's still a prospect while the others are on the roster. Doubt they'd send Fernando Romero, Tyler Jay, Stephen Gonsalves, etc. anywhere either.

 

(at first I read this one incorrectly...)

Zach Burdi
3:45 I am also a potential pitching prospect bound for a closing role.

 

Steve Adams
3:45 Perhaps but not in 2017, I don't think. ChiSox have other good relievers they can plug into the ninth if they move Robertson (e.g. Kahnle, Jones if he's healthy). Twins' bullpen is a mess, and one of their young guys could get the role more easily as a result.

 

joe
3:54 who is the future Ace for puerto rico in the WBC Jose Berrios or Jose De Leon

Steve Adams
3:54 I'm bigger on Berrios than De Leon

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https://www.jotcast.com/chat/live-chat-with-mlbtrs-steve-adams-5-30-17-2210.html

 

 

Joel
3:23 Anyobody on the Twins "off-limits" if they decide to sell? (Assuming Sano & Berrios only)

 

Steve Adams
3:23 They wouldn't trade Sano, Berrios, Buxton, Kepler, Polanco -- anyone they're controlling for 5+ years and also counting on to produce for them.

 

Cory
3:26 As a Twins fan, can you add Nick Gordon to your other 5 of not tradeable? Or would you put him on the table potentially?

 

Steve Adams
3:27 Yeah I'm sure they wouldn't trade Gordon either -- he fits under the same umbrella. Controllable, long-term piece. I just didn't list him since he's still a prospect while the others are on the roster. Doubt they'd send Fernando Romero, Tyler Jay, Stephen Gonsalves, etc. anywhere either.

 

 

So, basically nobody any other team might want.  Got it.

 

Two observations.

 

1) That is going to make it difficult to trade assets to acquire pitching.  Contrary to what some believe, teams aren't going to trade their best prospects for your garbage.

 

2) If Falvey isn't willing to trade these assets, why aren't they seeing if they can help at the MLB level?  Either they are good enough to help, or they are expendable, not?

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That would leave Dozier, Erv, and Santiago as trade bait. In other words, not much. 

 

Erv, imo, should fetch at least one top 25-50, and 1-2 more good to very good prospects. 

 

Dozier? sigh.

 

Santiago? Not sure I'd trade him right now, unless I got a top 100 prospect. He's worth more than a guy in the 200 range, imo. Especially with this roster.

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I just want to say it's obscene that teams (and certainly, it is not just the Twins) fine the low minor leaguers obscene amounts of money for trivial things such as possession of a slice of pizza. 

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/where-the-wild-things-are-scenes-from-life-in-the-independent-frontier-league/

 

Strecker feels the same way about some parts of Twins life. He was living in a baseball academy with minors, so the possession of alcohol was a $100 fine. Pizza was contraband and another $100 fine. Having a beard was a $100 fine, but mustaches were allowed. Strecker held a mini protest and came to camp with a ‘stache epic enough that LaTroy Hawkins bestowed him the nickname “Ron Jeremy.” Now he has a full beard and is happy to report he had pizza for lunch.

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I just want to say it's obscene that teams (and certainly, it is not just the Twins) fine the low minor leaguers obscene amounts of money for trivial things such as possession of a slice of pizza.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/where-the-wild-things-are-scenes-from-life-in-the-independent-frontier-league/

 

Strecker feels the same way about some parts of Twins life. He was living in a baseball academy with minors, so the possession of alcohol was a $100 fine. Pizza was contraband and another $100 fine. Having a beard was a $100 fine, but mustaches were allowed. Strecker held a mini protest and came to camp with a ‘stache epic enough that LaTroy Hawkins bestowed him the nickname “Ron Jeremy.” Now he has a full beard and is happy to report he had pizza for lunch.

Agreed. Awful

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I just want to say it's obscene that teams (and certainly, it is not just the Twins) fine the low minor leaguers obscene amounts of money for trivial things such as possession of a slice of pizza. 

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/where-the-wild-things-are-scenes-from-life-in-the-independent-frontier-league/

 

Strecker feels the same way about some parts of Twins life. He was living in a baseball academy with minors, so the possession of alcohol was a $100 fine. Pizza was contraband and another $100 fine. Having a beard was a $100 fine, but mustaches were allowed. Strecker held a mini protest and came to camp with a ‘stache epic enough that LaTroy Hawkins bestowed him the nickname “Ron Jeremy.” Now he has a full beard and is happy to report he had pizza for lunch.

I wonder if teams do this with players who play in California.
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http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/79921/your-team-is-in-first-place-but-is-there-reason-to-panic

 

Article on what teams should be worried about that are good right now.

 

shockingly, this author says the Twins should be worried about pitching!

 

Did you see Monday’s game? The Twins led 8-2 in the eighth inning after another great start by Ervin Santana, only to see the Astros score 11 runs in the eighth. As good as Santana has been, he isn't going to keep his ERA at 1.75 all season. Still, it’s the rest of the staff that provides reason to panic -- both the rotation and the bullpen.

As a staff, the Twins rank 27th in the majors in strikeout rate and 29th in well-hit average. They don’t strike many batters out, and they give up a lot of hard-hit balls. That puts a lot of pressure on the defense, which has been great. Mediocre pitching and great defense can work, and it could be that the Twins will play 2016 Cubs-level defense all season. Maybe Jose Berrios will step up as a legit No. 2 behind Santana. More likely, the Twins will need to acquire a starter and some bullpen depth.

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Shocking! The Twins need pitching.... 

It's also encouraging to see Cleveland on the list for their struggling rotation. Little did I know that Salazar is now in the bullpen for them. 

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Shocking! The Twins need pitching.... 

It's also encouraging to see Cleveland on the list for their struggling rotation. Little did I know that Salazar is now in the bullpen for them. 

 

This is the reason I still hold on to some hope for the Twins this season. The rest of the division and most of the AL just isn't that good.

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Either I don't get that .... or staying with the same projection is improvement? did I read it incorrectly?

 

I read it after posting on here... Don't get it either. The projection is still the same. 

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Either I don't get that .... or staying with the same projection is improvement? did I read it incorrectly?

 

Only way it makes sense is if the other qualifying prospects all saw decreases.

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9:53
Terence: What kind of playoff odds would you need to see to be a buyer at the deadline as the GM of the Twins or Brewers? 50% or so?

 

9:53
Paul Swydan: I’d need 70% or higher. They’re ahead of schedule, and in order for me to try to push that schedule ahead with an aggressive trade, I’d need more of a sure thing.

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