Article: Official Trade Deadline Day Thread

[nicksaviking]

 

Seems like a legit trade. Has some upside.

 

Seems a little Light to me

[King]

Jeremy Nygaard ‏@jeremynygaard  53s54 seconds ago
Just got a text that Santana got traded...

 

 

Now I am sort of new here. But what is Jeremys account name on here?

[savvyspy]

Light is a marginal prospect but when you get anything of value back for a non-roster invitee to camp in a season you are going to lose 95+ games its a win. Abad was a decent reliever but doesn't really have any value to the future. I'd give this a B just because Antony is doing what a GM should be doing at the trade deadline when the team is completely out of contention.

[Tom Froemming]

John Sickels took an in depth look at Pat Light this April, here's the link: http://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/4/25/11500342/boston-red-sox-rookie-pat-light-scouting-report 

 

His conclusion: "Overall, if Light maintains his control he should be a useful bullpen asset. If his command maxes out he could close games eventually."

[nytwinsfan]

Rumor, but, HUGE if true:

 

[notoriousgod71]

 

Plot thickens.....

http://<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just got a text that Santana got traded...</p>— Jeremy Nygaard (@jeremynygaard) <a href="

">August 1, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

Ugh

[drivlikejehu]

Abad has very limited value and it shows in the return. But it's a good move . . . Light can stay at AAA and hopefully get his command to a more viable level.

[markos]

 

Rumor, but, HUGE if true:

 

Clearly Antony is trying to get everything out of the way so he can go to lunch.

[wsnydes]

 

Rumor, but, HUGE if true:

 

Unless that Santana is Danny...

[nicksaviking]

The Twins know that the deadline is 3:00 CST not 12:30 right?

[nytwinsfan]

 

Unless that Santana is Danny...

 

Touché.

Edited August 1, 2016 by nytwinsfan

[amjgt]

 

Rumor, but, HUGE if true:

 

 

Danny?

 

Please

[gunnarthor]

 

Rumor, but, HUGE if true:

 

And now I'm just hitting refresh on mlbtraderumors ....

[nytwinsfan]

MOAR:

[tobi0040]

The second Johan Santana traded by the Twins.

[Vanimal46]

Good luck to Abad. No issue with the return. More interested in seeing where Santana's off to if Jeremy's source is true.

[KirbyHawk75]

They better get a very good return for him.  I really wanted to keep him.  He is our only MLB worthy starter right now.  

 

 

[amjgt]

 

Clearly Antony is trying to get everything out of the way so he can go to lunch.

 

Well he certainly didn't order Dominican. He's ridding the organization of all things Dominican.

[DaveW]

 

Fernando Abad.  Already 30 and couldn't even get a Major League deal last offseason. 

Meh. 

That doesn't mean you have to trade him for nothing.

Light has intrigue, but the Twins track record with hard throwing guys with control issues is TERRIBLE.

[gunnarthor]

Yeah, good point Vanimal. Abad played well for us and didn't complain.  Best of luck to him in Boston.

[Vanimal46]

They better get a very good return for him. I really wanted to keep him. He is our only MLB worthy starter right now.

A top 100 guy will be fine with me.

[King]

 

They better get a very good return for him.  I really wanted to keep him.  He is our only MLB worthy starter right now.  

By all accounts the price on Santana was very high. If he is indeed on the move I expect it to be for a good prospect and maybe more.

[notoriousgod71]

 

They better get a very good return for him.  I really wanted to keep him.  He is our only MLB worthy starter right now.  

 

I'm with you. They are not going to sign anyone as good as him this offseason so unless the return is better than Santana what's the point?

[alarp33]

 

That doesn't mean you have to trade him for nothing.

Light has intrigue, but the Twins track record with hard throwing guys with control issues is TERRIBLE.

 

You don't have to trade him.  But there's really no reason not to trade him.  

[DaveW]

 

By all accounts the price on Santana was very high. If he is indeed on the move I expect it to be for a good prospect and

To be fair, a high price to the Twins in the past has been "A couple pitch to contact lefties and a veteran OF to "lead"

[Everyday Eddy]

 

I'm with you. They are not going to sign anyone as good as him this offseason so unless the return is better than Santana what's the point?

The point is we're focused on the next 5 years not next year.    Who cares if we don't have Santana next year

[Vanimal46]

In my mind, the real return for Abad the AAA replacement for Chargois. so he can move on up to the majors for the rest of the season.

[diehardtwinsfan]

 

Well he certainly didn't order Dominican. He's ridding the organization of all things Dominican.

 

If he trades Sano, this place will blow up

[gunnarthor]

 

The point is we're focused on the next 5 years not next year.    Who cares if we don't have Santana next year

The offense really isn't that far away.  (And I think they'd be closer if they had better coaching). 

[Otto von Ballpark]

 

Am I the only one that just despises the trade deadline?

 

I just hate seeing star for prospect trades. I don't want to see Sale pitch for anyone other than Chicago. I don't want to see Puig anywhere but LA. I don't want to see someone like Jay Bruce who has spent his entire career in Cincinnati play for NY.

Really?  Who cares about where Jay Bruce plays?  He's been in Cincinnati for 9 years, with a 111 OPS+ and 16 WAR.

 

Sale would be a mega-deal, and those are pretty darn interesting.  There will likely be multiple top prospects involved if he were traded, and very interesting to watch their careers develop to help see who "won" the trade.

 

Puig would probably be a challenge trade, like Cespedes for Porcello etc., and those are also pretty interesting.

 

I don't like it when teams get stars cheaply, usually involving circumstances other than talent acquisition -- the Yankees trade for Bobby Abreu comes to mind here, when the Phillies were being cheap/dumb.  But most of the recent prospect-for-stars deals are pretty interesting, from a baseball/talent perspective.