Article: 5 Reasons You Should Love The Jaime Garcia Trade

[Brock Beauchamp]

 

Can someone explain why the Twins acquired the catcher with Garcia? Was that part of the price for being able to acquire the pitcher?

Appears that way.

[notoriousgod71]

It seems to me they made this trade to try and be an 82 win team rather than an 80 win team.

 

I'm with Darius, pretty apathetic over a deal that doesn't particularly help us this year and does nothing for us next year.

[Mr. Brooks]

Appears that way.

I don't think so. I think the Twins must have asked for him. He's only owed 300k the rest of the way, and Atlanta is pitching in 100k of that.

Could 200k of salary relief really have been a deal maker here?

[biggentleben]

 

I didn't realize he was a Thoracic Outlet survivor!  I love the acquisition and the front office getting themselves in the mix, and sending a positive message to the players, etc.  

 

BUT, fangraphs did a piece not long ago about Thoracic Outlet guys...the surgeries to fix this have been overwhelmingly unsuccessful in terms of pitcher success after recovery.  The idea of extending Jamie should be pondered cautiously...which I'm sure Falvey and co will do.  Just sayin'

 

There are multiple TOS survivors who have been able to have a productive major league career after surgery. The surgery dates back multiple decades - it's just exploded in frequency in the last few years is all, so recent guys are more highlighted. Heck, some of the world's best volleyball players have TOS and come back to be Olympic athletes.

[kab21]

 

Well if you are buying Gray for next year, why not just wait until the off-season when he'll be cheaper?

Also, there were a lot of people on here during the Garcia speculation saying they wouldn't object if the price was Thorpe or Garver! I'd call trading either of those players mortgaging the future for sure.

A) he might not be available

B-) why not get an additional 2 months use out of him since the price will be in the same ballpark?

Edited July 26, 2017 by kab21

[Mr. Brooks]

A) he might not be available

 

B-) why not get an additional 2 months use out of him since the price will be in the same ballpark?

A) Anything is possible, but i would think if he's available now he's available in the off-season.

 

I think the price would be significantly greater at the deadline. Not only is he controlled longer, which gives him more value, but the deadline premium is real, IMO.

[kab21]

 

A) Anything is possible, but i would think if he's available now he's available in the off-season.

I think the price would be significantly greater at the deadline. Not only is he controlled longer, which gives him more value, but the deadline premium is real, IMO.

Why would a team that trades for Gray trade him away this offseason? There is a good chance that he is traded this deadline.

I think you vastly overstate significantly. The price now or later starts with Gordon and likely includes one of Gonsalves/Romero/Jorge. The reason to wait until the offseason is if you want to center the trade around Lewis since the Twins don't really have a 2nd best prospect that can headline a big trade like this until then.

[Otto von Ballpark]

Heck, some of the world's best volleyball players have TOS and come back to be Olympic athletes.

Maybe the Twins should start a volleyball team? We could bring back Corey Koskie to coach!