Twins acquire Jake Odorizzi

[Bob Sacamento]

The Twins have acquired Jake Odorizzi from the Rays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports (Twitter link).  Shortstop prospect Jermaine Palacios is one of the players going back to the Rays in return, FanRag Sports’ Jon Heyman reports.  Yahoo Sports’ Jeff Passan reported earlier tonight that the two clubs had agreed to some sort of a trade.

[ashbury]

The above verbiage is from https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/02/twins-acquire-jake-odorizzi.html, just to give credit where due.

[Bob Sacamento]

Guessing Palacios is NOT the centerpiece.  Odorizzi is under team control for the 2019 season (his last year of arbitration)

 

EDIT: Looks like just Palacios (who BA ranked as the Twins 31st prospect) the Rays weren't happy to lose Odorizzi's arbitration case, nice get by Falvey

[curt1965]

Palacios and ...........?.??

[redstorm]

Confirmed that it’s just Palacios

[redstorm]

[jimbo92107]

Palacios is a very talented prospect. Luckily, the Twins today are well stocked with SS prospects, and Polanco could man that position for several years. 

[ewen21]

I'm OK with this one.

[notoriousgod71]

This is still not overly helpful but is better than I expected.

[Post-Concussive Blues]

Really just 1:1? If so, good deal.

[Squirrel]

I'm okay with this one. That didn't hurt too badly ... but ... still not the pitcher I think we need, but we'll see ... 

[DaveW]

Good deal.

 

Still need a front of the rotation type though.

[DaveW]

Great trade actually. I think Odorizzi slots in real nice as a 3/4.

[Danchat]

Nice, two years of Odorizzi for Palacios is a fair trade. Odorizzi didn't have a great 2017 but his past two seasons showed he can be a #3 starter. Palacios is a good prospect but the Twins have enough talent at that position at the moment, so I'm absolutely fine giving him up.

 

Odorizzi will cost $6.3M, so I'm thinking the Twins won't be adding any more starting pitchers. The rotation of Berrios-Odorizzi-Gibson-Mejia-Open (Sanchez vs Slegers vs Duffey) still isn't good but it's a step in the right direction. I still want to see them add an ace but clearly that's not going to happen soon.

 

The best news about this is Sanchez won't be guaranteed a starting spot, as we suspected by his salary. Thank goodness Sanchez isn't the headliner starting pitching acquisition this offseason...

[Danchat]

I know this is off-topic, but WTH why are the Rays designating Corey Dickerson for assignment? Dude just hit .815 OPS with 27 HRs!  Dude's only owed $5.95M! If I'm the Twins, I would try to swing a trade for this guy.

[Bob Sacamento]

 

This is still not overly helpful but is better than I expected.

Really? Odorizzi is 27yo, was at least a 2 win player (which costs 18M in FA at 9M a WIN) in 2014, 2015,  and 2016 before a lackluster 2017.  For giving up a likely utility infielder in the next couple years in Palacios, it was a nice get as Odorizzi slots in behind Berrios, Santana and maybe his old teammate Alex Cobb...

[Squirrel]

 

Really? Odorizzi is 27yo, was at least a 2 win player (which costs 18M in FA at 9M a WIN) in 2014, 2015,  and 2016 before a lackluster 2017.  For giving up a likely utility infielder in the next couple years in Palacios, it was a nice get as Odorizzi slots in behind Berrios, Santana and maybe his old teammate Alex Cobb...

Do you have intel on a Cobb signing?

[ashbury]

There is a TD article up now, if you would like to continue discussion there ...

 

http://twinsdaily.com/topic/28648-article-twins-acquire-jake-odorizzi-from-rays-for-jermaine-palacios