Bill Ripken giving the Twins some love!

[Twodogs]

I was watching the MLB channel and Ripken said that Rocco Baldelli is in the best position to do well as a first year manager. Just some positive stuff to see.

[curt1965]

And ESPN suggested a trade of Buxton to Colorado for Jon Gray to restart both players!

[Channing1964]

yay

[nclahammer]

Too soon for Buxton trade talk.

 

[IndianaTwin]

And Plesac quickly voted for Schoop when asked if he or Dozier would have a better year.

 

But neither thought of Buxton when asked for the best base stealer.

[Twodogs]

Yeah I was thinking Buxton also, for obvious reasons, as I am a twins fan. However then I thought to myself that he hardly played last year so they probably didn't even think about him?

[Doomtints]

Did the Twins exploit the extra year of control just to trade Buxton away? I would guess no, at least not at this point.

 

Besides, why trade when you can DFA and THEN trade? Much more fun.

Edited January 17, 2019 by Doomtints

[Riverbrian]

Did the Twins exploit the extra year of control just to trade Buxton away? I would guess no, at least not at this point.

At this point no but before he reaches free agency. His trade value better be a major consideration in the justification of gaining the extra year of control.

[ahart10]

And ESPN suggested a trade of Buxton to Colorado for Jon Gray to restart both players!

I would take that in a heartbeat. Twins have plenty of capable of taking over in CF and Pollock is still out there with his prices dropping every day most likely.

[Tovar12]

 

And Plesac quickly voted for Schoop when asked if he or Dozier would have a better year.

But neither thought of Buxton when asked for the best base stealer.

Hard to be the best base stealer when you don't get on base.  

[SF Twins Fan]

 

And ESPN suggested a trade of Buxton to Colorado for Jon Gray to restart both players!

 

I would think the Twins could get a better return than Gray for Buxton if he has even a halfway decent season at the plate.

[Don Walcott]

Gray has tremendous potential, and a move away from Coors Field would likely help his career. However, the Rockies have historically had a really hard time attracting starting pitching. They have a great group of young pitchers right now, and I find it hard to believe that they would trade any of them.

 

I also think trading Buxton would come back to haunt the Twins.