Front Page: Ranking the Twins’ Most Appealing MLB Trade Pieces

[Cody Pirkl]

 

Could the Twins get Jon Gray and Arenado for all 5 of the above  named Twins? Would you make this trade? I would, if Arenado could  be tied up for 5 years or more. Sano's home runs would really carry well in the mile high atmosphere.

I think trading our starting 3B when we're already in need of a corner infielder and starting left fielder would put us back significantly as a whole regardless of who we get.

[TopGunn#22]

Otwins, the Rockies #1 prospect is SS Brendan Rogers.    They would probably consider trading Story because they would plug Rogers in.    Polanco could be a 2B-man for them if they decided to play Ryan McMahon full time at 1B but they also have a young, speedy 2B-man named Garret Hampson so Polanco probably wouldn't have the same value to them that he would to us.    I would expect the Rockies to want some young pitching if they were giving up Story and Gray.  

[Battle ur tail off]

 

The Twins traded Denny Neagle for Jon Smiley back in 1992. That was the last time I remember the Twins trading a top prospect for pitching. Jay Bell as part of a package for Bert Blylevin back in 1985.

 

And look what happened with that trade. The 92 Twins were a fantastic team. Smiley was a great pitcher for us. It is too bad they couldn't have resigned him after the season. That said, Neagle was good too. The other guy was a bust. 

 

McPhail was a good GM. He knew what he had in that team and did what he could to keep them as contenders. He also presided over 2 WS championships. His trades and FA signing were a large part of both of the only parades we've ever had in this town. 

[Battle ur tail off]

I honestly don't see any of those guys listed as having very good trade value. 

 

Sano, maybe. But he is a corner IF, pushing towards playing 1B or DH. Those types are not extremely valuable.  However, of this list, he is worth the most. 

Rosario just plays a position where it is too easy to find guys. Yes, he's a good player, but if he can't play CF, he is kind of a dime of dozen type player in the grand scheme of things.

 

The rest of the list doesn't have much trade value I'd say. I'm sorry, but those guys are at best throw ins. They are closer to DFA material than they are being valuable trade assets. 

 

On this team currently, you have guys like Buxton, Polanco, Kepler, Buxton, Aareaz, Garver or some of their young bullpen pieces that are worth something in a trade. That is why I would rather move minor league guys if we want to upgrade our roster. Those guys are our core

 

Also, just an FYI, guys like Nick Gordon or Jake Cave have little to no value. They are again a throw in type. Teams trading you startable ML pieces aren't going to give you them for bench player types. They just won't. 

[jmlease1]

 

Why are we even considering trading anyone from the 26 man roster, much less two key starters again?

 

Because a) we have young talent in the minors that could replace some of them, and we need impact pitching and some teams might want MLB talent over minor league lottery tickets.

[Linus]

I don’t think Sano has as much trade value as people think. He is trending towards being a sub par 1st baseman or DH. There are plenty of Cron types who can provide value at a fraction of the cost

[Mr. Brooks]

I don’t think Sano has as much trade value as people think. He is trending towards being a sub par 1st baseman or DH. There are plenty of Cron types who can provide value at a fraction of the cost

3.1 bWAR for $6.25M (Sano) seems like a better value than 1.2 bWAR for $6.1M (Cron) to me.

[Linus]

3.1 bWAR for $6.25M (Sano) seems like a better value than 1.2 bWAR for $6.1M (Cron) to me.

Going forward?

[Mr. Brooks]

Going forward?

I have about 95% confidence that Sano will outperform Cron over the next 2 seasons, which is how long Sano is under team control.

So, yes.