Minnesota Twins Acquire Outfielder Manuel Margot from Dodgers in 3-Player Trade

[Major League Ready]

27 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

They literally lost 4 starting OFers the year you are referencing they still don't have that much depth, no one does.

As for your last paragraph, they also do that with the bullpen. There is no evidence this FO will move on from a mediocre veteran w/o an injury. None. 

They did phase Gallo out just very slowly.

[Shaitan]

8 minutes ago, Parfigliano said:

I really hope last years Gallo situation doesnt reappear with DeScalf this year.

I think Santana is the insurance policy at 1B now if Kiriloff and Miranda are injured.

[Mike Sixel]

5 minutes ago, Major League Ready said:

They did phase Gallo out just very slowly.

Not until there was an injury and Wallner came up (twice)...but eventually yes. In the mean time, they lost 2 months of hitting in LF (May and June). 

[Major League Ready]

At this point I am hoping a couple of the role-playing veterans get pushed out by the all-star break.  That would be great news for the team if Martin/Lee/Miranda, etc were so good that they forced their way onto to the team like Lewis, Julien and Wallner did last year.  

[CCHOF5yearstoolate]

6 hours ago, Schmoeman5 said:

A capable 4th outfielder with bad knees who's backing up a cf who can't stay on the field. Mr Oriole. 😄 

Crazy that one exchange got in your head so badly all you do here now is try to troll me. Cool if that floats your boat, but this site has a very convenient ignore feature. 

[Trov]

Personally not a fan of the move. If we wanted a right handed hitter for outfield, Taylor is better hitter overall than Margot in my opinion.  I assume we could have signed Taylor for similar amount of money, maybe not.  Also, Taylor is much better defender than Margot as well.  It is possible Taylor wanted 2 years, which we would not have wanted to give him, but if he would have been willing to take 1 year deal for similar or slightly more money that would have been better move.  

I do not expect Miller to be an amazing player, but we could have used him in a trade to fill other needs. I am assuming the prospect we got from Dodgers is not even in our top 30.  So we really gave up a mid-level prospect for a downgrade at 4th outfielder spot.  Personally, I think we could have filled Martin in for what Margot would be doing for us, and he will hopefully play better defense and hit better than Margot. 

[Major League Ready]

From Steve Adams chat today ...

Hey who would you rather have Taylor or Margot.?
Steve Adams
1:05
They're reasonably comparable players as RHH outfielders who can handle all three spots at an above-average to plus level. Taylor has more speed and power but twice as many strikeouts. Margot has better bat-to-ball skills and more OBP.

I assume Taylor's going to cost more than the year and $4MM for which the Twins acquired Margot, so I'd probably lean toward him on price alone. I'd probably lean that way anyhow, honestly, as the enormous K% and miserable OBP give MAT a lower floor.