Marlins Trevor Rogers Remains Twins Best Hope in Waning Hours of Trade Deadline

[clone52]

1 hour ago, clone52 said:

Scott and Nardi would be nice.  Would take quite a package though.  Even average relievers are returning quite a haul.  It'd probably take a set of prospects that most fans wouldn't love to see go.

And take a look at the trade package the Padres gave up for Scott and Hoeing.  Thats like a Twins package of Festa, Zebby Matthew, Tanner Schobel and another young single A prospect.

[twinstalker]

1 hour ago, clone52 said:

Pretty similar to a Twins offer of Tanner Schobel and Austin Martin.  Marlins probably still take the Orioles deal.

To get him, its probably would have had to offer Keaschall and Austin Martin.  

Either way I wouldn't call it cheap.

Nobody wants Schobel; it's similar to Keaschall.

[clone52]

15 minutes ago, USAFChief said:

Chafin and Scott both gone.

Price for Chafin wasn't bad.  Twins could have have made that trade.

[Jocko87]

12 minutes ago, SotaSports in NM said:

My biggest question now is: how are we gonna be able to afford that extra $700k in our payroll??! 😱😞😜

We've been saving up.

[clone52]

1 minute ago, twinstalker said:

Nobody wants Schobel; it's similar to Keaschall.

You're probably right.

If the Twins wanted to make a splash, it was either going to be with Big Money (not happening sadly) or with trading prospects the fans wouldn't have been happy with. 

[clone52]

At the end of the day, I don't think there will be many players that got traded that Twins fans would have liked the cost of, regardless of payroll.

Blake Snell would have been nice and maybe could have been had without major prospect capital if money were no object.

AJ Puk maybe could have been had.  Maybe Tanner Schobel and Yunior Severino could have gotten it done.

Kikuchi would have been nice, but thats probably Zebby Matthews, Severino and maybe Martin or Keirsey.

Blackburn was attainable but not exciting.

Erceg would have cost Lewis and Canterino and a lower prospect.  Might have needed Raya instead of Lewis or Centerino.

Trevor Rogers would have cost Keaschall and Martin.

Not a lot I would say yes to.

 

 

[Finlander]

3 hours ago, DocBauer said:

Not trying to sound like a downer, but I really didn't see anyone available for the rotation that seemed feasible or smart. Is an arm like Lorenzen was the best we could have hoped/tried for I would just as soon stick with Festa/Varland/Matthews/Dobnak/Paddack and call it a day. I was interested in Kikuchi as someone who could help in the rotation, and then maybe the pen, but not much else.

White Sox don't want to trade within the division, and do we really want to give Detroit some quality prospects to haunt us for the next several years to add a rental in Flaherty?

I'm not saying I would be happy, but I'd be content if they could find a way to come up with/afford a single, solid, quality LH arm that we could send to the mound from the pen without feeling compelled to gnaw at knuckles or fingernails.

LHP AJ Puk has been nasty since moving to the pen, and he went for two mid-tier (#15-20ish) prospects. I would have liked to see MN make that move.

Norby and Stowers out of Baltimore are both pretty good players to give up for Rogers. I doubt the Twins would have approached that.

 

Puk and Max Meyer would have been a nice get...