Cost for Kikuchi & Puk

[Major League Ready]

Puk brought a 50FV prospect.  Kikuchi brought back two major league ready players and a AAA player.  Bloss looks to be at least equivalent to Festa.  What would comparable packages have looked like from the Twins?

[Mike Sixel]

The Kikuchi trade is being widely panned as a bad trade. I don't know why anyone would make that deal.

Puk brought back a 40+ and a 40 (on Fangraphs). 

Twins have 10 40+ guys and a handful of 40 guys. They likely could lose one of each and been just fine. 

[Major League Ready]

We should add Flaherty to the discussion as well.  They got a pretty good catching prospect so I seriously doubt Gonzalez or Raya would have gotten it done.  Maybe Festa but probably Keaschall or Rodriquez.

[Major League Ready]

51 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

The Kikuchi trade is being widely panned as a bad trade. I don't know why anyone would make that deal.

Puk brought back a 40+ and a 40 (on Fangraphs). 

Twins have 10 40+ guys and a handful of 40 guys. They likely could lose one of each and been just fine. 

For what it's worth MLB.com slotted him as the Marlins #7 prospect and have a 50 FV on him.  Obviously, opinions vary on many players.  Perhaps the Dbacks were asking for a 50 FV and their assessed value of De Los Santos was closer to MLB.com than Fangraphs. 

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Major League Ready said:

For what it's worth MLB.com slotted him as the Marlins #7 prospect and have a 50 FV on him.  Obviously, opinions vary on many players.  Perhaps the Dbacks were asking for a 50 FV and their assessed value of De Los Santos was closer to MLB.com than Fangraphs. 

right, we never know what teams think about players, or if they want a position, or a guy closer to the majors or what.......other than what we see them do (but that takes time beyond the trade).