Justin Topa, Zebby Matthews, and the Twins' Pitching Depth, Should They Need It

[USAFChief]

2 hours ago, mark sills said:

Andrew Morris is on the same schedule pitch day.

Quick question: how are you related to Morris? Dad? Brother?

[jorgenswest]

On 8/6/2024 at 8:42 PM, USAFChief said:

Are you aware Miami had him start four games in April?

Check his stats as a reliever. 

I made this mistake too.

It did take a 21 year old that had 28 home runs (31 now) this year and already in AAA. Would Emmanuel Rodriguez be enough to top that bat given his position? On the other hand he is often injured and a level lower. I don’t think they have anyone else in the organization other than Lee and Walker that can win that deal. 

[USAFChief]

13 minutes ago, jorgenswest said:

I made this mistake too.

It did take a 21 year old that had 28 home runs (31 now) this year and already in AAA. Would Emmanuel Rodriguez be enough to top that bat given his position? On the other hand he is often injured and a level lower. I don’t think they have anyone else in the organization other than Lee and Walker that can win that deal. 

He didn't return a top 100 prospect, so yeah, the Twins could have gotten that done, and it wouldn't have taken Lee or Walker. That's not realistic. 

He didn't even return a top DBacks prospect. Numbers 14 and 30 in their system, by MLB's measure. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/aj-puk-d-backs-marlins-trade

 

Keep in mind Puk has 2 more years of team control as well.

[jorgenswest]

1 hour ago, USAFChief said:

He didn't return a top 100 prospect, so yeah, the Twins could have gotten that done, and it wouldn't have taken Lee or Walker. That's not realistic. 

He didn't even return a top DBacks prospect. Numbers 14 and 30 in their system, by MLB's measure. 

https://www.mlb.com/news/aj-puk-d-backs-marlins-trade

 

Keep in mind Puk has 2 more years of team control as well.

Like I said I think Rodriguez would do it given his ability to play CF. I dont think Keaschall would be enough. I would have done a Puk for Rodriguez plus a marginal prospect deal. I also would have done just about any of the recent Twin prospect deals including the Mahle deal and Lopez deal and they don’t always work out.