Twins Swap Jovani Morán for Mickey Gasper, Acquiring An Underwhelming Last-Minute X-Mas Gift

[stringer bell]

5 hours ago, DocBauer said:

With respect, he's got 114 appearances at catcher in MILB and 108 games started there. Meanwhile, he's got 188 appearances at 1B and 179 games started there.

I think he's as much, or more, of a 1B depth option as he is a catcher depth option. Not saying that's exciting, lol, but I think 1B is as much of the equation or more.

Agree. Julien has played a handful of games at first base (5 games and 19 innings) while Miranda has about 700 innings at first. That is the extent of experience at first base on the 40-man roster.

I will be curious to see how much Gasper is used in Spring Training and where he is deployed. Given the current roster of position players, it is possible that he even makes the Opening Day roster if he is thought to be a capable backup catcher and first baseman  

 

[TheLeviathan]

5 pages out of this trade?

Couldn't say it any better about this offseason.