Edward Cabrera

[AlwaysinModeration]

It is pretty clear that the Twins are planning to sell off their impending free agents, with most expecting Coulombe, Castro and Bader to be on the move in the next 36 hours.  However, the Twins’ brass has a penchant for going after controllable pitchers, so that they can compete now but also compete in the medium term.  Pablo, Ryan, Paddack are all examples of this sort of thinking.

Which brings me to Edward Cabrera, one of the best starting pitchers on the market.  Cabrera is having a breakout year, is cheap, and is controllable for three years after this one. If the Twins landed him, he could help them make a (very unlikely) run down the final two months this year.  More importantly, he’d be a big part of their rotation plans for the next three years. I am sure the Twins have at least checked in on what the price would be - which would undoubtedly be very high.  But what would the price actually be?  
I’d make Keaschall and Jenkins untouchable.  But beyond that, including two players from the system top 10, and maybe another lower level flyer or two.

Perhaps Emmanuel Rodriguez, Riley Quick, and Billy Amick…would that be enough to get it done?  Interested to hear what people might think.

[bunsen82]

Honestly I think Matthews fills in for Ryan very nicely.  We still have a 3 headed monster of Lopez, Ober and Matthews.  If not you keep Ryan and you have 4 really good starting pitchers.  

You then have SWR, Festa, Raya, Priellip.  As of now I don't trade for a pitcher,  wait for the offseason.  If we do get godfather deals,  I would want us to utilize the trade capital to rebuild the team and or see if the prospects can fill in the holes and become stars.