MLB.com trade that SHOULD happen

[twinstalker]

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trades-that-should-happen-2025?partnerId=it-20250730-14401948-mlb-1-B&utm_id=it-20250730-14401948-mlb-1-B&lctg=10023472

Dodgers get: RHP Jhoan Duran and RHP Griffin Jax
Twins get: OF Zyhir Hope (Dodgers' No. 2 prospect, No. 30 overall), RHP River Ryan (Dodgers' No. 8 prospect), RHP Edgardo Henriquez (Dodgers' No. 14 prospect), LHP Justin Wrobleski

Why it makes sense: A major component of the Dodgers’ recent struggles has been their bullpen, which owns a 24th-ranked 4.34 ERA on the season. While they’re still atop the NL West standings, they’d prefer a little more distance between themselves and the rest of the pack. And most importantly, in the postseason, pitching is ever so magnified -- especially in the late innings.

Enter Duran -- one of the game’s best closers -- and Jax, one of the game’s best late-inning relievers. Duran possesses a triple-digit fastball and a devastating splitter to go along with a knuckle-curve and a sweeper, a repertoire that has his ERA sitting at 2.01. And Jax is second among MLB relievers with 72 strikeouts. He also has a strikeout-to-walk ratio over 5.

With a star-studded starting rotation getting healthier and the addition of two elite relievers to the back end of the bullpen, the Dodgers would position themselves nicely for another deep October run. While the general thought surrounding the front office has been that the Dodgers would rather not deal from among the organization’s best prospects, they are aiming to become the first team to repeat as World Series champions since the Yankees a quarter century ago. And both Duran and Jax have three years of club control remaining after this season.

On the other side of the ledger, the Twins would be getting back three Major League-ready arms from one of the best farm systems in baseball, not to mention Hope, who is one of the best outfield prospects in the game.

[twinstalker]

There's some high upside here. Henriquez and Wrobleski need work in the Twins system, as Henriquez certainly walks too many batter.  Both have had to suffer the minor league hitting parks of the Dodgers and have paid for it in ERA.

Ryan is a good prospect who lost this year to TJS.  Hope is considered a top 15 prospect in all of baseball.  I don't think the Twins could possibly do better than this.  The return will ultimately probably be Hope and the one pitcher who's decent from this, but that's what teams are going to give.  They're not going to give sure things or they wouldn't be making the trade.

I don't like Hope as the centerpiece.  He could be good, but I hate the K-rate.  He's 20 at A+.  That's the problem.  Even though he's a level behind, Eduardo Quintero is the Dodger prospect the Twins should be focusing on.  Hope looks to be average, Rushing looks to be mediocre, Quintero is a potential star CF to replace Buxton.

Even with Quintero instead of Hope, I'm not sure it's enough.  Maybe Quintero, Ferris, E. Morales, but I doubt the Dodgers do that.