What Are Minnesota Twins Getting in Top Prospect Eduardo Tait?

[JADBP]

I flat agree with others here—Falvey got Hornswaggled!  Dumbrowski played him like a fiddle.  He is soooo out of his depth making trades.  A couple wins, and toms of losses. 

I can just imagine Dumbrowski telling him “If you have a better offer, take it!  But this is our best offer and probably your best offer.”  But that was well before Today when the relief pieces are almost all gone and you’re holding several of those pieces and the offers are going to ratchet up.  
 

so we traded the consensus best available RP on the planet for a #3 SP and a lottery ticket that is probably 3 years away.  
 

Again, with all the desperation out there for RP right now, I am sure there are other Gems out there that are shaking their head.  And some saying “we would have topped that offer!”   Maybe some did but Falvey took this stupid deal.  He traded ann 80-grade for a 55-grade pitcher with 45-grade control. 

For comparison, the As just traded a good RP, Mason Miller (not even close to Duran) for SS DeVries, the MLB #3 prospect!  Other pieces in the deal but this is massively better than Tait or Abel.  
 

so here’s what I see will happen.  The Twins will run Abel out there for the next 2-3 years as a middling #5 SP or maybe convert him to a middling RP. They have to justify the trade.  He will never rise up the ladder—he just doesn’t appear to have the tools and has below average control (45 grade).  That takes years to learn and he’s had years and still has 45.  At this point, I’m AAA/AAAA he should be ready to go with at least average control.  Think Ron Davis. Just never gonna get you to the promised land.  
 

And Tait….might be a fine C someday and might be a DH.  Who knows?  Nobody.   

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1 hour ago, TopGunn#22 said:

I would like to see the Twins bring Mick Abel up to the Major League level NOW !!  Why putz around with  Pierson Ohl and Noah Davis etc...when you could be using Abel ??  That they're sending Abel to St. Paul initially is just baffling to me and underscores my desire to see a completely new FO and on field staff in 2026.  

I don't think that's a long term plan.  I think that he went to St. Paul to get him on a schedule to start for the big club and to get him acclimated.  We'll see if he starts more than a game or two there.  He's young.  A little orientation is a good thing.  I would rather he has his feet under him and his brain calmed down before he debuts for the Twins. 

[cmoss84]

I mean...that ball JUMPS off his bat. Going to trust the scouting on this one. A lot of frustration on here, but this cat might be pretty good.