Trade deadline day thread

[Twodogs]

12 minutes ago, Patzky said:

I expect the sale will be announced before tomorrow's game.

If I were in the market to buy an MLB team I'm not sure I'd want this one anymore??  

[Patzky]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I'm not, alas.

Crap when you look around it's hard to find a major league player. I'll take him.

[Patzky]

Taken:Target Field

[LewFordLives]

I wonder if Falvey will even hold a presser. He's gonna have to answer a lot of questions that he doesn't have answers for.

[AceBee]

3 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

I'm not, alas.

With so many underwhelming returns, I am sure another random non-prospect could have been had even with bloated salary

[Obsvr]

At least everybody in the Minor league forum can finally shut up about cleaning house and letting Eeles and Mckusker play everyday.

#thankyoujesus

[Vanimal46]

6 minutes ago, exeoud said:

The salary shedding is what it is. But these returns are a joke We just witnessed quiet quitting in an MLB front office. Falvey must have called 1 team per player and no counter offers.

In the NFL they film the draft “war rooms” for each team. It would have been fascinating if a camera was running in Falvey’s office all day long. 

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Obsvr said:

At least everybody in the Minor league forum can finally shut up about cleaning house and letting Eeles and Mckusker play everyday.

#thankyoujesus

I actually don't think either of them come up now......but we'll see.

[LewFordLives]

MLB needs to step in and force a sale. This is not good for baseball.

[Vanimal46]

4 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

If I'm Falvey, I'm asking my wife to do all the shopping and anything else that has to be done in public......

Something tells me I’m not going to run into him at Costco anytime soon 

[nicksaviking]

7 minutes ago, PseudoSABR said:

 

Five years in pro ball and hasn't advanced past A ball and has a career 6.46 MiLB ERA.

I really wish the Twins had some reporters who would ask the tough questions.

[Patzky]

3 minutes ago, JADBP said:

This is the most stunning sell-off that I have ever seen!  The Twinkies are genuinely,  randomly GIVING AWAY players now.

I am amazed that Buxton and Jenkins, Lewis and Lee are still here!  

I'm trying to mentally count who is left. Jeffery and Vazquez.. Gasper.. Clemens, Lee and Lewis, Larnach Wallner and Keirsey, guess Outman will be in Cleveland.. probably Julien and McCusker coming up.. Ryan Sim probably Abel and Maybe Ohl..Cole Sands and Topa, for Funderburk.. is that everyone?

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, nicksaviking said:

Five years in pro ball and hasn't advanced past A ball and has a career 6.46 MiLB ERA.

I really wish the Twins had some reporters who would ask the tough questions.

hahahahahahaha. The media ask tough questions! That's like getting a real prospect back in trades!

[Mike Sixel]

Just now, Patzky said:

I'm trying to mentally count who is left. Jeffery and Vazquez.. Gasper.. Clemens, Lee and Lewis, Larnach Wallner and Keirsey, guess Outman will be in Cleveland.. probably Julien and McCusker coming up.. Ryan Sim probably Abel and Maybe Ohl..Cole Sands and Topa, for Funderburk.. is that everyone?

Abel going to AAA to start.....so not him. 

I think Martin is a lock and Sabato is more likely than McCusker, but I could be wrong. 

[Cory Engelhardt]

22 minutes ago, bunsen82 said:

I was for trading if you create excess value.   Stewart for Outman is not excess value.   Jax for Bradley is not excess value - Varland - for Rojas and Roden seems ok but not great - but not excess.   Coulombe for Horn seems ok,  but again not an excess trade.   This is a firesale.  This is beyond stupid.   

I can defend the Duran trade,  the rest of this is just yuck.   

Bradley may be. 4 years of team control

[Patzky]

1 minute ago, Mike Sixel said:

hahahahahahaha. The media ask tough questions! That's like getting a real prospect back in trades!

If they get kicked out of the White House they can certainly get kicked out of Twins Tower

[Patzky]

Just now, Mike Sixel said:

Abel going to AAA to start.....so not him. 

I think Martin is a lock and Sabato is more likely than McCusker, but I could be wrong. 

Still need another four or five bats don't we, and five or six arms? Suddenly Bride is the Falvey Ohtani

 

[Hrbowski]

7 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

If I'm Falvey, I'm asking my wife to do all the shopping and anything else that has to be done in public......

I'm pretty sure he traded Meghan, too

[amjgt]

I can sort of wrap my head around each deal individually (while still being shocked at the shear breadth of it all).... except for the Varland trade. I really don't get that one.

[Patzky]

4 minutes ago, LewFordLives said:

MLB needs to step in and force a sale. This is not good for baseball.

Clase seems like a saint.

[hitterscount]

37 minutes ago, bunsen82 said:

This is a tank job beyond tank job.  

Didn’t you just try and tell me we’ve lost nothing and have a solid core left?

[Patzky]

Just now, hitterscount said:

Didn’t you just try and tell me we’ve lost nothing and have a solid core left?

We have a few seeds and an apple peel called Rocco

[Mike Sixel]

1 minute ago, Patzky said:

Still need another four or five bats don't we, and five or six arms? Suddenly Bride is the Falvey Ohtani

 

AS I said above, I have no idea what the bullpen looks like. Roster Resource just has a bunch of random names in it as far as I can tell :)

[AceWrigley]

12 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

If I'm Falvey, I'm asking my wife to do all the shopping and anything else that has to be done in public......

I'll take 3 cases of Scotch please.

[howeda7]

46 minutes ago, nicksaviking said:

Sooooooo, I'm starting to think the Pohlads aren't going anywhere? Because this has been a really, really bad job interview for the Twins front office otherwise.

Or Falvey's been told by the new group he won't be retained and said YOLO. 

[Cory Engelhardt]

4 minutes ago, amjgt said:

I can sort of wrap my head around each deal individually (while still being shocked at the shear breadth of it all).... except for the Varland trade. I really don't get that one.

It’s the Stewart deal for Outman that I am confused by. But the Varland deal, I like the Rojas return. 

[howeda7]

25 minutes ago, Danchat said:

It's gonna take some time for me to collect my thoughts on all this... so much action. Bradley for Jax straight-up is odd, not that Taj doesn't have value but I thought the price on Jax was "sky-high" after moving Duran? Bradley has upside but he's been sub-replacement level this year, and do we really need another starter to fix up? Is Lopez getting moved this offseason, then the rotation is Ryan-Ober-Bradley-Abel-SWR/Festa?

Moving Varland despite having 5 years of control of him is wild, given I thought he was going to inherit the closer role... I guess they need hitting and Roden probably winds up at 1B. Fangraphs has those two Jays prospects as their #3/#6 prospects, so that's a good value for Varland (France is worth nothing) if they pan out. 

Wowza!

 I was on board with the trades made until Varland and Jax. You can still compete next year, but now you have ZERO bullpen.

[bunsen82]

14 minutes ago, Twodogs said:

If I were in the market to buy an MLB team I'm not sure I'd want this one anymore??  

The Correa albatross contract is gone. Farm system is good and you basically have fresh slate. Varland could have been a key piece. I know the Twins prior to the last 2 years could care less about relievers but it feels like we gave Jax and Stewart away. 

[KirbyHawk75]

We are not competing in 26 and 27.  Maybe by then we have some young studs like Jenkins, Rodriguez, Culpepper,  etc.   

[Nshore]

Good tickets are still available for the stretch run.