A Deal with Boston: Swapping Ryan Jeffers and Connor Wong.

[Western SD Fan]

On 1/22/2026 at 6:50 PM, arby58 said:

The Twins front office can't make this trade and continue to claim they are in 'win now' mode. I wouldn't be adverse to trading Jeffers, as they have two MLB catchers now on the roster, but the return has to be better than this.

I agree with this point. I would say that trading Jeffers would have to more to do with timing than whether the Twins are in "win now" mode.  I could see them trading Jeffers at or near the deadline, regardless of where they are in the standings.  History tells me that a catcher from another competing team will go down sometime during the season.  Add to that a potential lockout and we may see some teams really overpay in order to win the WS this year.  We have seen trades like this from other savvy-minded teams (Rays, Brewers, Guardians).  Finally, I do not see a catcher such as Jeffers that is used to 1/2 to 2/3 of the load being reduced to a backup role with Narvaez in Boston at least for an entire season.  IMHO, this is definitely a wait and see mode to see where the Twins are in the standings as the season progresses, and where they think their primary prospect in Tait finishes in the minors at the end of the season.

One question to the collective that knows more about this than I do.  In an impending lockout, are the minor league players locked out as well?  The last mini lockout in 2021, only players on the 40-man roster was locked out, but the remaining minor league players could still play.  I also see that the minor league players are now part of the MLBPA as of 2022, so I am not sure how that affects the minor leagues this time.

[Eris]

What was the purpose of this article as it does not seem to be to discuss a fair trade proposal. 
 

In a normal trade, a team would trade current value (Jeffers) for the probability of greater value in the future. Or trade current value from a position of excess (maybe catcher) to a team that has excess at different position of need (e.g. the Twins would benefit from acquiring a 3WAR SS).  
 

The proposed Jeffers for Wong trade as discussed accomplishes neither of these as it involves the Twins trading current value for even less future value. No front office would ever make such a trade. 

[Twinsrtheworst]

This is just one reason TD has lost all credibility with me.  I miss the days of actual informative pieces.  Now just imaginary trades and what ifs.  O actual information.