4 Under-the-Radar Twins Trade Candidates

[arby58]

On 6/10/2026 at 2:30 PM, Cris E said:

Rogers, Larnach, Gomez are all no-brainers (sure, sure, no)  but what is with all these folks wanting to keep Clemens? This is a roster that suddenly has an extra Royce Lewis bouncing around, a pile of outfielders stacked up in AAA, more infielders on the way, and you want to keep Clemens? He's at best an average hitter, a meh fielder and a Great Guy. Sweet, happy for his wife, trade him. 

He's among the league leaders in defensive runs saved at 1B, which makes the meh comment, well, meh.

His 118 OPS+ means he's currently 18% above average, which is statistically significant.

You can claim he'll regress (in which case they probably won't find a willing trade partner), but at the moment, he is far different than the player you describe - other than the Great Guy part.

[twinstalker]

3.86 is not a good BB/9 (Gomez).  H/9 are due in part to luck, but BBs not so.

I'd be shocked if a Rogers could bring anything other than an open roster.

Would you get more for Clemens than he helps you stabilize the long road back?

Getting rid of Larnach saves $1.5 million, so trading him makes sense.