The Twins Could Look Completely Different After the Trade Deadline

[Mike Sixel]

14 minutes ago, Bodie said:

In re Wallner:

Just because you were willing to date Raquel Welsh did nothing to increase those odds.

 

Wallner gets released. That is his end.  A trade is just as likely as that date at the Copacabana with Ms. Welsh because you are willing!

No chance they release him. Why would they? 

[mark allen]

I don't give up on this year, but still trade Ryan Ober Jeffers Bell, 

 

[MMBoys93]

2 hours ago, Motherhen said:

They nabbed Clemens from Philly.

But he started his career in Detroit. That was my point 

[terrydactyls]

Buy- Buy - Buy.

The Twins till have a small chance to be a wildcard team and get bounced in the first round.

 

[gman]

I'd do the same as last year and trade our top 5 bullpen arms.🤫 Anybody know who that is? Winning a division by 2 games over 500(at best) doesn't exactly thrill me much, unless you enjoy watching the team getting its teeth kicked in.

I'd trade or attempt to trade the same players already addressed by others here. Although with Wallner if he can't hit anything over 95 any more, I might plan on cutting him after the season. No reason to give away players for nothing, if the offers just aren't there.

I've been watching bad baseball long enough, I'd prefer to see the team try to improve as much as possible by deadline trades and bringing in rookies the last 2 months of the year. Another year of just scraping by doesn't really do it for me.

[ashbury]

2 hours ago, Vanimal46 said:

The Twins have no choice but to keep picking up waiver wire relievers and rolling the dice on them.

(I think this is correct. All the guys we think of were actually minor trades or "cash considerations".)

[DJL44]

I actually want them to go for it in 2027. Pablo will be back - Ryan, Lopez and Bradley is a great start to a rotation. Prielipp, Matthews, Rojas round it out. 

I think Lee, Culpepper, Clemens and Lewis is a decent infield. Caratini is a decent C. There are outfield bats in AAA who could be really good next season (Roden, Rodriguez, Jenkins, Gonzalez and even Mendez). 

They need a bullpen and they could have one for about $20M. They have plenty of payroll room to make that happen.

I’m selling Jeffers, Larnach, Ober, Bell, Banda, and Rogers. Everyone else they had better make a stupid offer to obtain.

[old nurse]

54 minutes ago, ashbury said:

(I think this is correct. All the guys we think of were actually minor trades or "cash considerations".)

Lawrence was a waiver wire pickup from the Nationals. He was also picked back up from the waiver wire pile from the twins DFAing him . There are pitchers signed as free agents who were DFA, nobody picked them up, they elected free agency, and then they signed as a free agent with twins.  I think the correct term might be scrap heap. 

[Mike Sixel]

48 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

I actually want them to go for it in 2027. Pablo will be back - Ryan, Lopez and Bradley is a great start to a rotation. Prielipp, Matthews, Rojas round it out. 

I think Lee, Culpepper, Clemens and Lewis is a decent infield. Caratini is a decent C. There are outfield bats in AAA who could be really good next season (Roden, Rodriguez, Jenkins, Gonzalez and even Mendez). 

They need a bullpen and they could have one for about $20M. They have plenty of payroll room to make that happen.

I’m selling Jeffers, Larnach, Ober, Bell, Banda, and Rogers. Everyone else they had better make a stupid offer to obtain.

I certainly understand this, and wouldn't be totally opposed to keeping Ryan. I'd deal him, but I'd be OK if they tried to win next year(i have zero confidence the Pohlads will ever try to win, though).