Gleeman & The Geek: Grading the Twins' Trade Deadline

[John Bonnes]

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• 0:00 Family Feud, Steve Harvey and we got a good one for you today
• 2:06 Twins add Jeff Hoffman, AJ Minter and Dean Kremer at the trade deadline
• 3:51 Twins slip below .500 while the AL wild card race stays wide open
• 5:35 Front office and ownership did their part — now the players have to play
• 7:52 A rebuilt bullpen is useless if you can't build the bridge to it
• 10:44 Tom Pohlad in Kansas City: payroll will rise, trust takes longer
• 14:14 Aaron gets punched in the shoulder by Tom Pohlad
• 15:51 The looming lockout and a possible $150 million payroll floor
• 20:08 Toronto sends $3.75 million to cover Jeff Hoffman's 2027 salary
• 22:14 Jeff Hoffman under control for 2027 at $7 million is the real prize
• 23:35 AJ Minter was the no-brainer; Dean Kremer cost a premium
• 24:53 Billy Amick and Bruin Agbayani go to the Mets for AJ Minter
• 27:45 Johnnardo Reyes, the 19-year-old given up for Dean Kremer
• 29:15 Dasan Hill headlines the Jeff Hoffman package to Toronto
• 31:41 Why the Twins traded low-minors upside instead of Double-A depth
• 36:10 Grading the deadline
• 39:24 A thin right-handed bat market
• 45:13 Get to know Jeff Hoffman
• 49:00 Losing the closer job to Louie Varland — the strangest domino of the fire sale
• 49:40 Why Hoffman's ERA lies: 97 mph, a 50 percent whiff slider, 12.3 strikeouts per nine
• 54:00 Why Shelton keeps Gomez as closer and uses Hoffman earlier
• 58:19 Dean Kremer and the 2024 scars: Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, rotation question marks
• 1:06:30 The trade that died: Trevor Larnach to Houston for Bryan Abreu, nixed by Jim Crane
• 1:11:37 Trevor Larnach's arbitration raise and his offseason trade market
• 1:13:19 Ryan Jeffers stays as the Rays and Red Sox pay up for catchers
• 1:16:01 The qualifying offer case: pay Ryan Jeffers $24 million next year
• 1:19:17 No bats added — Josh Bell, Larnach and the lineup stay intact
• 1:21:06 Kaelen Culpepper, Walker Jenkins and Byron Buxton's hip
• 1:27:39 The bullpen remodel: Hoffman, Gomez, Morris, Minter and Tommy Nance
• 1:29:38 Joe Ryan's discouraging start against the Royals
• 1:31:37 A 3.17 first-half ERA and a 4.93 second-half ERA — the most extreme split in Twins history
• 1:32:11 Joe Ryan's cryptic quotes and performance
• 1:36:25 Dead arm or something worse? 
• 1:39:45 Why selling Joe Ryan stopped being an option once his trade value cratered
• 1:41:41 Joe Ryan's performance also affects the offseason. 
• 1:44:51 Joe Ryan and Byron Buxton matter more than the entire deadline
• 1:48:56 Field of Dreams game in Iowa, Patreon Q&A Friday, and a wide-open American League

 

 

 

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