Zoll and Twins Look to Add More Power to the Lineup This Winter

[Mike Sixel]

4 minutes ago, MackMan said:

Hey, that means that Tristan Casas might be available for trade. Joe Ryan, Lewis, and Winokur for Casas and Duran???

Brutal. Casas isn't good. I don't get the obsession with him on this site. 

[Major League Ready]

1 hour ago, Riverbrian said:

Leave the Damn DH Spot Alone. 

Find a KING KONG Mother of a bat to play 1B. 

It's crucial. Priority One. 

You want to spend money... Spend it right here. I swear to all that's holy... if they one year deal this away. I'll lose it. 

Yes... you could pay big money and have it blow up in your face. It happens all the time.

I don't care... they painted themselves in this corner. They announced ownership support, they announced that they are going for it. 

It's been reported that Bauers is going to the red Sox 4/$58M.  The only other "big bat" that can also play reasonably good defense is Ty France so if they are getting a 1B in free agency, they better pony up before he is gone.

[HerbieFan]

Did anyone watch the Brewers cruise to the WS title??

[thelanges5]

14 minutes ago, Mike Sixel said:

Brutal. Casas isn't good. I don't get the obsession with him on this site. 

Was going to post that I hope that Casas isn’t their idea of a big trade. 

[Riverbrian]

27 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

Jarren Duran non-tender is a lock.

I'm not so sure. I think he's a trade candidate especially if Boston eats some of the 11 million he will make in arb. 

The interesting part of that. I could see the same teams that would be interested in Larnach... also interested in Duran. Duran is better defensively obviously but there are teams that will be looking to bring left handed OF and DH> 

San Diego, Arizona, Seattle, Cubs. Philadelphia. The Padres and Cubs have almost entire rotations to put together. They would probably like to work on that problem as a priority. Landing a Larnach or Duran may allow them to concentrate more on the rotation. 

Who knows but I think Boston will be talking trade with as many people as possible. 

[Patzky]

16 minutes ago, Major League Ready said:

It's been reported that Bauers is going to the red Sox 4/$58M.  The only other "big bat" that can also play reasonably good defense is Ty France so if they are getting a 1B in free agency, they better pony up before he is gone.

Never heard of him ;)

[Riverbrian]

27 minutes ago, MackMan said:

Hey, that means that Tristan Casas might be available for trade. Joe Ryan, Lewis, and Winokur for Casas and Duran???

Duran is just a no from me. I really think the Twins have the OF TALENT to choose 5 and let it roll. I don't think they should bring in OF.

I seriously wouldn't mind giving Casas a run at 1B. The guy can't stay healthy but he has KING KONG potential. With Bauers gone... they may have to look at guys like Casas and the Red Sox just got a little plump at the 1B bag. 

Trading Joe Ryan for either or the combination of them. Would be a horrible deal. They could get both of them for someone like Raya... for example. 

[MackMan]

Just now, Riverbrian said:

Duran is just a no from me. I really think the Twins have the OF TALENT to choose 5 and let it roll. I don't think they should bring in OF.

I seriously wouldn't mind giving Casas a run at 1B. The guy can't stay healthy but he has KING KONG potential. With Bauers gone... they may have to look at guys like Casas and the Red Sox just got a little plump at the 1B bag. 

Trading Joe Ryan for either or the combination of them. Would be a horrible deal. They could get both of them for someone like Raya... for example. 

Oh I completely know. I just wanted to see what people would think if someone were to say something about Ryan going to Boston. I made a completely unrealistic post to see if someone would have agreed with it.

[Riverbrian]

36 minutes ago, IndianaTwin said:

Queue the "Willson Contreras for Joe Ryan" trade speculation...

(Contreras is at $17M, with $4M being paid by the Redbirds. With a club option at $7.5M for 2028.) 

Yeah... I can see the social media buzz on that. The Red Sox can utilize Contreras at DH so they wouldn't have to move him unless.... unless... his personality got a little outside the REd Sox comfort zone. A .900 plus OPS will absorb any personality concerns. 

[old nurse]

4 hours ago, Linus said:

Read the article hoping some power candidates I wasn’t aware of would be profiled. - nope. So the point of the article is the Twins could use another power bat?  Got it. 

To list players with power bats that fit where the Twins have holes would be requiring doing some research 

[Riverbrian]

25 minutes ago, Major League Ready said:

It's been reported that Bauers is going to the red Sox 4/$58M.  The only other "big bat" that can also play reasonably good defense is Ty France so if they are getting a 1B in free agency, they better pony up before he is gone.

Bauers gone disappoints me. Not that I was realistically expecting him to end up here anyway.

I'm not nuts about France. They won't get Sato... So they may have to pivot to one of the 2B options like Lowe. 

Or make a trade that blows our socks off. Trading Jessica Lange for King Kong type thing. 

[Riverbrian]

3 minutes ago, MackMan said:

Oh I completely know. I just wanted to see what people would think if someone were to say something about Ryan going to Boston. I made a completely unrealistic post to see if someone would have agreed with it.

Just replying with the due respect you have earned. 

[Linus]

4 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

Bauers gone disappoints me. Not that I was realistically expecting him to end up here anyway.

I'm not nuts about France. They won't get Sato... So they may have to pivot to one of the 2B options like Lowe. 

Or make a trade that blows our socks off. Trading Jessica Lange for King Kong type thing. 

I will trade Duensing but Jessica Lange is on the untouchable list. I’m with you on France. Let’s just sign Lowe to play second with Clemens at first. When / if Houston comes up Lowe shifts to first for the remainder of the contract and Clemens plays all over. Perfect plan if TTT is playing to win. 

[DJL44]

26 minutes ago, Riverbrian said:

I think he's a trade candidate especially if Boston eats some of the 11 million he will make in arb. 

The interesting part of that. I could see the same teams that would be interested in Larnach... also interested in Duran. Duran is better defensively obviously but there are teams that will be looking to bring left handed OF and DH>

I don’t think i have ever heard of a team tendering a player a contract to eat salary and get a prospect back. Boston would non-tender. Any $$ they have to eat would count against the luxury tax.

They might eat $$ on Yoshida’s $18M guaranteed contract. Yoshida and Larnach are very similar players.

[DJL44]

17 minutes ago, old nurse said:

To list players with power bats that fit where the Twins have holes would be requiring doing some research 

Gary Sanchez, Paul Goldschmidt, Eugenio Suarez.

[Mike Sixel]

46 minutes ago, HerbieFan said:

Did anyone watch the Brewers cruise to the WS title??

Are we going off one year of data?

[old nurse]

8 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

Gary Sanchez, Paul Goldschmidt, Eugenio Suarez.

3 players who did not have an OPS higher than Larnach.

[Riverbrian]

6 minutes ago, DJL44 said:

I don’t think i have ever heard of a team tendering a player a contract to eat salary and get a prospect back. Boston would non-tender. Any $$ they have to eat would count against the luxury tax.

They might eat $$ on Yoshida’s $18M guaranteed contract. Yoshida and Larnach are very similar players.

I have no way of knowing... Just guessing.

He had a really bad year last year. Eating money will improve the possible return. 

You are right. Boston may have some Luxury tax concerns. So maybe they swap out contracts with someone like... I don't know the Mariners. 

The Mariners will probably need a 20/20 potential guy to replace Arozarena. Maybe send Seranthony back to Boston in return. Seattle doesn't have luxury tax concerns but they might have plain ole' budget concerns.  

My guess is that any team interested might hold off to see if Boston Non-Tenders. And I think teams will be interested. 

We will find out soon enough. They got what 7 days?