Postulating for the sake of postulating: 2013-2014 offseason

[Oxtung]

I would absolutely trade Perkins for a very good starting pitching or shortstop prospect. I am skeptical that any reliever would return a very good prospect at those positions.

 

I don't know that he would either but I would certainly be on the phones trying to make it happen. I would be willing to give up a prospect in return to balance out the trade if that would help. I would also be willing to eat Perkins' already small salary if that would do anything.

 

Another route I would look at is adding overpriced but still good players. Off the top of my head I'm not sure who still fits this bill though.

[gunnarthor]

That statement probably needed further explanation. He will definitely cost something of value but he has hardly pitched in the last 2 years after hurting his arm in HS that required TJ surgery. He only threw 36 innings this season and hasn't pitched in full season ball yet. He has some very serious risks attached to him currently. So if one is trying to acquire potential front-line starters, which I was looking for, he might be "cheap" in comparison to say Kyle Zimmer, Aaron Sanchez or Robert Stephenson. Dylan Bundy could be another "buy low" candidate coming off his surgery.

 

Given the Twins' current "stockpile" of tradeable talent it is going to be hard to acquire a top tier pitching prospect and so looking for a risk might be required.

 

To add a bit to Oxtung's point on Giolito, the Nats also are in win-now mode and coming off a pretty disappointing season. Span and LaRoche have one year left on their contracts (w/options), Werth is getting older but is still pretty good. They have a really nice young but competitive nucleus. Whatever they decide is their flaw is, they have the resources to fix it. I don't think the Twins nec match up well with them (they seem to need on-base skills and a little health) but some other team might be able to get a guy like Giolito from them since they are making win-now moves (sorta like the Meyer/Span trade).

 

Hopefully, for the Twins, some team decides that Perkins is the final piece (maybe the Dodgers, Red Sox or Tigers bullpen can have an epic post season collapse) and we can get a nice piece pack.