Twins Acquire RHP Sam Dyson from Giants

Hope this is true...Astros get Greinke.  Wow!  Hope he throws against Cleveland tonight.

Astros get Greinke, Aaron Sanchez, Joe Biagnini. Twins get Romo and Dyson.

Advantage: Astros

Not a flashy bullpen, but it is much better than where we were at two weeks ago. 

We now have

Rogers

Dyson

Romo

Duffey

at the back end of our bullpen, plus Martin Perez in the postseason. Not bad. Not flashy, but not bad at all. Would have LOVED to get Robbie Ray, but I think that was a dream. 

The Dbacks look like they did very well, depending on return for Greinke. Losing Davis hurts a little but I like this trade for the Twins. At least we did something, unlike NYY. 

It was advantage Astros before any Astros trades.

Love Dyson's K/BB and WHIP this year, and he's kept it in the park. Probably his best season to date, and I want a hot hand if we're nabbing a reliever at the deadline. Plus he's controlled through 2020. Bonus that we didn't give up anybody in the top 30, and I think Davis would've had to have been protected this fall.

Still wanted more, but I like this trade in vacuum.

Sam Dyson at Oracle this year:

26.1 IP 0.34 ERA .393 OPS allowed

On the road:

24.2 IP 4.74 ERA .730 OPS allowed

Astros gave up their 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 22nd prospects (MLB.com rankings) for Greinke. The 3rd (Seth Beer) is the overall #100 (Larnach is the overall #97).

Prelander Berroa, Jaylin Davis and Kai-Wei Teng....(haven't seen confirmation on this)

Losing Davis is tough, yet, means the Twins get to keep someone else when the 40-man crunch comes in November.  And who knows, maybe they wouldn't have room to add Davis and he would be gone anyway.

Personally, am gonna miss Teng.  This kid had been great since his callup to Cedar Rapids.  Have a feeling the Giants got a future starter...but hey, you have to give up something to get a good arm back.

Is Dyson a rental?  Or under contract beyond this year? 

I didn't realize Dyson's numbers were that good. A WHIP under 1? Nice. There's a Dyson vacuum joke to be made here but I've had a long day.

Dyson arbitration eligible next season.

 

Still wanted more, but I like this trade in vacuum.

Was this a pun? Well played, if so. Unlike the vacuums, let's hope that this Dyson doesn't suck. 

That Greinke contract is terrifying. I'm pretty happy we don't have to deal with that.

https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/houston-astros/zack-greinke-407/

$32 million per year for the next two years.

Then he's a free agent, and someone pays him $12.5 million per year in deferred money until 2026.

Solid trade, added a solid veteran and didn't give up any top prospects to get him. Jaylin Davis is having a big year, but wasn't a top prospect and was blocked at the MLB level. Prelander Berroa and Kai-Wei Teng are basically lotto tickets-good young arms but a long ways off. 

Wow, what a flurry of last minute trades. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall and   witness all the pandemonium going on in GM's offices across MLB. Are they equipped with oxygen and ventilators? Clear!

Underwhelming, but better than nothing. I suppose you can argue that with Houston getting Grienke, the Twins getting Minor or even Stroman might not have mattered.

Astros gave up their 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 22nd prospects (MLB.com rankings) for Greinke. The 3rd (Seth Beer) is the overall #100 (Larnach is the overall #97).

AND they're paying $50 million of the $75 owed Greinke the remainder of his contract. 

Greinke's real advantage is that he can kinda hit if HOU makes it to the series.

Twins did enough to be a credible playoff team.

They won't win the World Series this year but at least they might win one playoff series and get their young guys some good experience.

Look at Houston and realize what a team needs to compete with the Dodgers, Red Sox and Yankees: great starting pitching, long lineup, quality defense at every position and a knock-out bullpen.

We ain't got that.

I believe AZ is also picking up $24,000,000 remaining on Greinke's contract!