BREAKING: Twins to Acquire Right-Handed Reliever Jeff Hoffman from Blue Jays

they gave up Dasan Hill and John Klein. and a minor league infeilder  Toronto like MN native pitchers I guess.  Two of their top 20 prospects.   I like Hill, but he is having a down year

I hope they haven't given up too many good prospects for him! 

Zoll is not it lol

Waited all day and this is the trade? A reliever who has sucked for 2 years and is still owed 15 million…and traded a borderline top 100 guy for him.

It looks like since late June he’s been dominant

Is Hoffman under control for next year? If so, how much are the Twins on the hook for?

Dasan Hill, John Klein and Dameury Pena are the return the Jays are getting. Jays getting a solid haul in thsi deal, hope Hoffman got over his world series bomb!

3 minutes ago, MMBoys93 said:

Zoll is not it lol

Waited all day and this is the trade? A reliever who has sucked for 2 years and is still owed 15 million…and traded a borderline top 100 guy for him.

 

To be fair I don't think Hill is still viewed as a fringe top 100 year after this year.  

1 minute ago, LA Vikes Fan said:

Gave up Dasan Hill (ouch), John Klein (meh), and an IF named Damuery Pena. 

Pena has been a worse version of Arraez in the low minors.  Makes a ton of contact, no pop.  Main difference is that Pena has long periods where he is hitting .240 while Arraez never hit below .298 at a level with more than 100PAs.

Curious if he's a rental or has control for next year?

If Dasan doesn't find control soon he will at best be a reliever.  I am fine with the cost of this trade.  

I got my hopes up for a Neto trade the more I keep hearing about it.  I think I'm in the minority in hoping we keep Larnarch cause of Buxtons injury we need all of the bats we can get.

1 minute ago, Hawkeye Bean Counter said:

To be fair I don't think Hill is still viewed as a fringe top 100 year after this year.  

He’s 20 years old and has a k/9 of 15.4 lol. Outside of some bumpy control cause he’s you know…20, he’s striking people out at a rate you just don’t see. 

Just now, LambchoP said:

Curious if he's a rental or has control for next year?

1 more year, they are paying for some portion of it.

3 minutes ago, LA Vikes Fan said:

Gave up Dasan Hill (ouch), John Klein (meh), and an IF named Damuery Pena. 

Giving up Hill doesn't concern Zoll because he won't be here when Hill is ready for the major leagues.

2 minutes ago, LA Vikes Fan said:

Hoffmann had a 0.75 ERA in June and 1.93 in July. Still, giving up Hill seems like a lot. 

maybe hill stalling a bit in Cedar Rapids made the front office think he's got a lot more to go before he'll really make an impact and want to see if they can get something good now before the likelihood of falling off in Wichita

1 minute ago, MMBoys93 said:

He’s 20 years old and has a k/9 of 15.4 lol. Outside of some bumpy control cause he’s you know…20, he’s striking people out at a rate you just don’t see. 

I still like him, but he is back to a Winokur type level for me.   

Hoffman has failed 2 physicals back in 2025 so something to consider although I doubt the Twins will have an issue.  Twins are definitely paying more for players that have performed well recently - Abreu and Hoffman.  

3 minutes ago, mrguy said:

maybe hill stalling a bit in Cedar Rapids made the front office think he's got a lot more to go before he'll really make an impact and want to see if they can get something good now before the likelihood of falling off in Wichita

Its still less than Bradley for Jax and Rojas and Roden for Varland  or Tait and Abel for Duran.