BREAKING: Twins Trade Rodney To A's

Now the question is who is going to get called up to take Rodney’s roster spot. Personally, I hope it’s Busenitz.

Both the arrows and the tilted cap are tributes to his late father. I find it rather admirable that he does the tributes regardless of what anyone else thinks. But yeah, on the surface it can seem unsportsman like and I get why many find it irritating lol.

Yeah, and when I go out on the town whoring and drink too much, it's a tribute to a college friend who lived hard and died young.

But, then again, I don't throw 94 with a quality change-up.  Especially not at 41.  And, I can't drink like I did at 31.

So, I get it, and Fernando has been shooting arrows into dome roofs for more years than I have hairs on my head.  While the save situation has collapsed, the sky never has.

God Bless him. 

And, I hope the Twins rough him up soon.

Reed, Morrison, and Odorizzi better be next.

Not sure how many walk offs Rodney gave up this season, but more than enough.

Chambers is tall and rail thin. His fastball sits at mid-90s with ability to hit 98.

He’s a project for a good pitching coach. I’m not confident we have one of those.

The cupboard is pretty bare at Rochester for relievers. Only Reed has been above average since July 1. Curtis has had some recent scoreless outings.

Huh... I thought they'd hold on to him and use his option, but I'm fine that they'd didn't. I'm interested to see who'll get the opportunity to close games... Hildy and Reed would probably be the top options but I don't think they should at the moment. Let's get an arm from AAA and figure things out from there.

Don't forget- we still have Belisle!!

Golf clap. Good move with no downside. We will now know something about somebody and as far as who closes this year, everybody that might have anything!

Paul Molitor frantically looks at a calendar to see when new closer Matt Belisle is eligible to return from the DL.

Hildy is cooked. I guess it's Reed, May or Rogers until Matty B. returns. 

http://oaklandclubhouse.com/oakland-athletics-2018-top-prospects-dakota-chalmers-rhp/

https://www.mlb.com/news/top-draft-pick-dakota-chalmers-adjusting/c-141551706

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/dakota-chalmers-rhp-oakland-athletics/vp-BBLJnKb

If you look up baseball lotery ticket, Chalmer's picture might be there.

Nice article on Chalmers

http://oaklandclubhouse.com/oakland-athletics-2018-top-prospects-dakota-chalmers-rhp/

This one stings me. Now that it didn't matter if the Twins won or lost, moreover benefited them if they lost, I was enjoying the 9th inning save opportunities with Rodney on the hill. Indeed, it was 12 minutes of me smiling like a butcher's dog!

I'm a little surprised. 

 

I thought they would pick up the option and Rodney would be back. 

 

We are going to need a big quantity of players next year. 

Looks like the Twins are all in in Kimbrel next yer, they have plenty of money for it.

You would think if trading Rodney was part of the plan, they would have gotten a better return prior to the deadline.  Considering his salary and that he has not been ineffective, someone was going to claim him and limit your trade options.

One problem is the surgery.  He won't be back until when, mid season?  Drafted in 2015, we will need to add him to the 40-man following next year.  That doesn't give the Twins a lot of time to judge whether he is deserving.

Another power arm that has already had TJ surgery, love the return! If we had a reliable closer this year, tack another 5+ wins on the board