Let's Rescue A Rocky

If they pick up Marquez, the Twins will probably be the only MLB team that will ever have two GERMANS on a team.

Having 2 Germans on our team will help our Octoberfest standings. Will it be enough to help our Novemberfest as well?

When Arenado saw that the FO wasn't improving the team in 2020, I saw the hand writing on the wall. The FO wasn't prudent in their actions & it got out of hand & sytmied itself & couldn'y grow w/ it needs.

I was very big on Gray & Story. Gray was compaired to Gerrit Cole, except now I know there's 1 big exception, he doesn't have close to the high spin rate as Cole has. I've cooled off on Gray but he's still good, he needs to improve his secondary pitches so his 4 seamer could be more effective. 

I liked Story as an upgrade last year, he could still be a good option but now we have a lot of options. He probably likes it there at Coors field so I don't think   he'll consider that                     we are rescuing him.

Of course Marquez is the gold ring. CO always are hestitant to give up their core so I think they'll try to hold on to Marquez but maybe everyone else would be available. Maybe around the dead line, well into the seaon, they'll know they should rebuild & offer up Marquez

Can't believe Arenado or Marquez are going anywhere unless we drain our minor league system.... Gray on the other hand likely could be had and would be a good comeback project. 

I've looked at a trade for Marquez on baseballtrades.com and he's incredibly expensive.  Still, I've been pushing for the Twins to get him for awhile.  maybe a blockbuster involving Story AND Marquez.  

All good trade targets, although I'm a little less excited about giving up a pile for Story unless the FO is really confident on being able to resign him without needing to dump a ton of salary everywhere else; I'd really hate to do a deal that dropped a bunch of top-end prospects for a guy that only sticks for a year. Those kind of deals don't usually work out well in baseball. (see also, Alexander, Doyle)

I like Gray and I think he'd be a good fit for us to fill out the back end of the rotation and see if Wes Johnson can up his game a bit more.

Marquez is definitely worth giving up a serious package for: the contract is good, the peripherals are there...but I think the analysis above is right: he's going to be hard to chisel out of there unless they dump Arenado's contract and start the rebuild.

If we could get Grey for low level prospect I would be all for it.  Not worth giving up much for 1 year on a guy that may not be worth much.  Yes, sometimes a new team can find the secret to unlock them, or even just being the 4th or 5th starter will be enough.  

Story I am very low on for the price.  His defense is good, but his offense away from Coors is about what Polonco has done.  Why pay big money, and prospects for just a defense upgrade?  Also, how many more years do you expect Story to stay at short, even if you do sign long term?  I mean, most SS need to get moved around age 30, and the ones that do not get moved, in part, is due to their overvalue at the position based on history.  

Marquez I know little about and would defer to others on his value.  He sounds like he may be a good get.  CO has never been a team to sell off their guys though for cheap.  I think because they know their pitchers have more value than what they tend to appear to have, and their hitters have lower value and it is hard for teams to really come to understanding of value.  Much of it is optics based on overall stats that are affect too much by Coors. 

Gray and Marquez would be nice to have. Maybe we could package Sano and Lewis for them and even throw in a couple of A ball prospects. Story is another question. I think we can do better in the free agent market if we still want to sign a shortstop. 

Colorado is in a tough situation because they have some good pieces but can't get past the Dodgers and now Padres. So what do they do? 

Hopefully we can re-sign Odorizzi and that he is healthy. That would help.