No Garcia Trade: Braves Balk At Twins’ Prospect’s Health

 

Is your other arm broken? No? Get back out there!

Sick baseball humor and Twins Baseball: Yeah, sometimes it's required.  

 

 

Tyler Duffy anyone?

Not here.  I like him better in the bullpen.  And there is a real need for him there.  

 

As much as it might scare people Gibson has matched Santana' performance pretty closely in June and July. I definitely am not saying he has pitched good.

 

Count me as on that is glad that Gibson is pitching better.  As much as the guy drives me crazy early on in the season he has decent stuff and just needs to trust himself and be aggressive.  If only he could do that it in April and May, all the way through the season.  Would go a long way towards solving this teams starting pitching issues.

Edited July 24, 2017 by laloesch

Not here.  I like him better in the bullpen.  And there is a real need for him there.

 

My girlfriend tells me I could communicate better, maybe she's right! I meant that one of those guys could go on a ten game run like Duffy did a couple of years ago. I like Duffy in the pen too

Which is why I lean toward Gonsalves. He's not on the 40 man but he's pitching well in AA and is 23 years old. I don't think the Twins should care too much about burning options at this point.

Hey don't we have a spot on the 40!!

Which is why I lean toward Gonsalves. He's not on the 40 man but he's pitching well in AA and is 23 years old. I don't think the Twins should care too much about burning options at this point.

An option would not need to be used.

 

If they don't find a better solution, call him up August 1. Stick with him through August. If they don't send him back, no option will be used. Service time starts but he is already 23.

 

But trading for Jaime Garcia isn't aggressive, he's not a very good pitcher. He would be more half measures; I'm so tired of these kinds of putzy moves which are more PR than substance.

If they aren't going to make serious moves to contend this year, I don't want them to trade for a pig, put makeup on it and try to sell that as an honest to goodness attempt to win.

A proven vet is not a pig. If you expect a Greinke or Kershaw in every trade, you are always going to be disappointed.

 

Which is why I lean toward Gonsalves. He's not on the 40 man but he's pitching well in AA and is 23 years old. I don't think the Twins should care too much about burning options at this point.

There isn't any lean possible here. Romero should be getting shut down. Gonsalves has thrown 430 IP overall and 140 IP in each of the last two seasons. Romero has thrown 280 IP and his 100 IP has already exceeded his career high. Gonsalves has experience (AA last season) and (fewer) injury concerns. 

 

The 40 man roster doesn't concern me at all. A lot of dead weight that could be jettisoned. Several are nothing more than live bodies to toss in there for lack of a better option. I think you wait until the 2nd week of August to call up Gonsalves but they really have nothing (Colon...) in the 5th spot.