Trade Deadline Rumors: Trevor Larnach Talk Heats Up

Saw that the Mets and Padres are supposedly interested in Larnach. I'd have no interest in Pham. Maybe Raley, but it depends on the deal. I have no idea what the Pads might be offering. 

26 minutes ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Falvey called Larnach one of the team leaders back in April, so I would be very surprised if Larnach is traded before really getting a fair shot here. 

I know the Larnach steam is out there, I’d just be surprised. 

Does the FO have any credibility? Seriously he (Larnach) is one their perceived leaders… than they go onto keep Kepler and sign Gallo…. The OF is a disaster, left handed heavy with a weak hitter in Taylor. I have zero faith in the entire management team. 

Tony Pham is fine for the rest of the season acquisition.  If we do get him, I hope it’s for a lower level prospect.  Or Larnarch with a low level prospect for Raley and Pham is ok.  
 

The Twins can be a good playoff team if the offense picks it up for the playoffs.  For that to happen we need Buxton and Correa to be back to normal.  Correa seems to be close….  We also need continued contributions from Kepler, Solano, Killeroff, Julien, Polanco, Jeffers and Lewis when he is healthy and back in the lineup.  

Twins are not  trading Larnach 

The best move they can make is to trade/DFA vets who aren't producing to get them out of the way of younger players who are already out producing them. Why is Gallo still a Twin???

2 hours ago, mikelink45 said:

Larnach alone cannot get any of these players.  The team has diminished Larnach's value by the way they have treated him. 

1 hour ago, Sherry Cerny said:

I could not agree more, which is why I said that we would have to send cash and a prospect - and I didn't say which prospect because the Mets have no standards - just money they like to throw around. 

I know the BTV trade simulator can show some real flaws—and particularly at the trade deadline, the higher value placed on proven MLB players relative younger/MiLB players' upside will deviate from the formula that puts an "absolute" trade value on each player. However, for what it's worth, the simulator values Larnach alone more than Raley and Pham together.

The Mets certainly have money to throw around, but I don't know what backs up the claim that they have "no standards." Certainly with their last big deal, they used their spending power to pay down Scherzer's contract with the precise purpose to get a particular prospect, or level of prospect, back. Even with the Lindor trade a couple years ago (leaving aside how the subsequent contract extension looks) they didn't touch their top prospects to make the deal.

2 hours ago, LA VIkes Fan said:

I suspect that the FO has decided that this team isn't good enough to sacrifice prospects for short term vets. Maybe they move Larnach  but I'd be surprised to see a trade of any of our better prospects to get a vet to fill a hole like a RH hitting OF or a BP piece. They might have been on the fence until last weekend but now I doubt that short term moves are coming. This team will ride with what we have. By the way, I agree. with that thought except for one thing - please move/DFA Gallo so Wallner and/or Larnach have a place to play. 

Well, Wallner is gonna stay in place for now with the injury to Kiriloff. Also, he’s one of their best hitters at the moment. They are not moving any big name prospects. Falvey has said that they will make “baseball” moves. A LH relief pitcher and a RH bat. That’s what they need and all reports are that’s what they are shopping for. If they can get Raley and Pham for Larnach you make that trade. It helps the team. It doesn’t move the needle much but it helps tremendously short term while not sacrificing much long term.

4 hours ago, gman said:

I would send them Kepler ad Gallo instead.

They would have to want that. No chance.

3 hours ago, Brandon27 said:

Twins are not  trading Larnach 

What have you seen from Larnach that suggests he is anything more than a AAAA player? My brain screams Jake Cave when Larnach is brought up. Except Cave could occasionally hit a curveball.

5 hours ago, mikelink45 said:

Larnach alone cannot get any of these players.  The team has diminished Larnach's value by the way they have treated him. 

Disregarding his injury, no one does that to one's self, any diminished value is self-inflicted.

No - do not trade Larnach for a couple of middle aged two month rentals. Why in the world would we even consider that?  Do we really think those two players are going to add that much to carrying us to the AL Central crown?  To an actual playoff game victory? Are they that much of difference makers on our incredibly average/mediocre team? Next year Larnach will turn into an above average everyday player (like Steer and CES) for the Mets and we will have nothing.

The only person hoping Larnach gets traded to the Mets is probably Larnach himself - get out of this Gallo/Kepler morass and find himself in situation where he gets a real chance to develop into a true major leaguer. 

It seems likely that Kepler and Gallo will be gone.  Alex K. is having a hard time staying healthy.  Wallner is no guarantee to succeed.  Seems like they’ll need a LH bat and someone that can play corner OF/DH next year.  He’s cheap.  Offers some upside.

It’s a coin flip right right now that this team makes the playoffs.  If they do, they’ll be fairly heavy underdogs against anybody they play.  The prospects of a deep playoff run aren’t looking good.  Without packaging a top guy, which they can’t do, the return in a Larnach trade wouldn’t change that.

I’m overly opposed to it.  I’m not overly high on Larnach.  I just don’t really see a reason to trade him for a marginal rental player. I can’t see them doing that.

16 hours ago, mikelink45 said:

Larnach alone cannot get any of these players.  The team has diminished Larnach's value by the way they have treated him. 

Very true, and I  can't imagine that he much if any trade value at this point. 

It's been a bad baseball season for Twins fans to follow the underperforming lineup ...

It could get worse unless the formula for winning changes ....

We barely have any leaders on the 26 man roster , we definitely don't have a manager and FO  that are leaders ...