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It will never happen but I would do that deal in a heartbeat. Instantly. Yes, please. Scherzer is a hall of famer and arguably the best pitcher in baseball and we would get him for 2.5 years. That's what, 15-19 WAR?

No need to give Schoop or Cron a long term deal. They are both replaceable by guys in the Twins system already; Gordon or Arraez, Kiriloff or Rooker.

Perez has had four bad starts in a row now, and two of those four were really, really bad. I say keep Poppen and Stewart lengthened out at AAA, although I really like the idea of Poppen's stuff out of the pen. We have had no starter injury problems thus far but if anyone goes down the depth at AAA will keep us from overpaying to get a starter via trade.

If his OPS is .850, I absolutely am okay with a 50% strikeout rate. I suppose that is mathematically possible but maybe not actually possible.

Yes. People hated Joe "because he didn't hit home runs and has that contract" even though he led the team in obp and led the league in batting avg. with RISP. People hate Sano "because he strikes out too much" even though the dude has an .OPS of 850. I would say it's unbelievable, but MN sports fans seem to hate more than they "fan." I think they get it from Ruesse, Barreiro, Dan Cole, etc. who make more if they whine than if they fawn.

I don't like the Joey Gallo comparison because Gallo is super athletic, can play center field, isn't a liability on the basepaths, etc. while Sano is not exactly a gold glove in the field. Gallo is legitimately an MVP candidate right now. Sano is not. Sano hasn't even played one full mlb season because of injury issues either. They are only comparable because both are 3 true outcome hitters. Yoan Moncada is another.

Probably has something to do with who pitched when, plus Poppen has been starting and could add more length. Poppen has been more than good at Rochester this year.

Did Jake Reed pitch today or yesterday? We need to give him a look.

Not to mention you're putting arsenic and other literal poisons in your mouth. Performing as a professional athlete means you should care about what you put in your body every day. That's why teams have sports nutritionists and dietitians on staff. Sano and buxton dip. I know Grossman and Tyler Austin always did. Cruz did when he was with the Rangers but I haven't seen him with anything in his mouth recently.

I wish the all star game wasn't a popularity contest but actually was based on the level of production for the first half of the season. Not really fair to small market teams.

I'm 27. I cannot even imagine the gophers winning the Big ten in basketball or the Twins going to the world series. I actually can't imagine the Twins making a trade for a frontline starter or proven reliever either. Guess I'm used to the Terry Ryan regime. Fun to talk about Kimbrel, Bumgarner, Scherzer, etc. but we're not getting any of those guys.

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You wouldn't trade Royce Lewis for Max Scherzer?? We're talking about a future hall of fame pitcher, one of the best starting pitchers in the game controlled for what, 3.5 years? I'd do that trade in a heartbeat. Prospects are prospects. Big contract, and I don't think Washington would do that anyway, but I absolutely would.

Heck, look at Joey Gallo this year. His strikeout rate is an ASTRONOMICAL 45%. And his OPS is over 1000. He would be in the MVP conversation if the season ended today. I'm not a Joey Gallo fan, but his existence alone is evidence of the MLB era we're in. Lots of 3 true outcome guys.

....Proving that three very good starters alone cannot alone carry a team.

I don't get it. Does everyone think that Kuechel is an upgrade over Pineda/Smeltzer/Stewart? If so, is he a (roughly) 9 million dollars for half a year upgrade? I'm thinking probably no, and definitely no. The depth would be nice, but we need bullpen depth more. Sign Kimbrel asap. If going after a starter, I'd rather trade for a proven #1-2, like Madbum or Scherzer or a younger guy with a couple years of control, like Stroman.

With signing Kimbrel though, all it takes is $$. He's still a more than competent relief arm with good stuff. The movement on his FB is there. I'm still all for adding relief pitching depth, and Kimbrel doesn't cost prospects. Never heard about the knee issue; that concerns me though.

Correct. You want to "walk away from your hands." I've noticed Buck is staying back much better this year by watching his head--it doesn't dip immediately when the pitch is thrown and he commits to swinging. Notice the movement of his head in the 2018 vs 2019 shots-his head is much more stable in 2019.

Similar thoughts to Doc and others: If we contend in 2019, it will be because Sano and Buxton are 5-7 WAR guys. There's no way to have a contingency plan, and we aren't going to get fair value out of either by trading them. It's more unrealistic to expect us to contend without them than it is to expect them to perform at 5-6WAR level. Honestly, if they perform at all-star level, we're not far from Cleveland at that point. Just need bullpen help and a middle infielder.