Brandon

What about Texas C Chiniros to replace Wilson if not Reamulto.

Something like 3720 to 1. But if the Millinium Falcon can successfully navigate an asteroid field then we could compete for the division.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/07/twins-trade-rumors-ryan-pressly.html In this mlbtraderumors article it mentions the Twins may turn course and buy rather then sell if they can gain another game or two by the deadline.

We keep talking about being sellers but the Twins are on a 13 - 5 run. If we gain another game or two by the deadline we would be 5-6 games back. Who do you think we should target if the front office decides to make a run this year instead of selling?

If Molitor gives Garver a few starts at DH to keep his bat in the line up, Im ok with that. Though he should be in 90 percent of the games right now weather at C or DH. I feel like 60 percent of the time behind the plate is fine if it keeps his legs fresh and gives him time to learn and reflect on C. If Castro was here, Garver wouldnt get this much time anyway. But since Garver is hitting the snot out of the ball, I hope he gets time at DH too. Its not like Grossman or Morrison are keeping him out of the DH spot.

If Sano comes back Aug 1. He is at 7 now and should hit 13 more in 2 months. Morrison could he is at 12 so he needs to get after it. Kepler Rosario obviously Dozier just needs 4. If we win more we may not sell giving us Escobar too. That gives us 5 or 6 20 HR guys. But not many more 10 HR guys. Also Dozier just needs 4 SB to get to 100.

I meant by the trade deadline give or take a few days.

Also it looks like Sano could be back anytime now. He could take over DH and split with Escobar and Mauer on a rotation......we could release Morrison at that point since the results just arent there.

So i guess were back to wait and see after this sweep in terms of selling? I mean i can see Lynn still being traded but not sure about anyone else if we get to the deadline 5 maybe 6 games tops back.

Not to be a party pooper but Rooker does have 119 Ks in 375 ABs. Almost 1 every 3 ABs. Thats not gonna translate well in MLB. I bet this is why he is still in AA at this point, to improve this ratio some.

What about Rooker going to AAA. Seems he is ready for a bigger challange....still has a lot of Ks but otherwise mastered AA.

And Pineda

I was just thinking if one of the top 30 prospects on next years international prospect list is 16 in say June, we could sign him in this years bonus if he will agree to what we have left available. If we have say 1.5 million available we might be able to sign one of next years top 30 with this years money if we trade for 250,000 int bonus pool here, 350,000 int bonus pool there ( in addition to the prospects of course).....and if we do that on all our trades...we have 6 or 7 potential players available in trade. Why not see what we can sign next june with that? And then have next years money for july 2nd too.

That pool of international cash would come as a piece from all trades. 100,000 here, 250,000 there, 350,000 and even 500,000 or more. But if we get a little bit from 5-7 trades we should be able to get 1 - 2 million ans sign a good prospect next June.

Also i may use this as an opportunity to build up my international signing bonus pool for next year if I can or this one too. The prospects are gonna suck as its a buyers market but getting a large pool of cash together we may be able to sign a top international prospect next June or before time runs out on this signing period but before the next international signing period begins next July.

As a gm Im looking at trading Lynn, Odorizzi, Santana, Duke and Rodney on pitching and either trading or extending Dozier and Escobar. Though likely dealing Dozier. You listen on everyone but I want to set my team up for a potential run in 2019. So Gibson and anyone in long term plans is sitting still.

My question for the front office is this and its a long one with back fill so here goes. At the beginning of the season we had Polanco go down on suspension, Castro was out all year with a knee injury (he is supposed to be all ready to go just after the end of the season so he should be able to come back next year) Sano, Mauer and Buxton were hurt for periods Morrison and Grossman were slumping our contingency plans were Escobar who started out at SS then went to third for Sano, Ehire for SS Polonco, Morrison for 1B, Grossman for DH and LaMarre, Cave, and Granite and we had Vargas if AAA if need be. This is not a bad set up except everything that could go wrong did go wrong. now for the question. We clearly had more holes popping up then we had contingencies available. Why didn't we try to sign a DH like Hanley Rameriz to league minimum to come in and DH or one of the other available options? when Rupp wasn't hitting in AAA why didn't we go after a big league Catcher? I feel like plugging those two holes with outside reinforcements back before we were out of the race would have made a positive impact on this team and we may be 5 or 6 games higher in the standings. I feel like the front office could do a better job of handling contingencies on the fly during the season. As far as pitching goes i think they did a good job with that. Belisle is a minor thing and he has to produce or go soon. He cant get away with too many more blow ups. Odorizzi is who he is and Lynn needed more spring training and he is a 4th starter not top of the rotation. Also they are doing a good job of accumulating solid prospects in the minors. Also i think there is more than enough evidence now that pitchers need 6 weeks of spring training. So if I signed a pitcher half way through spring training i can for see a DL stint to start the season in the future to give the pitcher more time to ramp up for the regular season.

What are the prospects we should be looking at from the Brewers in a trade? Seems almost certain he will end up here in a few days. Him or Escobar...

If the Twins gain a game or two by the deadline and Sano is able to come up, maybe we buy a C or bench player and go for it. That would be more fun then giving up on this season. If we fall back to 10 games it wont matter....

Moustakis signed for 1 year at 6.5 million. He wont get close to 15-20 million a year. He may get a 2 year 8-10 million per season. He doesnt get on base enough to justify a bigger paycheck. Power is cheap.

I think this is a good trade for the Twibs long term. Doesnt Cleveland have a few starting pitchers getting close to FA? Bauer, Carasco, and Kluber should be close and when they leave us when Cle goes downhill.

I think the biggest disappointment was Polanco with his failed drug he needlessly missed half a season when we needed all hands on deck to stop the offensive slide. Sano was a close second cause i give injury / problems caused by own doing 50/50 credit. But having Polanco available would have allowed Escobar to DH more giving us a better lineup and a few more first half wins. Buxtons issues started with headaches. I dont know if his slumps started before or after the headaches and with playing while injured. I think he could be up at some point in August.... Sano has to loose weight and fix swing. He will need till late August minimum for weight. And Buxton and Sano are definately big losses and letdowns. Polancos was of his own doing. And when you sabatoge yourself, that is the biggest disappointment. Note i do forgive Polanco and hope this doesnt happen again and he hits over .800+ OPS for the rest of the season. But we need all the offense we can get now. Also moving forward its going to be Buxton/ Sano until they re-establish themselves. but that is from today going forward and not in the first half. I am confidant Polanco will be part of the solution moving forward.

TheJacKmp comment above about 7-3 is probably right but 6-4 with a Cleveland sweep immediately after will likely keep us in contention too. Or a 6-4 at least keeps us afloat but slightly sinking.

Also go to a Dodgers game but the Angels stadium is very generic. The cool thing there is a lot of Angel greats are former Twins.....Blyleven, Hunter, Carew, there are several highlighted in the stadium.

If your still in San Diego i recommend you take TVOR to sunset cliffs at sunset...