Joey Self

Saved me some typing, because I was coming to make this very point.   Buxton on the field and not on the bench during the defensive half of the inning is key to a whole lot of things.  

Well, OK, two things--it opens up the DH spot for someone that would otherwise be out of the lineup, and it gets MAT out of the everyday lineup.  

JcS

Surely there are some stats to back that up; I don't trust the "eye test" on things that can be measured.

You can only trade with teams when you're offering something they want, and you are willing to give up what they want.  

Imagine my surprise that the Twins couldn't move Gallo or Kepler or Pagan (who has been better lately, I know) or (insert name of player you'd have liked to see gone) for (insert name of player you wanted to be on the roster).  I didn't like the Lopez deal last year, and I'm not saying that because of how it turned out--he had one hot half a season, and the price was too high for the gamble.  That Baltimore was willing to give him up for prospects told me they thought it was a fluke.   Mahle was a better trade, and it just didn't work--them things happen. 

But the front office should take the tacit advice from 29 GMs--Gallo and Kepler aren't good enough to help their team, and shouldn't be playing on yours.  

JcS (who assumes those two were offered with no takers)

You can only trade with teams when you're offering something they want, and you are willing to give up what they want.  

Imagine my surprise that the Twins couldn't move Gallo or Kepler or Pagan (who has been better lately, I know) or (insert name of player you'd have liked to see gone) for (insert name of player you wanted to be on the roster).  I didn't like the Lopez deal last year, and I'm not saying that because of how it turned out--he had one hot half a season, and the price was too high for the gamble.  That Baltimore was willing to give him up for prospects told me they thought it was a fluke.   Mahle was a better trade, and it just didn't work--them things happen. 

But the front office should take the tacit advice from 29 GMs--Gallo and Kepler aren't good enough to help their team, and shouldn't be playing on yours.  

JcS (who assumes those two were offered with no takers)

You can only trade with teams when you're offering something they want, and you are willing to give up what they want.  

Imagine my surprise that the Twins couldn't move Gallo or Kepler or Pagan (who has been better lately, I know) or (insert name of player you'd have liked to see gone) for (insert name of player you wanted to be on the roster).  I didn't like the Lopez deal last year, and I'm not saying that because of how it turned out--he had one hot half a season, and the price was too high for the gamble.  That Baltimore was willing to give him up for prospects told me they thought it was a fluke.   Mahle was a better trade, and it just didn't work--them things happen. 

But the front office should take the tacit advice from 29 GMs--Gallo and Kepler aren't good enough to help their team, and shouldn't be playing on yours.  

JcS (who assumes those two were offered with no takers)

You can only trade with teams when you're offering something they want, and you are willing to give up what they want.  

Imagine my surprise that the Twins couldn't move Gallo or Kepler or Pagan (who has been better lately, I know) or (insert name of player you'd have liked to see gone) for (insert name of player you wanted to be on the roster).  I didn't like the Lopez deal last year, and I'm not saying that because of how it turned out--he had one hot half a season, and the price was too high for the gamble.  That Baltimore was willing to give him up for prospects told me they thought it was a fluke.   Mahle was a better trade, and it just didn't work--them things happen. 

But the front office should take the tacit advice from 29 GMs--Gallo and Kepler aren't good enough to help their team, and shouldn't be playing on yours.  

JcS (who assumes those two were offered with no takers)

You can only trade with teams when you're offering something they want, and you are willing to give up what they want.  

Imagine my surprise that the Twins couldn't move Gallo or Kepler or Pagan (who has been better lately, I know) or (insert name of player you'd have liked to see gone) for (insert name of player you wanted to be on the roster).  I didn't like the Lopez deal last year, and I'm not saying that because of how it turned out--he had one hot half a season, and the price was too high for the gamble.  That Baltimore was willing to give him up for prospects told me they thought it was a fluke.   Mahle was a better trade, and it just didn't work--them things happen. 

But the front office should take the tacit advice from 29 GMs--Gallo and Kepler aren't good enough to help their team, and shouldn't be playing on yours.  

JcS (who assumes those two were offered with no takers)

You can only trade with teams when you're offering something they want, and you are willing to give up what they want.  

Imagine my surprise that the Twins couldn't move Gallo or Kepler or Pagan (who has been better lately, I know) or (insert name of player you'd have liked to see gone) for (insert name of player you wanted to be on the roster).  I didn't like the Lopez deal last year, and I'm not saying that because of how it turned out--he had one hot half a season, and the price was too high for the gamble.  That Baltimore was willing to give him up for prospects told me they thought it was a fluke.   Mahle was a better trade, and it just didn't work--them things happen. 

But the front office should take the tacit advice from 29 GMs--Gallo and Kepler aren't good enough to help their team, and shouldn't be playing on yours.  

JcS (who assumes those two were offered with no takers)

After last season, I'm okay with this. 

That is a real risk. However there is also the real risk that Gray or Maeda will come up with an injury giving them very little iver the Twins remaining control.

Teams overpay for starting pitching at the deadline. See: twins last year 

Don't you need a sucker...I mean, an interested team in order to do that? 

BUT, what is the alternative? My objection to the signing was largely "Why spend the money on him?" It's not like we don't have cheap alternatives as LH power bats who play corner outfield and 1B who may well turn out to be better: Kirilloff, Larnach, and Wallner. And, of course, we also have Kepler if the youngsters don't measure up.
To me, the Gallo signing was a very poor one because we lost a huge amount of development time for those three kids and, really, didn't get much in return (unless you are trying to run up opposing pitchers' strikeout totals, which Gallo does singularly well).

If only this team had someone on it that could hit for average and get on base well above the MLB average.

Oh, never mind, they'd just trade him...

JcS

If only this team had someone on it that could hit for average and get on base well above the MLB average.

Oh, never mind, they'd just trade him...

JcS

If only this team had someone on it that could hit for average and get on base well above the MLB average.

Oh, never mind, they'd just trade him...

JcS

If only this team had someone on it that could hit for average and get on base well above the MLB average.

Oh, never mind, they'd just trade him...

JcS

If only this team had someone on it that could hit for average and get on base well above the MLB average.

Oh, never mind, they'd just trade him...

JcS

I don't know why I thought this--probably read it on the Internet somewhere, which means it must be true--but I was under the impression that Buxton at DH was an April thing.   I thought at least part of the money he was getting was for his glovework as well as his hitting. 

JcS

I don't know why I thought this--probably read it on the Internet somewhere, which means it must be true--but I was under the impression that Buxton at DH was an April thing.   I thought at least part of the money he was getting was for his glovework as well as his hitting. 

JcS

I don't know why I thought this--probably read it on the Internet somewhere, which means it must be true--but I was under the impression that Buxton at DH was an April thing.   I thought at least part of the money he was getting was for his glovework as well as his hitting. 

JcS

I don't know why I thought this--probably read it on the Internet somewhere, which means it must be true--but I was under the impression that Buxton at DH was an April thing.   I thought at least part of the money he was getting was for his glovework as well as his hitting. 

JcS

I don't know why I thought this--probably read it on the Internet somewhere, which means it must be true--but I was under the impression that Buxton at DH was an April thing.   I thought at least part of the money he was getting was for his glovework as well as his hitting. 

JcS

I don't know why I thought this--probably read it on the Internet somewhere, which means it must be true--but I was under the impression that Buxton at DH was an April thing.   I thought at least part of the money he was getting was for his glovework as well as his hitting. 

JcS

I don't know why I thought this--probably read it on the Internet somewhere, which means it must be true--but I was under the impression that Buxton at DH was an April thing.   I thought at least part of the money he was getting was for his glovework as well as his hitting. 

JcS