I did not even know he was a FA. This is a perfectly acceptable move.
I'd rather have Bundy for 5 million
Than Robbie Ray for 115
Or Gausman for 110+
And even Stroman w/ Cubbies we'll see about the money (which I'm guessing is 60 million or more)
I mean the Mets W/ Mad Max might spend 250 million this year!!
I think an angle here, is this , Nikko Goodrum is a BIG friend of Byron Buxtons'
So why not swap out Niko for Cavemen ...and hope that helps a long term deal ever so slightly with the man, myth , legend Bye Ron Buxton.
It's pretty baffling how we could get Joe Ryan and strotman for Nellie Cruz
And not a single Elisier Hernandez or Sixto Sanchez from a Marlins team that could of used Eddie Rosario badly
I said it at the time and ill say it again
The fact the Twins could not find a suitor for Rosie is pretty baffling
Steven Haijar
Stephen Gonsalves
.almost identical prospects at this stage after their collegiate Seasons
HAIJAR Should be better than Gonsalves long term tho... he's a year younger than Stephen G was obviously ...maybe 2
It is not a huge crapshoot
It takes , skilled scouting and people that know what they're doing
I'm so sick of its a "huge crapshoot" Reterick around here .... Dodgers consistantly work , manipulate and draft strongly you think it's coincidence ? Lol
Stop already with that nonsense
If you miss in 2010 on levi michael
You need to hit the prior yr and the following yr at minimum ...twins have not exactly done this.
I'm sure there are people in the Twins org. With databases that show History of every pick since '99 or '01
We ve had great drafts like 06
And 2011
I think 2012 too
But far too many Levi Michael , Parmelee/ Benson
KOHL Stewart years
Also Ryan Pressly for Celestino and Alcala is still more or less up in the air
I think that is the one good trade Falvine has done.
There HAS to be another , right!?!?
Mistake 1
Luis Gill for Jake Cave
Mistake 1.5
Huscuar Ynoa to the Braves
Mistake 2
Nick Anderson for Brian Schales
Mistake 3
JAIME Garcia for ty Austin and Zach Littell
Mistake 4
Compounding off #1 Lamonte Wade for S. Anderson
Mistake #5
The decision to sign Alexander Colome over Brad Hand , when hand wanted to be a Twin
I've been monitoring Cave vs Wade since that trade....the mistake here , by in large isn't Shaun Anderson ...its the decision to keep Cave over Wave that is absolutely a mistake Wade in CF is STILL better than Cave in the lineup at all.
In that Ballpark, any pitcher can look real good. I'm not the least bit surprised by littells success
Twins need to find their next Matt guerrier
Jiovani Moran could very well be the next Juan Rincon / JC Romero
I wish we had JT Chaegois Riggt now !!
Should be fairly easy to sign Buxton for the long term. We should get a discount because he's a 3 or 4 month a season player.
6 year extendy for 120 mill ? The reason that's good to great for Byron is bc he's never going to play 162 games let alone 140 or 130 games a year . I'm hoping 100 to 120 a season here
I think Oakland after losing Luzardo , would love jose berrios. Maybe daulton Jeffries and a low level high upside bat would suffice.... I say try to move Donaldson and happ to the braves for Wright
And finally Taylor Rogers to the Giants for Luciano ... we might have to include someone like Royce Lewis or Jose Miranda but then could get a young arm in return.
20. Edward Colina / J Cave 19. Jorge Alcala / J Duran 18. Lamonte Wade Jr 17. Randy Dobnak 16. Miguel Sano 15. Trevor Larnach 14. Tyler Duffy 13. Ryan Jeffers 12. Luis Arraez 11. Taylor Rogers 10. Josh Donaldson 9. Mitch Garver 8. Jorge Polanco 7. Max Kepler 6. Kenta Maeda 5. Jordan Balazovic 4. Jose Berrios 3. Royce Lewis 2. Alex Kirilloff 1. Byron Buxton Somewhat close to my guess. Twins , Wes Johnson and the pitching developmental team need the big Canadian J.B. Balazovic to have a huge year either in '21 or '22 he is a big part of the future OR rlly needs to be.