Cory Engelhardt

Yes but they don’t have to get a get with 5 years team control to help the bullpen Plus, I think Festa and Raya and SWR all could become really solid relievers. And another one via trade from Larnach and a free agent or two complete the bullpen no? Or some type of iteration of this.

I just meant you don’t have to give up quality prospects to get usable relievers for a season

I do not no. At least not on the free agent market. But there are options available

I don’t think bullpen value is as expensive as you lay out here.

Maybe so? I guess we will see. I’d be surprised if they dont acquire some actual bullpen help

I suppose if they do literally nothing and don’t change out the bottom of their 40 man and have zero competent bullpen that’s true. I can’t see that happening otherwise

Disagree with 55 being possible. Not certain on the ceiling yet

Let’s say with the mystery investors allow the team to have some money to spend this offseason. I’m not saying they will be in on Pete Alonso et al, but maybe they aren’t only getting Ty France type deals and minor league signings for the bullpen. With that being said, let’s say they also do hypothetically not trade Lopez, Ryan, Buxton and Jeffers. Let’s start with that too. Here are my questions; 1) What is the best major league player they can get for Trevor Larnach? My guess is they can get a reliever of some type. Nick Gordon turned into Steven Okert. Just a thought. 2) What is the best player they can get for Bailey Ober? Can they get a young catcher who is ready to at minimum be a backup and if everything breaks right be a co-catcher with Jeffers? If that is the case, do you have a name that makes sense? 3) I don’t know that I see trading Wallner, but let’s say they listen on him. What would your hope be for him? Is he more valuable as their rf/dh for 2026? Or is he more valuable to trade to someone for pitching or hitting? 4) Brooks Lee and Royce Lewis; I kind of think longer term this team has room for one of them in the starting lineup unless they both can get back to their potential. As of right now I would bet on Lewis longer term more than Lee, and I also think Kaelen Culpepper is a better SS option long term than Lee is. Do you listen on Lee now? Do you think he can be at 3b and you move Lewis for something? Anyway, I do think there will be moves this offseason. I don’t know if that includes a haul for Joe Ryan or not, but these guys are also ones I would listen on. What do you think?

I think both of them have good k rates, some speed, and doubles power. They also can cover ground in the outfield. I don't know about Fedko's defense in the outfield. His k rates are not crazy for AAA, but I can't say right now he would absolutely be an improvement over what both Martin and Roden already do.

Of the other players you listed, I absolutely would see McCusker, Keirsey, Julien, Miranda, Fitzgerald, Gasper, Tonkin and Larnach being elsewhere as soon as possible. That creates the necessary room on the 40 man, and it's not even really a difficult call. And 100% I protect Klein.

Agreed, and Martin actually looked pretty good the last two months right? I also think he has a place on the team next year, be it as starting in the outfield or as the Willi Castro super utility around the field. He has speed, makes contact and can hold his own at a few positions (outfield and 2b) so he'll be good to have around.

I wish him well. I do. I also think he will rebound a bit for another team next year, and I would imagine we will receive a middle reliever or backup catcher via trade for him.

I do think Larnach is on another team next year. Actually I'd be surprised if he is on the team in 2026. I do think it's possible he could be traded for something useful (a middle reliever for example?) but Wallner has had success with the bat before, so even though he had a down year in 2025, I certainly wouldn't get rid of him for nothing. And I love what Gonzalez and Fedko did last year in the minors. I can't YET say either are ready for a starting role. Jenkins I THINK can be that at some point, but he'll most likely get some time at AAA for the start of the year. Rodriguez absolutely has the potential to be that too and I hope he can be healthy for a lengthened time. To start the year, as of now, I'd imagine some combo of Buxton and Roden and Martin can be enough until Jenkins is ready, or others. But maybe they do have Wallner in right until that point?

JUST for argument's sake; Miguel Sano and Michael Cuddyer were drafted or signed as SS's. Same with both Joe Nathan and Jacob DeGrom. Most teams draft or sign (if they are 16) SS's, Catcher's, center fielders or pitchers because that's where youth league teams have their best players play. So, if you are a drafting team, and you are wanting to draft high school kids, if they are a position player a LOT of the time they are going to be a SS, CF or catcher.

It's a fan run site, and it's fun for thought experiments, but by no means do actual front offices use it to gauge a player's value. Everyone has their own way of valuing their own players' and other teams players.

Thinking out loud here; I don't hate the idea of St. Louis as a destination for him. The Twins have made deals with their new president before, and they seem to have a lot of options for catching as a starting point on a deal. Pages or Crooks or Bernal all could be a starting point of a deal, and then another major league ready player and a couple of prospects is a decent starting point on a deal. At least something worth considering. Frankly, if they could somehow turn Ryan into Masyn Winn and Leonardo Bernal, that would help two positions on defense for the team with young controllable guys. I don't know that St. Louis would do that, but it sure would be fun in my opinion. That said, I bet Winn is not touchable there, unless of course they think JJ Wetherholt could hold down the SS position defensively. The deal with Boston for me is harder to envision. Like others have mentioned, IF they trade Ryan (they don't HAVE to, even if he requests one, there will be a market for him, so it will be a haul, and that does NOT mean equal value on the baseball trades site) and I truly don't see the point AS MUCH to prioritize an outfielder being the centerpiece of a deal here. Well, unless they truly don't think all that highly of Jenkins or Rodriguez and their futures, which for 2026 I almost think they have to be banking on them producing at some point.

One could argue that that describes virtually every team in the AL this year and most teams in the NL not named the Dodgers.

I'm not at all certain what Alan Roden will look like in the majors. I don't know how many of his skills will translate. But he is 25 (26 in December) and every year in the minors he's shown decent speed, minimal pop and really good strikeout and walk rates. I'm not saying at all that he will be a star, and if every one of the prospects works out then he should be a really good backup in any of the outfield spots. Just mostly saying that he has the makings of someone who could actually help potentially.

There is a good bat in there. I don't trust him longer term on defense in right, but he is fine there for now. I am curious how Roden looks in the field and at the plate and if his contact ability and speed on the bases would be enough to offset Wallner's bat by being in the field compared to Wallner. I am also very excited for the potential of Jenkins and Rodriguez, so we'll see. All of this tells me too that IF they are going to trade someone like Joe Ryan, I don't know that I see an outfielder as the primary focus for the return unless they are also planning on moving on from Wallner and others.

Based on what?

I like Jett a lot. I don’t think he with Clifford (that strikeout rate of his is ALARMING) and another 40 fv prospect is nearly enough for Ryan. But I do think the Mets are a team that could make sense for a deal generally

Always good to listen

Depends on the prospect for me. I mean, we aren't talking any of their top 5, and I'd argue it wouldn't be one of their top 10 even currently. But let's say it's someone like Marco Raya or Kyle DeBarge (just to pull guys in the 11-20 range.) I don't know that Tampa would want either of them for Diaz, but someone like that wouldn't be a holdup for me. I'm only saying I'd listen. That's all.

Depends on the asset no? And don't you want to try? Diaz from all accounts is a really good teammate and a middle of the order bat. He would truly add something that this lineup is missing, and his salary next year is only 12 million. I don't know what Tampa would want, and it's quite possible someone else would offer a better trade package. The Twins do have a deep farm system, and they have made a lot of trades with Tampa before. I'd at least listen, that's all.

After 2026, but he does have a club option for 2027. That said, my opinion is the 2027 season won't happen or at least will be shortened, so it's hard to care a LOT right now about anything post 2026 because I don't know when baseball will have a full season after next year.