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  1. TNtwins85
    Rushing isn’t a legit catching prospect. Quero from Milwaukee and Ford from Seattle are legit to stay at catcher and close to MLB. Rushing is a LF in my mind.
  2. TNtwins85
    Not many teams wanting those guys have a top 10 nationally if any. Multiple top 100’s is what you’re shopping for.
  3. TNtwins85
    No on Rushing. If Keaschall is getting floated around as well as the rentals and Jax/Duran this may be a shakeup/retool for 2026 rather than a rebuild. Wouldn’t be surprised to see Lewis and Jeffers’ names getting floated as well.
  4. TNtwins85
    Selling him high! He still has steam and might get them a controllable bat.
  5. TNtwins85
    It is the determining factor. That’s why they want multiple top 100’s for premium relievers when there’s only so many. It’s either that or the Twins keep them. Simple. If you want them then other teams gotta pay up.
  6. TNtwins85
    That ain’t happening. He’s the best catcher in MLB not named Raleigh on one of the best teams in MLB. I want Judge hitting behind Buxton.
  7. TNtwins85
    Agreed! I don’t want Rushing and I don’t want Painter. I’d rather take De Paula/Hope or Abel/Crawford/Miller. Rushing isn’t a catcher going forward and Painter is an oft injured starter going forward more likely a bullpen arm. I believe anyways.
  8. TNtwins85
    I agree. I wouldn’t even want Rushing really if I had to choose cause I don’t believe he’s a catcher. Same with Painter from the Phillies. Seems like a Tyler Glasnow to me. I’d rather get a big time prospect no matter the position and fill the trade with electric arms you can plug right into the bullpen. Don’t mess with trying to salvage a starter out of LA’s glut of pitchers. What I’m saying is don’t pull a Varland. Find guys that have stalled out on these teams as starters and take their one or two electric pitches and throw them in the BP right away.
  9. TNtwins85
    I like how you’re looking at Milwaukee and Seattle because they ultimately have the catching prospects that would fit the Twins best in Jefferson Quero and Harry Ford. Both guys hitting well at AAA. Both are above average if not plus defensively. If they want MLB ready catching the question is what do those two teams need? It seems they would both need bats or bullpen. I don’t like rushing as you and I have discussed for the fact I don’t think he’s a catcher going forward. At least not every day. I think we involve the dodgers in a 3 team trade or just go with the Phillies. The Phillies don’t have the MLB ready catcher but they’ve got a lot more intriguing prospects that the cupboard to pick from that’s relatively close.
  10. TNtwins85
    I’d rather lure the Phillies into a deal as they have some more intriguing prospects that are closer but it would also be nice to rob the dodgers cabinet of some further away higher upside guys. A couple high upside bats and a couple high octane arms to plug right into the bullpen. Don’t mess around with making them starters and just let them loose. I’m talking De Paula, Hope, Ferris, Frasso and Bruns. 3 of those 5 and a throw in and I think you pull the trigger.
  11. TNtwins85
    Rushing is not the prize he seems to be. I’d rather get de Paula and some high octane arms that go right into the bullpen next year. Rushing is a bat first catcher. Probably needs more seasoning in AAA and not a catcher you trot out there 5 days a week. Right now. De Paula has future middle of the order for years bat skills and not as far out as it may seem.
  12. TNtwins85
    The price is high as it should be. There’s no need to trade either unless the price is right. For once the twins hold the cards on these guys.
  13. TNtwins85
    Well, I’ve probably watched him play 5-10 games this year on Milb.tv. Watched him at the futures game. He’s got a good approach for his age referenced by the K/BB rate. The ball has a different sound off the bat as compared to most at that level and what I like most is his emotion. He has a fire about his play. Exciting and energetic. Will probably level out more with maturity. The only intriguing bat in the dodgers system right now worth trading 2.5 years of a top end reliever for.
  14. TNtwins85
    De Paula grades at 45 speed. Not bad. He’s a pure hitter that walks as much as he strikes out. Not several years away. Would be in MLB next summer/ end of next year and a middle of the order bat for years if he stays on the same path. That’s the guy you want. This topic is about the dodgers and they don’t have anybody worth trading in for in AA/AAA. Rushing is not a catcher you want back there 5 days a week and anybody else isn’t worth wasting breath over for 2.5 years of Jax/Duran. If those three guys I mentioned aren’t what Falvey wants then you don’t trade them. Simple.
  15. TNtwins85
    Hope is a good one as well. I like Frasso and Bruns just because I believe they have the electric stuff to replace one of Jax or Duran. You ask for two hoping that one of them succeeds and if you get lucky both succeed. That’s hoping that the Twins just put them in the bullpen right away and leave it alone. No Louis Carland treatment for 3 years. Next March you stick these two in the BP and let them sink or swim. De Paula is the lottery ticket but a good lottery ticket and he’s got the kind of fire this team needs. The Twins hold the cards in this. It’s either those prospects or they keep them. Simple
  16. TNtwins85
    For either Jax or Duran the conversation starts with De Paula. I’d also want Nick Frasso and Maddux Bruns. If they want 2.5 years of an elite reliever then those 3 guys or the Twins keep them. No questions asked
  17. TNtwins85
    You won’t get a deal for Lopez. He’s hurt right now.
  18. TNtwins85
    Well, one can only speculate what conversations actually look like behind closed doors but what about this crazy idea. Go all in for a rental bat or two which won’t cost them much in prospect capital( we’re talking the 10-30 prospects here) and let it ride. If they make a run great! If they falter well then that just tells them that large earth shattering shakeups must come. You can trade those guys then and you probably still get good capital in prospects and you can trade them both. Hell, package them both to the same team! This all depends on where they are at come July 31st. Hopefully the team makes it obvious by then which route they must go. If they don’t then they probably run the last 2 deadlines back again.
  19. TNtwins85
    Yes, Dave St. Peter is who all of this should be directed to. He’s the head of upper management. You’re telling me that in 2024 there isn’t ANY other options? Also, they didn’t see this coming? AT ALL?!?! That’s negligent at best and makes me wonder what goes on behind closed doors at the MLB office.
  20. TNtwins85
    Every time. No fail. And they always say the same things. They’ll spur economic growth. As if that helps John and sally taxpayer over the course of 30 years. Bread and circus my friends. Bread and circus.
  21. TNtwins85
    This is the classic situation of upper management talking out of both sides of their mouths. Falvine is given a budget by the suits. I’m still flummoxed in the fact that they didn’t see this coming at all and had nothing in place whatsoever. From how they’ve handled all this it seems like they simply forgot that they’re contract was ending and didn’t read the Wall Street journal and hear that diamond was going bankrupt. It’s like this just came up in a memo on Monday morning and everyone forgot to check it. They had to have known this was happening and the fact they did absolutely nothing to prepare for it and had to beg a bankrupt business to offer them a bad contract is negligent at best. Dave St. Peter needs to answer to this as he is the fall guy and face of upper management. This has nothing to do with Falvine and has everything to do with everyone higher on the totem pole.
  22. TNtwins85
    I love this rational, not flying off the handle breakdown of all elements of this trade! Like you said this sets the floor of their pitching staff and adds a top 100 prospect. I would think there’s gonna be some back room dealing before the season begins.
  23. TNtwins85
    Hold on to your panties naysayers. The Twins FO may be waking up from their winter slumber. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/falvey-twins-plan-to-reallocate-money-saved-in-polanco-trade.html
  24. TNtwins85
    Understandable. He did improve. But in this scenario why trade one or the other? I think Wallner should be in the conversation. Lee is already better at 2B as it stands. Move Julien to LF. Lee takes 2B. Polanco and Wallner get packaged. I’d rather have Julian’s bat in the lineup playing LF than Wallner. I’d rather have Lee’s bat in the lineup playing 2B over Julien and Polanco. I’d rather have both of them over Wallner and Polanco. Therefore you keep them both. This is the best lineup and defense. The article is about Julien and Lee when really we should be talking about Wallner and Polanco. Maybe it doesn’t get you a top of the rotation starter but I’d rather have Julien and Lee playing everyday than a number 2-3 starter and only one of the two.
  25. TNtwins85
    Just my opinion but why do you have to trade one or the other. Why would you just not move the guy who hits great to another position where you are weak in my opinion which would be left field. He’s played there before and he can work at that position which has played before. That allows you to put the higher defensive value player in Lee there. Julien is a better hitter than Wallner. Lee is a better hitter than Wallner and a superior defensive player to Julien and Wallner. If you’re willing to trade a player it should be Wallner is what we’ve come to here. That puts him and Polanco on the block which creates a decent package while still keeping the two best hitters in this scenario. That’s my thinking.
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