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  1. LA Vikes Fan
    Gave up Dasan Hill (ouch), John Klein (meh), and an IF named Damuery Pena.
  2. LA Vikes Fan
    Agreed. Minter was a big add. He's one of the better relievers traded so far if not the best one other than his teammate Weaver.
  3. LA Vikes Fan
    Would love that but probably too light for the Angels. BB Trade Values says add in Ryan Gallagher and its a "Minor Overpay" by the Angels. Add in Zebby Matthews, Kendry Rojas, or Charlie Soto plus Gallagher and its a "fair trade". I say that's too much. I would give them Emma, Culpepper, Tait and Gallagher though.
  4. LA Vikes Fan
    I live in LA and have seen Neto play a bunch. My take is that Neto is a player. Pretty good glove, not as good as Kriedler but a heck of a lot better than Lee, and can hit. Not hitting as good as usual this year but that may be the price of playing on a lousy team with no one around you. He would be a major addition. As usual, all depends on the price. Assuming Culpepper is part of the price, add two in the 15 plus range and maybe we have a deal? That may be too light. Timeline works. Neto at SS for the next 2-3 years with Kriedler a IF UTL, then Houston takes over SS, Neto slides over to 2B or 3B with Lee in the other spot. Lewis stays at 1B.
  5. LA Vikes Fan
    Couldn't agree more.
  6. LA Vikes Fan
    Well, there goes that pipe dream ...
  7. LA Vikes Fan
    I was counting the clownish humor value in Adell's favor ...
  8. LA Vikes Fan
    I live in LA and have seen Adell play way too many times. We don't want Adell. He is worse than Keaschall in CF and a tick below average in RF. Classic biggish power, high SO guy. Wallner with a few fewer SOs and better in the field.
  9. LA Vikes Fan
    Dead on. I predict that they will get a 7th inning kind of guy, call him a "viable late inning option", and be done. Someone like Ryan Zeferjahn (who I think would be good) or that ilk. Then play it out. Jeffers and Larnach stay.
  10. LA Vikes Fan
    Bringing back the Dobber would be fun. At least he couldn't start against us on Tuesday and shut us out again.
  11. LA Vikes Fan
    I hear that. I like Hunter Green as a possibility, but not at the price of two of our top 10 prospects. Maybe for 1 top 5-10 guy plus a couple farther down the list, but I just don't think that's going to be enough so he's probably a pipe dream. Unfortunately, Emma now has residual soreness in his thumb so this is yet another year wasted for him and he now has basically zero trade value. I don't really see anybody else in our top 10 that I would trade unless we were getting a frontline starting pitcher with multiple years of remaining control like Reid Detmers. I'm expecting one more trade for a good but not elite relief pitcher and maaaybe a prospect for rental starting pitcher kind of trade, although the latter might be my pipe dream. Most likely we either trade a prospect in the 15 – 30 range for a solid relief pitcher on expiring contract or trade someone like Larnach for that same guy with one year of control left. And hey, I think you have to count the Nance trade as a deadline deal so a deadline of trading for three relief pitchers without giving up anyone in your top 20 prospects is actually not such a bad deadline.
  12. LA Vikes Fan
    Agreed. I just don't get the fascination here with this guy. He did get an admittedly very short shot. Not only was he very unproductive with 8 strikeouts and no hits with 2 walks in 18 PAs/16 ABs, those statistics accurately capture the way he looked at the plate. He was very overmatched. He never really had much of a chance of getting a hit. This kind of tracks his minor-league career; very mediocre until the last two seasons. His chances for MLB success with the Twins are somewhere between zero and 10%. Roden, on the other hand, has hardly been spectacular but at least he has a fighting chance at the plate to hit a line drive. Roden's chances for MLB success are probably less than 50/50 but at least you can see the possibility there. Fedko also has no trade value other than as a additional throw in as part of a bigger trade. I actually hope that happens because I'd love to see him get an opportunity with a bad organization like the Angels see if he can find something he wasn't finding in Minnesota. Frankly, I'd kind of like to see Roden traded as part of a package for pitching gave him the same opportunity elsewhere. A trade like that would help clear the decks so we can get Jenkins and Culpepper up to the Bigs for the stretch run. We need some hitting and it doesn't look like we are going to be able to trade for it.
  13. LA Vikes Fan
    For what it's worth, I put into Baseball Trade Values Simulator a trade of Greene for Culpeper, Erod, Diaw and Gallagher and it matched almost perfectly. When I took out Culpepper for GG, it became a moderate overpay by the Reds. Just food for thought.
  14. LA Vikes Fan
    I hear this and it's the only issue I have with the proposed trade package. The others are potentially good or even excellent players but we have others for those positions - Jenkins and Mendez for Erod, Lackey and Tait for Diaw, CJ Culpepper, et al. for Gallagher. So who could replace Culpepper in the trade package back? How about Gabriel Gonzalez, a RH power hitter that would potentially flourish in Great America Park. Yes, that means 2 OFs but I think Cincy needs OFs and it increases their chances of hitting the lottery. So my thought is: Twins get - Hunter Greene Reds get - ERod, GG, Diaw, their choice of Gallagher, CJ Culpepper or Sam Armstrong.
  15. LA Vikes Fan
    No, that’s not what I said. He said he’s going to reject the $23 million qualifying offer which avoids exactly what you’re afraid of, the team having an overpaid catcher. He’s right to reject it by the way if he can get a multi year deal at $15M to 20M, and I think he can. It’s a much better deal for him to have financial security at say, $17 million a year for three or four years, then one year of $23 million, followed by going back in the market when he is a year older and may have had another injury. I think rejecting a qualifying offer in favor of a three or four year deal at $15-$20 million a year is a no-brainer for him. I don’t think the Twins are going to be willing to do that, but they don’t want to keep him for the rest of the season and then just watch him walk, so the qualifying offer is perfect for the team and even more perfect if he doesn’t accept it. Now we can actually keep him for this year’s stretch run, make the qualifying offer, and at least get some draft choice compensation when he walks.
  16. LA Vikes Fan
    It’s great to see Keaschall hitting like he did last year. I would like to see them move him up to the number two spot in the batting order to put some speed on the bases before guys like Clemens, Jeffers, Bell, and Lewis. I actually think it’s likely he moves up to the lead off spot if Larnach is traded. Buxton can either lead off or hit 3 when he gets back.
  17. LA Vikes Fan
    I actually think it’s makes the decision on Jeffers easier, assuming the report is correct. We no longer have to worry about him accepting the qualifying offer and having a $23 million catcher. Now you can evaluate the trade package offered against the advantages of keeping him here through the rest of 2026 and getting the compensatory draft choice, probably after the end of the first round. in other words, we no longer run the risk of keeping him, being afraid to make the QO for fear of having an overpaid catcher, and then “losing him for nothing“. I think it’s going to take a very serious package to pry Jeffers from the Twins. It would have to include at least a middle of the rotation starting pitcher and probably a decent bat or relief pitcher for Jeffers and a prospect. In other words, two major league players I think that’s not real likely.
  18. LA Vikes Fan
    They are going to need another starter for sure because Prielipp is near his innings limit for the year and they just don’t have anyone else other than Rojas. They needed to pick up a starter in this guy must have been the only thing they could find for a price they were willing to pay. Too soon to get guys like Gausman or Ray. The teams that have them will hold onto them till Monday to see if they can get more competition involved as people get injured or ineffective.
  19. LA Vikes Fan
    I think it’s Kremer to AAA to work out some things and as starting depth, back up when Prielipp needs moved to the bullpen. Either that or they think they see a flaw in his delivery that they can fix.
  20. LA Vikes Fan
    This is the best take. You pay your money, you take your chances. Will this be a good trade? Ask again in 2028 and we should know. Its a good trade if Rojas is a #2 or #3 starter, even better if Roden is a contributing regular or part of a trade for one regardless of how well Louie pitches. If not and Louie continues this well, bad deal for us. let's talk about the trade then.
  21. LA Vikes Fan
    I like Keaschall hitting in the 2 hole. I think he should be there every day until Buck comes back, and even then I'd be in favor of Buck going back to lead off with Larnach in the 3 spot against RH starters, Jeffers against LH starters. Martin seems to be coming out of his slump so I'm fine with him leading off. my only quibble is moving Lewis back to 7 behind Lee. Both aren't really hitting but at least Lewis is providing some clutch ABs. His one hit a game always seems to be important. Overall, I like it and like the concept. We aren't hitting so a manor shake up like this makes sense.
  22. LA Vikes Fan
    Agree. We may have a good idea of who's on the bubble to go down by who pitches tonight. Unfortunately, this is a bad pitching matchup for us so there may be 3 plus innings of relief work available when we are behind. my guess is the choice is between Fundy and Anderson.
  23. LA Vikes Fan
    By the way, Baseball Trade Values rates Jeffers and Emma for Hancock and Ferrer as a very even swap. Also rates Emma for Hancock as an even swap. Just food for thought.
  24. LA Vikes Fan
    You can do both - get what we need longer term and get help for this year's big league club. Jeffers and a very good prospect plus a solid prospect (think Emma plus Ryan Gallagher types) to Seattle for Emerson Hancock and Jose Ferrer. They get a desperately needed RH bat and protection from Cal Raleigh's .167 average and .576 OPS for this year, plus one impact prospect that should be playing every day by 2027 and another than could provide value soon. We get a #3 or #4 type starter plus a LH 26 year old reliever with at 97-98 MPH FB and good secondary pitches. Everybody wins.
  25. LA Vikes Fan
    I think you're going to make a call on a Catcher this week. There's a very interesting article on this site by Greg Masterson about group interview he was involved in with Derek Falvey talking about how the trade deadline works. It helps me understand why most of the deals don't go down until Sunday even though I think or thought that it made more sense to do things sooner. I think they'll make a move Sunday regarding the catching but I less and less think it will involve trading Ryan Jeffers. I think they may keep him and either trade Caratini or try to slip Alex Jackson through waivers. I think they are considering just keeping all three by putting Jeffers behind the plate 60% of the time and at DH 20% of the time to get his bat in the lineup, playing Caratini at C 30% of the time and first base 30% of the time, with Alex Jackson paying maybe twice a week, once behind the plate and once at 1B. I think they're finding that arrangement just doesn't work when you have a full-time DH like Josh Bell but he's hard to trade because he doesn't have much value and because what you trade him, you just lost one of your middle of the order bats and you don't have a replacement. Lisa and I try to think it through, all the roads pint to either trading Caratini or trying to sneak Jackson to AAA somehow.
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