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Even so, what sense does it make to sign Morales when you have Mauer at 1b, an array of young, talented OFs coming up, plus Sano. All of this means there will be a log jam at DH, no room for him in the future plans if you don't decide to trade him right away.

They should only sign Morales if they plan to trade him at the deadline for a prospect worth more than a second round pick. Otherwise it makes no sense to sign a 31 year old on a team that is about to become very young and very good with the prospects they have coming. IMHO

Like most Twins fans I would like to see the Twins take one of the top four pitchers (Rodon, Hoffman, Kolek, Beede) in the draft, but if they are all taken come pick five, or even if they are not and Alex Jackson is still there, would you like to see the Twins take a chance on him rather than say Tyler Beede?

I meant which player(s). I fully understand that Miami has historically taken the cheap route and the reasons a team would take such a route. I am just curious who these players might be.

Out of curiosity, who would you consider the cheap route at #2?

True for the most part, they even have a widget on the side of the homepage that has links to articles from other sites. Keep up the amazing work TD! I love having twins articles to read daily.

It's possible he could pitch in AAA when the wings make the playoffs, they'll need some pitching.

20 days and I think it was around the 1st of the month

That's kind of what I thought but it still seems weird to me that Flex Jorge is getting some major attention and Landa is not. I do have to say that I am very excited about the potential Cedar Rapids rotation next year. i.e. Stewart, Gonslaves (if they play full season) Landa, Jorge, and Rosario.

For me it would be: Alex Meyer Kohl Stewart Jose Berrios Kyle Gibson* Trevor May Alex Wimmer- yes I know, but I'm still optimistic Stephen Gonslaves Ryan Eades Flex Jorge Yorman Landa Randy Rosario Lewis Thorpe Mason Melotakis throw in Bard and Chargios once they have pitched a little.

so does landa's stuff not match up or what? His numbers look great, and from what I have heard he has pretty good velocity, so why is he not considered a top young are in the system?

I'd be ok with Albers coming up if it means corriea packs his bags.

So Arcia should work out his issues in the bigs but not aaron hicks? Hmmm....

Probably a little premature but let's move that boy to Rochester!

Last year berrios pitched 8 games and 16 innings for the GCL twins, and was then promoted to elz. Do you think we will see a similar timeline for kohl? He is way ahead of berrios pace in terms for innings pitched.

Rosario played 52 games with 207abs in A+ ft, right now at AA nb he has played 31 games with 121abs. so in about three weeks, if he has numbers similar to what they are now, do the twins bump him to AAA to finish the year?

nope, that's about it

I agree with you, I do not think the twins will trade all of these guys, but thats not to say that they shouldn't. At least the guys I but into the first two categories.

As we move closer to the trading deadline, we have obviously become sellers. Mr. Ryan will likely be moving a large portion of our roster to different teams, whether or not he can get fair value for them. For the purpose of speculation on this forum, I have divided our tradable “assets” into different categories: Players that should without a doubt be traded Kevin Correia- 1 year left on current contract, serviceable 5th starter for a contending team. Brian Duensing- arb. eligible after this year (I think for the second time). No future with the twins as they have many better options in the bullpen. Could help a contending team in desperate need of bullpen help. *Might help his value that he is left-handed and breathing. Josh Roenicke- arb. Eligible for the first time, has but up decent numbers and it is unlikely that his value will ever increase above what it is currently. Michael Tonkin and company are knocking at the door to replace him in the pen. Jamey Carroll- FA after the year with an expensive option. Would be a great utility guy for a contending team. Drew Butera- will never get paid above the league minimum and is unlikely to ever put on a Twins’ uniform again. He is an outstanding defensive catcher that can be serviceable to the right contender, i.e. NYY Players that probably should be traded Mike Pelfrey- FA after the season, but he has gotten better with each start as he recovers from tj. If he keeps putting up decent starts for the rest of July, he may have some trade value. I would not mind if the Twins resigned him, pitchers are usually back to full strength in their second season after tj, this could be an offseason low risk, good return candidate. Anthony Swarzak- will be arb. eligible for the first time this offseason. He has shown some promise as a long reliever, but the twins do have plenty of depth in the bullpen, so he becomes an expendable asset. A team in desperate need of bullpen help might take a chance on him. Ryan Doumit- has 1 each left on an extremely team friendly deal. I feel like most contending teams would love to have a guy like him, being that he can catch. If the Twins hold on to him, that would be fine too, he is semi versatile in being able to play a few different positions at an okay level. I do not know how much he would bring in a trade, but like I said, many teams would like to have a guy like Doumit, if they can get him without giving up too much. Justin Morneau- will be a FA this offseason. Although he is probably my favorite Twins ever, it is probably time to let him go. A change of scenery and going to a contending team really rejuvenate a veteran like Morneau. The only problem is his numbers are good but not great, he is not what he once was; if he were the Twins might not be sellers. *Josh Willingham- team friendly deal signed through next year. Probably does not have much value know since he is on the shelf and his numbers are down this year. He could be a good waiver trade candidate in August if he comes back and produces. Players that could be part of the solution, but if we have the chance we should sell high on them. Jared Burton- signed through next year, with a team option for 2015. He has struggled this year but a contender my like a guy like Burton, especially if he continues to turn his season around. If you can get a good prospect (“B” level prospect) for him, Terry Ryan has to pull the trigger, especially if it is a starting pitching prospect. Casey Fien- he is still in the first year of team control, it could be hard for the twins to trade a guy who has produced like Fien has, who will have a “low” salary for a while. That being said, contending teams are looking for bullpen help and he has produced this year. Like Burton, if you can get a “B” level starting pitching prospect for him, do it Terry. Players we could get some value for by themselves. Glen Perkins- Team friendly deal through 2015 with a team option for 2016. Perk is the one guy who could bring a top prospect by himself. To me, unless you can get the farm for Perk, keep him here to close out games for us when they mean something. And he’s about the only one, although I would not be opposed to trading Arcia for a prospect of equal value, SP or top SS prospect. So my question is, can we package all of these guys together to get just a couple top prospects? The players in the first two categories are all very expendable and if packaged together, do you think we could bring in a top prospect? An example trade for what I am getting at would be something like: Correia, Duensing/Roenicke/Swarzak (one of the three), Fien or Burton, Doumit, and Morneau for Bogart and a low level SP to the Red sox. Maybe have the Twins throw in Goodrum or Danny Santana too. Would the Red Sox bite on something like this? What about the Dbacks, Dodgers, others? What do you guys think?

No there are only 39 on 40 man right now. Spot opened when they outrighted pj Walters