Mike Sixel

another great outing from Boshers last night.....but there is no room Chargois....

I think he's a bullpen arm. Shocking since his college thought he was a reliever.......

Well, TX just traded for a SP and RP, and neither were Twins....so I think we can scratch them off the list.....

Gonna make it hard to send any Twin pitcher there.....

Rosario in CF....but ya....

That seems like an awful lot to give up for 1 SS who is good, but not great right now....doesn't it? I don't understand why the Twins do that. Profar does not make them a contender next year....so you are giving up a top end SP prospect for 2 years of a SS (when you have Nick Gordon in the minors).....

Where does Profar play, in your scenario? Profar is a FA in 2020 (that might be after 2020, so maybe 4 years), so you'd only control him for 3 (or 4) years. I don't think I'd do that deal.....but I'd think about it to be sure.

did Buxton grow this year? Why do we expect it? I am always told there is a sophomore slump, is that not true (I don't think so, but others do) and is Kepler immune? You expect Suzuki to be this good next year? If the owner thought they were likely to be in contention next year, would he have fired Ryan?

Mauer is almost in the self parody camp sometimes now.....how could he show bunt there?

Can't argue with any of that.....but I can disagree with some of it! You make sense, we just don't agree (and I certainly don't agree with the Twins on next year).

From the mlbtraderumors chat: Ryan 3:31 Yesterday, Rob Antony said he didn't want to trade Ervin Santana because that would mean he had to go back into free agency to sign a replacement. This is crazy, right? Steve Adams 3:33 I didn't necessarily interpret it that way. He said he didn't want to shop Ervin because he felt that there isn't a comparable pitcher out there that would settle for 2/28 with a club option on the open market. I think that's a fair assessment of Ervin's contract, and I think it speaks to the fact that even though he's well compensated there's a bit of surplus value there. Antony's comment of "then we might need another veteran" doesn't indicate he'd have to sign someone -- just bring someone in from outside the org. Given the youth and injuries throughout their rotation, I'd be inclined to say he's right there as well. Steph 3:44 Clayton Blackburn for Fernando Abad? Steve Adams 3:45 If the Twins are convinced that this season's 5.00+ ERA is a product of PCL shenanigans and some poor luck, then yeah they'd probably be happy to take that for a guy who signed a MInor League deal. German guy 4:06 Any chance max Kepler gets traded to a winning Team? Steve Adams 4:06 Twins control him for another five years after this season -- two at the league minimum (or close to it). No real reason for them to do so. Cody 4:18 Could the Twins get anything decent for Trevor Plouffe? Steve Adams 4:19 Not right now. He's an August trade candidate but even then he won't bring back too much. I still don't understand why they stubbornly insisted on keeping him when there was no real reason to do so this winter from a roster construction standpoint. Moving Sano to the OF looked like a mistake from day one, and the fact that he's now struggling enormously at third base isn't a huge surprise. Should've left him at third base from the get go and hoped he developed into average (or slightly below) rather than messing with it.

I was talking about the GM not really talking to them......no place did I say they shouldn't be traded....so I'm not sure what we are talking about now.

great post! Welcome to the site.

There are 4 legit starters in AA right now.....you think NONE of them will be up next year? I hope the Twins aren't on the same slow timeline as you. I expect at least 2 to be up for some time next year.

it's easy to not know everything about every team......

Not that I saw today, other than the stuff on MLBTraderumors.

Really? If you were transferred to another state, you don't think your boss would talk to you? Business is BUILT on personal relationships, not icebergs.

We'll just disagree. I see such a TINY percent chance they are good, let alone truly competitive, next year, I see no reason to care if it is Santana or Dean pitching to start next year. start of year: Berrios Gibson May Milone Duffey after trade deadline next year: Berrios Gibson May Duffey (or, the most deserving from AA this year) the next most deserving from AA team this year

Because it wasn't a joke.

There is never a rush....even on one of the worst teams in baseball...

What did you see? Was it good?

I fail to see how the GM is a "scapegoat" for the quality of the roster. That was his accountability. Jack may offered advice, but Ryan made the decisions that built this roster. He got to choose who to put in AAA or MLB. He got to decide which FA to sign or not. He got to decide who to trade for, or not.

I logged on around 730 my time to check the score and thread.....and it was overish....wow. Given the post count, seems like no one else paid attention either.

who is suggesting trading Nolasco for a good prospect? I'd eat nearly his entire salary in exchange for a PTBNL that turns out to be you, to open a spot for Berrios. Who has suggested trading Milone for a good prospect? Most people here say to just DFA him again. I'm confused by your post.

Nothing compared to Yahoo's drop.......