Agreed, but only one way to find out. It is 100% a stretch, but this is very different than a hitter, imo. Again, only one way to know.....that's all I'm asking for. Put him in AA as a RP, and see what happens for a few weeks. But, it isn't happening.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/zipsing-up-the-trade-deadline/
Looks like everyone in the AL that the Twins are fighting with got more better (making me wonder how the math actually works).
right, we never know what teams think about players, or if they want a position, or a guy closer to the majors or what.......other than what we see them do (but that takes time beyond the trade).
I think this is fair. I think it's also fair that people vent less than 24 hours after the team they root for does nothing at the trade deadline. Not even a full day yet.
The Kikuchi trade is being widely panned as a bad trade. I don't know why anyone would make that deal.
Puk brought back a 40+ and a 40 (on Fangraphs).
Twins have 10 40+ guys and a handful of 40 guys. They likely could lose one of each and been just fine.
They haven't played a significantly different set of teams than most other teams. We are well over half way thru the year.
Also, this post is made every year......almost no team is one player from being the best team in the league. The question is, could they have traded for a LHRP and been a better team? A team more likely to win? Not, should they have made a trade for a player that wasn't traded....
It's true that so the lower revenue teams act this way. It's also true none of them win it all anytime. I think we should acknowledge that, and not get down on them for not winning it all.
I don't think ownership is. They didn't add last deadline, even with the best pitching they've ever had. They cut payroll in the off season. They didn't add at the deadline this year. I don't think ownership cares about winning at all. This is a decades long pattern.