alarp33
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You have written you are interested in building the farm, but also are saying the Twins should trade for Realmuto whether they are good or not. I'm sorry but that is nonsensical. What good does Realmuto do for a 70 win team? That is not how good teams are built. The Astros didn't trade for Verlander in 2015, they traded for him in 2017 when they were on the cusp of a World Series. Getting ONE good player ,which Realmuto certainly is, does not make a significant difference. The Twins desperately need Sano/Buxton/Kepler/Polanco to become a big part of the future, or Realmuto would spend 2 years on a non-contender. For what it's worth, I definitely would not rule out trading for him this winter. I would like to see progress from the 4 listed above, see what other plans they have to fill out the roster in FA, etc. I am saying right now it makes very little sense. The path to a contention is not and never has been emptying the farm system for 1 above avg piece. If Realmuto doesn't cost Lewis, he costs probably 3 of the next 4 on your top 10 prospect list.
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There was a 5 page thread on here that you commented on multiple times. He called the poster "completely wrong" about there being Berrios for Gray discussions and said it had never been discussed until last summer
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You think the paragraph about trading for Tulo or Lucroy, or the numerous trade discussions about Sonny Gray for Berrios (the paragraph you highlighted) was being written about the Yankees?
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Of course its a move for 2019 an 2020. I'm saying as we sit here today on 6/16, Sano in in A ball, Buxton has hardly played all year, Polanco popped for steroids, etc. Why is NOW the time to be talking about trading high end prospects. It is possible as we sit here tofday that this Twins "core" stinks, and they are no where near contention next year. In that case, why would you give up a potential high high end prospect like Lewis to get Realmuto to play for a losing team for 2 years?
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“Sonny Gray wasn't spoken of as a trade target until last summer” Who wrote that sentence when telling someone they were “completely wrong”?
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The only one who brought up last summer was you, when you called him completely wrong and said no one had ever discussed Gray here until last summer. Why would the Twins have been discussing trading their #2 starting pitcher last summer?
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Why are they in a position? Could they be this offseason, maybe? But this team as it sits today, looks WAY further away than anyone realized. Much of which is strictly built around the disappointing 2018 starts for Sano and Buxton. If Sano and Buxton stink (I'm not writing either off), why are you trading for Realmuto, to win 75 games instead of 71 games next year?
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http://twinsdaily.com/articles.html/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/chasing-an-ace-r4227 EDIT- And here is the thread, both people who liked your post calling him "completely wrong" commented plenty about trading Berrios for Gray prior to the 2016 season http://twinsdaily.com/topic/20483-would-you-do-it/
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To get this straight. You DO want to build the farm system. But also, trade Single A talent regardless of the major league talent / record. Ok
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Demanding the Twins trade their entire farm when they are 7 games under .500 seems pretty anti Cubs/ Astros and even recent Yankees (traded Chapman and others) to me. No, building like Houston right now is not realistic. But that doesn't mean right now in what looks more and more like a lost season is anywhere near the time to push the chips in the middle. The only trades the Twins need to be involved in this season involve Dozier, Lynn, Rodney, etc. This offseason? If there seems to be any sort of awakening from Sano and Buxton, might be the time to try and reasonably go for it in 2019. Payroll will have tons of room, FA class looks better, and they could return a decent core. Does that mean I think they are close enough this off season to look at gutting the farm system and trading a Lewis type prospect? No
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I mean one poster literally used the Astros as his argument for big free agent signings and trades. The same Astros that tore things down, built the best farm system in baseball, and had like 6 hitters and their starting pitcher in Game 7 of the World Series come from within, but sure If there is a better example to MY point* than the Astros, I don't know it. *Don't trade all your top prospects when you are no where near competing for a title
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No one has ever said to win you have to build your entire 25 man roster from home grown players. Let's stop with these absurdly stupid nit picking examples. The cubs and the Astros are two great examples for the Twins to follow. Both won BY BUILDING THEIR FARM SYTEM, they then supplemented that through FA and Trades. NO ONE IS ARGUING against that. The Twins are 13 games out of a WC spot, they aren't in the Cubs, Astros, Yankees position when they acquired the Lesters, Verlanders, Stanton's I'm fully aware the posters trying to make these arguments understand exactly what Major League is saying but are choosing these odd nit picks to argue.
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Sigh. Have a good rest of your day, I'm not interested in this. If you can't recall the recent Change in Philosophy from the Yankees I can't help you, but google would
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On June 1st they were on pace for 68 wins and 10 games out of the WC. When Nick wrote an article about catchers they were 5 games under .500 and trailed the Astros by 8.5 games for 2nd WC.
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Missing the playoffs 3 times in 4 years is considered a down time for the Yankees. You obviously knew what the poster was referencing, playing dumb is silly
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Again, the Twins are 13 games out of a WC spot. Why are you surprised people aren't jumping up and down demanding to trade a top 20 prospect in all of baseball in Lewis for him. Do I have a problem trading prospects? No. Would I trade off a key piece like Lewis or Kiriloff in the middle of a lost season? No People are capable of holding both of those opinions. Why does not wanting to do the deal you want suddenly "people here will never trade a prospect, twins will never sign a FA, etc"
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I assume you know he wasn't referencing the 1997 Yankees. Rather the "down" time they had prior to last season. Of course spending the most money possible is always going to give you an advantage. But the Yankees for them did go through a rough patch
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We'll have to just agree to disagree if you think this front office is doing things the same way as the previous one.
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I'm just unclear on where this criticism is coming from. You specifically have referenced THIS FO, and I'm asking at what point in time have they erred on trades or big free agent signings? Last trade deadline? This offseason? (I was all for a Cole trade, but I loved the offseason like most did). When did they miss an opportunity. And please don't answer Verlander because anyone who takes off their Twins colored glasses knows he wasn't waiving a no trade to come here.
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This front office has been in charge for 2 offseasons. 1 of which they were hired in Nov after the team had won 59 games. Would've been an odd time to make a huge signing, no? Last off season the top 3 free agents were Yu Darvish, JD Martinez, Eric Hosmer. Which should they have signed to make you happy? JD Martinez is having a great season but never made sense here (though I'd love a real RH bat). As for trades last season, the Twins were 50-53 on July 31st and showing no signs of life. Would've been an odd time to trade a bunch of prospects. And yes, Verlander was traded in August and had a no trade clause he never would have waived to come battle for a WC Why are you lumping this FO in with past ones?
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I don't think Realmuto was really discussed on this thread. Machado was. Isn't 7 games under .500 and 13 games out of a WC kind of a weird time to be discussing trading prospects? I don't understand your 2nd paragraph. Should they just trade legit prospects just to say they did it, or only if it make baseball sense? Should they pay $130 million to a Darvish just to show you they will sign an expensive free agent? Or maybe they should wait until their is an expensive FA worth signing?
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Let me get this straight, we've decided this FO won't sign top Free Agents because they didn't sign who, Yu Darvish? Or their 1st offseason, which was following a 59 win season? And we're all hesitant to trade any good prospects because people are laughing at the notion of a team thats 13 games out of the 2nd wild card trading for a 3 month rental?
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You can offer him 8/270 in November and keep Lewis and Gordon. Why would you give them up in July? Machado is NOT going to accept an extension 2 months before becoming a free agent. We need to come back into reality here.
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I don't understand at all why you keep referencing 20+ teams bombarding his agent this off-season. That is going to happen whether the Twins trade for him or not! The team who offers his agent the most money will sign him. Do you think his agent just won't take the Twins call if they want to offer him $300 million because he is getting too many other calls? Do you think if he is traded for by the Twins and they offer him $200 million he won't take the Dodgers, Cubs, Yankees, etc. calls? This theory you are floating is completely nonsensical and not based in reality.
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It's not. And there's no proof of a high end free agent ever taking less money cuz he loved playing for a losing team down the stretch. JD Martinez loved the AZ culture https://www.mlb.com/dbacks/news/jd-martinez-cherishes-time-with-d-backs/c-258115238
