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  1. dxpavelka
    I get that Corbin's got a terrible record this year. Which means absolutely nothing going forward. Three years ago every fan in the state was in on this guy. Three days ago every fan in the state was in on Castillo and he lead the league in losses last year. Cy Young and Sparky Lyle aren't gonna be on this roster two days from now. We're either going to be underwhelmed with the guys we get or stunned at the price tag.
  2. dxpavelka
    And yet remain in first place..
  3. dxpavelka
    German Marquez? Might the return be some thing like Encarnacion-Strand & Canterino?
  4. dxpavelka
    OMG: THE SKY IS FALLING. A team that was 16 games under .500 last year is 6 games over .500 this year and only 3-3 since recess. Of course, two of those six games have been against an NL Division leader and two more were against the squad that would be the 2nd NL Wildcard if the season ended today. The reason we're still AHEAD of the Guardians & Chisox is because we've played better baseball. No reason to believe that won't continue to be the case. Take a breath boys and girls. Enjoy the summer. This is supposed to be fun and entertaining.
  5. dxpavelka
    I think the Twins comp for what Seattle sent would have been Lewis & Rodriguez at the top and Balozovic & Varland from the mound. Seems like a lot for a guy might be a fine starter but LOST 16 games last year, has won four this year and has no post-season track record. I know that the next thing I'm gonna hear is that he's only won four games because the Reds are a dumpster fire but actually taking a look at things shows that they are 16th in MLB in both batting average and runs scored it's not like he's got nothing around him. The real question we need to be asking now is what would the price be for Montas or Mahle? I believe the price for Montas is going to be at least as much as Castillo was, if not higher since he has not yet been moved. Which leaves us with what is the price for Mahle? Would Rodriguez, Encarnancion-Strand and either Balozovic or Varland get the deal done and would you / we do that?
  6. dxpavelka
    Reds don't give up Castillo with only one arm coming back...
  7. dxpavelka
    Would Encarnancion-Strand and Canterino do the trick?
  8. dxpavelka
    Mariners trade for Luis Castillo. Based on the return the Reds got, what would the asking price have been for the Twins to have made a similar deal. My guess: Royce Lewis (or Austin Martin), Emanuel Rodriguez, Jordan Balozovic & Louis Varland. Do / Should we have made that offer? Do / Should we make the same / a similar offer for Montas or Mahle or someone else?
  9. dxpavelka
    Sellers are always looking for pitching and buyers are always looking for pitching AND bats. Strong chance some contender looks at Kepler the way the Braves looked at Rosario a year ago. With Adam Duvall out for the year that team COULD be the Braves. Of course they're not likely inclined to give up arms that could help us down the stretch.
  10. dxpavelka
    Soto's not going anywhere for fewer than two top notch pitching prospects. Probably gonna take two out of Balazovic, Woods Richardson & Henriquez AND two out of Lewis, Steer & Miranda and that might just be a starting point.
  11. dxpavelka
    So you don't thinks others would be impressed by a couple of guys who cost your your top SP and a year later haven't advanced beyond where they were when you got them?
  12. dxpavelka
    Teams with something worth trading for aren't looking for hitting prospects.
  13. dxpavelka
    Teams in contention would be all over Kepler if we were so inclined.
  14. dxpavelka
    The price tag for Juan Soto is believed to have a starting point of 4 of an organization's Top 10 prospects. I'm going to set Royce Lewis aside and consider him an injured big league ball player. Would Austin Martin, Simeon Woods Richardson, Spencer Steer & Ronny Henriquez be too much to give up for a guy you're going to have to pay a half a billion dollars to? I'd love to say that I see clear big league playing paths for Martin and Steer but I'm not sure I can. The could be our keystone combo of the future or they could both be perpetually blocked by guys like Lewis, Arraez, Polanco & Miranda. What would YOU give up to get a guy to pair with Buxton in the top 4 of our order for the next decade plus?
  15. dxpavelka
    It's the Twins so draw your own conclusions on that. We move four other pieces last year and got one guy who has thus far helped and a few others that have not yet advanced.
  16. dxpavelka
    Marlins weren't giving up Alcantara. If they were they'd have had a line from here to Miami of teams looking to make that move and would have gotten far more than we would have offered for him. And they didn't move him so that says a lot about what their intentions were to make such a move.
  17. dxpavelka
    Based on the esteem in which he was (is) held by those that were looking to move him, I would have expected 2 prospects neither of which would have been ready by 23.
  18. dxpavelka
    So here's a fun exercise. Much talk a year (and more than a year) ago about the wisdom of moving Buxton. Where would this team be today without him?
  19. dxpavelka
    Sox bullpen isn't better than the ours. Should be but it's not.
  20. dxpavelka
    If we get one game for every "expert" who makes a prediction without putting his name on it, we win the division by at least 8 games.
  21. dxpavelka
    3 to 4 of these guys will likely go in the next week. Hopefully those that don't can contribute sooner rather than later. The other lesser thought of possibility would be moving some guys already on the 40. Not sure who in either case though. Will also need a 40 man spot for big leaguers acquired.
  22. dxpavelka
    Actually, you DID call them cowards. And whether we get Montas or Castillo, I'd STILL try to make other moves. There are probably going to be a dozen to a dozen and a half teams in contention and looking to be buyers. Saying that if we, or any of the other dozen plus contenders, have no shot if they don't get Montas or Castillo is preposterous. Call the common man. Kris Bryant didn't bring a trophy to the Giants last year. Craig Kimbrel didn't bring one to the south side. Jose Berrios didn't bring a ring to Canada. Nor did Brad Hand. Cesar Hernandez didn't take the south siders to the promised land. Joey Gallo didn't bring one to the big apple and now could be had for an apple. Eddie Escobar didn't bring one to beer town. Kendall Graveman & Rafael Montero didn't bring one to H-Town. Braves made a bunch of "B" moves and won the title. I'd be just fine with a similar result. Maybe they'd sell Eddie......
  23. dxpavelka
    Actually the 87 Twins made a number of moves that year, many of them just before the season. Al Newman, Dan Gladden, Jeff Reardon, Senor Smoke, Tom Nieto all added shortly before the season. Sal Butera added in May. Traded for Joe Niekro in June, Steve Carlton in July and the Baylor trade on September 1. 91 Twins also made their big moves before the season. Chilli Davis, Jack Morris. Just for the record they also had a 10 game losing streak that year. They may not have been a "middling" team that year but NOBODY thought they had a snowball's chance in hell of getting by the Jays that year and even less chance of them beating the Pirates if they did. Can't call them out for not making deadline moves when they won the damn World Series.
  24. dxpavelka
    It's not a matter of what they do first. If they need two starters & two relievers go get them all. If you screw around getting other things first and run out of time to get this kind of get you still end up short of what is needed.
  25. dxpavelka
    Absolutely. You can't anything if you don't win a first series. I understand, we got no shot at winning it all. We didn't in 87 either. Yankees are on an all time pace and Astros are not far behind. Three of the four teams that have won 111 games in a season have NOT won the World Series. Get in and see what happens.
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