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  1. Possible I guess. Not likely. They sound like players a team can pick up at any point in the off-season. Nothing worth taking an obvious down grade from Dozier to Forsythe.
  2. The problem is the return is worse than keeping Dozier. They swapped Dozier for a worse 2B making the same money on a rental deal, and 2 players that aren't special and probably won't factor into any plans for Minnesota. The other trades you can squint and see what Falvine was trying to accomplish. This trade is a head scratcher.
  3. Bravo Tom! Thank you for combining all trades into one article and where they slide into the organization. I concur with your thoughts and grade on the Dozier trade... There was no financial advantage nor any upside to the deal. I didn't think Lynn could be given away... so acquiring 2 living baseball players is a plus! It's taken a while to develop a bullpen arm as good as Pressly. I don't think he'll be simple to replace.
  4. Could have sworn it was Slaygers... Please advise.
  5. I'm sure he's going to thrive in LA without the pressure of being the star of the team.
  6. Somebody's gotta do it to justify Dick N Bert's livelihood. My fair weather approach is applied to all sports I like. If the team is good I'm all in. If it's a lost season I find other things to watch.
  7. We can only hope that's the case. If they want a quick bounce back to contention it needs to happen. Everyone loves their new shiny toys but they can certainly afford to lose a couple of prospects now.
  8. I could see them signing someone like Annibal Sanchez again and actually sticking with it. More or less AAA depth that won't kill the team if he has to start 3-4 games in a row for them.
  9. My thought when I typed that is if the Twins find themselves in contention in 2019 they should be the ones trading for rentals. We don't always have to be the team to sell pending FAs.
  10. I'll continue to read the wonderful game recaps on this website to stay up to date. I will not watch more than a few innings the rest of the season.
  11. There should be absolutely no push back to using prospects in trades in order to acquire better players next year. None. They have 30+ players that grade out C or better.
  12. It would be better if it was a 3 team trade and De Leon was included.
  13. Concur. If he's not healthy shut him down right now. If he's healthy then he's near rock bottom and they should try a different approach like sending him to Ft. Myers.
  14. Yeah, Molitor doesn't believe in LOOGYs I guess. Now there are multiple examples with the same trend. De Jong moving to the bullpen should be an automatic. I doubt he fits on a top 12 org list of SP.
  15. I still think he will be traded. It may just happen in August instead of tomorrow.
  16. Good luck Mr. Duke. What's Buddy Boshers up to now that there's a LH opening in the bullpen?
  17. Gotcha. Yeah I agree Gibson has been much better this year than Archer. Archer IMO has always been valued higher than his production because teams have the potential to get ace-like production for the price of a utility infielder. It's never really come to fruition for him though.
  18. Archer's value IMO has always been higher because of his ridiculously low contract. I don't really see the comparison between Gibson and Archer as pitchers.
  19. So much math and so little numbers to fuss over. We're talking about 12.5% on the most optimistic projection system.
  20. I think the Pohlads do care if their front office makes a call to go for it and they fail. The only example we can point to of a FO that goes for it was the brief Billy Smith regime. Made some aggressive signings and trades to go for it, fell victim to the injury bug, and was quickly demoted again.
  21. Same. Other teams have the luxury of aggressively pushing advanced bats through their system. I hope Kiriloff is our guy to put through the test.
  22. I felt that way most of the season in regards to Cleveland. They're not that good and Minnesota had a chance to make a run. I wish they were more aggressive and made the moves in June when there was more games remaining. Alas, here we are 104 games in and under .500 still. The FO made an honest assessment of the season, and I'm sure everything you're discussing was taken into account before selling off Pressly and Escobar. If your job was reliant on making a call this year to go for it or sell, you would go for it with those odds? Because know that if they did go for it and fail, you're most likely on thin ice with the person who signs your checks.
  23. That's not even remotely true about ownership and management. I understand the frustration this year, but ownership and the FO didn't let this team down.
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