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Rosario is a Hitter period! See ball...Hit ball Small sample size aside here's a comparison of Rosario and another Free Swinging Twin Player 1 added power as he progressed...who's to say Rosario won't bring Whiff's down a bit??

Last bad Will Smith reference

And now a few silly Will Smith references... Does anyone else find it coincidental that the I Robot character played be Will Smith had a cybernetic LEFT ARM...we have to trade for him now don't we? Plus...when Sano collides with: 1)the wall 2) any other player he will be able to help with the resulting Concussion!

Ok...I get that trying to buy low on Lucroy will be like pulling teeth from a toothless person So...what will it take to get the Fresh Prince of Newnan, Ga. (that's Will Smith for those unaware of Baseball Reference The following have been thrown out there in this thread: Perkins for Smith Straight up Polanco and Rogers for Smith and Lucroy Cabbage for Smith Tonkin + Darnell/Dean + Reed/Peterson for Smith Zack Jones so he can be sent to minors Here's my I Am Legend...trade for Will Smith Polanco Cabbage Zack Jones (for above reasons) Unless you have a STRONG feeling that we already have our LOOGY!

...or Dozier...Buxton...

Let's just fast forward to the trade deadline...and start the year with the lineup we will have after Aug 1st (Plouffe will be an Angel then...do you really think Yunel Escobar and Scioscia will co-exist?) C - Murphy 1B - Mauer 2B - Dozier 3B - Sano SS - Escobar LF - Rosario CF - Buxton RF - Kepler I can stand serviceable D at 3B when it's attached to 30 HR's not 20 Keeping Plouffe is not only blocking Sano but also Kepler...I'm ready to win with the prospects we don't ever trade Let's Go!

...In Milwaukee (after the trade that is )

Only way I see Twins getting Lucroy is buying on the low that he's at now...that fits the Twins MO (buy low and hope for recovery leaving the option to spin him should we be out of contention at tradedeadline) If it's not a bargain maybe conversation leads to Smith? (A guy can dream can't he?

I wouldn't either...but I'd take Lucroy over Suzuki for a year

REVISED TRADE PROPOSAL Matt Garza Jonathan Lucroy Wil Smith Ricky Nolasco our bad contract for your bad contract and Ricky helps the Brew Crew get a better draft pick Kurt Suzuki plus $3 million Jorge Polanco (he replaces Scooter at 2nd) Oswaldo Arcia Brothers Unite Logan Darnell, Pat Dean, Taylor Rogers (who I would rather keep as LOOGY...MIL picks one or two) Michael Tonkin he's gonna get picked up when they have to DFA him eventually

Now I may have taken it a little over the top...but I could almost make the rationalization that that's half of my trade suggestion...with the unknown-ness of Lucroy (could be the reincarnation of good old #7) I'd throw Polanco in the package if it got things done...he's an upgrade over Scooter for the Brewers

Totally agree...right now i don't think they could expect much for Lucroy which was the reason for the original deal...cabin fever wants me to hear any kind of Twins move even if it's getting the door slammed in their face

Would bet that MIL waits until trade deadline to deal hoping Lucroy has bounce back first half and can catch without issues Wouldn't trade Murphy's future potential for one year of Lucroy..Smith is the centerpiece of the trade the rest is junk for junk...unless you believe in Arcia's power potential

Understood...still would like to see something more then A bad hope from the left side of the pen

I'd much prefer a questionable year of Lucroy to a known commodity in Suzuki

Time to put your donut where you're mouth is...I mean I'll take that bet depending on the metric(s) used A dozen Dunkins sound about right? Would you take Lucroy over Suzuki (I'd take Lecroy over Suzuki at this point) ? Call it Spring Fever...I'd just like to see something happen

Lucroy is far from a known commodity as a catcher at this point as we well know with concussion suffering catchers who can go from .315 hitting machines to .265 occasional gap slappers I don't think the Brewers will get much in return for Lucroy

With word from Cheesehead-land that Jonathan Lucroy feels it's time to move on from Milwaukee it's time for TR to get creative and throw this at Milwaukee to bolster our catching situation and maybe solve a few other problems along the way Player (2016 Sal/2017 Sal/2018 Sal) All contract info in Millions taken from Baseball Prospectus Cots Baseball Contracts From Milwaukee to Minnesota Matt Garza (12.5/12.5/opt 13/5/1) Jonathan Lucroy (4.35/.25) Wil Smith (1.475) Total Salary To Minnesota $18.325 $12.75 $1/5/13 From Minnesota to Milwaukee Ricky Nolasco (12/12/1) Kurt Suzuki (6/opt 6/0) Oswaldo Arcia (league minimum .55) Logan Darnell, Pat Dean MIL picks one (league minimum .55) Michael Tonkin (league minimum .55) $3 Million to offset Suzuki's Contract Total Salary to Milwaukee $16.65 $12 $1 Garza for Nolasco is change of scenery contract swap...Put Garza in the Bullpen and let him take his anger for being back in Minnesota out on RH hitters from around the AL Central...tell him he can Go Hard then Go Home Lucroy/Murphy for a season sounds much better to me than Murphy/Suzuki The Brothers Arcia are reunited and it may feel so good...or...another brother bites the dust Darnell/Dean are the same pitcher in the same situation and their will only be room for one of them...maybe Tonkin has to be out of options soon and there are younger options waiting to blow past him like a Burdi fastball Oh...and Smith lands the Twins the LH reliever that every outlet other than Old Navy or Albertville has predicted since the end of last season My virtual Hot Stove is keeping me a little warmer after this post...looking forward to any discussion

Cruising the rumor mills made me wonder if the following couldn't be the best AA move in Twins franchise history: The Twins have an opportunity to better the whole organization for years to come by locking up this young man coming off an award winning season with a bright future that will make everyone better from the big league's to Rookie Ball.... I'm talking of course about the Twins going outside the box and signing Alex Anthopoulos as Analytic Advisor to the GM with an obvious path to replacing TR in the next few years Anthopoulos' adjusted FIP (Future Important Person) is off the charts As if this place needs it...but let the commentary begin!