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monsterpile wrote:

jester1534 wrote:Might've had the wrong 30 year old first basemen. I would be very please with Goldschmidt.

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2807082

Hayes of the Athletic said the price was pretty high.

Yay this would be a Killroff Thorpe Gordon type of trade to get him. Just don't see this happening. The only thing that might drive down the price is that he's only signed through 2019.

I would trade Gordon for him, but doubt he is enough. He was not even ranked a top 10 prospect in Twins farm system by baseball America.

https://puckettspond.com/2018/11/19/minnesota-twins-baseball-america-top-10-prospects/

Twins traded Nick Anderson. :-( It would have been cool to see the local boy get a shot here in September after a strong season at AAA.

https://puckettspond.com/2018/11/21/minnesota-twins-luis-arraez-40-man/

bleedspeed177 wrote:I would trade Gordon for him, but doubt he is enough. He was not even ranked a top 10 prospect in Twins farm system by baseball America.

https://puckettspond.com/2018/11/19/minnesota-twins-baseball-america-top-10-prospects/

Let's hope Ryan Jeffers can stick at catcher. The twins need a catching prospect so bad in the minors right now. I found it interesting how high LaRanch was on the list. I wish Rooker would've made it to triple A last year but injuries cause that not to happen. I think there would've been outside shot of him making the team this upcoming year if he hadn't got banged up.

I will be so pissed if Turtle is not on the team next year.

bleedspeed177 wrote:Twins traded Nick Anderson. :-( It would have been cool to see the local boy get a shot here in September after a strong season at AAA.

https://puckettspond.com/2018/11/21/minnesota-twins-luis-arraez-40-man/

I actually played with Nick Anderson on the Tri City Sharks in 2012. Good guy hope the best for him in Miami hopefully he can get a shot there next year.

jester1534 wrote:

bleedspeed177 wrote:Twins traded Nick Anderson. :-( It would have been cool to see the local boy get a shot here in September after a strong season at AAA.

https://puckettspond.com/2018/11/21/minnesota-twins-luis-arraez-40-man/

I actually played with Nick Anderson on the Tri City Sharks in 2012. Good guy hope the best for him in Miami hopefully he can get a shot there next year.

It was always a bit of a weird thing that Athens Twins didn't give him a shot. The numbers at AAA were very good. Maybe Jester has heard something. The guy they got back in the trade seems like a decent prospect and seems much less likely to be selected in the Rule 5 draft since he hasn't gone above AAA. It's not a bigtime deal but seems like a decent one (sort of a gamble) for a guy they were probably gonna lose anyway.

monsterpile wrote:

jester1534 wrote:

bleedspeed177 wrote:Twins traded Nick Anderson. :-( It would have been cool to see the local boy get a shot here in September after a strong season at AAA.

https://puckettspond.com/2018/11/21/minnesota-twins-luis-arraez-40-man/

I actually played with Nick Anderson on the Tri City Sharks in 2012. Good guy hope the best for him in Miami hopefully he can get a shot there next year.

It was always a bit of a weird thing that Athens Twins didn't give him a shot. The numbers at AAA were very good. Maybe Jester has heard something. The guy they got back in the trade seems like a decent prospect and seems much less likely to be selected in the Rule 5 draft since he hasn't gone above AAA. It's not a bigtime deal but seems like a decent one (sort of a gamble) for a guy they were probably gonna lose anyway.

I don't know why the twins never called him up but I do know Nick struggle with Alcohol abused maybe it has something to do with that. Anyways I'm happy for him he has a lot more opportunity out in Florida now. I know how hard he had to work to get to that level because of his past mistakes and I wish nothing but the best for him.

We got him.

https://kfan.iheart.com/featured/twins-blog/content/2018-11-26-minnesota-twins-claim-first-baseman-off-of-waivers-kfan-1003-fm/?sc=editorial&pname=local_social&keyid=KFXN

WOW

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25385553/josh-donaldson-agrees-23-million-deal-atlanta-braves