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https://www.si.com/mlb/2025-trade-deadline-reflected-hard-truth-about-playoff-baseball Likely why Getz moved Taylor there...the whole idea of starters being so much more valuable based on fWAR and bWAR got flipped on its face as guys like Gallen, Alcantara and Keller stayed put. Would have had four elite guys moved at the deadline if not for the Clase gambling investigation. Doesn't even count Bednar going to NY.

Braves beat Reds in extras Per Elias Sports, it was only the third time in MLB history that both teams scored at least eight runs in the same inning, joining a Detroit Tigers-Texas Rangers game on May 8, 2004, and a Chicago White Sox-New York Yankees game on Aug. 2, 2007. No more runs came in the ninth, sending the game to extras, in which the Braves prevailed via a sacrifice fly from Marcell Ozuna in the 10th. Braves closer Raisel Iglesias prevented the ghost runner from scoring to deny the Reds their best win of the year. It all made for a fun win probability chart... yahoo.com/sports

More like California Pizza Kitchen or Cheesecake Factory level...but hardly classic fast food.

It’s been just 21 months since an exciting, celebratory 2023 season in which the Twins won the division title and their first playoff series in two decades. There have been nothing but slashed payrolls, bad decisions, injuries, on-field collapses and various other sure-fire ways to wreck fan morale since then. Now, Twins fans are left hoping the trade deadline fire sale is followed by an actual sale, because 40 years of Pohlad ownership has led back to this familiar place that looks an awful lot like rock bottom. Fans deserve better, but they’re never going to get it until ownership changes. Pierzynski trade tree grows Shortly after the 2002 season, the Twins sent starting catcher A.J. Pierzynski to the San Francisco Giants for Joe Nathan, Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser. Nearly a decade later, in July 2012, the Twins traded Liriano to the Chicago White Sox in a deal that included Eduardo Escobar, who became a quality regular for five seasons. Then, in July 2018, they traded Escobar to the Arizona Diamondbacks for a trio of prospects that included Jhoan Duran. Another branch has now grown from the Pierzynski trade tree, with Duran going to the Philadelphia Phillies for 23-year-old pitching prospect Mick Abel and 18-year-old catching prospect Eduardo Tait. Pierzynski is the gift that keeps on giving. Maybe they should build the trade a statue. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6528334/2025/07/31/twins-trade-deadline-takeaways-team-sale/&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwiAspituemOAxX6IEQIHdtdLUkQFnoECAsQAg&usg=AOvVaw0IXsk6VEjhR4Hc8QWmfFPV

"TWINS NEW MOTTO. rise as one mediocre franchise. Falvey had the nerve to say some of what was done today was reality of a small to mid-market team. The Twins have never charged small to mid-market prices for tickets or concessions since they moved into Target Field. The customer service sucks. The reality is we have horrible management and development staff and talent evaluators. This group has been here 7 years. Instead of investing in area scouts, advanced scouting video and data analytics Joe Pohlad made cuts in all those areas including the baseball academy and international scouting . WE HAVE D- OWNERS and a rinky dink run franchise. What a demoralizing day today was. There is not one way you can put a positive spin on what was done today. Falvey has a lot of nerve saying what he said when most of his first round picks have been busts, or trades away and he has been in charge for 7 years. What we have is ownership with no championship pedigree, Calvin Griffith built those teams, no bold vision and no ability to build a winning culture. Blame the fans all you want but the entertainment product sucks. The Pohlads are Zero's and stink at baseball. They lucked into buying it, lucked into Andy McPhail, Bob Gebbard, and will profit from it historically." https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/71714-trade-deadline-day-thread/page/32/#comments

"TWINS NEW MOTTO. rise as one mediocre franchise. Falvey had the nerve to say some of what was done today was reality of a small to mid-market team. The Twins have never charged small to mid-market prices for tickets or concessions since they moved into Target Field. The customer service sucks. The reality is we have horrible management and development staff and talent evaluators. This group has been here 7 years. Instead of investing in area scouts, advanced scouting video and data analytics Joe Pohlad made cuts in all those areas including the baseball academy and international scouting . WE HAVE D- OWNERS and a rinky dink run franchise. What a demoralizing day today was. There is not one way you can put a positive spin on what was done today. Falvey has a lot of nerve saying what he said when most of his first round picks have been busts, or trades away and he has been in charge for 7 years. What we have is ownership with no championship pedigree, Calvin Griffith built those teams, no bold vision and no ability to build a winning culture. Blame the fans all you want but the entertainment product sucks. The Pohlads are Zero's and stink at baseball. They lucked into buying it, lucked into Andy McPhail, Bob Gebbard, and will profit from it historically." https://twinsdaily.com/forums/topic/71714-trade-deadline-day-thread/page/32/#comments

Sounds a lot like Quentin Konerko Beckham...has Keith Law commented yet or still not a believer?

@Joelsherman1 The Brewers have traded Nestor Cortes to the Padres for OF Brandon Lockridge

Plus around the 10th hardest remaining schedule. At least Sox not missing 10 players like the Twins...and nearly their entire bullpen.

Cue Schiffren swing change comments on Curtis Lake Mead whenever he comes up…

https://www.tankathon.com/mlb 25-26% odds for #1 pick somehow it probably goes to Braves (#2) or Orioles (#5)

Looks like the Twins and eventually the Guardians will run out of resources eventually in the Central. Down to Detroit, KC if they get a new stadium, and the White Sox. Kwan might get moved as early as the offseason as he hits arbitration. Who knows what happens with closer Clase.

"Yes, Miller is amazing, but you know who else might be amazing? De Vries, a switch-hitting shortstop who might have the highest ceiling of any player in the minor leagues. The A's loved Miller, but this was likely not a hard decision for a team prioritizing its future years in Las Vegas over its Sacramento present. Get ready for the Leo de Vegas shirts. Thursday might have been the apex of Preller as a concept; he has never been shy about trading high-ceiling prospects when a star is on the table. From Thursday morning to Thursday afternoon, the Padres traded away 13 prospects for Miller, designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn, outfielder Ramon Laureano, infielder Will Wagner and starting pitcher Nestor Cortes Jr. These were not insignificant prospects, either." yahoo.com/sports SS Leo De Vries (#1) RHP Braden Nett (#3) LHP Boston Bateman (#4) SS Cobb Hightower (#6) RHP Ryan Bergert (#7) RHP Tyson Neighbors (#12) RHP Henry Baez (#13) RHP Eduarniel Nunez (#17) C Brandon Valenzuela (#26) 1B Victor Figueroa (#29) RHP…

"This all makes more sense when you consider the Twins are reportedly $440 million in debt (they save $70 million from the Correa trade alone), but that's a galling amount of talent to part with and still consider yourself a big-league team. Fans can stop watching this team this year and, sadly, probably for a while." "Luis Robert is essentially a reclamation project, given his struggles since his All-Star season in 2023, but you would have to imagine he'd be fine with removing himself from the White Sox organization in any way possible. Instead, he'll remain with a team currently holding a 40-69 record. At least there are fewer ignominious records for the Sox to break this season."

Nope. The Padres were all-in, later adding Ryan O'Hearn and Ramon Laureano from the Baltimore Orioles and catcher Freddy Fermin from the Kansas City Royals. Just like that, the Padres addressed all three of their glaring holes -- left field, DH and catcher -- while also adding one of the game's premier relievers. Indeed, already possessing arguably the game's best bullpen, the Padres now look like the team you won't want to play in October, when they'll run out one dominant reliever after another, inning after inning. The offense is now improved as well. Of course, they still have to get to the postseason, but this is a team that now looks capable of chasing down the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West title, which San Diego last won in 2006. espn.com LF DH C were their obvious offensive holes. Now they have the best bullpen in the game for two consecutive years down the stretch.

there you go, corrected JR won't invest 33% of payroll into Robert next year. Period. End of story.

The fucking problem is we don't have any future outfielders...just Braden. Can barely figure out how to get two catchers into the lineup and now we have way way too many infielders. No list needed to figure out that. This stupid franchise deserves to be contracted.

How can they decide that without seeing the final two months play out? Blind faith alone? The last month of play has now convinced them he's finally back to 2023 peak Robert?

Sounds a lot like Luke Keaschall.

Saw where one of the first grades for this was just a C+ for Baltimore. What gives? 6:37 70 Done clutchpoints.com San Diego solved a lot of the problems in their pitching staff when they brought in Miller and Sears. However, their offensive issues remained a big concern. However, O'Hearn's bat is a massive upgrade at first base. Luis Arraez was not doing terribly, but the gap between him and the All-Star is a massive one. He and Laureano strengthens what was already a good staring lineup. The one downside to the trade was just how many prospects the Padres had to part ways with. According to MLB Network's Jon Morosi, Bateman highlights a list of six top prospects that left San Diego to make the deal happen. Blockbuster trades at the MLB trade deadline can gut a team's farm system. The Padres proved that in the span of just two trades this season.

Maybe trade some of them for ACTUAL outfield help under age 27 lol.

Robert will nosedive from here on out and take the $2 million buyout.

White Sox are sure generous. Not giving Rodon a QO yet another example.

Except frozen JR spending going into that expected labor impasse offseason lol.

Great we have about five 3B now...it's also Bonemer's best position, arguably. Jeral Perez ends up there too. Maybe Antonacci...if he's not at second.