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I actually didn't know Ryan was 25. These guys are pretty close to ML ready and that actually works out well for the Twins if they're trying to retool instead of full out rebuilld.

Cruz has torched us cause we keep throwing him hittable 4 seam fastballs. If you throw him cutters in the zone and sliders just out of it, he's nowhere near as dangerous as he has been against us. He's struggled against cutters for a while, I just think we didn't have enough pitchers who threw cutters this whole time he's been with the Twins until recently.

Yup. If it came out that we had to trade Kelley and Stiever for Cruz, this board probably would have exploded.

Yeah that's a really good for half a season of a DH. We definitely can't match that package for someone like Cruz. We got bigger holes elsewhere.

Strotman is probably top 10 in our system. Ryan is almost top 100.

The last thing I want is to face Nelson Cruz at the Oakland coliseum.

I mean he was gonna get traded to a playoff team in the AL.

Jays and Yankees will probably get a lot more aggressive.

They couldn't have done this 3 days ago?

Cruz playing defense full time would be some funny shit.

To other teams who need a closer (like the A's and Jays), his vesting option might be something they want. Getting a closer like him for $16 million for only 1 season has some value, even if it's market price. So while we may not value the option, other teams might and it would increase his trade value.

Kimbrel doesn't make a ton of sense for us because we can't really afford to pay him next year and that's probably where a lot of his remaining value comes from. I was just trying to say that a lot of the Cubs' bullpen arms, like Chafin, aren't really worth going after since their numbers are heavily luck-based and they don't exactly have a history of previous success.

Tepera is decent but I want no part of any other Cubs relievers besides Kimbrel.

Dan Szymbroski has us trading Escobar for Yolbert Sanchez and Bryan Ramos. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/lets-make-some-trades-the-2021-edition/?fbclid=IwAR17zgp-qVqf1HZ6oOUMd8Ht75hs2YiH4wV1jvaUpQIH9IigKGdo_bxiyJs

He's all kinds of messed up right now. He's hadn't given up runs recently, but none of his outings were all that good. It's been a long time since he's looked dominant like he was in early April.

I also heard the Yankees are still in on Machado.

On the MLB.tv feed I heard some people cheering and Twins players looking back on the field like something crazy was going on. Did somebody go on the field again?

Can't win em all. Play better in Milwaukee.

What is that, 5 double plays tonight?

His hand came off there and Moncada still had the tag on him.

Yoan tagged him late, he's safe.

No you didn't. You're trying to say they are integral. So you need to use they're and not their.

Burger got an absolute hanger.

C'mon man, you can't use the right version of they're correctly? It's pretty integral to the English language.