They might as well. I'm sure I'm missing one here or there, but this will be the first deadline in a long while that I can remember the Twins need to be buyers, but priority #1 isn't starting pitching. Might go back nearly 20 years when the rumor mill was they were trying to get Alfonso Soriano.
I still think the #1 priority is still pitching, but bullpen help.
Goldy makes more sense. He's only under contract through 2024 and is 35. He won't cost nearly as much. Something like Prielipp (#5) and Austin Martin (#11) might be enough. Plus either Brooks Lee or Lewis probably needs to play 3B in 2024/2025.
Could have had Soriano for Kevin Slowey in 2006. Ryan wouldn't do it. Jason Tyner was the primary DH. Sigh.
I'd always heard the holdup there was that Texas wanted Liriano.
It was the Nationals unless we are talking about different seasons. And we pretty obviously wouldn't have traded Liriano in 2006, he was our #2 starter (he got hurt right after the trade deadline). I believe they asked for Slowey or Scott Baker.
I knew it was bad, but son of a bitch, that has to be biblically bad. To your point:
| HITTERS | H-AB | R | HR | RBI | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. CorreaSS | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
| D. Solano1B | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .275 |
| B. BuxtonDH | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .214 |
| K. Farmer2B | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| W. CastroLF | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| J. Miranda3B | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .207 |
| C. VazquezC | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| M. KeplerRF | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| M. TaylorCF | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| PITCHERS | IP | H | ER | BB | K | PC-ST | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. Ober | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 67-43 | 2.57 |
Ha!!! 1st and 2nd nobody out. Buxton up. I expected the automatic triple play. Surprised a sac fly moving Diarrhea to 3rd, but finished with the same result. I'm not watching, just Gamecast, but is the Baltimore pitcher that good, or is it the face palm answer that the twins are actually that bad?
I knew it was bad, but son of a bitch, that has to be biblically bad. To your point:
HITTERS H-AB R HR RBI AVG C. CorreaSS 0-1 0 0 0 .225 D. Solano1B 0-1 0 0 0 .275 B. BuxtonDH 0-1 0 0 0 .214 K. Farmer2B 0-1 0 0 0 .241 W. CastroLF 0-1 0 0 0 .245 J. Miranda3B 0-1 0 0 0 .207 C. VazquezC 0-1 0 0 0 .216 M. KeplerRF 0-1 0 0 0 .216 M. TaylorCF 0-1 0 0 0 .213
PITCHERS IP H ER BB K PC-ST ERA B. Ober 4.0 2 0 3 4 67-43 2.57
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Yes, I keep seeing the results of that trade. Embarrassingly not good. This is terrible. They have the pieces to at least have a decent offense, or get the future to make a decent offense, but keep doing the wrong things.
Both Larnach and Wallner literally could not do any better in triple A and yet have no shot of playing for the twins unless of an injury. The off season failure to add a right handed outfield bat is mind boggling over say signing Gallo and keeping Kelper. This twins team can turn any left handed pitcher into Sandy Koufax.