Twins about to trade with Jays

SargentBargs101 · Post #1 » by **SargentBargs101** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:29 pm

TomPelissero Hearing something's going down between #Twins & #Jays, probably for bullpen help. Downs or (more likely?) Frasor. Not done. Could be quickly.

Garmfay · Post #2 » by **Garmfay** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:30 pm

Aaron Hicks for Downs!! Hopefully

Post #3 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:51 pm

Place your bets, people. I'm going to go with Frasor for Angel Morales plus perhaps a reclamation project like Tyler Robertson.

SargentBargs101 · Post #4 » by **SargentBargs101** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:55 pm

Frasor for Ben Revere. Btw frasor a type A free agent

The Flying Gent · Post #5 » by **The Flying Gent** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:08 pm

According to MLBtraderumours, they were demanding A LOT for all of our relievers. Hopefully Alex didn't get haggled down too far.

Mhmmmmmm, what delightful prospect porn.

Hoopstarr · Post #6 » by **Hoopstarr** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:09 pm

AARON HICKS OR DIE TRYIN!!

youngLion · Post #7 » by **youngLion** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:11 pm

Link??

SargentBargs101 · Post #8 » by **SargentBargs101** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:12 pm

youngLion wrote:Link??

right now no one can confirm anything.. guy from twitter.TomPelissero. you can say it's a rumor now

-MetA4- · Post #9 » by **-MetA4-** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:20 pm

Joe Schmit says its not for Downs.

Hoopstarr · Post #10 » by **Hoopstarr** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:20 pm

Schadenfreude wrote:Place your bets, people. I'm going to go with Frasor for Angel Morales plus perhaps a reclamation project like Tyler Robertson.

Morales sounds about right. He's no lower than 7th in their system. I know nothing about him but I'm liking the scouting reports. Sounds kinda like Alex Rios.

http://www.twinstarget.com/2010-archive ... rales.html
http://www.hot-prospects.net/baseball-p ... ns-of.html
http://joshsopinion.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... angel.html
http://www.aarongleeman.com/2010_02_21_ ... chive.html

Hoopstarr · Post #11 » by **Hoopstarr** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:21 pm

If not Downs, I wonder if it's Marcum...?

Post #12 » by **Schad** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:24 pm

My reasoning is that it also makes sense from the Twins' perspective...he's some distance away, and he's expendable with their other OF prospects. I'd also be thrilled if Gardenhire's hard-on for Nick Punto landed us Danny Valencia, but I doubt it.

Edit: Bastian, you bastard, news has been kinda sorta breaking for an hour! Where are the 25 Tweets I've come to expect!

-MetA4- · Post #13 » by **-MetA4-** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:25 pm

Hoopstarr wrote:If not Downs, I wonder if it's Marcum...?

Marcum would have to be a blockbuster. I'd bet on one of the relievers; Frasor or Gregg...although not sure why anyone would want to acquire Frasor.

FreeAgent · Post #14 » by **FreeAgent** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:31 pm

I'm skeptical. AA usually doesn't let things slip. Might just be speculation. We'll see I guess, and I hope it isn't Marcum.

tempests_dawn · Post #15 » by **tempests_dawn** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:32 pm

FreeAgent wrote:I'm skeptical. AA usually doesn't let things slip. Might just be speculation. We'll see I guess, and I hope it isn't Marcum.

It seems like the slip is coming from the Twins' side of things.

The Flying Gent · Post #16 » by **The Flying Gent** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:33 pm

It would have been something that slipped form the Twins side, which makes sense since this originated from a twins beat writer.

-MetA4- · Post #17 » by **-MetA4-** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:35 pm

FreeAgent wrote:I'm skeptical. AA usually doesn't let things slip. Might just be speculation. We'll see I guess, and I hope it isn't Marcum.

All reports are coming out of Minny.

Randle McMurphy · Post #18 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:37 pm

-MetA4- wrote:although not sure why anyone would want to acquire Frasor.

His peripherals (3.37 FIP, 3.89 xFIP) aren't a good enough reason?

Pop Rozay · Post #19 » by **Pop Rozay** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:38 pm

no news from mlbtr yet

-MetA4- · Post #20 » by **-MetA4-** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:40 pm

Randle McMurphy wrote:
-MetA4- wrote:although not sure why anyone would want to acquire Frasor.

His peripherals (3.37 FIP, 3.89 xFIP) aren't a good enough reason?

One of those cases where I really feel the "numbers" fail to attribute for the humanistic side of the story...the one in which Frasor is a mental midget who has been extremely up and down for several seasons now. You're in a playoff push, do you really feel comfortable with Frasor getting an out when you need him to?