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Originally Posted by jbergey22
Twins arent in the position EVER to give up top 20 prospects for pitchers that will demand 30 million on the open market. They will look at pitchers like Mike Minor hoping to give up a couple mid level prospects. Any talk of Bumgarner or Thor is fake news.
Their trend is to look for value in veteran pitchers in that 10-15 millions range. Their starting pitching has been surprisingly decent and Barrios can match up decently against most #1s. I just cant see any interest in giving up Lewis or Kirilloff under any circumstanced(assuming that is what it would take to land Thor or Bum)
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I wouldn't give up Lewis for anything, but a package with Kiriloff or Larnach plus a further away high upside IF like Javier, Miranda, Severino could appeal to the Mets. Plus you get Thor for 2.5 years & you can flip him again in 2021 if you have no interest in re-signing him.
A team like the Twins also has a limited window here before Sano, Buxton, Berrios, get expensive or hit UFA, and you can't count on getting competent (& healthy) starting pitching out of multiple guys in that $8-10m/y starter range you have this year, so it's not the worst idea to push some chips in at places you have organizational depth for higher end arms in a season you have like a 95% chance of making the postseason. They already did it with the Sergio Romo trade.