Question of the week: Name your preferred trade candidate!

[Brock Beauchamp]

I'm working on creating more integrated content with our userbase, so I'm trying different stuff. Something I'd like to hear is each of your preferred trade targets this July. Just list one, and please keep it reasonable (or rationalize your insanity, if that's even possible).

So, who is "your guy" this July?

[TwinsBrewersWorldSeries]

Freddy Peralta (just to watch heads explode)

we roll with some combo of Miz, Harrison, Patrick, Henderson in the playoffs….

but Peralta replacing Sproat or Gasser gets us the 1 seed.

plug in Jett, Pratt, and Lockridge and I think we clean up the black holes in our lineup.

[owbc]

20 minutes ago, TwinsBrewersWorldSeries said:

Freddy Peralta (just to watch heads explode)

we roll with some combo of Miz, Harrison, Patrick, Henderson in the playoffs….

but Peralta replacing Sproat or Gasser gets us the 1 seed.

plug in Jett, Pratt, and Lockridge and I think we clean up the black holes in our lineup.

That would be objectively hilarious. 

Joe Ryan is mine. It would be Skubal but I think he might go ahead of the deadline and we are more concerned about October than getting more regular season starts. 

I think we have enough trade capital to get a TOR starter without sacrificing future success. Additionally, it serves as a de facto bullpen upgrade for the postseason. 

There are a couple outfielders with a few years of control that also intrigue me, especially someone like Kerry Carpenter who was a postseason god last year. 

[liveforoctober]

I understand we are just speculating - but it might be a really weird trade deadline year. Lockout looming in the background ... but more importantly the AL is underperforming so wildly that a team like the Red Sox (currently 9 games under .500) are only 4 games out of a wild card spot. The entire American League will probably still think they are in it well into summer..

[cragi]

skubal

[nate82]

Highly unlikely but if Witt becomes available that is the only player I would go after.  Unfortunately the next best player Yordan Alvarez plays a position that we already have a bunch of players at DH (Contreras, Yelich, Bauers, Vaughn and Sanchez).  Now a few could be removed and wouldn't be missed but Yelich is a DH only at this point in his career unless you want to see him on the IL a lot.  

Another possibility in Buxton but like Yelich is probably more of a DH going forward.  So no fit there either.  

I don't like Abrams so going to pass on him.

Duran looks horrible in Boston like Keston Hiura bad, he would be an improvement over Frelick but only a slight improvement.  The best offer I would give the Red Sox for Duran would be something like Wilken straight up for Duran.  This offer would get rejected by the Red Sox but I just don't see the value in trading for Duran who looks like his 2024 season was just a fluke.  Duran gives me Bill Hall vibes and I liked Hall.  

Sandy Alcantara probably makes the most sense for the Brewers and I don't think he will cost an elite prospect to get.  Something like Adams, Gasser and a lower level prospect for Alcantara.  For the Brewers it gives them a veteran starter and for the Marlins it gives them a young 1B/DH prospect a LHP prospect and a wild card.  I don't think Alcantara will have much value and this may even be an overpay for him.  

Then a trade for a bat or two.  Trade for Jo Adell and have him platoon with Mitchell in RF, I think you only need to give up a minor prospect here for Adell.  Move Bauers to LF and move Chourio to CF.  Trade Vaughn, Wilken and a player to be named later to the Red Sox for Wilson Contreras and $10mm.  The $10mm is to pay for half of Contreras' option for 2027.

Trade Frelick and a minor prospect to the A's for Severino.  

After all trades Miz, Harrison, Alcantara, Woodruff (if he returns) and Severino in the rotation from the deadline on.  This then allows you to put Woodruff in the bullpen for the playoffs where I think he will excel.  

The starting lineup looks something like Chourio, Turang, William Contreras, Wilson Contreras, Yelich, Bauers, Mitchell/Adell, Pratt, Williams. On the bench you have Lockridge, Hamilton/Ortiz/Leonard/Black and Sanchez.  

Probably none of these are realistic trades other than the Alcantara trade.