Looking at Minnesota's schedule, if the trade is finalized today, Jaime would have to fly to Minnesota today.....just to fly back to Los Angeles on Sunday night for when the Twins visit the Dodgers from Monday - Wednesday. Unless, of course, the Twins just say stay put in Los Angeles and be ready to start on Tuesday in Colon's place.
It's funny looking at records and standings, but if the deal is done, Garcia is only going to a team that would be 2 games better than Atlanta -- yet the Twins are 0.5 out of 1st in their division, and 1 game/2 games out of either WC spot yet Atlanta is 11 games out of division and 8.5 games out of either WC spot. Obviously, Minnesota has played a tougher schedule even though their division is junk like the NL East.
Both Central Divisions are having oddly compressed races. Last year's league champions aren't playing well and while it looks like the Cubs may be righting the ship and the Brewers starting to sink, the Indians continue to scuffle. Twins are a very odd team. Sano is awesome and Dozier--while hit-or-miss--drives mistakes out of the park, but the rest of the team is this odd melange of guys. I thought they'd make a move for a short-term answer at SS, but they seem set on Polanco. Good 1-2 punch on the mound with Santana and Berrios, but nothing solid after that and what I think is a shaky bullpen. Maybe they are angling for us to expand the deal and throw in Vizcaino. Trouble is--and rico disagrees with me--I don't see much in the Twins' minor leagues I would want outside of their top four--Gordon, Gonsalves, Romero, and Kirilloff--and those guys aren't going anywhere. One guy I would be interested in is Lewin Diaz, a 20-year-old 1B who the Twins signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2014 for $1.4 million. He's been a slow riser in their system, but has some power projection.
Jon Heyman
@JonHeyman
twins-braves still working on finalizing jaime garcia trade. for the moment he is scheduled to start tonite for braves in LA.
Get the feeling this deal has fallen through.
Twins currently have Bartolo Colon in their starting rotation. Does that answer your question? They aren't doing it with smoke and mirrors, but they may be doing it with chewing gum and baling wire. They are going to need a bit more pitching to make the playoffs and certainly to compete if in the playoffs.
Bowman says the hold up isn't medicals, but agreement on players and money sent.
If we can get a decent prospect, the FO is stupid if money is their hold up.
Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
Hawk (07-21-2017)
Mark Feinsand
@Feinsand
Source: Jaime Garcia to the Twins is not a done deal. In fact, source said other teams are still talking to the Braves about Garcia.