Trade with the Twins

[clancyphile]

Twins get:

RHP Wily Peralta

OF Tyrone Taylor

 

Brewers get:

LHP Taylor Rogers

OF/1B Daniel Palka

LHP Stephen Gonsalves

[SRB]

I think Peralta still has more value than that.

[clancyphile]

I think Peralta still has more value than that.

 

Rogers strikes me as a left-handed version of Fiers, and Gonsalves looks to be VERY good (2.01 ERA last year). Palka's a 3TO-type bat with some speed as well.

[A Swing and A Drive]

Cool that someone is putting this much thought into random trade proposals like the MLB is a fantasy league. lol

 

Interesting offer but I think I'd pass if I were the Brew Crew.

 

Gonsalves if he reaches his potential, could be as good as Peralta, but Wily is the best player/most valuable player in this deal.

 

In my mind Peralta has as much upside/value as Shelby Miller and the Dbacks gave up the farm for that guy.

 

I think we could get more for Peralta if we put him on the market.

 

Rogers is an interesting prospect to add in with Gonsalves but he's not a difference maker.

 

Taylor is overrated a bit and Palka is underrated a bit, so those two would be a wash in my mind. Palka reminds me of a AAAA type player though, similar to former Twins prospect Chris Parmalee. You have to take Palka's great 2015 stats with a grain of salt because it was done in the CAL league. Personally, Id prefer Twins Adam Brett Walker (from Milwaukee, BTW) as a prospect instead.

 

And I'd want to swap out Gonsalves for Kohl Stewart if possible, as he has the higher upside.

 

Here's my counter prosposal:

 

Twins get:

RHP Wily Peralta

OF Tyrone Taylor

 

Brewers get:

RHP Kohl Stewart

OF/1B Adam Brett Walker

LHP Taylor Rogers

 

Thoughts?

[pacopete4]

Twins get:

RHP Wily Peralta

OF Tyrone Taylor

 

Brewers get:

RHP Kohl Stewart

OF/1B Adam Brett Walker

LHP Taylor Rogers

 

Thoughts?

 

RHP Kohl Stewart - the main piece of the trade and looks to be a good one, like this

 

OF/1B Adam Brett Walker- Milwaukee born, I like. Don't like that he's another RH batter. Oh, and I didn't see where he has ever played 1B?

 

LHP Taylor Rogers- interesting lefty, seems to get a lot of groundouts which is nice

 

I think this is a solid deal. It would be interesting to see what both sides would say about something like this.

[A Swing and A Drive]

Adam Brett Walker was drafted as a 1B prospect and Twins switched him to OF.

 

http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2012/5/30/3051863/2012-mlb-draft-profile-adam-brett-walker-of-1b-jacksonville-st

 

He was tied for 2nd place in the Arizona Fall League this fall with 5 home runs this Fall. He has 30+ homerun MLB power but also Ks at a alarming rate. (think Gorman Thomas, Rob Deer).

 

I agree that it's nice that Palka bats LH, but I think Walker has more upside as a middle of the order hitter. The future Brewers will have a couple of LH bats at least (Phillips, Clark) so I'm not as worried about a balanced lineup right now as a rebuilding team.

[mlloyd10]

Kennys Vargas

[A Swing and A Drive]

Kennys Vargas is a switch hitting 1B/DH who is about 2 years further along in his development than Walker. I would value him similar to Walker but I think if Vargas doesn't cut it a 1B, he's a DH because he's not athletic enough for the OF. He is a better fit for a AL team, IMHO. I do consider him a good "buy low" candidate at this time who could benefit from a change of scenery.

[bill hAll Star]

Kennys Vargas is a RH hitting 1B/DH.

 

FWIW, Vargas is a switch hitter.

 

Power hitters can develop later on, but so far he looks like a guy that isn't going to carry that bat offenses fear for somebody that is going to provide absolutely nothing else to a team. Still time for him to take that next step offensively. Probably better suited for the AL anyways.

[pogokat]

Adam Brett Walker probably had the most power in AA, but he's going to have a .275 OBP in the majors. I got to watch him play last year and the power was ridiculous---but so is Chris Carter's. They have a similar profile, but while neither has a great hit tool, I think Carter sees the ball better.