Comments on: Nathan Warms to the Twins http://firegardy.com/2008/01/31/nathan-warms-to-the-twins/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2008/01/31/nathan-warms-to-the-twins/comment-page-1/#comment-37 sirsean Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:41:27 +0000 http://firegardy.com/2008/01/31/nathan-warms-to-the-twins/#comment-37 <p>That's an excellent point. We very well could trade him at the deadline, when foolish teams are willing to throw away a top prospect to rent a closer.</p> <p>Although if there's anything the last year or so have taught us, teams act rationally when they're dealing with the Twins (and irrationally at all other times). This will get frustrating when the only offers we get for Nathan are a low-level prospect who doesn't project to get to the majors. Especially when it'll happen at the same time that an inferior reliever for another team is traded for an impact bat at AAA.</p> <p>But still ... there's no reason for the Twins to trade Nathan NOW.</p> That’s an excellent point. We very well could trade him at the deadline, when foolish teams are willing to throw away a top prospect to rent a closer.

Although if there’s anything the last year or so have taught us, teams act rationally when they’re dealing with the Twins (and irrationally at all other times). This will get frustrating when the only offers we get for Nathan are a low-level prospect who doesn’t project to get to the majors. Especially when it’ll happen at the same time that an inferior reliever for another team is traded for an impact bat at AAA.

But still … there’s no reason for the Twins to trade Nathan NOW.

]]> By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2008/01/31/nathan-warms-to-the-twins/comment-page-1/#comment-36 FunBobby Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:34:51 +0000 http://firegardy.com/2008/01/31/nathan-warms-to-the-twins/#comment-36 <p>It seems to me like the market for closers is always at its peak at the trade deadline. Teams go into the season thinking they have some hard throwing young guy that can close. It turns out he can't, so they get desperate thinking an elite closer will put them in the playoffs so they overpay. It seems to me that every year the astros believe they are one player short from being a world series contender. They have to lead the league in flashy, big splash deadline trade.</p> It seems to me like the market for closers is always at its peak at the trade deadline. Teams go into the season thinking they have some hard throwing young guy that can close. It turns out he can’t, so they get desperate thinking an elite closer will put them in the playoffs so they overpay. It seems to me that every year the astros believe they are one player short from being a world series contender. They have to lead the league in flashy, big splash deadline trade.

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