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Minnesota Twins: Mock trade talks with Giants expert from Around the Foghorn

By Chris Schad

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 30: Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the top of the first inning of a Major League Baseball game at Oracle Park on June 30, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 30: Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the top of the first inning of a Major League Baseball game at Oracle Park on June 30, 2019 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA – JUNE 21: Pitcher Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants watches from the dugout during the fourth inning of the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 21, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
PHOENIX, ARIZONA – JUNE 21: Pitcher Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants watches from the dugout during the fourth inning of the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 21, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

A deal for Madison Bumgarner

Keeping the Verlander deal in the back of my mind, I realize that Rooker and Balazovic are going to have to be involved in any deal the Twins are in with the Giants. In this case, Reuter is willing to go a little lighter on the back end of the deal and would accept Gordon coming over instead of the two lesser-known outfield prospects.

With Gordon being blocked by Lewis and Jorge Polanco at the major league level, he also has a new prospect behind him in 2019 first-round pick Keoni Cavaco and Wander Javier. With the glut of shortstops in the Twins system, Gordon seems like a reasonable third piece that the Twins could do without and still gives the Giants three top 11 prospects, which falls into the same neighborhood as the Verlander deal.

The Twins could hope that Bumgarner would pay off in the same fashion as Verlander has revived his career thanks to the analytics the Astros use with their pitchers. While Bumgarner may only be a one-year rental, he provides elite playoff experience and if the Twins could revive him in the same fashion they have given Martin Perez, Michael Pineda and Kyle Gibson a bump this year, it could be worth giving up on the long-term upside.

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