Twins Get Deadline Started; Trade for (RP) Sergio Romo

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It’s only Saturday night and the deadline deals that were supposed to start going down on Monday, per every MLB source, have started prematurely! It’s like running down the stairs on December 20th and having presents from Santa that say “open 5 days early”.

Well, I don’t mind if I do! So, let’s see who that first gift is…

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Sergio Romo is headed to the Twins in trade

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 28, 2019

Marlins get 1B prospect Lewin Diaz in Romo deal. Stellar d, power

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 28, 2019

Twins will get minors pitcher Vallimont with Romo

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 28, 2019

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Fuck yes!

Sergio Romo isn’t going to be the end of deals for the Twins and may not even count as one of the two “big time” bullpen guys I expect us to wrangle in, but he is definitely an improvement AND he brings THREE World Series rings to the clubhouse. As Brandon Warne of Zone Coverage points out, he’s been damn good since April too.

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Sergio Romo had a 6.00 ERA at the end of April. Since then:

2.83 ERA
26-9 K/BB
28.2 IP
.680 OPS allowed
15% SwStr

At his age, shouldn’t cost a ton. Seems like a good *start* to this deadline.

— Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) July 28, 2019

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The Twins had to send Lewin Diaz packing his bags for Miami in the deal. Once seen as a possible starting 1st baseman of the future, Diaz is now 22, playing in AA, and has dropped to 30th on the Twins’ prospect rankings.

This also may give Falvine some negotiating power with other arms he’s trying to bring in because we are now less desperate in the bullpen. That will help on the field right away too…

Oh, and as for the other prospect that we got in the trade… well some aren’t convinced that he should rank lower that Lewin Diaz, when put up against everyone in the MiLB…

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Weird deal for Fish. Vallimont (who I wrote some words on earlier this year: https://t.co/KU6JRHNPAz) might be a better prospect than Diaz. Great move by @Twins allows them to deal some other pitching prospect depth. https://t.co/AH8EWlfCgA

— Marc Hulet (@marchulet) July 28, 2019

Here’s the Chris Vallimont report from MLB Pipeline. He was Miami’s No. 23 prospect: pic.twitter.com/0hlbbVOZpE

— Brandon Warne (@Brandon_Warne) July 28, 2019

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Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan

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