Should the twins trade Mauer?

[HoustonGM]

Arizona's got a 21 year old version of Pujols. Psh.

[200tang]

If you wanted either Pujols or Mauer, who would you trade out of Seattle to land either player?

Well, I wouldn't trade for either.

I would assume trade talks would start with either Michael Saunders or Dustin Ackley and I wouldn't give up either.

[actionjackson]

Tang, who would you trade from Seattle to land either player?

Aj, who would you trade from Toronto to land either player?

HGM, who would you trade from Arizona?

Jntg, who would you trade from Chicago?

Dood, what part of "We just traded our greatest player of all-time and are now in a slow, steady and hopefully successful re-building period" do you not understand? You don't go trading for a Pujols or a Mauer unless you're going for it or it's part of a three way trade, where you're the intermediary team. The only types of players AA should be pursuing for the foreseeable future are high impact prospects or young, controllable types.

[Jeffy25]

Dood, what part of "We just traded our greatest player of all-time and are now in a slow, steady and hopefully successful re-building period" do you not understand? You don't go trading for a Pujols or a Mauer unless you're going for it or it's part of a three way trade, where you're the intermediary team. The only types of players AA should be pursuing for the foreseeable future are high impact prospects or young, controllable types.

If you are a responsible GM....this is hypothetical and not in this realm of realism.

So what sort of players would you package for either player.

Or rather, what would you have to package for either player.

[ewing6]

Arizona's got a 21 year old version of Pujols. Psh.

who could it be :O

[200tang]

who could it be :O

Chris Young.

[Jeffy25]

Chris Young.

Brandon Webb

[HoustonGM]

[TheNamelessPoet]

Brian Mccan, Jair Jurgins lol

Maybe Hanson + Heyward assuming we didnt have Mccan

[dickay]

love that i'm in the minority again. I'm voting yes, because I can't see him agreeing to a contract less than 7 years long. And no way as MIN am I giving him a 7 year+ contract.

[OregonDuck1989]

Should the Lakers trade Kobe???

[200tang]

Should the Lakers trade Kobe???

Clearly, yes.

[HoustonGM]

love that i'm in the minority again. I'm voting yes, because I can't see him agreeing to a contract less than 7 years long. And no way as MIN am I giving him a 7 year+ contract.

They're contenders this year. Even if he weren't to agree to a contract, why would the Twins trade their best player? Who could they get in return that would be worth Mauer and still help them contend this year? Wouldn't it be best just to play out the year with him and take 2 draft picks when he leaves for free agency?

[HoustonGM]

I also don't think that there's "no way" Min agrees to a 7+ year contract.

[OregonDuck1989]

Seriously, there has been no indication Mauer WON'T sign with the team so why not take your chances discussing a contract and if it doesn't work out then hey you get two draft picks.

Trading him though is, in my opinion, dumb. Unless some team literally gives you 6 of their top ten prospects it's not worth it.