The Twins have acquired reliever Sam Dyson from the Giants, according to Dan Hayes of The Athletic. Tommy Birch of the Des Moines Register was first to report rumblings of the deal. According to Birch, prospects Prelander Berroa, Jaylin Davis and Kai-Wei Teng will head to the Giants in the swap. Dyson is the first-place Twins’ second veteran relief addition, as they picked up Sergio Romo Saturday night. The Giants, interestingly, traded away relievers Dyson, Mark Melancon, Drew Pomeranz, and Ray Black today while keeping Madison Bumgarner and Will Smith and adding second baseman Scooter Gennett.
Dyson, 31, has posted a 2.47 ERA, 8.3 K/9, 1.2 BB/9, 0.53 HR/9, and 55% groundball rate in 51 innings for the Giants this year. Last year, Dyson ranked ninth among MLB relievers with a 61.3% groundball rate. Dyson’s MLB career took off after a Marlins waiver claim back in 2013, and he posted a fine 38 save campaign for the 2016 Rangers. The Giants added Dyson in a June 2017 trade. The righty is earning $5MM this year and will be under team control for 2020. Dyson and Romo join a Twins bullpen led by Taylor Rogers, Ryne Harper, and Trevor May.
None of the three prospects obtained by the Giants rank within the Twins’ top 30, according to MLB.com. Berroa, 19, is a starting pitcher out of the Dominican Republic who currently sports a 5.40 ERA across seven starts in rookie ball. Davis, a 25-year-old outfielder, earned a promotion to Triple-A in June and is hitting a robust .298/.392/.563 with 25 home runs on the season. Teng, 20, is a low-A starting pitcher with a 1.60 ERA over 50 2/3 innings this year.
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This was the one reliever i was hoping the Giants held onto.
Giants made some good moves. But IMO losing Sam Dyson was not one of them. Dyson’s pitching solidified that bullpen and nailed down victories.
Morontan will struggle to do what Dyson did. He has poor command and will not be as solid as Dyson.
Oh that’s cool
Thank god! Love the Pom and Melancon moves, but Dyson should get a decent return. Farm system has zero depth at the moment.
I should hope a decent return, hes not a rental. Farha done well all day, hope he didnt mess this one up.
Think we scored … but doubtful re Gennett. Could have gotten more prospects…. but…. Pomeranz, Black and Melancon gone. Read rumor that Braves are taking on the rest of Melancon’s $$$. Hard to believe that but this is MLB Rumors after all. Of course if it is true I’m sending candy, flowers and a care best to Zaidi!
Care bear that is. The BEST care bear though!
there is zreo wrong with the gennett deal – it is for cash considerations. If he performs as he did in the past he is an upgrade and if he doesn’t you are no worse off
Zero? We have 4 in top 100 prospect list.
We are in the top 15 farm rankings BEFORE the deadline madness …………..
MLB.COM had us at 12. I don’t think any of the moves done today gets up any higher, but #12 isn’t bad at all.
welp
Only twins move today
Think u missed the brewers pitcher they picked up.
Only real move
Which, really, amounts to NOTHING
Dyson is something, since he is also not a rental
Sorry the hype for this hasn’t kicked in. Still hyped up about Greinke
Go eat a taco
OK
Yummy. Tacos….
Des Moines newspaper? That would suggest some Cedar Rapids players are going back …
This guy thinks smart.
Better not bump Rogers out of the closer spot.
8 th inning arm
The last inning of a baseball game isn’t always the most important one. We need Rogers to be what Hader was Brew Crew last year.
More closer in my mind
He should net a good return since he has an extra year of control. If we got Larnach or Balazovoc I’d be stoked.
That’s an unrealistic return. Better not have gotten your hopes up.
Davis has had a great year but i love that the twins did not give up much for a good reliever
He has had a nice year, you’re right. But with our depth in our prospect pool he is easily replaceable.
Oh? With who exactly? Jake Cave isn’t burning it up at AAA, Lamonte Wade hasn’t done much either. Davis was raking for 2 plus months at AAA. He’s got serious potential. No one at AA exactly burning it up in the outfield either…
Rooket, kiriloff, I could go on but you get the idea.
We may not have a great replacement for him in Rochester but why should that stop us from making trades in improve the Twins? Cave will fill in fine for now.
Larnch, Kiriloff, and Baddoo are all much better prospects than Davis and that’s leaving off a few others. Davis couldn’t crack our top-30 for a reason. He is 25 and a career .255 hitter. Let’s not act like he is a surefire thing. He has some potential but doubt he’ll be an everyday regular.
pardon the pun, but i hope he doesn’t su.. c K
Terrible response to what Cleveland did yesterday. Wild Card or bust for Minnesota now. Too bad, I’d love to see the Twins win the division.
You will see the Twins win the division. Indians made a big move yesterday but was probably a break even deal for this season.
Solving outfield for a starter while getting two back would be a win in my mind, especially since Bauer hasn’t been otherworldly this year
The Twins are 3 games up and have a much easier schedule. And it isn’t clear that that trade makes the Indians better this year or next year.
I disagree. The Twins starters have been solid, although Perez and Odorizzi have come back to earth after phenomenal starts. Pineda’s getting stronger, Berrios is tough and Gibson has his good days and his bad days. The offense is set. We now have a bullpen of Rogers, Romo, Dyson, May (weak, why can’t he just throw strikes?!), Harper, Duffey and two of Poppen, Stashak, Thorpe, Stewart and the AAA gang. Romo and Dyson should greatly improve the bullpen if they pitch like they have earlier this year. I don’t know if Puig will ruin the Indians or help them–he’s a malcontent when he’s not happy. Still, I don’t think the Twins did enough to win the AL pennant.
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The Twins’ starters are coming back to Earth or getting lucky. Since June 1.
Berrios – 9G, 57.2 IP 7.80 K/9, 2.50 BB/9 2.50 ERA, 4.53 xFIP (6QS)
Odorizzi – 10G, 50.1 IP, 9.30 K/9, 3.04 BB/9, 5.54 ERA, 4.75 xFIP (2QS)
Gibson – 11G, 59.0 IP, 8.85 K/9, 2.90 BB/9, 4.12 ERA, 3.88 xFIP (4QS)
Pineda – 9G, 52.0 IP, 8.65 K/9, 1.90 BB/9, 3.12 ERA, 4.02 xFIP (5QS)
Perez – 9G, 50.1 IP, 6.79 K/9, 3.22 BB/9, 5.19 ERA, 4.47 xFIP (3QS)
20 quality starts in 48 attempts, only Berrios pitching pitching 6.0 IP per start or more and despite his much much higher xFIP, he’s still the obvious leader of the rotation.
Pineda has definitely been the next guy in line. He’s probably getting you a quality start… but when you need a better than quality start in the playoffs, he’s not the guy you trust.
The Twins absolutely needed an ace. They’ve needed one for 12 years now and for 12 years, they’ve punted. At least they’re consistent.
If the options were have a 15% chance to win the AL pennant by giving up Lewis, Kirilloff, Graterol, etc. to reach for a starter or keep them I am fine with what they did. Fixed the most glaring problem and held onto the farm. Still most likely win division and have a 10% chance to win AL pennant.
Indians will have the Twins in their rear view mirror by Labor Day
That’s funny! Indians 13-20 against teams over .500. Have you looked at what’s left on their schedule?
Ballplayer, you’re trolling is way to obvious.
Boom. Great move. Expensive but who cares.
Dodgers sitting on the sidelines watching solid relievers going everywhere else.
Grrr, I kinda wanted them to hold onto Dyson. Hope they get a nice lil return.
Go Gamecocks!
bUT itS aFtEr 4pM!
they have an hour after to finalize
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I feel like alternating caps and lowercase letters is about as close to a “sarcasm font” as you can get.
I’m truly disappointed the Dodgers did nothing! It’s clear as day our bullpen is shaky and we need a new close cause Jansen is not the man anymore and we did nothing.
You got Gyorko.
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The Dodgers are far and away the best team in baseball. It’s fun watching them blow up in the playoffs. It’s even more fun when they over spend trying to fix problems and they still blow up in the playoffs. As long as they beat the Cubs, I could care less what the Dodgers do.
Not far and away the best team. Yankees and Astros are no slouches. I cant even imagine what the Yankees record would be if half their team wasnt on the DL the first couple of months of the season. Stanton hasnt even played 10 games.
Astros just passed the field.
Not Anymore Astros are now easily the best Team in baseball. If the Dodgers would added Vasquez then maybe a toss up. Wow the Astros went for the throat of the contenders. Injuries appear the only thing that can derail the Stro train.
Giants strength is the pen. Got some dudes in AAA that can come up. Giants moves today, I like them! 🙂
I just noticed how badly the host of MLB Tonight (I forgot his name) needs to fix his spray tan. Yuck
This is actually a really solid return for Dyson
I’m far from a prospect expert but three prospects outside of an organization’s top 30 seems kind of underwhelming considering the Dyson trade is imo the only one of the Giants moves that actually hurts us this year
I thought it was underwhelming as well until I saw their stats, Davis is going absolutely nuts in triple A, and he only just turned 25. the Korean kid has a 1.60 ERA in A ball and he just turned 20. Berroa is getting hit hard but he is only 19. It’s a way better return than I thought when I looked at the numbers.
Considering the Giants got Dyson for next to nothing.
This looks like a good move for the Twins. It fills a need and Davis, despite having a breakout year, has been slumping lately and probably wasn’t going to move up to the Twins. I don’t know the other two prospects the Twins gave up.
Wow, I’m surprised the return for Dyson was so light. Davis is a 4th OFer at best. The two arms are very far away but neither project to be much.
Giants May have something in Prelander, but it may take a 3-4 years.
I’m on several Twins fans’ sites and Berroa and Teng are not hot topics. Davis is having a career year but has hit a cold stretch and wasn’t going to break into the Twins lineup. I hope they work out for the Giants!
I just thinking getting a guy named “Prelander” is a win in and of itself.
Prelander Berroa is the best name I’ve heard in a while
Davis will get a look at the major league level at some point.
I like it because Farhan gets the best of both worlds. He makes a building block trade. Maybe More diamonds in the rough.
And the Giants can continue forward to try and make the playoffs. . .
Dyson was good. But I always had a slight worry with him out there. As he looks better numbers wise than what he actually is…
He had value with one more year. And they shed more salary for next off-season…
They are a few years away but the Giants always like to contend year to year if they can.
I hope they keep winning. After last night’s loss. I had a feeling some selling was due…
Sad to see Dyson go. He was a great Giant. How can you not root for a player who has a cat named Snuckles who wears bow ties? Quality player & quality person. You will love him in Minnesota.
Giants have a surplus of right handed, MLB ready relievers (Adon & Abad). Hopefully these young guns live up to the hype! Personally saw Melvin Adon hit 103mph in Scottsdale spring training. Dude could be a beast.
Good luck to the Twins & Sam Dyson. Seems like a win-win trade. Nice doing business with you!
Wait, now I need a picture of the cat.
Meow: https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/9/15/16316028/sam-dyson-cat-snuckles-little-cat-ties
How does a reporter in Des Moines find out first!!??
Teng is in Cedar Rapids. Some baseball beat writer from Des Moines probably has a contact in the Cedar Rapids clubhouse that called him.
Jaylin Davis is a sleeper!
Be quiet you don’t no diddily squat paco
I like the move in a vacuum, but the idea is to have an elite arm at the front of the rotation so you don’t need to hope your bullpen can stop the damage after it has already been done.
Davis has become a bit of a fan favorite prospect with his out of the nowhere power explosion, but he’s an older prospect so it’s expected he’s wiley enough to have figured out the less experienced competition.
Kai Wei Teng looks like he might project as the kind of reliever who could potentially replace Dyson in a couple more years if everything works out, but he’s still in low-A ball at the moment. No overpowering stuff, but lots of grounders and limits free passes.
Prelander Berroa is a total lottery ticket.
The Giants got back legitimate, team controlled possible OF help, a lottery ticket and a potential future reliever. They probably broken even this year or much better if Davis is up to MLB competition, and the Giants picked up a couple interesting lower ranked prospects as well.
The Twins get some bullpen help they really needed, but with the way their pitchers can’t go get through 6 innings, the bullpen is going to continue to be taxed too heavily.
The Giants have Shaw and Gerber already putting up monster numbers. Guess if you got more players like them the better chance one will make a big impact.
I like this trade. This kid from Taiwan looks like he can be good. More outfield depth is great. Prelander is a project but we’re good with pitchers and he’s still so young!!
Woody!
Dyson and Melancon are both good players but Farhan just freed up a bunch of money for next season. Melancon $14mil & Dyson ~7mil in arbitration. Giants have a lot of quality relief pitchers in the minors. Interesting to see how Farhan spends all the extra cash next season.
If the Giants just committed to selling they could have revamped that farm system. If Bum leaves in the offseason the city will burn
That’s quite a bit of overstatement. The farm was already being revamped. I’m sure Zaidi would have traded both Bum and Smith, had the return been worth it. There’s no sense in giving guys away. As has been stated, teams aren’t giving away highly rated prospects for rentals. And, I’m not sure Bum leaving would cause anymore of a stir than when Sabean traded Matt Williams. Some how SF remained unburnt then.
As a Twins fan, I’ve never even heard of these 3 prospects so I guess we did ok.
I am pretty sure Davis would be a player that could have been left exposed to the rule 5 draft this year if not added to the mlb roster so it’s great to get someone of value in return for him since we probably would have had to make a tough decision about him eventually. The other two are doing good things now but you never know what they will do 3-5 years from now so I like this trade since there is no risk of buyers remorse and we get a boost to the bullpen.
What exactly is Farhan doing? Is he going for it this year or selling? Trading your top relievers yet adding bats isn’t exactly a championship-winning move…
It is for the giants. They had a huge surplus of relievers and no bats. They subtracted from a position of huge strength and depth to add bats while keeping their relief corps together.
They traded their worst relievers to replenish the farm and upgrade 2B. I’m staggered, just staggered, at the Braves eating up all of Melancon’s contract. The Giants best relievers are all still Giants.
This is the only giants move today that I didn’t really like. Dyson has been really good this year and if you ever need a double play, he is your guy. The twins won this trade and it not even close. We had another year of control for dyson next year. Otherwise an amazing day Farhan. In farhan I TRUST!!!!!
This didn’t age well lol
The Twins continued style even with new P.B.S. and GM just made me buy more Brewers swag… F.U. Pohlad.
Welcome to the club. Try not to give up 3 runs next time. Frickin Christ may as well have been boof bonser.
Giants fans are somehow still mad we traded him. We should’ve traded all those guys and Bumgarner and Smith