And I am Cool with that! There are 55 games left and “rental players” rarely work out the way we think. Last year the clubhouse was tore up because of the trade of there 2nd basemen. Proven by this quote:
No one seemed to mind that the Twins stood pat on Thursday. Nathan said […]
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Adam Everett on the night went 0-5 and left six on base. Way to prove the management made the right choice! He now sports a Rondell White-esque, L-Rod-esque batting average of .177. Shouldn’t it be against MLB rules to allow any player to start once their average drops below .200??
Hopefully Alexi Casilla’s hand injury isn’t […]
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7-31-08 9:45pm UPDATE:
Okay, who knows… maybe Frankie will be pitching tomorrow night against the Indians! He was scheduled to pitch tomorrow in Rochester, but LENII practically says he’s been called up to the Twins and that Livan may be shown the door. Might be more prudent to put Livan in Brian Bass’ mop-up role […]
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Joe Cowley, beat writer for Griffey Jr’s White Sox wrote this take on being a Minnesota sports fan… today, this seemed fitting to share after the Twins’ wholly disappointing approach to the trade deadline. Will the Twins ever follow the Vikings’ lead and become buyers?? If the buying brings a superbowl, Twins […]
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The Twins did not make a deal.
The Twins have Adam Everett in the lineup tonight hitting eighth, so Baker’s run support problems are resolved.
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The expectation is that Twins’ GM Bill Smith will have nothing to talk about, but he’s holding a news conference at 4:30pm CDT.
At this point, it sounds like Jason Bay is gone (to the Red Sox)… so that definitely didn’t happen. I’m sure you’re all very surprised!
If he has a trade to announce, I’d say […]
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Twins still might be talking w/ Seattle about third baseman Adrian Beltre. (LENII) “A person familiar with negotiations said many conversations have taken place with the Mariners. But Seattle is interested in Nick Blackburn, Scott Baker, Kevin Slowey, Glen Perkins or Denard Span as part of a package, and the Twins won’t go there.”
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After failing […]
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From Jayson Stark:
The Twins have asked the Giants about Rich Aurilia. They’ve been dangling Boof Bonser for a position player.
From Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
The Rangers inquired on three pitchers recently: Zack Greinke of the Royals, Boof Bonser of the Twins, and Nick Masset of the White Sox.
Thanks to mlbtraderumors.com for the […]
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Joe’s got lots of good information on his blog this afternoon, even if it’s very disappointing:
If the Twins trade for a second baseman to replace the injured Alexi Casilla, it won’t be Baltimore’s Brian Roberts, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The Twins talked to the Orioles about Roberts last winter, but this month, […]
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Hotstove rumor from mlbtraderumors.com:
John Maine’s rotator cuff strain has the Mets looking at pitching. Graziano suggests names like Livan Hernandez, Paul Byrd, and Jarrod Washburn.
Wouldn’t that be nice! The Twins have to move a pitcher to make room for Francisco Liriano to return to the rotation. It just makes too much sense.
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