The Twins made a big splash to start the offseason by trading GoGo to the Brewers for shortstop J.J. Hardy. It’s a great trade for the Twins because they dealt from arguably their only position of surplus — they have young OFs in the minor league system and enough MLB starters to field a strong […]
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Apparently the Rockies don’t know how the Twins operate. The team will no sooner take a crazy aggressive deal than they will go out and spend for a top free agent. One of the Twins organization’s greatest strengths is adherence to a single strategy — they use young, cheap players and occasionally keep a home-grown, […]
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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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Howard Sinker has made a strong argument that the Twins should respond swiftly to Monday’s injury to Alexi Casilla. The fleet-footed second baseman is out at least several weeks and maybe even for the rest of the season. Brian Roberts or Mark Grudzeilanek to the Twins would make a statement to the team that the […]
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While he may be on their radar, it seems more likely this falls under the category of complete speculation by Shooter since he states no source:
It will be interesting to see whether the Twins try to make a deal with the San Diego Padres for third baseman Kevin Kouzmanoff, who turned 27 on Friday and […]
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Not since Corey Koskie have the Twins had a legitimate major league third baseman. According to Jayson Stark that is finally a priority for our under-slugging overachievers:
The Twins’ No. 1 trading priority is to upgrade at third base. One team that reportedly has packed it in on Beltre is the Dodgers, after they learned that […]
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With Denard Span’s unexpected emergence as a good all-around player, the Twins face a dilemma if Michael Cuddyer gets close to returning to the lineup. Who is the odd man out? And what should they do with him?
To be sure, no player has necessarily proven they can produce offensively on a consistent basis. Cuddy has […]
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