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Twins Acquire Phil Nevin

The Twins received Phil Nevin from the Cubs today in exchange for a player to be named later.  Phil Nevin, while far from a dominant force, has played well in his 180 at-bats for the Cubs, hitting .274 with 12 homers.  Personally, I have mixed emotions regarding the trade, mainly because the words "player to be named later" scare the shit out of me.  I don't know what kind of contract he carries, but I'm assuming the Twins aren't planning on Nevin stickin around to be a part of the Twins offense for years to come. Regardless of where he's at next year, Nevin (if healthy) should add a little offensive firepower that has been painfully absent from the DH position, while leaving the Twins with a capable back-up first basemen.  It will be interesting to see who the Twins had to give up in exchange for him.  In a best case scenario, Phil Nevin, all pumped up to be in a legitimate pennant race, comes in and solidifies the Twins at the DH position and propels the lackluster offense into the playoffs.  Worst case scenario... the Twins traded away a future/current solid big-leaguer for the second coming of Rondell White/ Tony Batista.  All in all... assuming the Twins didn't give up anyone too critical to the future... this may be another good deal by Terry Ryan.  The way I see it, any offense that scored a total of 6 runs in a three game series against the Royals pitching staff, wasnt gonna go anywhere in the playoffs anyways.  Only time will tell... until then, I'm hoping Nevin is the key to the Nevin/Durbin/LRod for Roy Holladay trade taking place later tonite ;)

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Wow, this was unexpected. By me anyway.  Isn't this the guy they shipped out of San Diego last year for being such a trouble maker?  Now he's on his 3rd or 4th team after that!  Chemistry is important and all I can say is TR must think he'll fit in somehow.  Hopefully being on a winning team in a playoff chase will get him going with the bat and keep his trouble making to a minimum.  

by krakoose on Aug 31, 2006 10:52 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow
I wasn't expecting the twins to do anything so I'm Really surprised here.

by FrozenTed9 on Aug 31, 2006 11:25 PM EDT reply actions  

His line over the
last month  .346/.393/.519 hopefully he can keep up his recent hot streak. And he has Slugged over .480 every month except one. of course it depends who we have to give up but this could be a good deal if he gets the playing time he should to help.

by FrozenTed9 on Aug 31, 2006 11:39 PM EDT reply actions  

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Overall, I like this.  To this point this year, he's been better than anything else available (Kubel and White) and he has been a great hitter in the past, so maybe he'll improve above a minor upgrade with more consistant at-bats.

At any rate, I like him in the 7th spot more than really anyone else at this point.

This was totally unexpected, and I'm happy it happened.

"Baseball is great because you can't take a knee or kill the clock. You have to put the ball over the plate and give the other guy his damn chance." C Stengel

by AdamOnFirst on Sep 1, 2006 12:01 AM EDT reply actions  

Nevin Hoo-Hah!
Well, the blessing is that he can spell Morneau for a game or three and we can let Justin either rest or DHG or just come off the bench. Justin ahsn't had a rest in...well, a longtime. And Nevin is a solid repalcement for Justin and hopefully we won't lose much in the line-up that day.

And as a DH, he can't do any worse than the duo we now have.

Kubel should be shut down for the seson...really. And White, well, it doesn't matter anymore with rosters up to 40 guys. Expensive bench-warmer.

by twintown on Sep 1, 2006 12:24 PM EDT reply actions  

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