Sounds like they’re going after Huston Street as well.

here is my guess:
Boof gets traded for a mid level prospect. No one that can help right away. But that leaves room for Liriano to come up, and Perkins goes to the bullpen

if that doesnt happen, nothing will get done, and Bass or Boof will be sent out to Roch (if they make it through waivers) and Liriano will come up

I do think Bonser will at least be traded. There are reports that Texas is interested, so there would be no reason not to move him.

We need to add a bat today…

Parrish was waived by the wild, and bought out…so he is no longer a hit on the cap, nor an asset to try and move.

What? Twins?? Oh, sorry…wrong sport.

Someone has interest in Monroe? Quick, let the Rays have him before they change their mind!

Maybe the Twins are working on something. I like the way the keep the front office keeps thier trade options close to the vest as possible.

I know the twins won’t do anything major at the deadline, so I usually don’t get all worked up over not getting anyone. And hey, if something happens, I’ll be more than estatic

I wonder how much work gets done around offices today?
I bet the sports websites like espn.com and such get heavy web traffic on days like this. not as big as the NCAA tournament, but I bet its a spike from normal

could apparently be had for Jeff Niemann (25, MLB) and Jeremy Hellickson (21, AA). They’re both strikeout pitchers, at least in the minors—do the Twins have anyone to match them?

Sounds like the Pirates might screw up the Manny-to-Florida deal. HAH.

from Jon Heyman at SI.com

12:19 p.m.
Ebattled superstar Manny Ramirez has approved a trade to the Marlins, SI.com has learned. While the Red Sox, Marlins and Pirates are still negotiating details of the mega-trade and nothing has been finalized by the teams, one major hurdle has been cleared by Ramirez accepting the deal ahead of time, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The Red Sox approached Ramirez in advance of their negotiations, and got his OK. Ramirez signed off on the paperwork, contingent upon the two $20-million team options for 2009 and ‘10 being dropped. The move will set the stage for Ramirez to become a free agent this winter, assuming a trade can be completed by the three teams.

The Mariners’ agreement to send reliever Arthur Rhodes to the Marlins may be giving the Yankees hope that perhaps Seattle will also relent and agree to trade Jarrod Washburn to the Yankees. Word is, Hernandez was on the table for weeks. Perhaps the Mariners will also relent on Washburn. The Yankees have generously offered to pick up the rest of the $14 million remaining on Washburn’s contract through 2009 while sending them a middling prospect. Seattle has been calling around to try to beat that, but the suspicion is they won’t. So maybe the Yankees will get Washburn after all.

maybe Im looking to much into it, but if the Yanks are hoping the price is coming down on Washburn, combine that with LaVelles notes about the Twins for Beltre note still talking, maybe the price comes down for Beltre

ESPN.com reports that a Manny deal is nealry dead after the Marlins asked for $9 million. Meanwhile, FOXSPORTS.com reports that the deal is taking off and Manny has agreed to a deal.

Buster Olney and Steve Phillips both agree on SportsCenter that the deal doesn’t do much for the White Sox since they want him to play center. They said it’ll mean a platoon of Konerko and Swisher at first.

Olney also said it doesn’t move them anymore ahead of the Twins because they are expected to recall Liriano.

to go. Will the Twins pull off a deal? Will they sit on their hands and see if we can make it with what we have right now? Will we make room for Liriano? Will Bonser go to SF for Aurilia (replacement 2B/3B)?

The problem were dealing with right now is that we aren’t exactly brimming with tradabable assets. Granted we have a ton of depth in the minors, the problem being that none of the high minors depth (the ones that tend to be the most attractive) is really blowing anyone away. At this point, if we want to make a run at things we need Baker, Slowey, Perkins, Blackburn and Liriano. As pointed out already by the Beltre to the Twins rumors, were not willing to give those guys up. We do have starters like Duensing, Mulvey, Humber, Swarzak, Mullins and Bonser and Bass for that matter. But none of those guys are doing much and it’s unlike the organization to trade really young talent without trying to realize their potential.

La Velle just reported that the Giants are dangling Aurilia and not the other way around. Wouldn’t a Bonser for Aurilia deal be interesting?

And, he said again that the Twins appear to really want to get Liriano up ASAP.

Rotoworld is reporting that the White Sox are close to getting John Lannan from the Nationals.

Reports that the Twins and Giants are talking, and the player the Twins want is second basemen Jose Castillo.

NOT WORTH IT.

I’m not a HUGE Glen Perkins fan anyway, so I’d be all for him going in a Beltre deal.

Gammons stating that the Manny deal is dead.

Luke Hughes has been promoted to AAA.

From Jon Heyman at SI.com (2:32 p.m.): The potential blockbuster trade that would have sent embattled Boston slugger Manny Ramirez to the Marlins has hit a snag, but the Red Sox are now talking to the Los Angeles Dodgers, as well, SI.com has learned. The Dodgers have offered young outfielder Andre Ethier, but Boston is believed to prefer Matt Kemp. The Marlins deal isn’t believed to be dead, but it appears Florida was unhappy with one or more aspects of the potential blockbuster.

From the Globe’s Gordon Edes (2:19 p.m.): Less than 2 hours before the trading deadline, the Red Sox were still trying to make this 3-way deal with the Pirates and Marlins work, but as one source said, “They’re not going to be stupid about it.” At the moment, the deal would require the Red Sox to include prospects as well as Manny Ramirez and the $7 million remaining on his 2008 salary, a price the Sox appear unwilling tto pay at this time. Another industry source said within the last 10 minutes that he thinks talks will go down to the 4 p.m. deadline.

From the Globe’s Nick Cafardo (2:05 p.m.): Reports are beginning to surface that the three-way deal for Manny Ramirez is dead or close to dead, but I’m not buying it. The same snags exist now that existed this morning, and there’s still time to work them out before the 4 p.m. deadline. Also, according to a source, Manny is spending the day shopping in Boston, relaxing and waiting like the rest of us. He is anxious to where he may be playing Friday.

and counting and still no word on the Home Front.

MLB.com’s Bill Chastain with the scoop – the Rays have acquired Jason Bay for Reid Brignac and Jeff Niemann. The Rays haven’t confirmed it yet though.

and we have yet to receive word on wether our boys on the front line have survived this drastic day….

and counting. It is very tense here in MN as we wait to hear how our boys are doing and wether they will return triumphant.

18 min

there is no Shanon Stewart this year. And for some reason I want them to win w/ what they have… minus Everett and plus Casilla if possible

and we have yet to hear a word.

Buster Olney posited this on his trade blog:

“With the trade deadline closing in on teams, the options for adding pitching will diminish. But one of those options could be veteran pitcher Freddy Garcia, who is a free agent.

Garcia’s agent, Peter Greenberg, said Thursday afternoon that Garcia likely will throw for scouts on Aug. 18 and 19, with the hope of signing a deal and helping a team down the stretch. Days are quickly coming off the calendar, but Greenberg said that Garcia is working out and working on his arm strength and that “he’s excited about where he’s at.”

Would the twins be interested in Garcia?

to go MN!!! Hold on to your seats this could be an interesting 10 minutes! (hopefully)

Just saw something about Swisher to the Nationals on another blog for those two rumored pitchers…

Also, the Rays/Bay deal is not done as reported:

A high level Rays official denied that a deal for Jason Bay with the Pirates was done.

One lone MLB.com beat reporter is still the only one saying that a deal is done, while many others are saying talks are still ongoing. According to the previous report, Bay is on the way to Tampa Bay for Reid Brignac and Jeff Niemann.

The Twins have just completed a blockbuster deal, just five minutes before the deadline. The Twins will send Boof Bonser and Livan Hernandez to the Mariners for Adrian Beltre. The Twins will be paying the entirety of the remainder of Beltre’s contract, receiving no aid from Seattle.

per my twisted mind.

and not even a whisper yet….

Trades get reported after the deadline usually, so something for Bonser could be possible.

Smaller deals don’t neccesarily get leaked out until later

ding dong
the clock strikes 12

3:00…

there is still nothing coming over the waves…have our boys forgotten about their nervous friends back at home to not let us know?

LAME

Matt Tolbert started swining a bat today according to the STrib.

It’s time to go sit on the ground and cry. I’ll see you guys later.

Rosenthal doesnt realize that the deadline is over:

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/07/manny-ramirez-3.html

has come…and gone. Still no word from our boys on the front.

Parody off of Apollo 13….

The Star Tribune didn’t really give us any good updates this year on how talks were going. It was pretty disappointing to see…

check out the fan post. Terry Ryan talks about the trade deadline

http://www.twinkietown.com/2008/7/31/583869/terry-ryan-talks-about-wha

Manny to the Dodgers, Bay to the Red Sox in a three way deal

if nothing else…this is what will happen if there were no trades (which it looks like there werent.)

Bonser/Bass is sent through waivers.

Liriano is called up.

Wow. The Pirates made out like absolute bandits. I’m gonna brush up on their org. because they could be really, really good in two years.

Manny to the Dodgers
Bay to the Sox
Pirates get Brendon Moss and Craig Hansen from teh Sox, and Adam LaRoche from teh Dodgers and other prospects are involved, I guess