Garza and Bartlett for Delmon Young
According to LaVelle, the Twins are close to completing a trade that would send Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett and Juan Rincon to the Devil Rays for Delmon Young, Brendon Harris and Jason Pridie.
I'm not fond of this deal. While I would love to have Delmon in center, Harris is another Punto and Pridie is toolsy but not very skillsy (though he did have a very good second half in Durham last year).
I was really hoping Iwamura would be part of the deal. I also think it's clear Smith is clearing out the guys he didn't care for. (I wonder if Smith was behind holding Bartlett and Garza back.)
I guess I have to be hopeful that the Twins can make another deal that completes the other pieces of the puzzle, cause I don't see good replacements for Bartlett or Garza in house.
Speculation: This is just part of the Santana talk: Hughes, Cano, and Melky for Johan. Then the Twins can move Casilla to short and have Hughes to backfill Garza. Delmon can man Center and Melky left.
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Bartlett
Harris is better than Punto
by TheMattWilke on Nov 28, 2007 3:53 PM EST reply actions
Hey guys...
by roger @ Twinkie Town on Nov 28, 2007 4:02 PM EST reply actions
Harris
Priddie is pretty meh to me. We had him once before. A cheaper Tyner I guess.
I'm not sure if we'd get the best of this deal in terms of talent changing hands, but IF WE THEN RESIGNED SANTANA, this would make some sense in the way of turning top young pitchers to top young hitters.
Harris
yes but
by doofus04 on Nov 28, 2007 4:16 PM EST reply actions
yes...
Brian
08 Rotation
Liriano
Hughes/Lester/Buccholz/Kershaw
Baker
Slowey
Bonser/Perkins
??
Could anyone have predicted anything close to resembling this in 2006? That is a REALLY young rotation.
by TheMattWilke on Nov 28, 2007 4:51 PM EST reply actions
Perkins
Kershaw...
by roger @ Twinkie Town on Nov 28, 2007 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
The Twins...
I agree
by doofus04 on Nov 28, 2007 8:04 PM EST up reply actions
I think Kershaw...
He's better than Robertson by quite a bit to me. Best pitching prospect left in the minors right now, according to BA as well.
I'm a bit giddy about this swap though. Who can boast as good a trio of young hitters than us now? The heart of our order is now going to be two #1 overall picks and an MVP. WOW!
by djskilbr on Nov 28, 2007 5:26 PM EST reply actions
Compare...
by roger @ Twinkie Town on Nov 28, 2007 6:37 PM EST up reply actions
Kershaw...
I'm mostly going by the BA guys on him, but some of those guys even see him up by midseason.
I'm not THAT optimistic, but I could see him up later in the year. He'll rocket through I think.
by djskilbr on Nov 28, 2007 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
Rays fan here...
by KGengler on Nov 28, 2007 5:40 PM EST reply actions
That's pretty much...
I also wouldn't be all that surprised to see Punto at SS, Harris at 2B, and Casilla in AAA, even though I think that would be a pretty ugly defensive middle infield.
Re;
Harris at SS
Buscher at 3B
That's what I'm thinking right now.
by TheMattWilke on Nov 28, 2007 6:08 PM EST up reply actions
more likely
Punto/Casilla SS
Harris/ Buscher 3b
by doofus04 on Nov 28, 2007 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
my hope
Harris at 2b
LaRoche at 3b
by diehardtwinsfan on Nov 28, 2007 9:09 PM EST reply actions

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