Boston is the New Minnesota
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I went to sleep last night with ESPN’s Steve Phillips, Buster Olney, Tim Kurkjian, and Karl Ravech telling me that the Twins and Yankees were meeting, and Phillips specifically saying, “The Yankees know they need to put Kennedy in this deal and will.”
I woke up this morning and heard that the Twins had asked for Jon Lester’s medical records (most likely more about his leukemia than his arm), and that a trade was imminent and could be reported as early as this morning. While I don’t doubt that, I don’t see a trade yet.
Quick on the Yankees: It is said that they are now turning their attention to Dan Haren. Billy Beane has asked for the same package if not more for Dan Haren that the Twins asked for Johan Santana. If the Yankees make that trade for Haren, then I laugh. Haren has no track record, and didn’t pitch as well down the stretch.
Back to the Twins: Here is what LENIII and others are reporting. Twins Trade: Johan Santana Red Sox Trade: Jon Lester, Jed Lowrie, Coco Crisp, and Justin Masterson.
Rotoworld reported that Ellsbury could possibly be inserted for Crisp, but that is NO GIVEN.
This would give Boston- Johan Santana, David Ortiz, Randy Moss, and Kevin Garnett.
Twins Speculation: (Note: This is all speculation, and while I hate to do this on message boards…this is my blog.) -The Twins have been talking to the Astros about Joe Nathan. Who could come to Minnesota for Nathan? Well, SS Adam Everett has been mentioned in every Astro trade since 2005, so he is always a possibility. 2B/OF Chris Burke has been mentioned in trade rumors also. He could be a starting 2B or CF. Also, the Astros have a little CF named Hunter Pence who the Twins could land for Nathan. -Another destination I could see for Joe is Chicago. No, not the White Sox, but the Cubs. They are moving their closer Ryan Dempster to the rotation, and who knows if Kerry Wood will hold up. The Twins need a CF and the Cubs have Felix Pie and Eric Patterson. Either one, along with a Sean Marshall and/or Ronny Cedeno could be enough for us.
-Let’s say the Twins get Coco Crisp. If they aren’t sold on him, they could always turn around and trade him to a team that needs a CF. Philly could use a CF, and the Twins could use a 3B like Wes Helms. How about the Dodgers? They need a CF also. -Or how about this one. The Twins could trade Crisp to Baltimore for disgruntled (in Baltimore, not in life) 3B Melvin Mora. He is a right-handed bat that could flourish as a 7-ish type hitter.
This was reported on ESPN: The Twins may trade Boof Bonser and Juan Rincon for Edwin Encarnacion, a 3B from Cincinnati. Trading with the Reds could be easier than other teams because Wayne Krivsky (a former Twins Assistant GM) is their GM.
Don’t Blog That: Blake Wheeler does attend class! Blake attended his Applied Econ Class drinking Caribou Coffee.
