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Not Much NEW Info. Twins are still looking to trade Johan (and now maybe Joe Nathan), but I am going to shy away from any more speculation because all it does is lead to meltdowns (see Trading KG to Chicago, and then ultimately to Boston).
With speculation you put together trades that you want, but know it won’t happen. Just look at this Johan thing. A few weeks ago we had Johan going to the Mets for Jose Reyes or David Wright, Carlos Gomez and Mike Pelfrey. We had him going to the Yankees for Robinson Cano, Melky Cabrera, Ian Kennedy, Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain. We had him to Boston for Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz (and maybe more). Let’s not forget to mention the Dodgers who were going to give us Matt Kemp, Andy LaRoche, Clayton Kershaw and Jonathan Broxton.
Now what do we have? We have possible deals with the Yankees that include Cabrera, Kennedy and a Minor Leaguer, we have a Mets possibility that has us getting Gomez and who knows what, a Red Sox deal for Buchholz or (more likely) Jon Lester and Coco Crisp.
I can sit around all day and say well if we throw Joe Nathan into the mix we would be able to get everything we want. Except that is wrong. I bet if we traded Nathan and Johan together we would still not get what we want in return. More likely we would just get more prospects that we hope would be like Liriano.
The Twins released two players off their 40-man roster yesterday, clearing room for a possible deal. They could still pick up two more guys AND have a spot for a Rule-V player (which we like to have).
I was going to write about our Play-By-Play announcers for all sports and give a little info on them, but I just tiraded on speculation again. Damn Trades!
[UPDATE]: LENIII, who reported on his blog l that the Twins would trade Nathan, has just said the Twins have had serious discussion with the Red Sox. The Twins want Ellsbury, Buchholz and prospects for Johan. Other names have been mentioned such as speedy outfielder Brandon Moss and Kevin Youkilis. I am a fan of that. At least it looks like we are making an effort.
