In the last few weeks, Minnesota Twins general manager Bill Smith has come out and said he wasn't going to look to make any deals before the trade deadline. Then the Twins started talking with the Seattle Mariners about the possibility of trading for Adrian Beltre, but it's been reported that Minnesota balked at the high price tag the Mariners are asking for, and are now backing off.Before forgetting about Beltre all together, though, Smith may want to have a talk with his manager Ron Gardenhire, because it sounds like Gardy really wouldn't mind seeing Beltre in his lineup.
"All I can control is what I have here in this clubhouse," Gardenhire said. "We're going to play with these guys."Though Gardenhire didn't mention anybody by name, I don't think he'd be against having Beltre playing third for the Twins for the stretch run. The Twins haven't gotten much on offense from the right side of the plate this season, with Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau doing the majority of the damage. Delmon Young has come on as of late, hitting .350 with four homers and 24 RBI since June 1st (Delmon didn't have any homers and only 15 RBI before then), but the lineup really has missed Michael Cuddyer's presence.
"If they (the Twins' front office) get somebody that can really help us at the end of the game, to set up, to take the place of (injured pitcher Pat) Neshek, that would be really great. Or if they go and find a big right-handed bat to fit in the lineup, that's great. But you'd have to tell me who that is."
Cuddyer has missed over 30 games due to injury this season (and when he has played, he's only hit .252/.324/.376 thanks to the injuries), and the team really has no idea when he'll be back as he's scheduled to undergo a CT scan on his right hand today. Beltre could be a perfect fit as he brings gold glove defense, and can provide more power to help out Morneau.
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7-21-2008 @ 2:32PM
bobz said...
omg i wish the twins could actually make a good trade for once. and im not talking about getting has beens or never was players either. the brett boone few yrs ago wasnt bad, cuz we basically got him for free, but he did nothing!! twins havnt had any luck with trading for productive hitters since the shannon stewart trade like 8 yrs ago.
PLEASE POHALD! you CHEAP S.O.B!!!
FORK OUT THE DOUGH FOR BELTRES REMAINING 2 YRS, IT COULD BE ALL THE TEAMS NEEDS
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8-01-2008 @ 2:21PM
Andrea said...
I don't want to get Beltre... because the Mariners said that they would probably trade him for some of our starting pitchers. and the Twins can't get rid of any of these youngsters. they are still developing and they don't need to have to go through the process of switching to a new team while still learning what to do and when to do certain things in different situations. it'd be too confusing for they youngsters. Does anyone know what pitchers they wanted? because I heard that they probably wouldn't go for Baker since they know that the Twins wouldn't give up their "ace" *as of late*. but they said that they would try for either Blackburn, Slowey, or Perkins. and that wouldn't be cool. because Blackburn has been good for us, Slowey has too many AMAZING outings (3 complete games* 2 shutouts). and Perkins is just starting to breakout of his slump and he is progressing smoothly. so I say DON'T GET BELTRE. we already have Harris at third and he is doing just fine.
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