I am going to first guess. I am going to first guess nine times.
Well, not really nine times. But I do have this gut feeling about the Matt Garza for Delmon Young trade. And yes, I am an avid reader of The Dugout. But no, it isn’t going to be that Delmon Young will choke out Joe Nathan for eating his cheez-its.
It is that the Twins will end up winning this trade.
Granted, having a front three of Shields, Kazmir, and Garza will put them in position to be in third place. And sure, Jason Bartlett will play a solid shortstop. So if Evan Longoria can be a good rookie at third? They may even threaten the Wild Card for a while.
I AM READY TO CONTEND!!!
The problem is, Brendan Harris brings just a little more to the table than Jason Bartlett (wheels aren’t everything). And Jason Pridie is a lot more major league ready than Eduardo Morlan (Morlan’s big test of major league readiness comes in ‘08.) Even if Morlan’s upside is rather massive, the road to the bigs is paved on the backs of guys who kicked ass in the Florida State League.
I’M GONNA BE A SUPERSTAR, BITCH!!!
But Delmon Young. I will say this, he has a chance to be a .300/30/100/30 guy for a long time to come. He’s going to hit fifth, and he may even be the replacement for Torii Hunter. At present, (And if you’ve been paying attention to the Twins you know there’s a Johan Santana in the room) the Twins look like they’re in position to at the very least leap frog the Tigers into second.
Only question? Does Johan get two young starters, or just one.
You dead dog!
Comment by Elvi Patterson! — November 29, 2007 @ 11:51 am
everything depends on Liriano’s fitness. I’d rather get the 2 starters and to hell with the position players. I hear the Cano is a potential, which would be the irony of all ironies after the Castillo trade in midseason that dissillusioned Santana and Hunter in the first place.
Comment by Christopher Bormann — November 29, 2007 @ 6:54 pm