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Twins Willing To Trade Garza
Terry Ryan hung on to his fine corral of young pitchers, and it's hard to find fault with that. However, new GM Bill Smith is open to dealing one of them for a high impact young hitter.
Specifically, Joe Christensen says the Twins are willing to move 24 year-old Matt Garza, who posted a 3.69 ERA this year. The price would be huge - the names the Twins have in mind are Delmon Young, B.J. Upton, and Carlos Gomez. Upton, a favorite of theirs, seems like the least available of the three. Marc Topkin agrees that a Young-Garza rumor has been floating around.
If the Twins want to make a lesser deal, teams have also been asking about Kevin Slowey and Scott Baker. But those two aren't chopped liver, and Rocco Baldelli doesn't seem like enough. The Padres want in on the young pitchers, but aren't willing to give up third baseman Chase Headley.
There's also word in Christensen's article that the Twins haven't heard back from Torii Hunter and Carlos Silva regarding their weak offers. A more legitimate effort will be made to re-sign Johan Santana.
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What's the scouting report on Baker? I know he's been great in the minors and had an awesome stretch this past year, but I don't really know what kind of pitcher he is (ground ball, fly ball, etc).
Posted by: no funny hats | November 08, 2007 at 09:53 AM
If the Twins trade Garza, I can almost guarantee that Santana will remain until at least mid-season unless they get blown away with an offer.
Posted by: yankman27 | November 08, 2007 at 09:58 AM
I dont understand the Twins. For years they have been based on solid pitching and defense. With the potential loss of Santana looming in the near future...why trade away young possible studs like Garza, Baker, Bonser? Outfielders come a dime a dozen. Gomez is a young talent but not worth pitching prospects just yet. Also, the Twins have to see if the return of Liriano is a successful one...if all is well there, then they should deal one of the 3.
Posted by: Booby17 | November 08, 2007 at 10:08 AM
Cupboard is pretty bare on starters if Garza goes. Silva is gone, Garza available in a sellers market and Santana isnt being approached to sign a deal, hell, the cupboard is pretty empty looking. Whats there starting 5 look like without Silva and hypathetically Garza
Posted by: 04Forever | November 08, 2007 at 10:11 AM
If Garza is traded, Santana would be staying (probably extended). If Santana is traded then you would be getting back this type of talent and Garza wouldn't be traded.
The cupboard is far from bare for the Twins SP. But Garza is the only one that can bring back a top young position player.
Starting rotation w/o Silva and Garza. Santana, Liriano, Baker, Bonser, and Slowey. Perkins starts in the bullpen, but can move into the rotation. Duensing, Blackburn, and Swarzak are in AAA. And every level of the minors is stocked with potential SP.
The Twins would hate to lose Garza, but they desperately need to add offense. And if you even want to consider the names being mentioned, then you have to shop Garza.
I think the Twins would target a CF or 3B since those aren't that easy to find cheap on FA/trade market. And the Twins have no decent options at either positions in the minor leagues. They have replacement starting pitching.
Posted by: kab21 | November 08, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Garza is going to be a stud. I thnk an Arizona trade of Chad Tracy and Carlos Quentin may make sense as it would fill the 3b need for the twins and give them a promising outfielder. Or if they are serious about moving Mauer to 3b (I have no idea if a consensus was reached...if they are still considering) then a Beltanien/Clement package to Seattle would be enticing. I think the Twins would be wise to hold on to Garza until Santana signs an extension. If Santana leaves a Garza/Liriano top of the rotation would be impressive.
Posted by: Jared78 | November 08, 2007 at 10:32 AM
Gomez is apparently compared to Rios and Hunter and will be better than Hunter was last year in center for the Twins. Remember Hunter at age 21 hit .231 .301 .338 in AA. Hunter didn't do good in the minors until age 22-23. Rios at 21 hit .305 .344 .408 but in A ball. Gomez is actually ahead of them currently in developement.
Posted by: Bravesfanuc | November 08, 2007 at 10:36 AM
I'm absolutely salivating at the thought of a Gomez/Beltran/Milledge OF next year, but it just can't happen. Corner OFers are a dime a dozen, and if you have a chance to acquire a solid SP, you have to pull the trigger.
Posted by: JerseyMetFan | November 08, 2007 at 10:58 AM
Garza for Tracy/quentin is a no go. Both are injury plagued right now. Trade a lesser prospect for either of them.
Gomez for Garza would be tempting. I don't know enough about Gomez to really make a decent comment. I know that he is liked alot for his potential.
Does Ian Stewart enter into the equation if we're talking Garza? Or do they have too many SP prospects.
Posted by: kab21 | November 08, 2007 at 11:01 AM
My understanding is theyre expecting an extension for Santana, and a healthy Liriano. Santana/Liriano at the top is always solid, and we all know the Twins can develop pitchers left and right.
As a Reds fan, I would be willing to trade Hamitlon for Garza. I think thats afair straight up trade, and is a possibility. Hamilton is that power hitting outfielder the twins need, and the Reds need ptiching. Lets not forget that Krivskey was the assistant GM while most of these guys were drafted and developed.
Posted by: GmblngPtchr20 | November 08, 2007 at 11:05 AM
lets also not forget that hamliton is very much injury prone because of his past mistakes (not trying to say negative stuff about him, i think he is a great story) and also it seems that the twins want a younger guy who has some speed for their centerfield position, and i am not sure if hamilton fits that mode because he may not be the best option as an everyday centerfielder, I also do not think that the twins would value hamilton as highly as those other guys,
Now, you actually could make a very good case of a hamilton scott baker trade, because the twins could use hamilton, and i really really like scott baker, i wish there was someway the braves could get him, but i do not see that happening
Posted by: bravesbeast | November 08, 2007 at 11:11 AM
The Twins aren't going to trade Garza for anything other than an superstar-caliber young position player, end of story. Deals like that are pretty rare. It's much, much more likely a smaller deal or two is done- think when the Twins got Castillo from the Mets for a couple pitching prospects.
Posted by: jehu | November 08, 2007 at 12:33 PM