Twins Discuss Adrian Beltre Internally

Now why would the Twins try to upgrade the left side of their infield when they already have a perfectly good waste of space in Nick Punto?

Amen on Bonds. As a DH, he could avoid the effects of the carpet, and would likely surpass Monroe's production even if he lost a leg.

Now why would the Twins try to upgrade the left side of their infield when they already have a perfectly good waste of space in Nick Punto?

Amen on Bonds. As a DH, he could avoid the effects of the carpet, and would likely surpass Monroe's production even if he lost a leg.

Pardon the double post, but I think the TypePad software wanted to emphasize those points.

yeah that twins left side has to be the worst in baseball. punto? and whos the shortstop brumlett, bartlett, i dont know. as for bonds to the twins not happening. small market teams who play hard and scrap have no room for his ego. productionwise sure hes a fit but hes a fit with half the teams as far as that goes. i think the dbacks might actually sign him though. they dont really have good team chemistry anyways and that offense is terrible.

Bartlett was traded to the Rays in the offseason. They added Adam Everett in the offseason who, between hitting below .200 and being injured has been a bust so far. The hope may lie with Matt Tolbert, who is currently on a rehab assignment and should return around the deadline.

bartlett, brumlett, everett, who cares. they all end in double t and they all suck. i think twins fans can feel my pain. if the twins just spent a little money it would go a long way. too bad for fans they wont.

Not sure what the Rox would be looking for... but if they decide to move Atkins would a deal of Ben Revere and some of their surplus of their minor league pitchers (who do not project to be front liners) even be a starting point? If the Rox like him at all maybe have Cuddyear involved...

With Gomez and Span around Revere is able to be moved. Then without Cuddyear, Young could go back to RF and Kubel could spend some days in LF.

Wow Twins would have a good young team in Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Adrain, Beltre, Carlos Gomez, and Delmon Young. Also, Francisco Liriano and the rest

what are ya'll talking about Barry Bonds for? This is a post about Beltre!

Speaking of Bonds, heck no! It's not worth the money or risking young guys in the clubhouse. The Twins, or frankly ANYONE in baseball, would not risk 4 million for less than a half a season.

I wish I knew what the Twins should do...
Punto, as a shortstop, is tearing it up this year. He's hitting over .350 (since returning from DL) and has made his own highlight reel of unbelieveable plays that could fill SportsCenter all by itself!
But we have all these straggler guys who are either below average or right at average (Lamb, Everett, Harris, Kubel (against LHP) Monroe...) and then all these milddlin' pitchers who may be fantastic, but can break down (Hernandez, Blackburn, Crain, Slowey...)
And then we have the problem of "bench" or AAA callup players playing like gangbusters (Buscher, Span). What happens whe Cuddyer comes off the DL?
It seems like they need to "consolidate" and get out of the "platoon every position" mentality they've got right now. But the Twins thrive on team spirit and having a good clubhouse... you take away leaders or good guys (like Johan and Torii) and the team suffers (at least temporarily.) You bring jerks in, and the whole thing will collapse. Especially in the middle of the season.

So what do you do???
I think you have to get rid of Everett and Lamb. They're taking up valuable bench space for guys who can and will outperform. Maybe trade Monroe and one of the young starting pitchers for a solid RH hitting 3B and reliever, and bring up Liriano. It sounds like he's probably as ready as he's gonna be. Cuddyer comes off the DL, and Span, Go-Go, and Young play CF and LF. Buscher and Harris are bench players. Then you've got one exciting young team.
(I know everyone says for Hernandez to be booted, but all the young pitchers really look up to him and he gives the pitching staff a senior figurehead that they really, really need. So I think we keep him around.)

Thoughts?

First off, Punto is actually showing promise like he did in 06', he is probably the best defensive player on a very solid defensive team. I think Beltre would be a great addition he may not be able to hit for average, but he can hit a HR better then the other 3B we have on the squad.

As for Bonds... No thank you... We have one of the most cohesive club houses in the league and to add him would only add more trouble. There is no one senior enough to tell him off, maybe Nathan but come on. BONDS. Please he will never where a Twins jersey.

We need to keep Hernandez because the rotation looks to him for guidence and we can not lose that.

This is going to end up a lot like the 06' finish I have a feeling. THere are so many similarities.

GO TWINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I totaly agree!! I love our team right now, and I feel dumb saying this, but what would happen if we would send Cuddy down to dubble A or something and have him moved BACK to 3rd base, yes he is BEASTLY in the outfeild, but He did come up as a 3rd basemen and we have all seen his cannon from right, or i think beltre' would be a great fit, drops bombs and COULD repeat what he did in 2004. the other thing is punto, i love that dude, he really doesnt have a set position and he makes highlight plays day in day out... I dont know this sounds way dumb and i know but its just a thought