Twins Interested In Street?

First Colorado, now maybe Minnesota. Things just keep on getting colder and colder for Huston.

I bet Coors Field would be a great place for Delmon Young's power to develop...

The Rockies don't need any more outfielders, basic.

Tim, have you heard anything about a Mike Cameron, Bill Hall, and Carlos Villanueva trade for Kevin Slowey, Denard Span, and a low level prosect?

The Twins and mega deal? You dont hear that too often...

people people people...

The Twins will NOT trade Delmon Young. Period. So PLEASE, rumors on him are worthless.

No way Twins trade talent like THAT away.

twinsfan

i never even saw an officical report that this is even a rumor, but i just hear it, and i couldnt find anything on it, so...

Well no team would even consider that trade glover. I assume you are a Brew Crew fan your name containing Prince's number and all...

But Slowey and Span could get the Twins just about anyone... way more than Cameron and Hall and Villanueva. Slowey or Span plus prospects could get us Hardy :)...

Geez, Neshek out two years? Nice going, Twins management =\ I had a bad feeling about choosing rehab over surgery to begin with. I guess getting Street at this point is reasonable, but it seems like such a waste.

Tribe No 1 Fan should change his name to Tribe No 1 Whiner.

The Rockies get Cuddyer Perkins and Matt Tolbert (?)

Cuddyer gives them a solid RF with some pop in the bat, Perkins gives them a good future 5th starter, and Tolbert gives them an MLB ready utility player to back Barmes or Stewart.

The Twins get Garrett Atkins and Huston Street.

Atkins gives us a solid run producer at 3rd for 2 years (hopefully more, if we get him). That solves a HUGE hole for the Twins.

Street gives us a fill in setup man / middle reliever for a year or two.

The deal is perfect, I WILL START PRAYING THE DEAL GETS DONE!

The Rockies would need another A prospect in return. perkins cuddy plus a prospect for atkins street is a steal for the Twins.

glover28, that is one of the worst trade proposals I've ever seen. Looks like a David Littlefield special. Hall has no value, Villy is a swingman, and Cameron is vastly overpaid.

I agree the Rockies don't need any more outfielders, and I don't know why they seem to be in the mood to sell everyone off since Holliday's gone. They will still hit, Spillborgs would probably start on a decent amount of clubs. And they have Fowler and C-Gonz kicking Tavares out of CF. If Francis reverts back to being a solid pitcher, they should contend for the division.

The Twins desperately need to pull off a big trade. I think they should sell high on Glen Perkins, he's a lot worse than his record indicated last year IMO. Perkins and maybe Buscher for Beltre would satisfy both parties.

2 high ceiling guys and one stud would get it done.

Unless the Twins are going to be playing 81 games at Coors Field or there's some geological event that causes the Twin Cities to rise to a mile of elevation before April, I have little interest in Atkins. His non-Coors-inflated splits are bad... and even those are NL stats.

Street as a set up man would interest me for the right price, but I wouldn't fork over much beyond an A-minus prospect (maybe one of the Twins' pitchers who are out of options) for Atkins... and I can't see Colorado agreeing to that.

I would rather just plug Cuddy into 3B and pray for the best than trade for Atkins. It just does not seem worth it in the long run. I also feel we should look for a cheaper option than street for our 8th inning guy. We have a very deep pitching farm system and I would rather bring one or two of them up.

Oh, and there is no way Slowey is going any place with out someone like Hardy, Cantu, or escobar coming back. No. Way.

Cuddyer, Perkins and Boof Bonser for Atkins and Street.

This works for both teams. As much as I don't like the idea of losing Perkins because left-handed pitching is always a premium, maybe the switch to Blackburn is done to complete this deal. But Rockies are looking for young pitching and 1) Bonser does have electric stuff, he just needs a change of scenery (look what it has done for Kyle Lohse), 2) Blackburn or Perkins is a 2nd mlb-ready pitcher that the Rockies are looking for and 3) the Rockies have already said they would like to get a right-handed rbi guy, which Cuddyer easily fills, especially getting numbers inflated at Coors Field.

For the Twins, Atkins gives them some right handed power (had more HRs away from Coors than at last year). He maybe isn't the guy to stick between the M&M boys, but he works quite well between Morneau and Kubel. Street, as noted in someone else's earlier post, gives the Twins a more than decent 1-2 bullpen punch with Nathan. That leaves the rest of the bunch (Crain, Guerrier, Breslow and Mijares) innings to fill in the 6th and 7th.

As for the idea of sending Tolbert, the answer should be no. With LNP (Little Nicky Punto) being a FA, Tolbert is the man to take over the utility spot....that is if he isn't the starting 2B/SS. Depends on whether they keep Casilla at 2B, or move him to SS...then Tolbert/Harris play 2B with the other being the utility guy.

Plus, with Atkins, they get someone who is familiar with playing 1B a little to give Morneau days of as a DH.