Twins Making Progress With Blake

Surprised the Phillies haven't been mentioned with him yet (atleast from what I've seen). They're not exactly solid at 3B or LF (if Burrell leaves); Blake's versatility would probably be even more valuable to than most teams.

I'd rather see Beltre but Blake is solid and, in my opinion, better than Atkins or Kouz. Is there any chance that the Twins are that "mystery" team for Furcal?

Beltre in CBP could be a lot of fun to watch. Would be a nice RH bat to replace Burrell as well.

How did this turn into a Philly discussion. They aren't even mentioned.

I'd rather see Crede and Furcal so we don't have to give up draft picks at all. That would be way better, and we have the money but they are too stubborn to fix things in house.

Even though it may seem they are close to possibly making a signing worth any kind of significance off the FA market, I still wont believe it until I see it cause I don't want to be filled with false hope just like any other Winter just to end up signing scrubs.

shouldn't the phillies be trying to convince blake to play the outfield.... he really seems like he would excel in philly

"I want Magglio Ordonez or Jermaine Dye or just keep Burrell."

I really don't see Chicago moving Dye now that Swisher is out of there.

I could see one scenario: Dye for John Mayberry, one of Carrasco, Marson and Taylor, and a low level prospect.

KW would likely expect a haul for Dye after getting so little for Swish.

The thing about the Twins' 3B situation is that the Buscher/Harris platoon wasn't great, but they weren't bad either. All the guys mentioned besides Beltre are only marginal upgrades that would require giving up a young pitcher or 3x the current combined salaries of Buscher/Harris, so it doesn't make much sense to mess with it.

The money and players are better used on a position where they can get a big upgrade like Hardy at SS.

Blake is old and average. Atkins is expensive (for the Twins) and average. Kouzmanoff is Carlos Gomez expect slow, bad at defense and might hit 20HR, otherwise they both K way too often and get on base 30% of the time at best.

Beltran is the real deal but too expensive for 1 year.

And I really don't understand why some of my fellow Twins fans want Furcal at SS, either. It would be like signing a slightly better Christian Guzman for 12MM a year.

There, we agree on something, Phils. Burrell, unless he's asking for some ridiculous number, easily makes the most sense for the Phillies. No loss of picks or prospects and he's right handed. No reason to let him walk.

I'm not a Phillies fan and it stemmed from a mention of Casey Blake. If you want to pigeon-hole everything, go to a team message board. Being scolded for diverging a bit is annoying.

tonyjar0502,

ya get over it, its a free country.

thanks NJM,

ya the market for Burrell will be very little IMO. Someone at one point said 4 years and 60 million and i almost fell off my chair. How will he field in 4 years. They don't allow walkers in MLB stadiums.

oh and damon's still overpaid.

Appease him and go 2 years for 28 with a club option that WILL be bought out.