Christmas update
Game 163
Merry Christmas Twins fans. Was really wishing the big news today would be the signing of Joe Mauer, but will have to wait a little longer for that. There is a lot of time to complete the deal, but it would have been nice to get that out of the way so we could move on to other important off season items.
After the winter meetings, it appears most talks have cooled in regard to the third base position. There appears to be a buyers market at this time with several good options still available, so it would appear that the Twins are willing to wait out the current market in hopes they can pick someone up at a better price after the new year.
Currently the market has several third basement rumored or close to signing deals. Troy Glaus looks to have agreed to a 1 year $2MM deal with the Atlanta Braves. The Twins were hinting that they were interested in Mark DeRosa, who it is being reported now, is close to a deal with the San Francisco Giants. If all reports are true, this would very frustrating as a fan, because it is reportedly a 2 year deal for $12MM which is a very fair price.
San Diego is reportedly is happy to go into 2010 with Kouzmanoff as a Padre. Not sure if this is just posturing so that clubs like the Twins start sweetening their deals. It looks at this time that the Twins would have to definitely give up more talent then Glen Perkins to get the young 3rd baseman.
It would appear that the Giants are looking past Kouzmanoff if DeRosa is close to singing a deal with the bay area club. With the Giants going after DeRosa, it would mean Juan Uribe will need a new team and with the market saturated at this point with quality 3rd basemen, his price tag might be going down.
Adrian Beltre is in talks with the Oakland Athletics which seems odd in some ways. The Athletics must not be intimidated by the large price tag and Betlre’s agent Scott Boras.
We are still hoping the Twins could work something out with the Padres and the young Kouzmanoff. Moving Glen Perkins and a reliever such as Francisco Liriano or Jesse Crain would fatten the deal and allow two good Twins players to get a fresh start on the west coast. Dealing Perkins and Liriano would be a tough trade for the Twins to make though, as they are both left handed pitchers and would leave the Twins short in the bull pen for lefty’s.
Don’t forget to catch the Twins and FSN encore of the AL Central tiebreaker between the Twins and Tigers that will air on tonight (Christmas) at 7:00 PM.
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