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Posted By: Todd Schultz

they overachieved this year. They are very young and have tremendous upside. They probably have a surplus of starting pitching--Humber came along nicely thank you-- and if Neshek can get healthy, their pen should shore up nicely. If anything, I'd trade Liriano to get a big stick on the left side of the infield. Many still seem enamored of his stuff, and the Twins can afford to move him if teams want to drool all over themselves. I wouldn't give him away because he could change for the better, but right now he remains a 100 pitch guy who usually can't spread those 100 through more than 6 innings. We really don't have much other trade bait except for Nathan (bad idea)or possibly Kubel, so maybe open up the wallet for a free agent 3B or SS such as can be reasonably afforded. Go Twins!!!

Edited to add: BTW, it was Adam Everett, not Carl, who they "added" this year. He had a couple shining moments, but Carl would have been better, maybe even Chad Everett. And you're right, while Gardy works magic with the kids year after year, his decision-making on the field is usually unimaginative t othe point where he probably costs them some games. Having watched alot of baseball these past few yers on Direct TV though, I can tell you there are many many managers who are far worse, some scarily so.