[Full Cougar]

Now that the Twins are in first place does anyone else think it was a bad move by them to trade their Ace pitcher Santana, and losing their star gold glover center fielder Tori Hunter to free agency (I think).

I do not know if they were trying to go into a rebuilding mode or not but they should have been more clear. They still have one of the best bullpens in baseball and a pretty good team.

Not to take away from Gomez who has been very good this season but does anyone else think that the Twins should have kept more of their good players or tried to get some more free agents.

[Lefty Noob]

Hard to argue with what Minnesota did, considering they're 62-50 and in a virtual tie atop the AL Central right now. Would they be better with Santana and Hunter? Maybe, maybe not. But they're still winning and they trimmed a ton of payroll with those deals. Personally, I wish my Pirates would take some lessons from a team like this or the Oakland A's, because they've mastered the art of balancing winning and keeping the payroll down.

[Full Cougar]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Hard to argue with what Minnesota did, considering they're 62-50 and in a virtual tie atop the AL Central right now. Would they be better with Santana and Hunter? Maybe, maybe not. But they're still winning and they trimmed a ton of payroll with those deals. Personally, I wish my Pirates would take some lessons from a team like this or the Oakland A's, because they've mastered the art of balancing winning and keeping the payroll down.

Very true I just thought that maybe they figured they would go into rebuilding mode.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Full Cougar

Very true I just thought that maybe they figured they would go into rebuilding mode.

Some of these teams, and Minnesota's definitely one of them, never *really* go into rebuilding mode. They dump stars and still are contenders.

[Full Cougar]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Some of these teams, and Minnesota's definitely one of them, never *really* go into rebuilding mode. They dump starts and still are contenders.

Ya that is what im thinking which is why they should have kept Santana and tried to keep Hunter.

[legend]

Real good manager. Overlooked all the time.

[Full Cougar]

Originally Posted by legend

Real good manager. Overlooked all the time.

What manager?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Full Cougar

What manager?

Well, I would assume legend's talking about Ron Gardenhire.
Four 90-plus win seasons and four AL Central titles in six seasons ain't nothing to sneeze at.

[Full Cougar]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Well, I would assume legend's talking about Ron Gardenhire.
Four 90-plus win seasons and four AL Central titles in six seasons ain't nothing to sneeze at.

No I meant that we werent talking about managers.

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Full Cougar

No I meant that we werent talking about managers.

Well, uh, we were talking about the Twins success. And if dumping Hunter and Santana was indeed a bad move, then one certainly does have to look at Gardenhire and the job he's done as one of the prime reasons for that success, wouldn't you agree?

[Full Cougar]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Well, uh, we were talking about the Twins success. And if dumping Hunter and Santana was indeed a bad move, then one certainly does have to look at Gardenhire and the job he's done as one of the prime reasons for that success, wouldn't you agree?

Well that would be the GM's move.