Leading up to the trade deadline, which is, of course, tomorrow, we had heard two things that the experts said:
1) The deadline would be quiet
2) One team that would be active would be the Twins
Well, so far the deadline has, by my standards anyways, been fairly active. Just think, Lance Berkman, Roy Oswalt and Dan Haren have all been moved in the last few days, not to mention Cliff Lee several days ago and lesser known players like Edwin Jackson, Jhonny Peralta and former Twin Cristian Guzman have already been moved, on top of many more unmentioned players.
Meanwhile, the Twins have added Matt Capps, and have otherwise been pretty quiet. The solution is simple. The needs the Twins have aren’t matched by the available commodities on the market. They would like another starter I’m sure, but I don’t think there is a market for that anymore. They could also be benefited by adding some infield depth, but I suspect that a deal could come together quickly.
It’s different this year, because the Twins haven’t been in on one big name player, so I don’t even know if there is anything to be frustrated about. We’ll just have to see what happens tomorrow, but so far nothing has happened as expected.
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