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"MyTeamRivals" via MyTeamRivals.com in Google Reader: Goodbye, Go-Go. *Sniff* This Blogger is Going to Miss You.
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com: Trade Reactions: Teahen, Hardy
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The Hardy/Gomez trade: How it came together and what it means for the #Twins: http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/69381532.html 13 days ago |
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RT @VIKESSTADIUM: Twins trade Gomez to Brewers for shortstop Hardy http://bit.ly/1KGQyw (via @minnesotanews) -- WTF??? 14 days ago |
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Hardy for Gomez. Great move for the Twins. Cant wait to watch this team at Target Field next year! http://bit.ly/1As054 14 days ago |
Goodbye, Go-Go. *Sniff* This Blogger is Going to Miss You.
"MyTeamRivals" via MyTeamRivals.com in Google Reader —
... Well, our long search for a starting shortstop is over for the time being. In a trade
that came out of nowhere and shocked the estimated one hundred thousand
people living in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Twins sent Carlos Gomez
to the Brewers for J. J. Hardy. I can't say I hate the move. The
Twins desperately needed a shortstop, and Hardy is a good one. He had
a poor 2009 season, but he's batted .262/.323/.482 in four major league
seasons and is at least an average defender. He's also relatively
cheap and under team control for the next two years. And Gomez, well,
he had a ...
AaronGleeman.com — ... Gomez from the Mets as the centerpiece of the Johan Santana trade and made the 22-year-old Torii Hunter's replacement in center field despite little evidence that he was ready. He predictably struggled, batting .248/.293/.352 over the next two years, and started just 10 of the final 37 games this season as Ron Gardenhire sat him in favor of Delmon Young. And now just 21 months after trading for him the Twins have traded Gomez to the Brewers for shortstop J.J. Hardy. ...
Trade Reactions: Teahen, Hardy
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... and constantly updating our list of available free agents, so stay tuned. For now, here are a few reactions from around the baseball world on some of the moves that have already taken place...
Matt Eddy of Baseball America takes a deeper look at the trade that brought Mark Teahen (and $1MM) to the White Sox. Teahen will start at third base in 2010 with sophomore Gordon Beckham sliding over to second base.
Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reviews the swap that netted the Twins ...
Gomez Trade Reactions: Top 15 Quotations
Milwaukee Brewers Blog - Bernie's Crew —
... #6: "The deal has the potential to look very good for the Twins if Hardy can
regain his pre-2009 form, but that “if” is as big as Hardy’s 6-2,
190-pound frame." -- Joe Christensen, Star Tribune ...
Joe Christiensen is giving me body issues
The Victoria Times —
... Star Tribunist Joe Christiensen is right up there with LaVelle E. Neal on Twins coverage, and he has been all over the Gomez-Hardy trade. He seems to like it. I don't mind it. He clearly has some apprehensions, however, saying: ...
