The Minnesota Twins need to push some chips to the middle of the table
The Twins might have to overpay to get a couple of pieces this year as evidenced by them losing out on Cliff Lee to the Rangers. With that in mind I would target Brett Myers and Ty Wigginton. For Myers I would trade the Astros 3B Danny Valencia, SS Trevor Plouffe and Alexi Casilla. I know that seems like a lot but Myers would probably be the Twins’ #2 starter the way things are going right now. This kind of trade would allow you to bump Nick Blackburn from the rotation while leaving lefty Brian Duensing in the pen where he has been incredible this year. Then I would flip reliever Anthony Slama and catcher Jose Morales to the Orioles for Ty Wigginton. If the Twins are never going to give Slama a chance they should at least get something for him. Wigginton would be a huge asset to the Twins as he can handle 1B, 2B and 3B defensively and he would give them a nice righty power bat to even up the lineup a bit more. I know the price tags look a tad high but you know that other teams in front of the Twins won’t be deterred by that. So if you want to play with the big boys you have to ante’ up.
