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A few Yankee rumors and my say on the Johan Santana deal.
The asking price of the Twins right now is "A major league star and three top prospects, including one pitcher."
Twins wanted Melky Cabrera, two prospects (one of them being Austin Jackson), and one of "The Big 3" pitchers.
Also going around was Robinson Cano's name. A japanese newspaper reported Hideki Matsui being mentioned.
Twins don't want Chien-Ming Wang.
Well I see it as this. Out of the big 3 pitchers, I would surrender Ian Kennedy. I see him as the weaker of the three. A coin flip would have to be made on Hideki Matsui. He does start out slow, but he's able to wake up and hit dingers every few days.
I don't know about you everyone else here. But I'd send them over two of either Farnsworth/DeSalvo/Igawa/Nieves. As I mentioned earlier on around the trade deadline, we were ready to push the button on Igawa to the Padres, but the Yankees are gonna give him another shot. See game 3 of the season against the Red Sox for DeSalvo.
Keep Wang around. He's as economic as they come. If he can get over his fear of starting on the road, tune up his sinker, and maybe learn another pitch, he may have a shot at getting Cy Young. Only thing that held him back was the ALDS disaster.
However, since the Twins seem to be this year's Marlins, other options if this fails could be asking about Carlos Silva, and Joe Nathan might be expendable if the Twins lose both their top arms.
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