After successfully managing to tap the phones of both Bill Smith and JP Ricciardo, I hit the gold mine. Read what I overheard the two discussing… Bill Smith, general manager of the Minnesota Twins: Hello, JP, it’s Bill Smith of the Twins. J.P. Ricciardi, general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays: Hey, Bill! Long time [...]
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A Phone Conversation With the Toronto Blue Jays
Posted: 22nd July 2009 by vacant in Opinion, rumors, TradesTags: Alex Burnett, Bill Smith, Jason Frasor, Kevin Slowey, Marco Scutaro, Nick Punto
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As every Twins fan should know by now, Eddie Guardado is playing baseball for Minnesota once again. Eddie was a Twin from 1993-2003, when he lost to free agency. During this extended tenure with the Twins he didn’t record more than ten saves in a season until 2001, when he traded relief roles with former [...]
I was asked to do a piece on the possible acquisition of Garrett Atkins by a commenter in yesterday’s post, so here it is. I chose to do a piece on Atkins and not Casey Blake for many reasons. First, Blake is on the wrong side of 30 and Minnesota needs a consistent glove and [...]
I’ve decided to make this a three part series because I felt the urge to tweak the three-team trade between the Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Twins. It is still not perfect, so I am free to suggestions and criticism. Tell me what you think: Minnesota gets: Adrian Beltre, 3B, from SeattleCesar Valdez, RHP, [...]
Trading for Beltre Part One
Posted: 16th July 2008 by vacant in Adrian Beltre, Livan Hernandez, Michael Cuddyer, Prospects, TradesI want to start by offering my apologies for the lack of an All-Star Game post today. If you want a good recap of how Minnesota performed in the game, be sure to head over to Seth Speaks or Josh’s Thoughts. I was going to focus my post today on the All-Star Game, but I [...]
My opinion on what Minnesota should do before this trade deadline is scattered everywhere in various posts. The purpose of this blog entry is to detail exactly what I, posing as GM Bill Smith, would do to improve these Minnesota Twins if given the opportunity. Since this blog is called, “Twins Fix”, I thought this [...]
This was recently written by me at Bleacher Report. Enjoy, and be sure to let me know what you think in the comment section! With just over 31 days until the trade deadline, it is time Minnesota figure out what they want to do. Should they buy and try to continue hanging with the White [...]
On a quick note, you won’t find many game recaps on Twins Fix. Not only can you go anywhere to get recaps of what happened, but they are so monotonous! I will stick to providing my analysis on most games. Once again, Hernandez was just short of brilliant. He out-dueled the struggling Brandon Webb, and [...]