I now, the Twins are only 7 games back of the Detroit Tigers in the A.L. Central with a 34-38 (47.2%) record….but they don’t have the look of a contender due to their horrid starting pitching so far this year. The Twins have a lot of veteran players that could entice other teams to give them some young and talented starting pitchers. I would be talking to all of these teams starting right now. Justin Morneau, Chris Parmelee, Josh Willingham, Ryan Doumit, Jamey Carroll, Kevin Correia, Jared Burton, Josh Roenicke and Casey Fien would all be on the block if I were running the Twins. The Baltimore Orioles have a huge hole at DH, so I would try to entice them to take Justin Morneau, Ryan Doumit or Josh Willingham off the Twins’ hands. I would trade any of that trio to the Orioles for Jake Arrieta and Steve Johnson. The Twins should also try to package Jamey Carroll with Jared Burton, Josh Roenicke or Casey Fien with the idea of getting a decent prospect back. Kevin Correia is also likely going to garner a decent prospect in return, but the Twins need to trade him right now. The Twins aren’t going to content right now due to their starting pitching as Correia is the only guy that they can depend on right now. It’s time to really rebuild for the Twins.
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