Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Santana - Yankees (maybe)

What do you do? I think it was good to get something for Castillo but I think we should have made a move to get more power hitting, 3rd, or left field. Everyone needs pitching and we have an abundance so why not take a chance while these young guys stock is high to get some non-AAAers in our lineup. I must agree with Santana on this one. The Braves proved in the 90's you can get to the playoffs with pitching but that doesn't mean your going to win there. Scoring runs keeps you in the game. Like the Yankees this year so were the Mavericks of the early 90's just outscore people. Defense & Pitching are great but if your pitchers need to have less than 2 ERA what are your chances, really!!! Twins need to get realistic and start putting major leaguers back in the lineup instead of these A, AA, and AAA players. Soon we will be known as the KC Royals because we can't hit which means we will be looking like the mid-90's Twins. See below for Santana's take.

Johan Santana is the latest to question the Twins trade of Luis Castillo to the Mets.
The Twins ace told the Star Tribune this about management: "I'm not surprised. That's exactly how they are. That's why we're never going to go beyond where we've gone."
He didn't stop there, venting his frustrations at length and at one point saying "Why waste time when you're talking about something that's always going to be like that? It's never going to be beyond this point. It doesn't make any sense for me to be here, you know?"
The two-time Cy Young winner is a free agent after the 2008 season and the thrifty club figures to have a lot of trouble keping him around.