August 27, 2010

Breaking news: Twins get Brian Fuentes from Angels

I'll have more later, but for now: Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reports and LaVelle E. Neal III of the Minneapolis Star Tribune confirms that the Twins have acquired left-handed reliever Brian Fuentes from the Angels for a player to be named later. If nothing else, Fuentes beats the hell out of Randy Flores.

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  1. Gardy’s head just exploded.

    Comment by UGH — August 27, 2010 @ 7:06 pm

  2. Can we send Flores as the PTBNL?

    Comment by Little Cutter — August 27, 2010 @ 7:11 pm

  3. And all the angst over Randy Flores goes to waste.

    Not a Bill Smith fan for most of the year, but in the past two Augusts, you have to admit he’s done well…

    Comment by Neil — August 27, 2010 @ 7:11 pm

  4. Wow. Wow.

    As long as the PTBNL isn’t someone of much interest, wow.

    We might end up with Blackburn in the rotation but a back end of Capps, Fuentes, Crain, Guerrier (now with a chance to not get overworked and recover, hopefully), and Rauch (hopefully gets back on track) is frankly pretty nice. Actually, more than that.

    This is a Yankee-like move. In a good way. You can never pile on enough bullpen help or pitching in general – especially at reasonable prices.

    I’d say it’s doubtful that everyone from Capps, Rauch, Crain, Nathan, Guerrier, and Fuentes will be around through part or all of next season, but having pieces to move that are valuable are never a bad thing.

    Why pay too much for Heath Bell in March when you can pick up a guy like Fuentes for not much at the end when you really need it?

    It does pretty much make Flores redundant. Well, kind of. I guess Fuentes becomes setup man + the Alpha LOOGY and Flores can be the extra LOOGY (the original Mahay role).

    Awesome move. Wow.

    Comment by Son of Shane Mack — August 27, 2010 @ 7:47 pm

  5. Either Fuentes or Crain could take over as closer if Capps falters. I like this move, but the PTBNL is probably somebody good. How did Fuentes clear waivers?

    Comment by Dave T — August 27, 2010 @ 9:01 pm

  6. This is really the first move I’ve seen in years from the Twins that says ‘alright, here we go, bring on the Yankees’..

    Comment by TD — August 27, 2010 @ 10:21 pm

  7. “Not a Bill Smith fan for most of the year, but in the past two Augusts, you have to admit he’s done well…”

    Get Ramos back somehow then release Flores and we’ll talk.

    “This is really the first move I’ve seen in years from the Twins that says ‘alright, here we go, bring on the Yankees’..”

    Like a guy driving around a barrier saying here we go bring on the train.

    Comment by Gendo — August 28, 2010 @ 1:54 am

  8. Gendo’s right on with both points. Capps and Flores were desperation moves. Playoff success fan-tasies are just that.

    Comment by brian — August 28, 2010 @ 5:27 am

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