Thursday, December 13, 2007

Update: Twins Sign Everett

According to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com, the Twins have signed shortstop Adam Everett to a one-year contract. Everett became expendable to the Astros when they decided to trade for Miguel Tejada.

Step one to upgrading an anemic offense: sign a player with a .248/.299/.357 career hitting line to become your starting shortstop. Check.

5 comments:

Brian said...

Does Eckstein look better now?

No? No, I guess not.

Anonymous said...

SBG seems to like this guy.

It seems to me that maybe this trade makes a trade with the Mets for Santana more likely, since we no longer need Reyes.

Anonymous said...

Actually, this would be step two in upgrading an anemic offense. Step one was signing Monroe, a struggling veteran and redundant corner OF with lots of downside who can take ABs away from Kubel.

Everett sort of fits the Twins ideal for a shortstop - great glove, no stick. But his addition makes it even more imperative that we get Punto back to his role as a utility guy and not a regular in the lineup. That means finding a legit 3B, and they are in short supply. I don't think the Mets would part with Wright, even in a Santana trade. Harris, I think, now becomes the favorite for 2B considering his defensive limitations at SS and 3B, and the strength of his bat.

Anonymous said...

Hi, Paul here, life-long Astros fan. Don't have much to say other than enjoy! For the most part we really did like Everett, was a hard worker and a helluva fielder. His hitting was less than stellar, obviously, but I guarantee you he is a better than just about any other option out their for shortstop. Yes, his bat is weak, but I promise you he will save you more runs than any other shortstop could've scored for you. It's absolutely baffling how he never won a Gold Glove, but oh well. Congratulations, you'll like this guy. Wish we still had him instead of an over-the-hill juicer :-/

Anonymous said...

At least we have a shortstop now, some of us forget how we've won divisions in the past. Yes a couple were weak divisions, but we won with pitching and defense.

Also by no means do I think the Twins are done looking for a better SS, 3b and 2b. They're just trying to fill holes so for one they look less desperate and 2 it's time to start making backup plans in case a good trade can't be made to fill one or two of them holes.

This isn't the ideal SS, but assuming Santana is traded I think Nathan will be traded as well and that makes us in somewhat of a re-building phase.

ONLY A 1-YEAR DEAL