<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>MINNEAPOLIS -- The Minnesota Twins acquired first baseman Phil Nevin and cash from the Chicago Cubs on Thursday for a player to be named, a deal made on the final day players must be in an organization to be eligible for postseason play.The 35-year-old Nevin was already dealt once this season, moving from the Texas Rangers to the Cubs on May 31 for utility player Jerry Hairston Jr. Nevin was batting .274 with 12 homers and 33 RBI in 179 at-bats for Chicago.With Rondell White struggling most of the season and neither Jason Kubel nor Lew Ford emerging as consistent hitters down the stretch, the Twins had a hole at designated hitter and needed a productive bat with some pop in the bottom third of the lineup.They still have the best batting average in the majors at .286, but they scored only four runs during a three-game losing streak that ended Thursday with a 3-1 win over the Kansas City Royals. Minnesota moved within a half-game behind the Chicago White Sox in the AL wild-card race and is five games behind the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central."We could use a little offensive push here," general manager Terry Ryan said.This is Nevin's seventh major-league team in 12 career seasons.To make room for Nevin on the 40-man roster, Minnesota transferred outfielder Shannon Stewart from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.Chicago did not comment on the trade Thursday evening.The Twins also announced they will recall right-hander Scott Baker and catcher Chris Heintz and purchase the contract of infielder Alexi Casilla before Friday's game at New York.Baker, 3-7 with a 6.93 ERA in two previous stints in the majors this year, is expected to start Saturday against the Yankees.With lefty Francisco Liriano trying to work his way back from arm problems and right-hander Brad Radke fighting persistent pain in his shoulder, Minnesota's rotation -- which will have three rookies in it with the addition of Baker -- is a question mark entering the season's final month.Ryan was looking around for starting pitchers as well, too, as well as seasoned hitters."You do what you think is right," Ryan said. "I know people were concerned about our pitching, but we've been pitching pretty well. This is just something to supplement our roster for September."</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2568201Love the move. We got a good DH now. 21 HR's on the year for Nevin, so we'll have some pop in the bottom of the lineup too now.
Pretty nice move. I would imagine him playing DH since Morneau is playing 1B now. The more offense for the Twins the better, especially since they are on top of the league now when it comes to offense and they have great pitching so it should be a good race.
Well we got cash money's. And "a player to be named" just means some shitty player that we will never need.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 2 2006, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nevin strikes out way too much. Fits in well with the Twins. </div>No he doesn't.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rex Grossman 8 @ Sep 2 2006, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nevin strikes out way too much. Fits in well with the Twins. </div><span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Yeah...poor us.</span></span></span>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrianUrlacher54 @ Sep 2 2006, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm glad the Cubs got rid of Nevin. Trading him to the Twins was an added bonus.</div><span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Yeah, bonus for Nevin. Now he's no longer in the baseball hell known as the Chicago Cubs.</span></span></span> :thumbsup:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FSUViking @ Sep 3 2006, 10:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrianUrlacher54 @ Sep 2 2006, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm glad the Cubs got rid of Nevin. Trading him to the Twins was an added bonus.</div><span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">Yeah, bonus for Nevin. Now he's no longer in the baseball hell known as the Chicago Cubs.</span></span></span> :thumbsup:</div>No, bonus for the Cubs, doing the White Sox a disservice
<span style="font-family:Convection"><span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:100%"><span style="color:#6600CC">That we can agree on....</span> </span></span> :thumbsup:
