Twins Break Off Gagne Talks
Posted by John on January 29, 2009 under John | 
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The Star Tribune reports the Twins and Eric Gagne were exchanging contract numbers last week until the Twins suddenly decided to break off talk with the veteran reliever.
Gagne was apparently willing to accept a one year deal worth $3 million that could have added 500k in incentives. That deal actually seems rather reasonable to me for the Twins, but I can understand if they’re cautious about Gagne.
Given the market there are certainly a lot of remaining bargains to be had but it appears as if the reliever market is quite thin. The Twins have said they are exploring bullpen help through trades now, but this offseason you must take everything Bill Smith says with a grain of salt. Typically it’s well we could of, would of, should of statements to give us fans an excuse for why not and never why.
The Twins were believed to have been attendance yesterday at Joe Crede’s workout in Arizona. Perhaps they like what they saw and pulling out of the Gagne talks was in effort to redirect that money in Crede’s direction. I do believe that Crede would be a better fit for the Twins than Gagne, but I also think if the Twins could give Nick Punto $8.5 million they could afford Crede and Gagne for about $6 million.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Do you think it was a good idea to break off talks with Eric Gagne? We’ll keep you updated on the Joe Crede news right here on twinsmvb.com.
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Dain said,
I for one am glad they didn’t sign Gagne. I thought he was pretty washed up and was heavy on the steroids when he was successful.
Greg said,
I agree with Dain…would have been a waste of money and we would have waived him in June
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