Twins Close To Landing Delmon Young

[UNHWildCats]

http://www.startribune.com/blogs/neal/?p=276

[Gil Dobie]

This is a precursor to the Santana trade.

[FCS Preview]

Trade is done.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3131988


The Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays completed a swap of two potential stars on Wednesday.

Minnesota acquired outfielder Delmon Young in a six-player deal that sends right-hander Matt Garza to Tampa.

The Twins also are sending shortstop Jason Bartlett and minor league right-hander Eduardo Morlan to the Rays for shortstop Brendan Harris and outfield prospect Jason Pridie.

[Thunderstruck84]

I don't like it right now. Garza for Young is a good swap but I don't like that they gave up Bartlett, he's an above average hitter for a SS, very smart and fast on the base paths, and quickly becoming a very good fielder although he still had a lot of errors last year. Don't know about this Brendan Harris, looks like he's got solid stats but I think Bartlett will be better 2-3 years from now.

[813Jag]

I don't like it right now. Garza for Young is a good swap but I don't like that they gave up Bartlett, he's an above average hitter for a SS, very smart and fast on the base paths, and quickly becoming a very good fielder although he still had a lot of errors last year. Don't know about this Brendan Harris, looks like he's got solid stats but I think Bartlett will be better 2-3 years from now.
Harris started the season really well, but he trailed off toward the end of the season.