Clyde

Considering the state of the team when he took over he can only do so much. Part of the problem is the stud player Ryan drafted in 2005 was traded by Smith. Many other draftees from 2004-2007 have played, but none are established stars. The bad trades by Smith coupled with no immediate return from the escaping free agents may have doomed this franchise foor a few more years of mediocrity. One year is not going to turn it around. Trading to trade is pointless. It gets you a bag of baseballs for Matt Garza, JJ Hardy, or even the Santana trade. Trading to improve is timing and having an asset worth trading. Last winter was not the time to trade an asset as there wasn't much tradeable. Now what could be traded, half are injured.

What were you watching for the last 20 years. The Twins would have been thrilled to medocre 1993-2001, Then how many years in a row were they near the top of the division? The lousiest of the best. But winning the division

You probably won't see them until 2016 at the earliiest. Worldsof potential,, long ways away. If either would have been able to make a midseaon jump then you might think 2014.

Thyrlos had a list of all of the transactions of Terry Ryan. You will notice that Ryan does not trade players like Span in season. He trades players in the year before they hit free agency. So unless he is going to resign Capps and Liriano you can look for them to be traded. There will be those who will debate how well he has traded, but in general Ryan has done well. Spare parts come and go with Ryan. Valencia could get traded, Ryan would probably get equall in return. Every once and a while he gets a steal. Trades that were not of usual behaior were Loshe and AJ. AJ was traded in the off season because of Mauer. Loshe was traded because Gardenhire did not like him.