Happy Trade deadline day Twins fans; Goose asked me to consider a guest shot or two on his blog and it felt like now was as good a time as any. The trade deadline has come and gone, and up until about an hour ago it looked like the Twins were going to do their usual stand pat routine and then spend the next few days spinning the “we have to think about the future”; or “we aren’t going to do anything that doesn’t make sense for the ballclub” party line.

Twins GM Bill SmithBut that all changed when GM Billy Smith pulled the trigger on the Orlando Cabrera trade that, apparently (if you read LaVelle Neal), many Twins players were lobbying for as recently as last week when the Twins were playing against Cabrera in Oakland.

Before I do a little Bill Simmonsesque breakdown of the trade, here are a few thoughts about this Twins team.