Bass traded to Baltimore
Posted on September 5th, 2008 – 10:33 AMBy La Velle
The Twins have traded righthander Brian Bass to the Orioles for a player to be named later. Bass spent most of the season with the Twins but was sent down in late August and really didn’t figure in the team’s plans next season.
Bass, 3-4 with a 4.87 ERA in 44 games with the Twins, would have walked as a free agent after the season anyway. Baltimore is desperate for pitching, so Bass gets a chance to prove himself. There are rumblings that Bass will go into Baltimore’s rotation to audition for next year.
The Twins, sometime before next season, are expected to receive an A-ball prospect player in return.
There are also rumblings that Mike Lamb either has or will sign with the Brewers.
86 Responses to "Bass traded to Baltimore"
Wow, will we get anything?
Someone actaully took Bass….now that should be the headline
This team makes some strange moves. Bass wasn’t lights out this year but I didn’t think he was too bad. He didn’t figure in our plans next year? Do any of these relievers fit in our plans?
Maybe we’ll face him when we go to Baltimore on the next road trip. See, maybe he can help us win!
I think it’s another example of the Twins doing the “right thing”, trading Bass somewhere that he could get MLB innings in and maybe show a potential 2009 employer what he can do. What he does with that opportunity is up to him.
I just hope he doesn’t throttle the Twins during the upcoming series in Baltimore next weekend.
Bass wants to start all three games in the Twins series.
What if he pitches against the Twins when they play in Baltimore in two weeks and throws a complete game shutout or something?
and he probably will because we can’t hit, run, pitch, field, throw, or coach on the road
No Bass, no Lamb, no Hamburger.
My stomach is starting to growl.
Sid-
You shall not go without food. We still have Spam in right field.
“No Bass, no Lamb, no Hamburger”
Butcher can’t do anything right.
“SethSpeaks says:
September 5th, 2008 at 10:56 am
What if he pitches against the Twins when they play in Baltimore in two weeks and throws a complete game shutout or something?”
Then I would agree with Fire and get rid of Vavra
What if he pitches against the Twins when they play in Baltimore in two weeks and throws a complete game shutout or something?
Then all of those here who hated Bass with every fiber of their being will suddenly think Bill Smith was the biggets idiot of all time for ever thinking to deal him for something worthless like a PTBNL.
Mark my words…
good news for Bass. He has shown some sporadic ability and he has a chance to make it in Baltimore rotation next year.
re: facing the Twins while in Baltimore, there are usually gentleman’s agreements about those kind of things not happening.
about a third of the opening day pitching staff and half of the opening day bullpen did not finish the season with the Twins.
LaVelle, any word on Cuddyer? Any chance that he will be able to play this month?
What a waste of time keeping around for so long. They couldn’t have resigned him anyway? Then why all the worry about losing him to waivers if the sent him down to make room for Liriano?
We will probably play similiar to how we play on the road when the new ballpark opens. No more advantages we love to have while playing inside the dome
With Bass gone, the organization is now short on pitching. Maybe we can get Garza back in exchange for three crummy players. I can think of three I would send: DY, BH, JP.
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jb,
I dunno about that-the Limestone Monster could prove entertaining.
Maybe we can get Santana back in exchange for four crummy players. I think I know the four.
> Then why all the worry about losing him to waivers if the sent him down to make room for Liriano?
That was before we had Eddie back, who has shown signs of replacing the performance we got from bass.
CG, PH, KM, DG.
The New and Improved Craig
BH
BB
PH
KM
AE
JC
MG
Gee folks,
this is a non-move. He had no future here. Hopefully the return will amount to something someday.
JB,
I have a n. I can’t wait to f.
Later,
C
Can I trade Howard for a box of old used tampons and a writer to be named later
Nooooooooooooooooooooner for the Craiganator!!!
Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News, via MetsBlog, notes that the Mets are looking to shop Luis Castillo this off-season. This comes just one year after the team signed him to a four-year, $25MM deal. His aching knees have limited him to just over 300 plate appearances this year. It’s not clear who would want Castillo, nor how much salary the Mets would need to eat.
how could they give him a 4 yr contract he could hardly walk when he left here?
I agree, Shaun. Limestone monster, and rain, snow, heat, humidity, and the wind blowing out.
Bass? I like walleyes better.
They should carve Harmon, Kirby, Carew, and Tony O on the wall and call it Mount…………..something.
Mount Crushmore?
Crushmore, good one! Runmore for right fielders.
I can’t wait to see the Billy the Dunce Smith pickups this winter. I foresee that he will go after lefthanded hitters, players with career BAs of .235, pitchers from the Reds’ Class A team and anyone who ever hit a home run in their career against the Twins. What a bozo. Why does this guy still have a job? Monroe, Lamb, Everett, Livan, Eddie G., the Gawd-awful Santana trade for Go-Go and Humber instead of Ellsbury and Lester, the trade of Garza and Bartlett for Young and Harris, it goes on and on. Don’t forget keeping Liriano on the farm to miss 4 starts which could be the difference in the play-off race. If he had a job in the real world he would have been given his pink slip a long time ago.
If we get a sleeve of cups in return it is a bonus.
The Twins always get screwed. Three Hall of Famers but not Blyleven, Kaat, and Tony O. This is interesting:
“Oliva’s actual name is Pedro, but he used his brother’s passport to enter the U.S. to play pro ball in 1961, and he’s been known as Tony ever since.”
Bob,
“instead of Ellsbury and Lester”
Ellsbury and Lester were never offered together, but don’t let bullshit stop you from discrediting your argument.
the trade of Garza and Bartlett for Young and Harris
Young and Harris more than make up for Bartlett. Despite whatever source you seem to pulling your arguments from.
ESPN just had something on about Carlos Quentin an MRI and could be out for the year. Anyone else hear this or am I hallucinating again?
I just love what Troy Percival told Garza after he arrived in Tampa. Who would win in a fight Delmon Young or Milton Bradley. I take Milton Bradley
ESPN just had something on about Carlos Quentin an MRI and could be out for the year. Anyone else hear this or am I hallucinating again?
That would be nice…
ESPN just had something on about Carlos Quentin an MRI and could be out for the year. Anyone else hear this or am I hallucinating again?
can we have Jermaine Dye get hurt also
I’m sure the Twins traded him in hopes that he would start for Baltimore against the Twins. That would be an excellent plan as Bass owes us a few wins.
Hey Mudcat–
When I was a kid Tony O was my favorite player– and on the back of his baseball card his birth year always said 1941. Look at stats now and it shows 1938. My guess younger brother Tony was born in 1941 and our Tony (Pedro) was three years older than we thought!
Great story!
From the Chicago Sun Times:
Carlos Quentin’s season appears to be in jeopardy after the White Sox received MRI results on his injured right forearm and wrist Friday morning, according to sources close to the situation.
It’s unclear how he suffered the injury, but he was a late scratch Monday and hasn’t played since.
It doesn’t matter how many White Sox players get hurt if we keep losing like we have been as of late
Tony O was my favorite growing up, too, though it made me nervous when my dad bought seats up front and I worried about Tony’s tendency to send bats flying into the stands.
Let’s get Bass starting on 9/13 vs. Perkins. Barring a hurricane, I plan to be in Balt. for that game.
I’m glad we can still eat at Perkins…
“It doesn’t matter how many White Sox players get hurt if we keep losing like we have been as of late”
Not true jimmy.
If all 25 White Sox players are injured in a bus accident, we might beat them in a one-game-tiebreaker to make the playoffs.
Shea seats selling briskly at $869 a pair
I want some seats from the Metrodome if and when they become available. What does anyone think that the seats would cost. I guess 250-300
sane you are one sly man
[…] (2:05 p.m.): As La Velle noted in his Brian Bass-to-Baltimore post, the Brewers have indeed signed Mike Lamb today, with the Twins still on the hook for the bulk of […]
Can we leave Punto on the bench (1) game and see how many games in a row the Twins win.
I know that isn’t the Twins way and that line-up wouldn’t have any grit, but isn’t it worth a try.
What do we get for Lamb?
Sid, Saam, and Dan - you crack me up.
a good laugh?
i just hope the player to be named later is roberts or mora. sounds like a fair trade to me.
GGG how bout’ Cabrera
don’t get greedy next they’ll want us to throw in boof.
i trusted bass more than crain. How do you know when the game is over? When Crain pitches.
From Chicago Sun-Times
Carlos Quentin’s season appears to be over as the White Sox left fielder and MVP candidate suffered a fractured right wrist that will require surgery Monday, according to sources. It’s not certain how Quentin suffered the injury, but speculation is he punched a locker in Boston.
“It’s not certain how Quentin suffered the injury, but speculation is he punched a locker in Boston”
Use a bat instead
It is being reported that Quentin has a broken wrist and will have surgery on Monday.
“Chicago said Quentin will be operated on by hand and wrist specialists..at Rush University”
Rush University will do that surgery in no time.
I want all my surgeries done by Rush surgeons.
Do it fast, or do it right?
Pick one.
sane could Crazy Mideon’ do the surgery for him quickly or he could possibly have a shop off the Venice beach boardwalk take care of it even quicker.
Its too bad the twins quit trying to win
“Its too bad the twins quit trying to win”
They quit trying after someone showed them how badly the blog was bad-mouthing them.
Wow….for an A ball player…Why didn’t they package him with someone from our “real” team for Aubry Huff??
How many times do you have filet saute and cook a Bass like our opponents did before you give up? Well,I guess we know now.Now,how many times can the mound magician Boof go poof and blow a game? Before he or Gardy must go!
you guys crack me up = major league arm with minor league head equals Brian Bass - nuf said
Doesn’t Gardy realize they are still trying to win the division?? Why is he using players from the minors in key games??
mike is not a nobody to me and the little chops
Cool, the O’s get one more body for their year end parade of pitcher’s with potential.
Rather than trade Bass, why don’t the Twins dump Bonser?
I can’t believe he hasn’t made his way to either the minor leagues or to another organization yet.
Wow, some idiots in here who think that Bass will be good.
Since Lamb signed with Milwaukee, do the Twins still have to pick up his entire contract?
Flash,
As I understand it:
the Twins pay his entire contract MINUS a pro-rated portion of the league minimum, which his new team(s) must pay for the time he spends on their roster.
That is normal, but different conditions could have been incorporated into the trade agreement.
Scratch the last paragraph.
There was no trade for Lamb.
I confused the Bass trade with the Lamb signing (not a trade).
Thank God the Twins are finally back home…and playing division opponents to boot. Just what we needed. Tired so night.
Bass to Baltimore - He wasnt awful…are we going to be giving twins to organizations run by friends like the t-wolve players to boston?
schwartz,
“Bass to Baltimore - He wasnt awful…are we going to be giving twins to organizations run by friends like the t-wolve players to boston?”
I was wondering if anyone else saw the similarities between Brian Bass and Kevin Garnett.
If Brian Bass leads the Orioles to the World Championship, you and I can say that we saw it coming.
Sid - good one…but
thats not the point. The point is whoever we get for bass will never play. the year before we traded KG to boston - they won 10 games. we got that team for KG. tell me you thought that was a fair trade.
schwartz,
Fair trade? - no.
Going anywhere with KG sucking up all the payroll? - no chance.
Going anywhere with payroll spread among young players - At least its possible.
schwartz,
Whoever we get for Bass; if he doesn’t play, he will not hurt us as much as Bass did.
Why don’t we go for someone like Adrian Beltre. Solid 3rd baseman and a big hitter?!?!? If the giants r interested in him I say go for him before he is signed for a long contract somewhere else, give up a prospect or someone to get him. Since we we have yet to find a big 3rd baseman it’s something for them to look at. Also I’d like to add stupid stupid stupid for getting rid of Craig Monroe he had 2nd most homeruns and we dump him…. y dont we just get rid of mournoe, and everyone else who can hit bombs and start over. Randy Ruiz sucks also…
