Are the Twins ready to step up? Wig out and make the move already.

Yes, dog fighting is in the national sports news spotlight, the British Open is underway, and the Gopher football program is having some awful things happen over in Dinkytown, but I can’t seem to get the Twins off my brain.

If you haven’t noticed, they could use some offense. I know… its breaking news as it happens. But, why is it that all of us know we could use more hitting, but the Twins brass isn’t willing to do anything about it? In the words of Don Shelby: Good Question.

So, what will the Twins do as we near “do or die” time with this team? The smart money is on the Twins doing absolutely nothing and fading off into Bolivia with Mike Tyson. But, there is an outside shot at adding some talent.

How outside? Here are five guys the Twins could add and the odds of that actually happening.

Adam Dunn (OF/1B Reds) – Odds of landing him – 10,000 to 1
There is no chance the Twins get Dunn. He’s probably the best fit for the team, he hits for a lot of power, and he’s actually younger than he seems (he’s 27.) He makes too much money and the Reds are all of a sudden playing some good baseball so they probably won’t be sellers. Even if they were, this isn’t the kind of guy the Twins would go after. And, it’s too bad.

Mark Teixeira (1B Rangers – Odds of landing him – 7,000 to 1
Did you know that Teixeira was drafted 5th overall in the 2001 MLB Draft? That was the same year that Joe Mauer went number one overall to the Twins and Mark Prior went second to the Cubs. The Rangers want to move Teixeira, but the Twins don’t have a place for him. He plays the field well and we already have the MVP at first base. Plus, he makes a lot of money and he’s too good for us to consider adding him.

Sammy Sosa (OF/DH Rangers) – Odds of landing him – 1,000 to 1
Don’t laugh, Sammy can still hit. Sort of. He’s batting just .243, but he has 14 home runs and 64 RBI. You can’t tell me he wouldn’t look pretty good hitting after Hunter and before Kubel or Tyner.

Dimitri Young (OF/1B Nationals) -- Odds of landing him – 500 to 1
He’s hitting .342 and he has 9 dingers and 52 RBI. He’s going to breakdown sometime soon if he’s forced to play in the field, but if all he has to do is DH and waddle around the bases two or three times per week, I don’t see why the Twins wouldn’t trade for him.

Ty Wigginton (IF/OF Devil Rays) – Odds of landing him – 100 to 1
Sure, more baseball fans are going to recognize that RGX body spray chick more often than they will Wigginton, but Ty’s a professional hitter who can help the Twins immediately. You can plug him in at third base and you can get Nick Punto back into the utility role that he so richly deserves. Adding Wigginton doesn’t necessarily fix all of the Twins problems, but it gives them one less thing to worry about by having a reliable bat in the lineup. If any deal gets done, it will be Wigginton. It makes too much sense for this not to happen. So why not just get it done already?