Delmon Young is a Twin. Holy crap!

The Twins sent Matt Garza packing and in exchange for him, they received a player who could very well be the face of the franchise for years to come.

Delmon Young is a stud. He’s a great player. The Twins don’t get players in trades like this. Never. Young will easily replace Torii Hunter’s offense and will strike fear in the heart of every umpire who dares to call a chest high fastball strike three.

Sure, Young was suspended for 50 games last year – he threw a bat at an umpire. You know what I say to that? It was just a lapse in judgment. He’s going to be fine – Twins fans will LOVE him. I promise.

This was a fantastic first move of the off-season for the Twins. Billy Smith gets an A+ so far. The only downside to this deal is that the Twins weren’t able to unload Juan Rincon’s fat contract and fragile elbow. They had to give up Jason Bartlett (who cares) but they also lost Eduardo Morlan. At some point very soon, Morlan is going to be a top-notch set-up guy or closer. He can hit 100 mph on the gun and seems to have sick stuff. The Twins didn’t want to deal him and would have rather given up Rincon. But, you just got Delmon Young, so we deal with it.

Plus, the Twins are getting Jason Pridie back, whom they love, but had to cut last spring and they also get journeyman SS Brendan Harris. Harris might end up starting at shortstop if the Twins can’t coax the Yankees to give up Robinson Cano as part of a Johan Santana deal. If the Twins do get Cano, you will see Alexi Casilla and the light-hitting Nicky Punto at short next year. We will take that if Cano is manning the right side of the infield. If not, then the Twins needs to fix the shortstop position as well.

But again – we got Delmon Young…so it’s all gravy at this point.

Young and Garza are the prizes in this deal and it is great to see the Twins finally giving up a little bit of pitching in order to get a big bat in return.

Crowd loving it.