Edgardo Alfonzo. Hmmm . . .

The St. Paul Pioneer Press has a rumor about maybe switching Jacque Jones and Edgardo Alfonzo. Now, I like Jacque as well as the next guy, but we have another outfielder that could easily take his place (Lew Ford).

The thing I like the most about Alfonzo (no it’s not that he’s currently hitting .308) is that he has played second base in his career. If you look at his career stats you see that he has played quite a bit of second. He has played second 535 games out of 1406 in his career. Yes he has been at third the last couple years but maybe . . .

Alfonzo doesn’t have a ton of pop in his bat (only two homers in 219 AB’s) but he may be another “get on base” type guy. If Morneau really is breaking out of his slump having a couple guys on base before Lil Harmon would be pretty nice.

Hopefully Terry Ryan can pull of some deals that accomplish two things for the Twins. First, they can’t deplete the minor league rosters and second, any trades should be for guys that can hit the ball out of the park.

Just my thoughts.