>> ERIC: THURSDAY WAS TRADE DEADLINE DAY FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

WITH THE MINNESOTA TWINS' LOSING WAYS CONTINUING AFTER THE ALL-STAR BREAK IN JULY, EVERYONE EXPECTED THEM TO BE SELLERS.

BUT NO ONE PREDICTED THAT BY THE TIME THE DUST SETTLED YESTERDAY, THE TEAM WOULD TRADE TEN PLAYERS THIS WEEK, INCLUDING FORMER ALL-STAR SHORTSTOP CARLOS CORREA AND CLOSER JHOAN DURAN.

LARRY FITZGERALD SENIOR IS BACK.

WHEN HE’S NOT CHATTING WITH US, FITZY DOES RADIO WORK WITH THE NATIONAL PROGRAMMING NETWORK.

GOOD, BAD, OR WE DON'T KNOW?

>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU JUST CAN'T ACCOUNT FOR.

WE WENT INTO THIS SEASON WITH THE TEAM FOR SALE.

AND FALVEY, YOU KNOW, DEREK FALVEY, YOU KNOW, SO-CALLED, WHAT, ACTING PRESIDENT OR MANAGER, BUT TO TRADE TEN PLAYERS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TWINS ARE TELLING THEIR FANS.

I WAS AT THE BALLPARK WEDNESDAY, THERE WAS 30,000 PEOPLE THERE.

THEY GOT SMASHED.

AND LIKE YOU SAID, SINCE THE ALL-STAR BREAK, THEY'RE ONLY 4-8 AND THEY'RE 51-57.

THEY'RE DOWN RIGHT NOW TO CLEVELAND.

SO THIS IS A BIZARRE SITUATION.

AND I HOPE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STEPS IN, BECAUSE I THINK IT SAYS THAT IF YOU LEAVE A TEAM WITHOUT OWNERSHIP, IT CAN GO INTO SEASON AND YOU CAN HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, BUYER TAKES WHATEVER THEY WANT.

>> Cathy: SO THIS IS KIND OF A FIRE SALE I GUESS, RIGHT?

SO DID THEY IN A SENSE RUIN THE TEAM BY DOING THIS?

CAN THE TEAM BE BUILT BACK UP?

>> THEY WERE DOING OKAY.

THEY WERE HANGING ITH BYRON BUXTON HEALTHYY.

THEY'VE HAD A LOT OF INJURIES.

THEY MISSED PABLO LOPEZ.

HE'S A BIG-TIME STARTER FOR HEM OF HEM THEM AND HE'S BEEN OUT FOR A WHILE.

AND JOE RYAN'S AN ALL-STAR, BUT AFTER THAT, IT'S BEEN HIT AND MISS.

BUXTON LEADS THE TEAM WITH, LIKE, 56R.B.I.s.

AFTER THAT, THERE'S NOBODY, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT ONE GUY IN THE 40s.

YOU GOT TO HAVE GUYS HITTING 60, 70R.B.I.s AND HITTING THE BALL OUT.

PARK TO HANG IN THERE.

>> Cathy: SO DOES THIS MEAN A POTENTIAL BUYER LOOKS AT THE TEAM AND SAYS, I'LL BUY IT NOW BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THIS BIG SAL BIG SA SALARIES OR DO THEY JUST STEER CLEAR?

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LET A TEAM GO INTO A 162-GAME SCHEDULE AND THERE'S NO OWNER.

I MEAN, THE POHLADS HAVE PULLED BACK AND BASICALLY IT'S A FREE-FALL.

THEY WENT INTO THE SEASON, AND THEY'RE HEALTHING ANALYTICS DO THIS AND THAT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO TALENT AND PLAYERS WHO ARE COMMITTED AND GUYS THAT ARE HEALTHY.

AND THEY GAVE UP AN ALL-STAR.

DURAN IS LIGHTS OUT.

I MEAN, A 2.01 E.R.A.

50 INNINGS.

56 STRIKEOUTS, 16 SAVES.

IF THEY GAVE THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY'D PROBABLY HAVE MORE SAVES.

BUT THIS TEAM IS NOT BUILT THIS WAY.

>> Eric: HAVE YOU ANALYZED THE PROSPECTS?

>> IT'S STILL A LITTLE EARLY FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT NUMBERS FROM GUYS THAT HAVE EITHER BEEN DRAFTED TWO, THREE YEARS, HAVE BEEN IN THE MINORS AND HOW DO YOU GAUGE ONE TEAM'S MINOR LEAGUE SYSTEM OVER ANOTHER, BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT SHEER NUMBERS AND WHAT THE PLAYERS ARE COMING.

I HOPE FALVEY'S DONE HIS HOMEWORK ON THESE GUYS BECAUSE THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY GOING TO START TO PLAY RIGHT AWAY.

>> Eric: ROCCO'S FUTURE?

>> I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY SEPTEMBER FINISHED LAST YEAR FOR HIM.

AND THIS YEAR, AFTER THAT -- I CAN'T GET THAT TASTE OUT OF MY MOUTH FROM THAT LOSS TO THE RED SOX.

THAT WAS UMILIATING, 3-1, AND THEN TO COME BACK AND TRADE TEN GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE WOW.

>> Cathy: I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT FANS SAY ABOUT THIS.

WOULD YOU GO BACK OUT TO THE BALLPARK AND SPEND MONEY TO WATCH THESE GUYS.

IT'S LIKE WATCHING A CAR WRECK.

>> BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HOLD ANYTHING AGAINST THE TEAM.

THEY LOVE THE PLAYERS.

BUT THEY REALIZE FROM A MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, THINGS ARE OUT OF WHAT ARE OUT OF WH WHAT WEAK.

>> Cathy: I WONDER WHAT CARL POHLAD WOULD SAY IF HE WAS STILL ALIVE.

>> BASEBALL'S HAVING A PRETTY GOOD YEAR.

THE NATIONAL LEAGUE'S STRONG.

THE AMERICAN LEAGUE LOOKS LIKE TORONTO COULD, WHO KNOWS, BEEN INTERNATIONAL TEAM IN THE WORLD SERIES.