Yankeetorial: No to Liriano trade, please no, no, NO

Rumors keep rising from their coffins that the Twins will deal Francisco Liriano to the Yankees.

God, no. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

Remember the words of Confucius: 

And remember the lesson of Javier Vazquez.

Teams do not deal starting pitchers unless they know something we don't.

The rumors don't seem to be coming from New York. That would mean Minnesota is spreading them, and it would mean Minnesota knows something we don't.

We have a good team. We have a contender with a ton of young players in the pipeline. If we hold our cards, we cannot lose. We can build the kind of team that wins multiple World Championships -- not just one every eight years. The only things that can derail this are a swarm of injuries -- always a possibility -- and a front office that tries to overreach.

Hubris, my friends. It's thinking we're smart and they're not.

Hubris is fighting two wars, while giving tax breaks.

KEVIN MILLWOOD IS STILL OUT THERE. 

Frankly, I hope we don't need him.

But I would happily see us sign Millwood as a stopgap rather than trade Joba or Nova, plus one of the young pitchers. This is a transition year. Don't trade prospects in a transition year.