29 Trades for 29 Teams: Minnesota Twins

Yankees Get: Francisco Liriano, Brian Duensing

Twins Get: Eduardo Nunez, Hector Noesi, Austin Romine and Kevin Whelan

For the Yankees: Without any impact front-end starting pitchers left on the free agent market, and with the asking price sky high on 2's and 3's like Gio Gonzalez and Jon Danks, the Yankees should be looking at low risk, high reward type pitchers who have something to prove. Francisco Liriano fits that bill nicely. While his results were mostly awful last year, his 4.54 FIP wasn't quite as terrible as his 5.09 ERA and he had an outstanding season in 2010. In his final year of arbitration, he's cost-effective, having earned under $5 mil in 2011, and should be highly motivated as he approaches free agency. He has the potential to deliver a #2 starter type season, as he did 2 years ago, and also the potential to flop. If he flops, though, he won't earn enough that the Yankees would stubbornly leave him in the rotation.

At 28, Brian Duensing doesn't have much of a future as a starter, but he does own a slash line of .203/.248/.263 vs. left-handed hitters in 430 plate appearances. Boone Logan isn't an awful reliever, but the Yankees need a lefty in the pen who can actually get lefties out. Duensing should be able to fill that role.

For the Twins: Having lost Jason Kubel and Michael Cuddyer, with Justin Morneau's future uncertain and with Joe Mauer's future at catcher equally uncertain, the Twins should be in complete rebuild mode. They have so many holes that they should be somewhat willing to accept a package that edges more toward quantity than quality, especially for Liriano and Duensing who don't carry a ton of trade value.

Eduardo Nunez is a fit with 37 year old utility man Jamey Carroll currently penciled in as the starting shortstop. If Nunez can improve his throwing he should be a decent major league shortstop, which the Twins need as they wait for prospect Miguel Sano.

Hector Noesi would have a good shot at Minnesota's rotation.

With Joe Mauer's health always in question, the Twins could use a backup catcher who can hit better than Drew Butera and catch better than Ryan Doumit. The could also use one who might evolve into a starter if Mauer makes a permanent switch to firstt base when Morneau's contract expires after 2013.

Kevin Whelan seemed to finally get his stuff together in AAA last year. With the Yankees surplus of right-handed power bullpen arms, it's unlikely that he'd make much of an impact here, but he could ascend to the back end of Minnesota's bullpen pretty quickly.