Article: Wishing for a bold trade? Liriano would've been bait; The once-dominant pitcher is an injury risk and winning games in a mediocre league, but other teams would have coveted his acquisition.(SPORTS)(JIM SOUHAN)

Byline: JIM SOUHAN; STAFF WRITER

In July, the Brewers added CC Sabathia and Ray Durham, the Cubs added Rich Harden and Chad Gaudin, the Dodgers added Casey Blake and Manny Ramirez, the Tigers added Kyle Farnsworth, the Yankees added Pudge Rodriguez, Damaso Marte and Xavier Nady, the Red Sox added Jason Bay, the White Sox added Ken Griffey Jr., the Angels added Mark Teixiera and the Diamondbacks added Jon Rauch.

The Twins countered with a strategical move akin to the Blitzkrieg sequence in chess, threatening to dump Adam Everett before activating him as their secret weapon in the AL Central race.

Here's how the Twins could have made a deal that would have improved ...

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