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Byline: Gordon Wittenmyer
ST. PAUL, Minn. _ In the end, it became more about trading Doug Mientkiewicz away than what the Twins could get for him.
And when the four-team trade that sent the Gold Glove first baseman to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday was done, both parties seemed better off after a rough and bitter week for Mientkiewicz and the team.
"I think I did right by Doug, and I think I did right by the Twins," Twins general manager Terry Ryan said after the Twins received Class A pitcher Justin Jones from the Chicago Cubs, who then shipped Mientkiewicz to Boston as part of a four-team trade that also involved Red Sox shortstop Nomar ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Disgruntled Mientkiewicz goes to Boston in four-team deal.(Knight...