1.0 link 119643 <![CDATA[Meet Carlos Quentin]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sam-panayotovich/meet-carlos-quentin_b_119643.html Trades during the winter meetings are a staple of baseball's offseason. It's the time when franchises realize that they can no longer afford their superstars and feel pressed to ship them off to bigger market clubs in return for up-and-coming prospects.

The Minnesota Twins had to part ways with two-time Cy Young winner Johan Santana while the low budget Florida Marlins dealt both Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis to Detroit. Ironically enough, the biggest splash came not from said blockbusters, but...

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