I'm only going to say this once: I am not a Michael Cuddyer fan.

Everybody's on the Cuddy bandwagon, I know, so this probably isn't the most timely or well-received blog entry. The truth is that now is a great time to trade the guy.

He's coming off an awesome season -- there's no getting around that. But so was A.J. Pierzynski when we made the trade of the century for Joe Nathan, Boof Bonser, and Francisco Liriano.

Cuddy's going to command a big salary next year. We want to keep Johan Santana, especially, and probably Torii Hunter. Money for them has to come from somewhere.

To me, losing our overachieving-for-one-year rightfielder is just part of the plan. I'm going out on a limb here, but it's got to be said. (OK, so maybe this won't be the last time.)

For more on Cuddy, go to http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=150212 [1].