This had all the makings of the summer of the deal, with three prominent Minnesota teams either publicly stating they were willing to trade or being strongly linked to a major deal. But so far, it appears none of them has found the deal of the summer. Wild GM Chuck Fletcher went into the offseason publicly professing a willingness to make trades as a means of retooling the roster. Earlier this month, he was quote as saying, “I don’t think I’ve ever spoken to more managers more often than I have the past few weeks.” As of late July, though, the volume on trade talk is low. Before being fired by the Twins last week, Terry Ryan was open about the last-place club looking to deal.