Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Tuesday's Sports Transactions 11/10/2009 By The Associated Press MINNESOTA TWINS_Activated RHP Boof Bonser, RHP Pat Neshek and RHP Kevin Slowey from the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS_Named Scott Littlefield special assistant for scouting, John Booher professional scout, Greg Smith major league scout, Matt Vinnola d
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Check back periodically for updates... 9:30 am: Catching up on the highlights from yesterday • Carl Pavano wouldn’t mind sticking with the Twins as long as the money is right. Quotes from his agent, Tom O’Connell, imply that Pavano won’t settle for another contract asking for his client to re-establish himself. If he’d still be willing to take an incentive-laden contract...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Trading A.J. Pierzynski made sense. Joe Mauer was thriving in the upper minors, so the Twins had a cheap, young catcher ready to contribute. They had even less payroll flexibility than they do now, and Pierzynski was about to become expensive. Twins GM Terry Ryan obtained prospects Boof Bonser and Francisco Liriano for Pierzynski, but as Ryan told the Minneapolis Star Tribune at the time, Joe Nathan...
Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The following is featured in the TwinsCentric Offseason GM Handbook, and you can check out that document in order to see how I came up with the payroll figures and to read more about some of the names listed. But I thought I'd post this here to rev up the conversation about potential moves for the Twins this offseason. Agree? Disagree? What would you do? *** 1) Let free agents Orlando Cabrera, Ron...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Thanks for some fantastic coversation on Tuesday! Milt on Tilt, Eric In Madison, Seth Speaks, clutterheart, Fetch9, ajmargarine and everyone else who contributed made for a great discussion, helped clarify some things while running some good back-and-forth over dollars and stats. We'll start where we left off, which was discussing how internal options would help flesh out the depth chart. All players...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
A brief look ahead to 2010 and the first season in Target Field, on the Twins' final regulat season off-day in 2009. This year the Minnesota Twins opened their season with a payroll of approximately $65.3 million dollars. No Carl Pavano , no Orlando Cabrera , but that total does include pro-rated signing bonuses. It wasn't the franchise's record-setting number of $71.4 million from 2007, but it was...
Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
The Twins won in dramatic fashion last night, with Delmon Young singling in Michael Cuddyer as the winning run in the bottom of the ninth for a walk-off 7-6 victory. The win was fifth in a row for the Twins, setting a season-high, and with the White Sox losing the hometown nine pulled into a tie for a second place just 4 1/2 games behind the division-leading Tigers with nearly six weeks remaining in...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Righthander Boof Bonser was expected to miss the entire season after having shoulder surgery during spring training. But he’s made so much progress in recent weeks that there’s a growing chance he could pitch for the club in September.
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
More photos » by Charlie Riedel - AP Browse more photos » It's been a long weekend, what with the Twins playing for their lives and Brett Favre officially throwing a pass as a Viking. So in case you missed it, here's all your Twins info in one glorious nugget of a post. Most notably, the Twins swept the hapless Royals ...hapless may seem like a harsh term, considering Kansas City could...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- The Minnesota Twins strengthened their rotation Friday by acquiring veteran right hander Carl Pavano from the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland gets a player to be named later. The oft-injured 6-foot-5 inch, 240-pound Pavano has been injury-free in 2009 and has a 9-8 record with a 5.37 ERA in 21 starts (125 2/3 innings) with 23 walks with 88 strikeouts. He has been limited...
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
... Tim Alderson for Freddy Sanchez . "Oh...fuck," is pretty much the reaction coming from Giants fans. McCovey Chronicles says the Giants overpaid ; The San Francisco Chronicle's Bruce Jenkins says it doesn't feel quite right ; SI.com's Cliff Corcoran doesn't like this coming after Monday's Garko trade . We say: FUCK ME WITH A PAIR OF HEDGE CLIPPERS. Freddy Sanchez is a good hitter. He'll...
Sportsviews (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
The Minnesota Twins suddenly find themselves in a very tough spot. On one side, they have the recent news concerning one of the team’s most consistent starters, Kevin Slowey. He is scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery in order to fix a wrist injury suffered late last year against the White Sox. This means that Anthony Swarzak, the highly-touted prospect who has started a handful of games...
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
Do Shelby Miller, Jacob Turner, and Zach Wheeler all blend together into one amorphous high-school rightie mass for anyone else? Maybe it's the -er last names. Maybe it's the scouting reports that have mid-90s fastballs and some sort of hard breaking ball for all of them. Maybe it's the lack of in-game footage for all three. In ten years, it'll be clear that one of these pitchers would have been a...
The Baseball Blog (Free subscription) | 04/02/2009
The Minnesota Twins' Scott Baker will be moved to the 15-day disabled list, which means that Francisco Liriano will be starting opening day against the Mariners next Monday. Baker joins catcher Joe Mauer and fellow staff-man Boof Bonser on the DL. Baker has been complaining of shoulder stiffness on his right shoulder. Baker as 11-4 last year with a 3.45 ERA.
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