Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
As the offseason gave way to spring training last year, rumors began to spring up regarding the Twins' interest in free agent third baseman Joe Crede. From pretty much the moment this speculation began, I took a stance against signing Crede , pointing out that with his troubling injury history and Tony Batista-esque career hitting line, his potential for plus power and defense were unworthy of a large...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
More photos » by Bruce Bisping - AP Fans waited in line for hours at the annual Run Your Fingers Through Anthony Lapanta's Thick, Luxurious Hair Charity Event. Proceeds go to the Twins Community Fund and Roy Smalley's pomade expenses. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Bruce Bisping) Browse more photos » Item: Buster Olney thinks Joe Mauer 's contract negotiations might be the most important story...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
The Twins have considered retaining Joe Crede, despite his third lower-back surgery in as many years.
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
After working the lobby all week at the Chicago GM Meetings, SI's Jon Heyman has the latest hot stove chatter... The Giants "appear to have emerged as one potential competitor" for the services of Johnny Damon. The Rangers met with John Lackey's agent yesterday, though they're not expected to have that kind of money available. Heyman adds that the Brewers and Mariners haven't ruled out signing...
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Realistic Free Agent Options: Third Base Projecting which free agents the Twins will go after is difficult because their pursuit of low-cost options depends upon how the market shakes out and who drops into their price range. In the past five years they've also wasted money on a lengthy list of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney...
South Side Sox (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
More photos » by M. Spencer Green - AP Kenny Williams: The Newsmaker Browse more photos » Not much happens at the GM meetings. But this year those meetings are taking place in Chicago -- an unnamed hotel near O'hare, actually -- which means the local Chicago rags can afford to send their writers to cover the relative non-event. So we've got a lot to link to for a week after the World Series...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The White Sox's AL Central rival Minnesota Twins are getting ready to move out of the HHH Metrodome and into the new Target Field , which boast such amenities as a view of the sky (they'll love that in April) and a field designed exclusively for baseball. A new commercial supposedly portrays the move, with movers unpacking a truck filled with bats, a World Series trophy and crate filled with Denard...
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...
Nick & Nick's Twins Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The Twins are currently amidst a two-week window of exclusive negotiating rights with internal free agents before the market opens on November 20. During that span, the team will have the opportunity to lock up Orlando Cabrera, Carl Pavano, Mike Redmond, Joe Crede and Ron Mahay before other teams can begin to make offers. From that group, we can already basically write a few names off. The trade for...
crashburnalley.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Per MLB Trade Rumors, here is the list of free agent third basemen: Rich Aurilia (38) Brian Barden (29) Adrian Beltre (31) - Type B Wilson Betemit (28) Aaron Boone (37) Craig Counsell (39) Joe Crede (32) Bobby Crosby (30) Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B Pedro Feliz (35) - $5MM club option with a $500K buyout Chone Figgins (32) - Type B Nomar Garciaparra (36) Troy Glaus [...]
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Realistic Free Agent Options: Shortstop Projecting which free agents the Twins will go after is difficult because their pursuit of low-cost options depends upon how the market shakes out and who drops into their price range. In the past five years they've also wasted money on a lengthy list of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP Browse more photos » Last February, Scott Boras client Joe Crede dropped his asking price enough for the Twins to sign him to an incentive-laden deal . He was exactly as advertised, from the glove to the power to the number of games he was healthy, but with the Twins going into 2010 with third base in essentially the same position it was at going into...
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Realistic Free Agent Options: Second Base Projecting which free agents the Twins will go after is difficult because their pursuit of low-cost options depends upon how the market shakes out and who drops into their price range. In the past five years they've also wasted money on a lengthy list of washed-up veterans like Tony Batista , Livan Hernandez , Ramon Ortiz , Craig Monroe , Juan Castro , Sidney...
Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
More photos » by J Pat Carter - AP Browse more photos » And, when can it be done by a financially conscious club? Answer: When there are no entrenched players with big contracts. Which is exactly the position the Twins find themselves in this year, Almost two years ago to the day I talked about how this club would go about replacing Torii Hunter . It wasn't realistic to think that the organization...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
We've already discussed what four teams - the Red Sox, Cardinals, Dodgers, and Rockies - should do this offseason to improve themselves after being eliminated from the postseason, but we never touched on the Twins. Minnesota has a handful of players due to become a free agents, most notably Orlando Cabrera, Ron Mahay, Joe Crede, Mike Redmond, and Carl Pavano. Jesse Crain, Matt Guerrier, Delmon Young,...
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