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January 2008 Archives
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- Mets and Santana still negotiating
- Johan Santana is asking for 6 years and $150 million, which is apparently a ways away from what the Mets had in mind. The deadline for a deal is 4pm on Friday, so that gives them less than 24 hours to...
- Santana trade remarks
- There’s a ton of talk in the baseball community online regarding the Santana trade. Today has actually been one of the top 5 traffic days for this site’s history. I thought I’d pull...
- Comments are fixed
- Update: Fortunately I was able to fix comments and any comments left while they weren’t working are now displaying. Thanks! For some reason comments are not appearing on the site and...
- Thoughts on Santana Trade
- Before I say anything, I just want to make it clear that the deal is still tentative. The Mets and Johan Santana will need to agree on a fat contract extension before Johan will waive his no-trade...
- Santana to Mets: developing
- USA Today is reporting that a deal is in place to trade Johan Santana to the Mets for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra. I don’t have a great minor league prospect mind,...
- Twins lock in Morneau and Cuddyer
- The Twins on Friday made the decision to bank their future largely on Justin Morneau, who was given a franchise record 6-year $80 million deal. Half the the contract will cover his remaining...
- Signings and Some Insanity
- Late last week the Twins completed deals with 3 of the 5 arbitration eligible players. Jason Kubel received a 1-year $1.3 million deal, Juan Rincon got a 1-year $2.475 million deal and Justin Morneau...
- Twins 2008 Top 10 Prospect Rankings
- JP Schwartz annual ranking of the Top 10 Prospects in the Minnesota Twins organization.
- Best Outfield Arms
- John Walsh posted analysis of the best outfield arms of 2007 over at The Hardball Times. The entire piece is worth the read, but I just wanted to point out the Twins that appeared on the...
- A Taste of Spring
- Spring training is still six weeks away, but Noah Pransky, sports reporter for ABC7 in Ft Myers, found a few Twins working out at the spring training facility in Ft. Myers. Joe Mauer, Jesse Crain and...
- 2003 - Present: Catcher
- This is part 1 of a series of pieces over the next couple weeks that will take a position-by-position look at the Twins over the past five seasons. You’ll see how the team has changed, where...