Aaron Gleeman

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Aaron Gleeman is the poster boy for Twins Blogging, and sports blogging in general. Unable to find his way into Journalism school, he established his personal blog back when "blog" was a little known term.

He has become one of the most established names in sports blogging and is currently employed by NBC Sports. He still finds time to provide some of the best Twins content around on his site, despite his many other writing gigs.

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Twins Sign Span To Long-Term Deal: via Aaron Gleeman March 14, 2010 at 11:53 PM; All is quiet on the Joe Mauer front since false reports from Mark Rosen and Dan Cole claiming that an extension had been agreed upon, but that hasn't stopped the Twins from handing out other long-term deals. Last week Nick Blackburn inked a four-year, $14 million contract with an $8 million team option for 2014 and over the weekend Denard Span agreed to a five-year, $16.5 million deal with a $9 mi
Link-O-Rama: via Aaron Gleeman March 12, 2010 at 12:17 AM; There's a lot of wackiness within this story about a guy getting stabbed at a Shutter Island screening, but one question really stood out: "Why would someone bring a meat thermometer to a movie theater?"Mattel is now producing a Mad Men line of Barbie dolls, depicting Don Draper, Roger Sterling, Betty Draper, and of course Joan Holloway. According to a lengthy New York Times article "the dolls are
Radio, Radio: via Aaron Gleeman March 10, 2010 at 11:11 PM; Yesterday afternoon Paul Charchian subbed for Dan Barreiro on KFAN and had me on as a guest to talk about the Twins for 20 minutes or so. We mostly discussed Joe Nathan, but also touched on a few other topics, and the segment was very enjoyable. If you missed it live, you can listen to the interview on KFAN.com. Just click here and zoom forward two-thirds of the way through the clip, when I come o
Life Without Nathan: Closer Likely Facing Tommy John Surgery: via Aaron Gleeman March 09, 2010 at 09:53 PM; When closer Joe Nathan left Saturday's spring training debut with pain in his surgically repaired elbow the Twins hoped it was merely scar tissue breaking up, but after flying back to Minneapolis for an MRI exam he's been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament. Nathan is expected to rest for a couple weeks in an effort to find out if can possibly pitch through the pain, but more likely th
Breaking News: Nathan Likely Done For The Year: via Aaron Gleeman March 09, 2010 at 08:17 AM; My NBCSports.com colleague Craig Calcaterra reports from the Twins' clubhouse in Fort Myers that Joe Nathan has a torn ulnar collateral ligament and will likely undergo season-ending surgery.Damn.
Nathan Gets An MRI, Blackburn Gets A New Contract: via Aaron Gleeman March 07, 2010 at 09:47 PM; There were two prominent bits of Twins news over the weekend, as Joe Nathan left Saturday's game with soreness in his surgically repaired right elbow and Nick Blackburn signed a four-year, $14 million contract with an option for 2014. I'm hesitant to comment much on Nathan's status until further details are known, but he flew from Fort Myers to Minneapolis yesterday to undergo an MRI exam and the
Link-O-Rama: via Aaron Gleeman March 05, 2010 at 12:17 AM; I see so few films in theaters that my reviews here are usually of the pay-per-view variety, but taking a few days off from work last week allowed me to check three new(ish) movies off my list ...Avatar featured mediocre acting, cheesy dialogue, and a derivative, predictable plot, but that mattered little because the damn thing was so amazing to look at. The special effects are miles beyond anythi
Twins Notes: Slowey, Casilla, Jimerson, and Man Strength: via Aaron Gleeman March 02, 2010 at 10:17 PM; Kevin Slowey missed the final three months of last season after wrist surgery to, as he describes it, "cut down some tendons and pull out some tissue and bones that were no longer necessary and just kind of floating around in there." His recovery process included around four months of rehab, but even now Slowey told David Dorsey of the Fort Myers News Press that the two screws surgically inserted
Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010: System Overview: via Aaron Gleeman February 28, 2010 at 11:05 PM; My annual series ranking and profiling the Twins' top 40 prospects concluded last week, so here's the complete list, along with links to each individual write-up and an overview of the whole system: 1. Aaron Hicks, CF 21. Alex Burnett, RP 2. Kyle Gibson, SP 22. Robert Delaney, RP 3. Wilson Ramos, C 23. Luke Hughes, 3B 4. Miguel Angel Sano, SS 2
Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1: via Aaron Gleeman February 23, 2010 at 09:35 PM; Other entries in Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010 series: 6-10, 11-15, 16-20, 21-25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40.5. Ben Revere | Center Field | DOB: 5/88 | Bats: Left | Draft: 2007-1 YEAR LV PA AVG OBP SLG HR XBH BB SO2007 RK 216 .325 .388 .461 0 16 13 202008 A- 374 .379 .433 .497 1 28 27 312009
Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6: via Aaron Gleeman February 21, 2010 at 10:17 PM; Other entries in Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010 series: 11-15, 16-20, 21-25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40.10. Billy Bullock | Reliever | DOB: 2/88 | Throws: Right | Draft: 2009-2 YEAR LV G GS ERA IP H HR SO BB2009 RK 7 0 1.23 7.1 3 0 10 1 A- 26 0 2.73 26.1 25 0 35 12Going he
Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010: 15, 14, 13, 12, 11: via Aaron Gleeman February 18, 2010 at 10:53 PM; Other entries in Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010 series: 16-20, 21-25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40.15. Jeff Manship | Starter | DOB: 1/85 | Throws: Right | Draft: 2006-14 YEAR LV G GS ERA IP H HR SO BB2007 A- 13 13 1.51 77.2 51 4 77 9 A+ 13 13 3.15 71.1 77 5 59 252008 A+
Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010: 20, 19, 18, 17, 16: via Aaron Gleeman February 16, 2010 at 09:17 PM; Other entries in Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010 series: 21-25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40.20. Max Kepler | Center Field | DOB: 2/93 | Bats: Left | Sign: GermanySigned out of Germany in July just four months after his 16th birthday, Max Kepler received the largest bonus ever given to a European position player at $800,000. His parents, American-born Kathy Kepler and Polish-born Marek Rozycki, met while st
Twins Notes: Perkins, Morales, Butera, and Snow: via Aaron Gleeman February 14, 2010 at 11:11 PM; Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star Tribune penned a lengthy, well-done article detailing Glen Perkins' strained relationship with the Twins stemming from his arm injury and the team's subsequent service-time shenanigans. While the two sides officially settled the grievance filed on Perkins' behalf by the players' union, the 25-year-old left-hander is clearly still upset about the whole thing
Link-O-Rama: via Aaron Gleeman February 11, 2010 at 09:35 PM; It was fun while it lasted, but apparently I'm no longer cool.HitFix.com's Daniel Fienberg wrote a slew of lengthy, excellent essays celebrating the best television shows of the past decade. If you're as into great TV as me, I'd suggest starting at his No. 1 show and then working your way through the whole series.If you only read one story today about an MLB player's grandfather starting a drunken
Twins Waive Jason Pridie, Sign Jacque Jones: via Aaron Gleeman February 09, 2010 at 10:53 PM; Forced to clear a spot on the 40-man roster after signing Orlando Hudson last week, the Twins waived Jason Pridie and lost him to a claim by the Mets yesterday. Someone in the front office was a big Pridie fan because the Twins actually acquired him twice, first as a Rule 5 pick in December of 2005 and then as part of the Matt Garza-for-Delmon Young swap with Tampa Bay in November of 2007. Unfortu
Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21: via Aaron Gleeman February 07, 2010 at 09:35 PM; Other entries in Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010 series: 26-30, 31-35, 36-40.25. Deolis Guerra | Starter | DOB: 4/89 | Throws: Right | Trade: Mets YEAR LV G GS ERA IP H HR SO BB2007 A+ 21 20 4.01 89.2 80 9 66 252008 A+ 26 25 5.47 130.0 138 12 71 712009 A+ 16 15 4.
Twins Sign Orlando Hudson: via Aaron Gleeman February 04, 2010 at 11:23 PM; I'm sometimes accused of being overly critical of the Twins' front office, but my response is usually that it can't help but look that way when my "job" here is to analyze and give opinions about their moves and the "bad" have simply outnumbered the "good" since Terry Ryan stepped down as general manager in September of 2007. In other words, Bill Smith's first 18 months on the job just didn't feat
Twins Close to Signing Orlando Hudson?: via Aaron Gleeman February 04, 2010 at 01:05 PM; I'll have a full breakdown if/when things become official, but in the meantime, click here. postCount('7248412857436604195'); Once you're done here, check out my NBCSports.com blog and Twitter updates.
Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010: 30, 29, 28, 27, 26: via Aaron Gleeman February 02, 2010 at 10:29 PM; Other entries in Top 40 Twins Prospects of 2010 series: 31-35, 36-40.30. Estarlin De Los Santos | Shortstop | DOB: 1/87 | Bats: Switch | Sign: D.R. YEAR LV PA AVG OBP SLG HR XBH BB SO2007 RK 322 .264 .341 .363 1 20 26 662008 A- 269 .242 .304 .309 2 9 19 552009 A+ 284 .290