Hunter:
New broke today that apparently there has been no talk between the Twins front office and Torii Hunter. Hunter had the following to say:
"There's other stuff, inside stuff, that people don't know about," Hunter told the paper. "Money has something to do with it, but trust me, that's just a percentage. We need to talk about stuff that needs to change before we start to get into deep talks."
I'm guessing money and contract length have a lot more to do with it than Hunter is letting on. It'd be interesting to know what needs to change in his mind. Does he want assurances that the Twins will field a winning team? Does he want Santana resigned?
There was the recent interview with Dan Barreiro in which he alluded to some "stuff" he didn't like. Most notably, he harped on some unnamed players who aren't doing the little things right and who aren't playing hard enough.
Joe Nathan's option to be picked up
The Twins will pick up Joe Nathan's $6 million option for 2008. This is not much of a surprise considering he'd be worth a lot more on the open market. This may, however, be an indication that 2008 will be Nathan's last year with the Twins. Now would have been a good time to try to negotiate a long-term contract with him.
Topics: Torii Hunter, Joe Nathan, Dan Barreiro
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