Maybe it’s the embarrassing showing in the 2006 post season. Maybe it’s the disappointing 2007 season, the back-to-earth performance of many players. Maybe it’s the drawn out anticipation and ultimate loss of Torii Hunter and Johan Santana in a single offseason. Or maybe it’s the fact that payroll has dropped rather markedly […]
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Charlie Walters has the latest scoop in today’s Pioneer Press:
Twins pitcher Francisco Liriano, who has been unable to attend spring training because of visa problems, has passed a drug test and is expected to receive his visa Monday, then join teammates in Fort Myers. Liriano has been throwing every other day at the Twins’ Dominican […]
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FanNation is stoking the rumor mill regarding a possible League switcheroo between the Royals and Brewers. Let me get this straight — they wanna take the only below average team in our division and replace it with one of the best in the National League?
Wow, the AL Central would be amazingly strong. I […]
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Phil Humber on Carlos Gomez:
“I put him on par with (Jose) Reyes. Reyes probably accelerates a little faster, but if you (raced) them first to third, I’ll bet Gomez gets him,” said Humber, a teammate at Binghamton, New Orleans and the Mets. “He covers a lot of ground in the outfield, and on top of […]
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Update 2/21/08 10:08am: Casilla’s appointment has been rescheduled for today! He’s expected to be in camp possibly as early as Saturday.
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This is not good news for the Twins. Besides the pitchers, Casilla would be at the top of the list of guys I would not want to miss a large portion of spring training. […]
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All winter we heard trade rumors involving Boston CF Coco Crisp and the Minnesota Twins. Those rumors were part of the Johan Santana marathon, but have begun to resurface in light of a report by Fox Sports. Crisp, who lost his job last year to Boston’s Baby Jesus during the 2007 ALCS, had […]
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Pioneer Press reports that Francisco Liriano will meet with a physician in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, in hopes of clearing up his visa problems. Bill Smith said the team hopes to see him here in a couple of days.
Other Odds and Ends:
Alexi Casilla missed his appointment last week to pick up his visa due […]
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Each year, Baseball Prospectus projects player performance* and team wins/loses based on a ridiculously complicated algorithm.
Based on analysis of the 2007 results, they were within +/- 5 games for 26 of the teams. They recently released the 2008 PECOTA predictions.
2008 PECOTA PREDICTIONS
AL East
New York Yankees 96-66
Boston Red Sox […]
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Today Joe Christensen has a peice on Matt Garza, who recently showed up at Tampa Bay spring training. For me, it’s always jolting to see one of our players in a new uniform.
I think Garza is going to be fantastic starter in the MLB for many years to come. It was disappointing to lose the […]
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Right now, the casual Twins fan might be thinking: Who the hell are these guys?? We’ve seen Delmon Young play only a handful of times against the Twins. We got to see Carlos Gomez last year for one series. And we’ve seen <em>some</em> of the projected starting pitchers. To answer the call, TwinsRumors.com will present […]
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