UPDATE 1:19 CDT
The deal is done, but still no word on the most crucial aspect: Is there a no-trade clause or not?
Minnesota’s closer agreed to a three-year contract extension, with a team option for a fourth season, on Monday, potentially keeping Nathan in a Twins uniform through the 2012 season. The deal is expected to […]
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TwinCities.com had the following scoop late last night:
“We’re closer than we thought we were,” Nathan said. Does that mean a contract extension is imminent? Nathan wouldn’t go that far — but he didn’t rule it out, either.
“They had very good talk. Things are headed in a good direction right now,” Nathan said Thursday. “We feel […]
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As part of the never ending parade of Top 10 lists that the sports machine churns out, Fox Sports recently listed its Best and Worst players in the MLB position-by-position.
So, how did the Twins rank? Not too bad… with zero players listed in the “worst” category and two players listed in the “best” category […]
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Joe Nathan doesn’t seem to be nearly as concerned as Santana was about maintaining upward progression of players’ salaries. Joe Christensen reported in today’s Star Tribune on Nathan’s situation:
“I don’t want to be the player to ruin that [progression] by any means,” Nathan said. “It’s not the most important thing to me, but […]
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In Yesterday’s Pioneer Press, Charlie Walters writes
“Pssst: The Twins and the agent for Joe Nathan within the past several days have discussed a contract extension.”
The Twins ask the public to pay for a multi-billionaire’s stadium and then the payroll plummets immediately after the public relents. It is teetering on immoral, and certainly shameful to conduct […]
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Thanks to Kelsie Smith for compiling these in the Pioneer Press:
JOE NATHAN
“There’s definitely going to be a different feeling. But (the Twins) are not going to do this deal unless they got the right guys for (Johan Santana). Most of us really don’t know a whole lot about them - from what we hear, these […]
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Charlie Walters says:
“The Twins, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees are not holding up the proposed trade of Twins pitcher Johan Santana. It’s Santana, who is seeking $150 million over six years.”
Read more: http://www.twincities.com/walters/ci_8088611?nclick_check=1
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Charlie Walters reports Twins closer Joe Nathan is staying put for now.
“There has been rampant speculation this winter that the Twins would trade Nathan, 33, who is signed for a bargain $6 million and can become a free agent after next season. But the Twins have decided not to move him, at least not before […]
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