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25 Minnesota Twins Drafts in 25 Days: 2000
Welcome to the new millennium!!!!!! Do you remember the Willennium? In 1999, the Twins finally...
Twins Minor League Report (5/24): Ain't No Sunshine
If seeing this makes you not watch tonight's Twins game, you can thank me later. Ain't no...
Weekly Links-N-Thinks 5/24
It was a rough week for the Twins- the losing streak stands at ten. The club hasn't won a game...
Examining Oswaldo Arcia's recent struggles
Figuring hitters out, a baseball lifer told me recently, is like trying to untangle a giant knot. ...
Twins Minor League Report (5/23): Baxendale, Darnell Shine
I’ve been following the Twins minor league system pretty much daily for the past eight years. I can...
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The Twins have often been criticized in recent years for the paltry returns they've gotten back when trading away players. We've seen Wilson Ramos, J.J. Hardy, Delmon Young and others flipped for questionable returns, only to quickly boost their value elsewhere. Jose Mijares was non-tendered earlier this offseason because the Twins didn't want to pay him $750,000 through arbitration, and he went on to immediately sign with the Royals for $950,000.
In my mind, the Twins front office has shown a persistent weakness in assessing the value of its own talent.
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On Monday, the Star Tribune’s Patrick Reusse recounted the tale of Sean Burroughs, a recent Twins minor league signing this winter, whose life was derailed by drinking and drugs in his twenties.
In his first four seasons of professional ball in the Padres organization, Burroughs hit a remarkable .324/418/.453 in 1,653 plate appearances. Baseball America anointed him the seventh best prospect in 2000 then the sixth best in 2001 and finally the fourth best in 2002. He was the proverbial “can’t miss” prospect.
Unfortunately, he missed.
From 2003 to 2005, Burroughs hit .283/.343/.366 with the Padres. While in a different era his batting average may have been lauded, in the modern era that puts emphasis on reaching base AND hitting for ...by
For the most part, the Twins spring training rosters are pretty well set. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is another reliever brought in, and there could be some more minor league signings. I thought it would be late enough in the offseason to start taking a look at the Twins organizational depth. So, over the next two weeks, I’ll go position by position and name the players throughout the farm system with a few thoughts. In doing so, I’ll be trying to figure out what the Twins minor league rosters will look like.
I’m going to start with the catcher position and work through all of the positions. First and foremost, I need to point out that these are my thoughts. I have no insider information to know where players will be. Obviously after spring training, some of these players will be let go. There will be Disabled List players, extended spring ...
Equipped with an unhealthy obsession with GIANT Sunflower Seeds, Parker Hageman blends statistical analysis, scouting acumen and a dash of wit into his breakdowns.
A founding member of the TwinsCentric consortium, Hageman has provided content for the Offseason GM Handbooks, Maple Street Press Twins Annuals (2010 and '11) ...
Seth Stohs began writing the Minnesota Twins blog at www.SethSpeaks.net in May of 2003. Over time, it became much more "TwinsCentric." He places a strong emphasis on the Twins minor league system.
Seth grew up in Perham, MN, in the heart of Lakes Country in west central Minnesota. ...
John Bonnes is a husband, dad and independent business systems analyst. He started TwinsGeek.com in January of 2002. In addition to his work with TwinsCentric, he is the owner of GameDay Program and Scorecard, which provides the content for the Minnesota Twins Official Scorecard. You can hear him as a guest of the Powertrip Morning show on KFAN 101.3 and on his Gleeman and the Geek podcast, or follow him on Twitter at @TwinsGeek.
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When he was a clueless freshman attending college at the University of Minnesota back in 2005, Nick launched a Twins blog with a friend, hoping it could serve as a channel for his thoughts on the team as well as an outlet for his writing hobby. Seven years later, the clueless thing hasn't changed, ...
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It ain't fancy. It is fun.
If you're looking to get together for a lot of irreverent and fun Twins talk, I'd invite you to attend the 4th Annual LAST Hot Stove League Banquet and Charity Auction next Friday night. It's not the fourth annual - it's the fourth annual LAST, because this has been going on for decades now and they keep trying to stop doing it. The image contains all the info (click to enlarge).
You'll see both The Voice of Reason and I there and we'll probably be taking the party someplace else immediately afterwards. I hope you can make it.
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The Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook 2012 is now available through LuLu.com. If you order quickly, you could have it in time for Twins Fest! 22 players that are scheduled to be at Twins Fest are profiled in this book. If you are interested in order, you can Order Here.
In my very-recently released Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook, I unveiled my 2012 Twins Top 30 Prospects. I thought it would be fun to analyze the Top 20 prospects to see if any interesting notes, or even trends, emerge. I found a few, but maybe you’ll find even more. A reminder, these are my Top 20 Twins prospects. If you make a prospect list of your own, yours will likely look a little different, but most of the players will be the same with some variance.
Here is my Top Top Twins Prospect List:
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In 2011, Brian Dozier, Chris Herrmann and a few others had impressive seasons and jumped up prospect ranking lists. Who will do that in 2012?
Here are a couple of names that I think you should watch:
1.) Matt Hauser - the RHP from the University of San Diego throws hard. In 2011, he spent time in Beloit and Ft. Myers and ended the season with one appearance in New Britain. He throws 95 pretty consistently, with two other pitches. He could be the Twins next closer.
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So far, the Twins have invested $99M in their 2012 team.
Whether you think they'll be competitive or not isn't the point. (I do.) Whether you think they should have cut payroll or not isn’t the point. (I don't.) The point is this: the Twins have invested $99M in their 2012 team.
Now they need to spend a tiny fraction of that to insure it.
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Episode 24: Zumaya and Arbitration
Aaron and John are joined by special guest Nick Nelson and talk about the Joel Zumaya signing, Glen Perkins, Alexi Casilla, Francisco Liriano, and the arbitration process, Roy Oswalt rumors, Delmon Young's contract with the Tigers, Victor Martinez's injury, and looking back at the top Twins prospects of 2011.
Direct download: Ep_24_Zumaya__Arbitration.mp3
RSS: http://gleemangeek.libsyn.com/rss
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/g...ek/id457946327
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