Minnesota Twins off Season Report
baseballreflections.com 11/26/2008 — Season Wrap Up Baseball fans last saw the Twins in a one game playoff with the Chicago White Sox for the Central Division crown and a spot in the playoffs. Although they did not win that game, they still had an impressive season. After losing Torii Hunter to free agency and trading away ...

If I were the GM: Landon Evanson
victoriatimes.blogspot.com 11/24/2008 — Landon Evanson of Bugs and Cranks lays out his ideas for the Twins this offseason

Monday
sethspeaks.net 11/18/2008 — Shameless Self-Promotion Alert! J Are you looking for a Christmas gift for a big Minnesota Twins fan? SethBook.JPG Do you know a fan of the Rochester Red Wings? The New Britain Rockcats? The Ft. Myers Miracle? The Beloit Snappers? The Elizabethton ...

Of Budget and Betrayal
twinsgeek.blogspot.com 1/12/2009 — Why is the Twins Payroll Shrinking? That the Twins are fiscally conservative isn’t a news bulletin to any baseball fans, locally or nationally. This is the team that has consistently ranked in the bottom third of MLB payroll, ordered payroll slashed ...

Casey Blake Is NOT The Answer At Third Base
stickandballguy.com 11/9/2008 — If I keep hearing rumors like this, I am going to have no choice but to come out of retirement. There are three main reasons that I'm against signing Casey Blake as a free agent. 1) Blake is barely better than a platoon of Harris and Buscher would be, ...

Off-Season Roundtable: Week Four
twins-territory.com 12/17/2008 — The Winter Meetings have come and gone, and the Twins have made just one move this off-season -- signing shortstop Nick Punto to be the starting guy next season. There are still questions at third and in the bullpen, and this week the Roundtable ...

Back of the Napkin: Twins Revenues, Part 1
twinsgeek.blogspot.com 2/19/2009 — What makes good writing? Opinions? Accuracy? Insight? Lots of question marks? Yes, yes, yes and absolutely yes. But Rule 1 is “Keep it entertaining.” And rule 2 is “There is no rule 2.” Which brings me to why I'm writing: Rule 1 might be a problem ...

The Three-Pointer: The Bucks Stopped Here
secretsofthecity.com 1/12/2009 — Game #36, Home Game #18: Minnesota 106, Milwaukee 104 Season Record: 11-25 1. The flaws of Jefferson, the stones of Sichting First, to avoid any misunderstanding: Al Jefferson is the best player on the Timberwolves. Every scout and coach in ...

Off-Season Roundtable: Week One
twins-territory.com 11/19/2008 — st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt ...

Looking Back At The Delmon Debacle
stickandballguy.com 12/12/2008 — While responding to greenmachine's thoughtful comment to my look at the Santana trade, the issue came up about whether or not the Twins should have played for this year and a Young/Span/Cuddyer/Kuble OF-DH situation was proposed. My big problem with ...

Dennys Reyes' Future Will Soon Be Clearer — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/1/2008
The Twins have a decision to make today regarding the future status of relief pitcher Dennys Reyes. Monday at 11 PM marks the deadline to offer arbitration to any eligible players. The team must decide to either offer arbitration and determine the ...

Reyes offered arbitration by Minnesota — Major League Baseball News 12/1/2008
The Twins have offered arbitration to free agent left-hander Dennys Reyes, general manager Bill Smith confirmed Monday afternoon.

Warmer Climes: Three Twins Impressing in Winter Ball — Bleacher Report - MLB 12/1/2008
Last year, Nick Blackburn emerged as one of the Twins most consistent pitchers, especially down the stretch. Baseball America had named him the Twins' best prospect before the season, which turned out to be justified, but which nevertheless surprised ...

Dodgers offer arbitration to Ramirez, Lowe, Blake — Major League Baseball News 12/2/2008
The National League West Division champion Los Angeles Dodgers today have offered salary arbitration to outfielder Many Ramirez, starting pitcher Derek Lowe, and infielder Casey Blake. General Manager Ned Colletti made the announcement.

Twins setting their sights on Blake — Major League Baseball News 12/3/2008
The Twins and Dodgers are starting to emerge as the front-runners for free agent Casey Blake, his agent, Jim McDowell, told various news outlets on Tuesday.