blogs2.startribune.com - 11/26/2008
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Happy Thanksgiving, folks. All quiet on the Twins’ front.
Apologies. I know many of you are dying for some nuggets to chew on with your turkey and stuffing, but I’m anticipating a quiet holiday.
A Padres official told me they’ve had very little dialogue with the Twins, ...
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The Twins have offered free agent third baseman
Casey Blake a two-year contract worth about $6 million...
per season with an option for 2011, but Blake wants the third year guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told the Star Tribune ...
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Twins offer Blake a two-year contract with an option for ...
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Updates From Joe C.
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Updates From Joe C.
Over at his Strib blog, Joe Christensen outlines a couple of things to keep us up-to-date with the Twins as we enter the holiday:
* "Little dialogue" between the Twins and the Padres right now. This means (hopefully) ...
Twins Rumors: Padres, Blake, Reyes
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... Joe Christensen brings us the latest on the Twins, but unfortunately there's not much going on.
Christensen learned from a Padres official that there's been very little dialogue with the Twins. Some have suggested Kevin Kouzmanoff and Khalil Greene would be fits for Minnesota. Hopefully they're setting their sights higher.
On the Casey Blake front: slight progress.
The Twins have an arbitration decision to make by Monday's deadline with Dennys Reyes, who is a Type ...
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