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btw - Since his departure from the Twins, Marquis has actually performed pretty well, as a back end of the rotation starter in a pitcher-friendly park, on a non-contending team. (He beat the Giants...

May I request a tutorial from Mr Hageman that shows us how KC is doing so well? He is making the big bad AL look pretty tame. Are there new pitches? New patterns? We could learn a lot from him.......

I think that an important stat that the Twins put a lot of value on, is the amount of time that Correia - and other pitchers - have spent on the DL. Durability is truly vital (see LA Dodgers this...

Just a note about other camps. Scott Baker has been shut down - elbow issues. Sean Marcum has had shoulder problems. Ryan Dempster is having elbow problems. This winter's free agent pitching market...

The best middle market organization in baseball, right now, is the St Louis Cardinals. One of their fundamental principles is to avoid having to invest resources into the free agent market. They...

I believe that Brian Sweeney is out there - non tendered by the Red Sox. Can play any of the outfield positions, pretty good left handed hitter.

Pavano, Baker, Marquis, Liriano - last year's starters. Baker did not throw a pitch; Pavano was injured and done by June; Marquis was the worst starter in the AL prior to release; Liriano -...

I too have been reticent to comment, a bit reluctant to stir up abuse. I tend to skim the comments, and focus on those contributors who (whom?) I seem to trust. One bit of perspective - goodness, two...

A couple of observations.
- Span came back and played a couple of games; the last play he made was a long throw from centerfield to third base, catching a runner advancing on a fly ball. Could he...

Slama was not on the 40 man roster over the Winter, and any team in baseball could have selected him in the Rule 5 draw. And they didn't. I would think that the A's would have bit, at least.

In today's Baseball Prospectus, Ben Lindbergh writes a fascinating comparison of the way that the Oakland A's and the Tampa Bay Rays have succeeded this year. Very relevant to the Twins - especially...

Thank you for the report - I was at the game also, and agree with all of your observations, including an appreciation for the Coliseum. One other thing - Plouffe hit the ball hard a couple of times,...

I suspect that a player making millions of dollars a year - such as Pavano, or Span - probably has his own personal trainer, and a very attentive agent. I also imagine that the final decision on...