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For a Saturday a week into training camp, there is a lot to note, so here is a quick update on a few things:
· Apparently the Kansas City Royals have added Juan Cruz to their bullpen by giving him a two year, $6 million contract with an option for a third year at $4 million. Wow!! With Cruz and Joakim Soria at the back end of the rotation, you have to like their chances if they can ever get a lead through seven!! For that price, I think even I would have been willing to get rid of a late first round pick! Remember when the Twins were allegedly considering a $3 million plus incentive deal for Eric Gagne? Great move for the Royals!
· Corey Koskie apparently showed enough in the back fields in Ft. Myers that the Chicago Cubs offered him a minor league deal and an opportunity to make their roster as a reserve. That’s great news and I really hope that it works out well for him.
· I missed this thanks to my overly hectic week, but on Monday, Adam Hope of MNSportsTalk.com posted a Q&A with Aaron Hicks that is excellent.
· How cool is it that the Rochester Red Wings will be part of a 13 part PBS documentary (courtesy of Jim Mandelaro)?
· Travis Talks has been busy again. He posted his Top 10 Twins Prospects and then posted his Opening Day Twins roster.
· Pat Neshek continues to update his blog frequently, and even posted a Bad Letter today. Those are always fun!
· The Twins beat the Yankees 7-3 today in Grapefruit League action.
o Delmon Young continues to hit, with three more hits today, including a double off the wall in CF in the first inning.
o Brian Buscher added two more hits.
o Carlos Gomez hit a home run.
o Wilson Ramos took over for Drew Butera and went 1-2. Listening to the Twins/Yankees game on Friday, I heard Ramos throw out two would-be base stealers. He certainly appears to be the total catching package!
o Not a good day for Francisco Liriano, as if that matters. Three runs on four hits and a walk in two innings.
o After homering in his only at bat on Friday, Jason Kubel went 1-1 with a double and two walks on Saturday.
o Jason Jones came in and threw two shutout innings despite allowing two hits and a walk.
o Jesse Crain, Luis Ayala, RA Dickey, Bobby Keppel and Sean Henn each threw a scoreless inning.
· And again, be sure to scroll down to read all about My New Blog. Oh, and tomorrow, I may announce another such endeavor.
Any thoughts going on in your mind about the Twins, the roster, the games, the WBC, anything? Send me an e-mail, or let’s talk about it in the Comments here.
Am I to understand that it took only three million per year for the Royals to land Juan Cruz?? The Twins wouldn’t do that?? I know they need to save money for the next two years (too many contracts coming up), but this is ridiculous. Cruz would have made them a potential favorite for the pennant this coming year. What am I missing? I only heard that Cruz refused the Twins’ contract offer – we never heard what that offer was. Must have been a low ball. Way to go guys, don’t sign the best reliever on the market for middling money.
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i can’t believe the mentality of the our GM. what an idiot for not signing cruz. complete idiocracy.
Sheesh, use enough exclamation points in that first paragraph…
And do you read Glen Perkins’ blog on MLBlogs yet? Surprisingly enough he’s pretty witty and well-spoken (I suppose he should be though as an almost-graduated U of M student!). Funny stuff though: http://glenperkins.mlblogs.com/
Stay out of politics!
It will ruin your voice. Keep on talking twins!
It doesn’t matter that Liriano struggled, but I should be excited about some of the hitters hitting? I just don’t think ST mean all that much, for most players.