Off the Record (OTR)

Several baseball executives tell Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com that the Seattle Mariners are ready to trade LHP Cliff Lee right now, despite what GM Jack Zduriencik has said recently. “We’re just going to try to win baseball games,” Zduriencik said Friday. “I’m not a fool. But in the same sense, who the heck knows? We’ll [...]

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This is great. The Philadelphia Phillies played pretty poorly this weekend and blew what should have been a series win against the Minnesota Twins. Giving up five runs in the ninth inning to go to extra innings on Saturday was not a good idea. But alas, there is always some good that happens when a [...]

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The Minnesota Twins and stud catcher Joe Mauer have agreed on an eight-year, $184 million contract that will pay Mauer a ton of money. “Mauer’s deal will pay him $23 million each year from 2011 to 2018. #stribtwins,” Joe Christensen tweets. Holy hell that’s a lot of dough. One would have to think that catchers [...]

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Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan and his elbow will miss the entire 2010 season. Nathan tore his ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on March 6 during a 20-pitch outing in a spring training game against the Boston Red Sox. For ten minutes on Sunday, Nathan had a catch with Twins pitching coach Rick [...]

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According to a dude on Twitter who probably knows what he’s talking about, the Minnesota Twins have signed their leadoff man, Denard Span, to a five-year, $16.5 million deal with a $9 million club option for 2015. “Denard Span’s deal is 5 years, $16.5 million with an club option for 2015 at $9 million,” Joe [...]

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Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament, according to Joe Christensen (who?) on Twitter. “Joe Nathan has been diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament. Will decide whether to have surgery within two weeks. #stribtwins,” he tweets. This isn’t good for Nathan and it ain’t good for the [...]

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According to ESPN’s Buster Olney, the Minnesota Twins are close to signing second baseman Orlando Hudson to a one-year, $5 million contract. “Heard this: Hudson is closing in on a $5 million with the Twins,” Olney tweets. The price may seem a little high, but it’s not too bad and Hudson is a definite upgrade [...]

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That headline is a bit misleading. While it’s true that the AL MVP-winning catcher could conceivably be in jail before the holidays if he went out and broke the law, we meant to say that he could have a huge long-term deal by then, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. The 26-year old, who just four [...]

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The Milwaukee Brewers have sent shortstop J.J. Hardy to the Minnesota Twins in exchange for speedy centerfielder Carlos Gomez. Hardy hit .229 with 11 HR’s in 2009, and many experts think that stinks. It’s not a shock that he was traded although many speculated that the Brewers would get pitching in return. Gomez came to [...]

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Jason Kubel hit two three-run home runs as the Minnesota Twins cruised to an easy 13-4 shellacking of the hapless Kansas City Royals. Across town (not really), the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox and we now have a one-game playoff. Of course, it will be played Tuesday at the Metrodome since it will [...]

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The top prospect in the Dominican Republic, 16-year old Miguel Angel Sano, has agreed to sign with the Minnesota Twins, agent Rob Plummer told the Post-Gazette. Sano will sign for a $3.15 million bonus. “I’m very thankful to get this chance to sign with the Twins,” Sano said. “I’m going to work very hard to [...]

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The Minnesota Twins have yet to request Chicago Cubs pitcher Rich Harden’s medical records, indicating that a trade is unlikely. Harden has been on the Mark Prior List seven times in the last four years, so there is no way they would make an offer for this guy without checking out his current medical status.

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