Roster Locks for Twins

After adding Orlando Hudson and Jim Thome the Twins look set with a great roster here are there locks on there roster right now.

* These people will be on the roster no matter how bad they do in spring training*

Its Age then War
C Joe Mauer 27 7 War
1B Justin Morneau 29 3.2 War
2B Orlando Hudson 32 2.5 War
SS JJ Hardy  28 3.0 War
INF Nick Punto 32 1.5 War
LF Delmon Young 25 1.1 War
CF Denard Span 26 4 War
RF Michael Cuddyer 31 1.8 War
DH Jason Kubel 28 2 War
BN Jim Thome 40 1 War                      Batters Avg Age 30   Added War 27.1

• Spots Not Filled Yet
• 3rd Baseman
• 5th Outfielder
• Backup Catcher

Pitchers
SP Kevin Slowey 26 3.5 War
SP Scott Baker 29 3.5 War
SP Carl Pavano 34 3.0 War
SP Nick Blackburn 28 2.8 War
CL Joe Nathan 36 2.0 War
SU Matt Gurrier 32 0.5 War
SU Jose Mijares 26 0.5 War
LR Jon Rauch 32 0.7 War
                                                       Ptichers Avg Age 30            War 16.5
Spots Not Filled Yet

• 5th Starter
• 2 LR
• 1 MR

Overall thats a 3 year jump from last year mostly cause of Thome and combined war is

43.6        

I will be back with who could fill the open spots..                      

posting break

i will not post againg until the twins make a move or the seasons starts. sorry but with school its to hard to post right now.

January 8th

"I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power." - Harmon Killebrew

Birthdays
1915-Walker Cooper died 1991
1934-Gene Freese
1953- Bruce Sutter
1971-Jason Giambi
1976-Carl Pavano
1981-Jeff Francis
1984-Jeff Francoeur

Quotes I dont have yesterdays but heres some others!
Two words: show cowdown


Segment 1


I should keep my words soft and sweet in case I have to eat them

Segment 2
One thing I can give and still keep: My word

Segment 3

Life is not a cabaret. It’s a dive bar.

Note: During the introduction, Woody claimed he would shave his beard if he could make it through the show without a mute. Tony immediately muted him.
Segment 1
Life in not a bowl of cherries. It’s the pits.
Segment 2
Life is not a box of chocolates. It’s a bag of nuts.

Birthdays

I will also try to post baseball players birthdays. I will bold current players of former Twins.
January 7th. Also in this post i will include a quote of the day from the past or from the present.


"Bert (Blyleven), forget the wins and losses. You finished almost five thousand innings. You pitched in 700 games. You struck out almost four thousand guys. What more does one arm have to do, to prove to people that this was a gift from God, and a guy who busted his butt for 22 years, and completed 242 games, and shut out sixty teams?" - Pitcher Rob Dibble

1984-Jon Lester
1983-Edwin Encarnacion
1982-Francisco Rodriguez
1978- Kevin Mench
1976-Alfonso Soriano
1976- Eric Gagne
1950- Ross Grimsley
1945-Tony Conigliaro
1942-Jim Lefebvre
1922- Alvin Dark
1913- Johnny Mize died 1993

About not posting lately

I apologize for not posting lately. School starting back up means lots of tests. I haven't had the time. Today we have the day off because of snow. Hopefully something will happen today on the Twins front. If any of you are fans of the T.V. show Around the Horn you know there is a man named Woody Paige who has some very funny quotes that he puts on his chalkboard. I am going to try to tell you them everyday. I hope you enjoy them and get some laughs. (Dont worry I will still post Twins stuff just something to post when there is nothing else to!) I will start with yesterdays later today.

Heres a nice article about the show

'Around The Horn' is a sports discussion show on ESPN. It's a little different than your garden variety panel discussion show because, while they discuss topics somewhat seriously, they don't take themsmelves or the show seriously at all. To really understand what the show is and how it works either watch it(on ESPN or their web site) or check out the entry about it on wikipedia ( which is way too detailed by the way)

One of the regular guests is Woody Paige of The Denver Post. When he's on from his newsroom, and often times when he travels, he has a chalkboard over his right shoulder that has little messsages on it. The messages are sometimes pithy, sometimes insulting ot his other panelists and, every once in a whild entertationg.

I will try to post them every day

Twins sign..... Clay Condrey

The Twins Agreed to terms with reliever Clay Condrey yesterday afternoon
acording to a team press relase.

Jose Lopez Twins?

Today On mlb trade rumors it reported that "Dave Cameron hears (via Twitter) that the Mariners are "kicking the tires" on Francisco Liriano" if you go on to his twitter page it says this "Rumor of the day - M's kicking tires on Francisco Liriano. If there's one team who Jose Lopez makes sense for, it is Minnesota." So could that mean Lopez could be coming to the twins if he did it would be a OK move not as good as a Hudson or f Lopez but pretty good. Hes 26 years old so just going into his prime a big strikeout guy but I'm all right because he would probably hit pretty low in the lineup and Hardy is are #2 hitter what do you think about the twins trying to get Lopez is it a fair trade leave your comments please!

Hudson vs Lopez

Many Twins fans are wanting the Twins to sign either Orlando Hudson or Felipe Lopez both coming off exceptional years. I am going to break down there pros or cons and if i ever get and followers leave your comments or ideas here!

Orlando Hudson
Pros:

• 4 time Gold Glover


• Good veteran presence


• ideal #2 hitter


• decently fast

Cons:

• overrated


• injuries


• late season slump

Hudson is my favorite his cons aren't very bad and he would be ideal with the glove and the bat

Felipe Lopez

Pros:

• high obp
• ok defense

Cons:

• not consisant
• bad defense
• not that fast
• 
  

I like hudson better who do you like better