Word came out of the Winter Meetings on Monday night that the Twins had agreed to terms with free agent relief pitcher Matt Capps. From the sounds of most of the reports, it is a one-year deal for $4.5 million with a $6 million option for a second year with a $250,000 buyout. The asking price had [...]
When the San Francisco Giants used a 6th round pick on a pitcher from Stony Brook University, they had little idea that he would turn into one of the best closers of his generation. Joe Nathan was the pitcher who joined the Giants that season and his college alma mater named their new baseball stadium [...]
One of the Internet buzz candidates for replacing closer Joe Nathan who is having season-ending surgery is the possibility of trading for San Diego Padres’ closer Heath Bell. Patrick Reusse of AM 1500 mentioned a rumor that the Padres would ask for both hot prospects, outfielder’s Ben Revere and Aaron Hicks, in a trade for [...]
We got in contact with local Minnesota media folks as well as some known Minnesota Twins’ bloggers to provide a list of possible internal/external ways of replacing pitcher Joe Nathan who is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery on his throwing elbow. They each provided a list for Minnesota Sports Zone (first being top choice): [...]
Ben Nicholson-Smith (MLB Trade Rumors) has listed potential trade candidates for teams looking for some bullpen help. As we all know, the Minnesota Twins will continue to eyeball the market for a trade that makes sense for them. Let’s look at Ben’s list (The list is ordered from highest 2009 salary to lowest): Kerry Wood [...]
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