Little blip about the Twins

[henks]

Looks like the American League should have killed the Minnesota Twins when it had the chance.

Only eight years removed from the pointy end of Bud Selig’s contraction ideas, Jim Pohlad’s plucky franchise has a state-of-the-art open-air ballpark, a payroll approaching $100 million (more than the Dodgers, for one, will spend in ’10) and, on the horizon, a $200 million(-ish) commitment to their catcher. The first two-thirds of the Twins’ order will go Denard Span(notes), Orlando Hudson(notes), Joe Mauer(notes), Justin Morneau(notes), Jason Kubel(notes) and Michael Cuddyer(notes), or something close to that, and Francisco Liriano(notes) just rediscovered his fastball velocity and slider bite in the Dominican winter league, and the rotation looks a lot different with Liriano firmly on the front end rather than pitching for a place on the back end.

While the folks of the Twin(s) Cities warm themselves over the promise of these Twins, Mauer’s contract negotiations won’t ever leave their heads, not until a tall guy with sideburns is standing behind a podium thanking Pohlad and GM Bill Smith and the people of Minnesota for making him a Twin for life, or for at least long enough to win a pennant or two.

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[catman]

I agree. The rest of the league should be impressed with the team they've assembled.

[mntwinsfan]

Twins had a nice offseason. I for one would have thought they would have done a few deals, only to key themselves on resigning Mauer.