In this week’s edition of the waiver wire watch, underrated 10-team league studs Brett Gardner and Jordan Zimmerman are analyzed, as well as Coco Crisp, Scott Baker, Brett Wallace, and Carlos Carrasco.
Twins v Tigers: One Game Playoff Tickets, Preview, and Prediction
October 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
You may have noticed that we haven’t been paying as much attention to baseball here at MSF lately. My personal excuse for that is two-fold: first, I’m a White Sox fan and they fell out of the race early in September; second, football season started.
Site-wide, the excuse is simple: we need more baseball writers. (So contact us if you want to cover baseball! We’d love to have you.)
But that dearth of baseball coverage is about to change because October is here, which means it’s playoff time. And just like last season, the playoffs kick off with a one-game playoff tie-breaker to decide the AL Central.
Say what you will about the overall level play in the AL Central, but it routinely gives us the most hotly contested division race in all of Major League Baseball.
Last year it was the White Sox and Twins duking it out for a 163rd game. This year, it’s the Tigers and Twins. Here is everything you need to know:
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Twins Updates 5.9.09 | Scott Baker Signs Four Year Extension
March 9, 2009 By 1 Comment
Things have been a little slow around Twins camp this week, but here’s a quick update on a few 
happenings around Twins Nation:
1) Scott Baker signed a four year extension to remain a Twin last week. The deal is worth $15.25M over the course of the contract with a $9.25M dollar option the following year. This is a great move for Minnesota as they locked in their opening day starter for years to come at an excellent price. Baker, 27, posted a 3.45 ERA last season over 172 innings pitched.
Blogs on the signing:
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2) Some rumors are indicating that Minnesota is opening up talks about signing Joe Mauer long term. Most fans actually expect Mauer to remain a Twin despite big dollar clubs seeking to ‘buy’ him as he is a native of Minnesota and loves playing for the team. Â
3) The Twins are still eyeing  RP Chad Cordero and are wanting to see more progress before making an offer. Several teams seem to have some level of interest.
4) Thank god we didn’t sign Eric Gagne - It’s reported that the Brewers will not take him back and that his shoulder problems are worse than originally thought. Apparently we had a $3M guarenteed offer posted for him a few weeks ago.
5) Minnesota officially signed 27 players this past week including Liriano, Perkins, Blackburn, and Slowey.Â
6) Joe Nathan is apparently fine. He said his shoulder felt ‘great’ after reporting soreness in it earlier in the week.
7) Minnesota’s presence in the World Baseball Classic is really being felt as Nick Punto and Justin Moreneau have combined to go 1 for 9 in losing efforts.Â
The Twins are still cruising through Spring Training and are eyeing a Grapefruit League title! Until then, expect things to be slow until the latter part of March. Here’s to staying healthy in March.
