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| Twins avoid arbitration with Guerrier |
MLB Baseball |
02/05/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins avoided arbitration with pitcher Matt Guerrier Thursday and signed the reliever to a one-year deal. Guerrier is set to earn $1.475 million for 2009 and was the last remaining arbitration-eligible player for Minnesota. The 30-year-old right-hander, who was also eligible for arbitration last year, went 6-9 with a 5.19 earned-run average with one save in 76 appearances on a one-year deal in 2008. Over four-plus seasons with Minnesota, Guerrier is 9-17 with a |
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| Twins sign Kubel to two-year contract |
MLB Baseball |
01/29/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Twins agreed to terms with outfielder/designated hitter Jason Kubel on a two-year contract, with a club option for the 2011 season on Thursday. Kubel, 26, batted .272 with 74 runs scored, 22 doubles, five triples, 20 home runs and 78 runs batted in over 141 games with the Twins last season. He established career-highs in games, at-bats, runs, hits, triples, home runs, RBI and walks, finishing second on the team in home runs and third in RBI. "Jason has develope |
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| Blanco joins Padres |
MLB Baseball |
01/21/2009 |
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| . Blanco has hit .227 with 117 doubles, 10 triples, 52 home runs, 241 RBI and 214 runs scored in 746 games over parts of 11 major league seasons with the Dodgers (1997), Colorado Rockies (1999), Milwaukee Brewers (2000-01), Atlanta Braves (2002-03), Minnesota Twins (2004), and Cubs (2005-08). He has thrown out 41 percent of would-be base stealers in his career, ranking him third among active catchers (minimum 450 games). The Padres also designated right-handed pitcher Virgil Vasquez for assignment. Vasquez, wh |
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| Tigers invite Rincon to camp |
MLB Baseball |
01/20/2009 |
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| Detroit Tigers have agreed to terms with veteran reliever Juan Rincon, inking the right-hander to a minor league contract. Rincon will be in major league camp with the Tigers this spring as a non-roster invitee. Rincon split last season between the Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians, going a combined 3-3 with a 5.86 ERA in 47 appearances between the two clubs. Over the course of eight seasons, Rincon has compiled a 31-27 record, 3.80 ERA and 431 strikeouts in 409 outings for the Twins and Indians. Rincon, |
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| World Baseball Classic provisional rosters announced |
MLB Baseball |
01/20/2009 |
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| ke their second appearance for the Americans. Other notable American players include Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins, Tampa Bay Rays third baseman and AL rookie of the year Evan Longoria, Cleveland Indians centerfielder Grady Sizemore, Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan, and Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee. The Dominican Republic will feature quite a potent offense, as Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, who played for the United States in 2006, will play for the other country for which he |
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| Pirates ink OF Monroe to minor league deal |
MLB Baseball |
01/13/2009 |
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| Pittsburgh, PA (MySportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed outfielder Craig Monroe to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Monroe appeared in 58 games for the Minnesota Twins last season and batted .202 with eight homers and 29 runs batted in. He has a career .253 average with 112 homers and 417 RBI in 780 games with Texas, Detroit, the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota. The eight-year veteran had his best season with Detroit in 2006, belting a career-high 28 homers with 92 runs b |
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| Twins owner Pohlad dies |
MLB Baseball |
01/05/2009 |
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| Minneapolis, MN (MySportsbook) - Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohlad died Monday at the age of 93. Pohlad had owned the ball club since acquiring it in 1984 from the team's initial owner, Calvin Griffith, who potentially could have moved the Twins from Minnesota. Instead, Pohlad stepped in to buy the team and saw it win a pair of World Series titles -- in 1987 and 1991. The billionaire businessman nearly sold the team, to North Carolina businessman Don Beaver, in the offseason following the 1997 campaign. But |
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| Top MLB stories of 2008 |
MLB Baseball |
12/30/2008 |
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| ets (2.53 ERA), en route to an AL Cy Young Award. 9) JOHAN SANTANA SWITCHES LEAGUES On the heels of one of the worst collapses in baseball history in 2007, the New York Mets went out and acquired two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana from the Minnesota Twins in February. The Mets still blew a late lead, but it was no fault of Santana's, as the left-hander went undefeated in the second half of the season, finishing the year 16-7 with a league-best 2.53 ERA, while putting forth one of the most heroic effo |
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| Tigers ink Everett |
MLB Baseball |
12/15/2008 |
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| executive officer and general manager David Dombrowski said. "Improving our defense was a priority for our club this winter and we feel Adam is one of the top defensive shortstops in the game." Everett, 31, played in only 48 games last year with the Minnesota Twins due to a shoulder injury, batting .213 with two homers and 20 RBI. A fractured fibula limited him to just 66 games in 2007 with the Houston Astros. The Georgia native and former first-round pick of the Boston Red Sox has collected 37 home runs and 2 |
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| Young chosen first in MLB's Rule 5 Draft |
MLB Baseball |
12/11/2008 |
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| anization with the first pick in Major League Baseball's annual Rule 5 Draft on Thursday. The draft order is based on the reverse order of finish during the 2008 season. Tampa Bay held the first pick last year and chose outfielder Tim Lahey from the Minnesota Twins organization. However, the Rays sold him to Chicago for cash considerations shortly after. Young, a 10th round pick of the Reds in 2004, combined for an ERA of 2.88 last season for Sarasota (1-2, 2.41 ERA, 25 appearances) of the Single-A Florida Sta |
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