Three Facts: Minnesota Twins

by R.J. Anderson on Feb 19, 2009 8:50 PM EST

Back when Delmon Young burst onto the scene he looked to be worth the hype. Now the only thing that's developed is the girth of his bust, and over the first two full seasons of his career he's been a replacement level player. To his credit, his offense did improve last season, but Delmon is far more worthy of "bust" talk than Alex Gordon.

In case you ever had a doubt that Francisco Liriano's pitches move:

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Finally, they can't truly go into the season with Brendan Harris/Brian Buscher at third, can they? Best case scenario: they form an average player, worst case: they don't.

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Today I've seen pitch charts of three lefties and a bunch of righties.

All the lefties have sliders that are basically straight, while the righties have sliders that tail between 50% and 100% of the magnitude that their fastballs tail. (Kazmir, Price, Liriano) Is there something funky going on?

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Feb 19, 2009 8:59 PM EST reply actions

release point?

by Daniel Berlyn on Feb 20, 2009 12:32 AM EST up reply actions

I'd rather have Buscher/Harris than almost any of the 3b we'd been linked to this offseason

Crede could be a small upgrade, and it seems like we’ll probably sign him. But either way I doubt 3b will be the biggest hole in our infield. Nick Punto….Alexi Casilla….regression…..

by lookatthosetwins on Feb 20, 2009 2:48 PM EST reply actions