And we’re back! Every so often Twinkie Talk will be running down our list for the best 15 prospects in the Twins minor league system. Today’s prospect is #13 Max Kepler
Who: Max Kepler
Position: OF
How Acquired: International free agent
Highest Level Reached in 2009: N/A
Kepler was given 800,000 last July, and in doing so received the largest [...]

Tomahawk Take reports that the Braves have signed Troy Glaus to a one year deal to play first base.
A few Twins fans I’ve talked to had mentioned Glaus as a potential third baseman for 2010. Glaus had a great year in 2008, putting up a .371 wOBA, but had tons of injury problems in 2009. [...]

In an effort to give you guys an idea of the blogs I like to read, and the ones you should be reading as well, I am going to start doing a Site of the Day here at Twinkie Talk. Now, knowing me it won’t really be a new site every day, but I figure [...]

Every so often Twinkie Talk will be counting down our top 15 prospects (Hey, two days in a row!) Today’s prospect is #14 BJ Hermsen
Who: BJ Hermsen
Position: RHP
How Acquired: 6th round, 2008 draft
Highest level in 2009: Rookie Ball
Hermsen was a surprise signing by the Twins in 2008, given that he was committed to Oregon State [...]

Over the next however long it takes I am going to be rolling out my Twins Top 15 prospects list here at Twinkie Talk. When that’s all said and done I will have a special top 100 prospects list for you all. Today’s prospect is #15 Matt Bashore
Who: Matt Bashore
Position: LHP
How Acquired: 2009 Draft (Sandwich [...]

I am slightly unpopular in Twins Territory right now. Why? Because I have explored, perhaps even touted, the notion that Justin Morneau isn’t the player that most Twins fans think he is. He’s certainly not a bad hitter, with a career .358 wOBA, and being worth 86.7 runs above average since the start of his [...]

The PTBNL in the Boof Bonser trade has been named, and it is 25 year old Chris Province. The 2007 4th rounder has actually posted some pretty impressive numbers. The real outlier appears to be 2008, when Province posted a 5.18 FIP. He has consistently gotten good ground ball rates in the Sox minor leagues, [...]

Excellent. Given the fact that the market was basically bereft of good starting pitching, I thought Carl Pavano would either get overpaid by the Twins, or he would get signed to a big deal by some team and net the Twins a draft pick.
Neither happened.
Instead, Pavano will end up being dramatically underpaid. Thankfully for all [...]