Tuesday,
December 15, 2009
Site Update and
Baseball Topics
Good morning
everyone,
Please bear with me for a little bit as things at work and in my writing world
are more than crazy these days. Between the next TwinsCentric
project, the Seth Speaks.net Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook – 2010, and a
project with FoxSports, it’s rather hectic. Deadlines
are fast approaching in all of the above. I will try my best to keep you
updated on Twins news and other information.
For those of you
who might be interested, I will be on The Fan 710 radio in Bismark,
ND, this morning at 11:00 a.m. to talk about the Hot Stove League. It’s
always a great time to talk baseball with Jack Michaels. So,
if you’re in central North Dakota, tune in 710 on your am dial. Otherwise,
check it out live online.
Tonight
(Tuesday) at 9:00 central will be the SethSpeaks.net
Weekly Minnesota Twins podcast. We will talk Twins minor league prospectus
with Kevin Goldstein of Baseball
Prospectus, who posted his Top 11 Twins Prospects last week. Other
guests are in the works as well, so check out the show.
Quickly, the
Twins received righty relieve Chris Province from the Red Sox in exchange for Boof Bonser. Province had a solid
year in AA. He played on the same Mesa team in the Arizona Fall League a the Twins prospects. His strikeout numbers are not
terribly impressive. However, apparently his sinker is just an incredible pitch
that darts in on right-handed hitters and he gets a ton of ground balls. More bullpen depth for the Twins.
Remember last
week, I mentioned a few times that big moves rarely happen at the Winter
Meetings, but a lot of talking is done so don’t be surprised if a lot happens
early this week. Well, I would say that was pretty much the case. Roy Halladay appears to be on his way to the Phillies. Cliff
Lee is headed out the Mariners. Phillipe Aumont may or may not be part of the deal. I tried to see
if his Facebook Wall said anything, but it was in
French, so I couldn’t tell. Then Kyle Drabek may be
heading to Toronto. I think the lesson in that rumored deal is that, until the
deal is nearly official, it isn’t worth analyzing because it can change so
much. Early in the day, I think the Phillies were getting a great deal. Now,
I’m not so certain. Seattle is being called the big winner, but we shall see.
John Lackey and
Mike Cameron appear to be headed to the Red Sox. Lackey will get big money.
Cameron will get two years and $18 million, but where will he play? He doesn’t
seem to make as much sense in LF as CF, but Jacoby Ellsbury
is there, and Jeremy Hermida just came to the team in
a trade last month and JD Drew probably isn’t going anywhere, so what will
happen? Just a thought, but how about Ellsbury, Clay
Buchholz, Casey Kotchman and two minor leaguers of
note to San Diego for Adrian Gonzalez? Kevin Youklis
can go back over to 3B since Mike Lowell will be undergoing surgery and then
may or may not be traded.
Some teams are
starting to announce their non-roster invitees to spring training. I would
think the Twins will be doing that shortly as well. That should be an
interesting list.
Where is Jason
Bay going? Mariners? Mets?
Angels? I would think the Angels will have to trade Gary Matthews before they
could acquire Bay, especially now that Hideki Matsui has signed with them.
How about Matt
Holliday? Do you think he’ll be able to get $100 million? Is it St. Louis? Or
will the Yankees make a play for him?
Who has the best
1-2 punch at the top of their rotation (assuming the Mariners/Blue Jays/Phillies
trade goes through)? Seattle could boast Feliz
Hernandez and Cliff Lee. San Francisco has Cain and Lincecum.
The Phillies would have Halladay and Hamels or Happ? The Red Sox would
have Lackey and Beckett (or Matsuzaka)? The Yankees
have Sabathia and Burnett? The Royals have Greinke and whoever you want to call their #2 pitcher? The
Cardinals have Carpenter and Wainright?
Alright, that
should be enough to start some baseball discussion, so be sure to leave your
comments below. Again, thank you for your continued support of me and this
site, and now for your patience. Have a great day!
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