MINNESOTA TWINS 2010

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*Players on the 40-man roster are indicated in BOLD
*Baseball America '10 pre-season ranking indicated in BLUE
*Baseball Prospectus '10 pre-season ranking indicated in GREEN


*40-man roster total (40)

PROJECTED 25-MAN ROSTER
Starting Lineup

1 CF Denard Span
2
2B Orlando Hudson: UPDATE 2/4 - agreed to 1-yr deal

3 C Joe Mauer
4 1B Justin Morneau
5 DH Jason Kubel
6 RF Michael Cuddyer
7 LF Delmon Young
8 SS J.J. Hardy: UPDATE 11/6 -
acquired from Milwaukee
9 3B Nick Punto

Bench
C Drew Butera
1B Jim Thome: UPDATE 1/26 -
agrees to 1-yr, $1.5M deal

IF Brendan Harris
IF/OF Alexi Casilla

Starting Rotation
1 RHP Scott Baker
2 RHP Nick Blackburn

3 RHP Carl Pavano: UPDATE 12/7 - accepts club's offer of arbitration
4 RHP Kevin Slowey
5 LHP Francisco Liriano

Bullpen
CL RHP Jon Rauch

SU RHP Matt Guerrier
SU LHP Jose Mijares
MID RHP Jesse Crain

MID RHP Pat Neshek
MID
LHP Ron Mahay: UPDATE 3/24 - agrees to minor league deal UPDATE 4/14 - contract purchased from minors
LR LHP Brian Duensing

15-Day Disabled List
Position Players

C Jose Morales: UPDATE 3/29 - will start the season on the DL (sore shoulder)

Pitchers
RHP Clay Condrey: UPDATE 1/6 - agrees to 1-yr deal UPDATE 4/3 - placed on DL with a strained right elbow

60-Day Disabled List
Position Players
None

Pitchers
RHP Joe Nathan:
UPDATE 3/21 - will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery UPDATE 4/14 - transferred to 60-Day DL


Next in Line (Players ticketed for AA or AAA)
Position Players

C Wilson Ramos BA#2 BP#4: UPDATE 3/31 - optioned to minors
1B Brock Peterson: UPDATE 1/20 - re-signed to minor league deal

3B Luke Hughes: UPDATE 3/20 - optioned to minors
3B Danny Valencia BA#6 BP#9: UPDATE 11/20 -
added to 40-man roster UPDATE 3/20 - optioned to minors
SS Trevor Plouffe: UPDATE 3/20 - optioned to minors
IF Matt Macri
IF/OF Brian Dinkelman

IF/OF Matt Tolbert: UPDATE 3/27 - optioned to minors
OF Charlton Jimerson: UPDATE 2/22 - signed to minor league deal

OF Jacques Jones: UPDATE 2/9 - signed to minor league deal
OF Dustin Martin
OF Juan Portes
OF Jason Repko: UPDATE 4/6 - signed to minor league deal

Pitchers
RHP Alex Burnett: UPDATE 11/20 - added to 40-man roster UPDATE 4/3 - recalled from minors UPDATE 4/14 - optioned to minors
RHP Rob Delaney: UPDATE 11/20 - added to 40-man roster UPDATE 3/18 - optioned to minors
RHP Brad Hennessey: UPDATE 3/10 - signed to minor league deal
RHP Yoslan Herrera: UPDATE 3/6 - signed to minor league deal
RHP Jason Jones
RHP Jeff Manship: UPDATE 3/21 - optioned to minors

RHP Anthony Slama

RHP Anthony Swarzak: UPDATE 3/20 - optioned to minors
LHP Mike Maroth: UPDATE 1/8 - signed to minor league deal
LHP Mark McLemore: UPDATE 1/21 - signed to minor league deal
LHP Glen Perkins: UPDATE 3/31 - optioned to minors

Free Agents (ML)

Position Players
3B Joe Crede

Pitchers
None

Traded / Lost off Waivers / Signed with another team
Position Players
C Mike Redmond: UPDATE 1/15 - signed 1-yr deal with Cleveland
1B/3B Brian Buscher: UPDATE 12/2 - signed minor league deal with Cleveland
1B/OF Justin Huber: UPDATE 11/14 - signed contract with Hiroshima (Japan)
SS Orlando Cabrera: UPDATE 1/30 - signed 1-yr deal with Reds
IF Steven Tolleson: UPDATE 2/1 - designated for assignment, claimed off waivers by A's
CF Carlos Gomez: UPDATE 11/6 - traded to Milwaukee for J.J. Hardy
OF Jason Pridie: UPDATE 2/9 - designated for assignment; claimed off waivers by Mets

OF David Winfree: UPDATE 1/12 - signed minor league deal with Yankees

Pitchers
RHP Boof Bonser: UPDATE 12/8 - designated for assignment UPDATE 12/10 - traded to Boston for PTBNL
RHP R.A. Dickey: UPDATE 12/23 - agrees to minor league deal with Mets

RHP Armando Gabino: UPDATE 11/9 - claimed off waivers by Baltimore
RHP Phillip Humber: UPDATE 12/15 - signed minor league deal with Royals
RHP Bobby Keppel: UPDATE 1/5 - released UPDATE 1/6 - will sign with Nippon (Japan)

RHP Juan Morillo: UPDATE 11/16 - signed contract with Rakuten (Japan)

Minor Leaguers You Should Know
Position Players (BA/OBP/SLG)
C Josmil Pinto: .332/.387/.610 in 205 AB's ( Rk )
C Daniel Rams: .264/.345/.520 in 250 AB's ( HiA/LoA/Rk )
1B Mike Gonzales: .304/.364/.477 in 214 AB's ( Rk )
1B Paul-Michael Klingsberg: .320/.384/.500 in 100 AB's ( Rk )
1B Erik Lis: .283/.353/.462 in 459 AB's ( AA )
1B Chris Parmelee: .258/.359/.441 in 422 AB's ( HiA )
2B Juan Blanco: .285/.321/.355 in 186 AB's ( Rk )
3B Wander Guillen: .336/.443/.409 in 110 AB's ( Rk )
3B Anderson Hidalgo: .291/.379/.469 in 175 AB's ( Rk )
3B Deibinson Romero: .223/.309/.316 in 421 AB's ( HiA ) UPDATE 11/20 - outrighted to minors
SS James Beresford: .289/.342/.313 in 450 AB's ( LoA )
SS Brian Dozier: .349/.414/.422 in 232 AB's ( Rk )
SS Estarlin De Los Santos: .290/.330/.397 in 262 AB's ( HiA ) UPDATE 11/20 - added to 40-man roster

SS Jorge Polanco: ( DNP )
SS Miguel Sano BA#4 BP#2: UPDATE 12/5 - officially signs $3.15M deal
IF Ramon Santana: .295/.383/.448 in 386 AB's ( AA/LoA )
IF Reggie Williams: .271/.339/.482 in 166 AB's ( LoA/Rk )
CF Aaron Hicks BA#1 BP #1: .251/.353/.382 in 251 AB's ( LoA )
CF Candido Pimentel: .293/.419/.383 in 188 AB's ( Rk )
CF Ben Revere BA#5 BP #3: .311/.372/.369 in 466 AB's ( HiA )
CF Brandon Roberts: .287/.352/.365 in 397 AB's ( AA )
OF Joe Benson BP#10: .284/.414/.399 in 268 AB's ( HiA/Rk )
OF Mark Dolenc: .288/.332/.394 in 386 AB's ( HiA )
OF Chris Herrmann: .297/.391/.453 in 236 AB's ( Rk )
OF Max Kepler BA#10: ( DNP )

OF Angel Morales BA#8 BP#6: .266/.329/.455 in 376 AB's ( LoA )
OF Rene Tosoni: .271/.360/.454 in 425 AB's ( AA )
OF Romy Trinidad: .312/.443/.363 in 157 AB's ( Rk )

Pitchers
RHP Santos Arias: 2.15 ERA; 100.2 IP, 90 H, 27 BB, 72 K ( HiA )
RHP David Bromberg BA#9 BP #7: 2.70 ERA; 153.1 IP, 125 H, 63 BB, 148 K ( HiA )
RHP Billy Bullock BP#11: 2.41 ERA; 33.2 IP, 28 H, 13 BB, 45 K ( LoA/Rk )

RHP Cesar Ciurcina: 1.39 ERA; 84 IP, 50 H, 8 BB, 72 K ( Rk )
RHP Blair Erickson: 4.39 ERA; 53.1 IP, 50 H, 32 BB, 63 K ( HiA )
RHP Jhon Garcia: 2.65 ERA; 51 IP, 50 H, 5 BB, 38 K ( Rk )
RHP Kyle Gibson BA #3 BP#5 ( DNP )
RHP Deolis Guerra: 4.89 ERA; 149 IP, 157 H, 42 BB, 106 K ( AA/HiA ) UPDATE 11/20 - added to 40-man roster
RHP Pedro Guerra: 0.38 ERA; 71 IP, 44 H, 12 BB, 75 K ( Rk )
RHP Carlos Gutierrez BA#7 BP#8: 3.70 ERA; 107 IP, 99 H, 46 BB, 65 K ( AA/HiA )
RHP B.J. Hermsen: 1.35 ERA; 53.1 IP, 32 H, 4 BB, 42 K ( Rk )
RHP Steve Hirschfeld: 2.23 ERA; 117 IP, 93 H, 31 BB, 86 K ( HiA )
RHP Shooter Hunt: 10.19 ERA; 32.2 IP, 25 H, 58 BB, 26 K ( LoA/Rk )
RHP Bobby Lanigan: 4.54 ERA; 138.2 IP, 151 H, 33 BB, 116 K ( HiA/LoA )
RHP Mike McCardell: 3.98 ERA; 142.1 IP, 143 H, 32 BB, 118 K ( AA/HiA )
RHP Chris Province: 2.60 ERA; 79.2 IP, 72 H, 32 BB, 55 K (AA) UPDATE 12/12 - acquired from Boston for Boof Bonser

RHP Bruce Pugh: 2.86 ERA; 85 IP, 71 H, 47 BB, 99 K ( LoA )
RHP Renzo Reverol: 2.08 ERA; 34.2 IP, 21 H, 4 BB, 35 K ( Rk )
RHP Adrian Salcedo: 1.46 ERA; 61.2 IP, 60 H, 3 BB, 58 K ( Rk )
RHP Wilson Sanchez: 1.47 ERA; 73.1 IP, 51 H, 16 BB, 76 K ( Rk )
RHP Manuel Soliman: 2.15 ERA; 71 IP, 66 H, 20 BB, 55 K ( Rk )
RHP Tom Stuifbergen: 3.50 ERA; 82.1 IP, 84 H, 7 BB, 72 K ( HiA/Rk )
RHP Brad Tippett: 3.21 ERA; 146 IP, 131 H, 25 BB, 107 K ( LoA )
RHP Ben Tootle: 0.00 ERA; 6.1 IP, 4 H, 2 BB, 1 K ( Rk )
RHP Loek Van Mil: 2.79 ERA; 42 IP, 36 H, 23 BB, 28 K ( AA/HiA ) UPDATE 11/20 - added to 40-man roster
RHP Kyle Waldrop: 2.08 ERA; 90.2 IP, 94 H, 25 BB, 50 K ( HiA )
RHP Blayne Weller: 1.58 ERA; 57 IP, 46 H, 8 BB, 49 K ( Rk )
RHP Matthew Williams: 2.77 ERA; 68.1 IP, 62 H, 19 BB, 70 K ( HiA/LoA )
LHP Matt Bashore: 0.00 ERA; 2 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 2 K ( Rk )
LHP Kyle Carr: 2.38 ERA; 45.1 IP, 35 H, 16 BB, 61 K ( LoA/Rk )
LHP Nelvin Fuentes: 1.29 ERA; 21 IP, 16 H, 4 BB, 24 K ( Rk )
LHP Edgar Ibarra: 2.84 ERA; 50.2 IP, 37 H, 19 BB, 57 K ( Rk )
LHP Andrei Lobanov: 0.82 ERA; 22 IP, 14 H, 1 BB, 35 K ( Rk )
LHP Luis Nuñez: 3.11 ERA; 46.1 IP, 42 H, 14 BB, 53 K ( Rk )
LHP Tyler Robertson: 3.33 ERA; 143.1 IP, 139 H, 51 BB, 103 K ( HiA )
LHP Spencer Steedley: 2.22 ERA; 69 IP, 55 H, 28 BB, 62 K ( AA/HiA )
LHP Michael Tarsi: 3.23 ERA; 111.1 IP, 118 H, 36 BB, 98 K ( HiA/LoA )
LHP Joe Testa: 1.96 ERA; 82.2 IP, 55 H, 41 BB, 116 K ( HiA/LoA )
LHP Matthew Tone: 1.31 ERA; 34.1 IP, 13 H, 23 BB, 45 K ( Rk )

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1 comments:

Anonymous said... March 29, 2010 1:29 AM  

Jason,

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports that Jose Morales will likely start the year on the 15-day dl.

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