Hello Everyone,
Well the Annual Winter Meetings have just concluded and while there was a lot of activity, not much of it involved the Twins. The Twins pulled off one move really, designating Boof Bonser for assignment and then early this morning they traded him to the Boston Red Sox for a minor leaguer to be named later.
There was some rumors about what the Twins would do at third base but none of those things have come to fruition yet. They have apparently talked to free agents such as Adrian Beltre, Mark DeRosa, Joe Crede etc., as well as explored a possible trade with the San Diego Padress for Kevin Kouzmanoff, their young third baseman. The two names from that list that really intrigue me are DeRosa and Kouzmanoff. DeRosa because I think he's the best of the guys the Twins would possibly try to get and Kouzmanoff because he's the youngest and most affordable and could turn out to be the best in the long run. Kouzmanoff's numbers were decent last year but remember that he played his home games in probably the toughest park for anyone to hit in, San Diego's Petco Park. You could make an argument that his numbers there would mean they'd be probably anywhere from 5-15% better anywhere else. And we don't know what the Twins new park will be like as far as whether it will favor pitchers or hitters more.
Anyway, on goes the offseason, but keep this in mind, those of you in the frozen tundra like myself, pitchers and catchers report on February 21st!
Joe
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