Staying in contention all season could be see as a success for the young Minnesota Twins. AccuScore analyst Jonathan Lee instead views it as a colossal failure. He breaks down the five biggest mistakes that prevented Minnesota from winning the AL Central.
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The GNUru yet again provides fantasy baseball lineup advice to those in weekly leagues. Included are the GNUru's hot hitters and pitchers, in addition to those pitcher schedule to make 2 starts.
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Here is the pre Spring Training ranking list of American League third basemen for 2008.
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Now that the long-rumored Mark Teixeira to the Braves deal is finally done (well, almost), we can look at the other possible blockbuster deals looming on the horizon. Huge names like Mark Loretta, Octavio Dotel, Al Reyes and Mike Lamb could move by tomorrow's 4 p.m. deadline. Those are names that   more...
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The MLB free agency period has officially began. Fifty-seven players filed papers to become free agents Monday. Big names on the list include: Barry Bonds, Torii Hunter, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera, Kerry Wood, Trot Nixon, Shawn Green, Paul Lo Duca, and Shannon Stewart.Check out the entire list.
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Freaking out Red Sox Nation? I am starting to get their. So to have a change of pace, lets look at what the team will look like next year. Who is under contract? For how much? Who is leaving? and Who might replace them? In times like these i like to get my mind off the current team and think to the   more...
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Rays Have Two of the Top 15 Third-Baseman?Here is one of the latest articles circulating around the Blogosphere from Crooked Pitch.... the ranking list of American League third basemen for 2008.Alex Rodriguez | New York YankeesMiguel Cabrera | Detroit TigersMike Lowell | Boston Red SoxChone Figgins   more...
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The last player that Houston went to arbitration with was Daryl Kile in 1997. Linked are the 2007 salaries for the entire Astros lineup. They are weighing in at a hefty $93.257 Million heading into the upcoming season.
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Ok, with Denard Span being sent down to AAA and Joe Nathan being inked to a 4 year, $47 M payday, the Minnesota Twins opening day roster is rounding into shape. Here are my predictions for the upcoming season. The opening day lineup will look like this:1. Carlos Gomez, CF2. Joe Mauer, C3. Michael   more...
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Thursday was a day for sweeps as eight different teams broke out the brooms against their foes. The biggest of them all was probably Tampa Bay which continued its franchise-best season by finishing off the Cubs powered by Carl Crawford. There are also some nice fantasy options in obscure places   more...
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Depending on how deep your fantasy league is, Mike Lamb may still be available on your free agent market. He is completely overproducing for his talent level at this point but might as well ride the wave while you can. In the last 30 days, his line reads .320 avg, 21 R, 5HRs, 17 RBI. On the   more...

We once again look at the rest of the articles, so you don't have to. We have closer news from around the league as well as some news on some rehabbing closers and a 3B sleeper pick.
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First off, a hearty congratulations to Justin Morneau for winning the Home Run Derby. I normally do not watch things like this, but I was forced to check up on it every once in a while. The obvious storyline is Josh Hamilton and his record-breaking 28 home runs in the first round, but Morneau   more...
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Andrew Kneeland delves into the possibility of Minnesota trading for the power hitting Adrian Beltre and discusses ways the Twins could drastically improve their third base position.
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Last night at Safeco Field, the Twins took a 6-1 advantage into the bottom of the 7th behind a strong performance from southpaw Glen Perkins. Minnesota had drawn eight walks, picked up a pair of RBI from Mike Lamb and even saw little Nickie Punto go yard a day after Denard Span had done [...]
Original Story: http://www.bugsandcranks.com/?p=5977.