http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/154 Recent articles about Michael Cuddyer en-us I’m not convinced that extending Michael Cuddyer was as heinous a decision as ESPN.com’s Rob Neyer made it out to be.  Without a doubt, Neyer raises some good points.  Neyer recognizes the face value problem of extending a 32-year-old, he examines the piece not the whole.  The organization is committing $10 million dollars to an aged player -- one that has already exited his peak playing years -- and is likely to see his offensive numbers decline while, at best, hoping his defe... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:01:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Seagulling_the_Michael_Cuddyer_Option/1553024 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Seagulling_the_Michael_Cuddyer_Option/1553024 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Seagulling_the_Michael_Cuddyer_Option/1553024 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg The offseason has gotten off to a fast start for the Twins – much faster than I could have expected.  On Friday, the Twins sent the centerpiece of the Johan Santana trade, enigmatic speedster Carlos Gomez, to Milwaukee in exchange for J.J. Hardy.  On Saturday, the Twins exercised Michael Cuddyer’s 2011 (not 2010) option.  In [...] Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:35:17 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Twins_Trade_Gomez_Acquire_Hardy_Retain_Cuddyer/1535446 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Twins_Trade_Gomez_Acquire_Hardy_Retain_Cuddyer/1535446 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Twins_Trade_Gomez_Acquire_Hardy_Retain_Cuddyer/1535446 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/8/9/899ce4c27d87c37ddde2d9255b1aa481ed1a1ab8/small/Twins_vs_Tigers_09e1.jpg Over the weekend, the Minnesota Twins picked up their 10.5 million dollar option on RF Michael Cuddyer to keep him through 2010. Cuddyer has been a member of all 5 of the Twins playoff teams from the first decade of the millenium. Still, the Twins are the epitome of the small market team. 10.5 [...] Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:00:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Twins_Pick_Up_Cuddyers_Option/1529164 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Twins_Pick_Up_Cuddyers_Option/1529164 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Twins_Pick_Up_Cuddyers_Option/1529164 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg $10.5 million for Michael Cuddyer in 2011! Rob Neyer is not a fan:"Cuddyer is a good hitter but a subpar outfielder, resulting in a player who is, at his best, worth less than $10 million. Granted, considering the $1 million buyout, the Twins essentially have committed to spending $9.5 million on Cuddyer in 2011. And $9.5 million isn't much more than what he was worth this year, and in 2007 (2008 was a disaster).Of course the problem is that Cuddyer has entered his decline phase. He&... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:05:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Did_the_Twins_Make_a_Mistake_by_Picking_Up_Michael_Cuddyers_Option/1528905 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Did_the_Twins_Make_a_Mistake_by_Picking_Up_Michael_Cuddyers_Option/1528905 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Did_the_Twins_Make_a_Mistake_by_Picking_Up_Michael_Cuddyers_Option/1528905 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg $10.5 million for Michael Cuddyer in 2011! Rob Neyer is not a fan:"Cuddyer is a good hitter but a subpar outfielder, resulting in a player who is, at his best, worth less than $10 million. Granted, considering the $1 million buyout, the Twins essentially have committed to spending $9.5 million on Cuddyer in 2011. And $9.5 million isn't much more than what he was worth this year, and in 2007 (2008 was a disaster).Of course the problem is that Cuddyer has entered his decline phase. He&... Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:05:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Did_the_Twins_Make_a_Mistake_by_Picking_Up_Michael_Cuddyers_Option/1529208 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Did_the_Twins_Make_a_Mistake_by_Picking_Up_Michael_Cuddyers_Option/1529208 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Did_the_Twins_Make_a_Mistake_by_Picking_Up_Michael_Cuddyers_Option/1529208 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg Twins exercise 2011 option on Michael Cuddyer The Minnesota Twins exercised their $10.5 million option on Michael Cuddyer for the 2011 season. They apparently think the market will have rebounded by next offseason. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:50:33 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Twins_exercise_2011_option_on_Michael_Cuddyer/1519610 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Twins_exercise_2011_option_on_Michael_Cuddyer/1519610 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Twins_exercise_2011_option_on_Michael_Cuddyer/1519610 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg “Maybe we’ll have a whiteout on Tuesday.  Maybe it’ll look like winter in here. This place is a different animal when it comes playoff time.”  - Michael Cuddyer. Without a doubt, this needs implemented.  I don't know how these things start but word needs to be spread that Tuesday's game at the Dome is a whiteout.  White shirts.  White Homer Hankies.  Blind the Tigers with blaring nothingness.  Who is with me?    Charley Walters draws atten... Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:54:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/OtB_Twins_Notes_100509/1310874 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/OtB_Twins_Notes_100509/1310874 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/OtB_Twins_Notes_100509/1310874 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg Michael Cuddyer hit his 30th home run and walked with the bases loaded and the Minnesota Twins moved within two games of first-place Detroit in the AL Central with a 9-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:53:44 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyer_goes_deep_Twins_pull_closer_in_AL_Central/1247019 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyer_goes_deep_Twins_pull_closer_in_AL_Central/1247019 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyer_goes_deep_Twins_pull_closer_in_AL_Central/1247019 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg When Michael Cuddyer shot John Danks’ first offering of the sixth inning over the right-center field wall in Chicago -- lifting Minnesota to a 6-to-2 lead -- the home run was the 12th of such leadoff bombs for the Twins right fielder.  Just two innings earlier, the righty had tagged the White Sox’s southpaw for a double past the diving Scott Podsednik in center to open that inning, only to score moments later on Brendan Harris’s double play ball to short.    While his early se... Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Igniter/1230431 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Igniter/1230431 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Igniter/1230431 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg Michael Cuddyer gets the Twins on the board with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth. Cuddyer is now slugging .516, easily the highest of his career. He’s set a career high in triples and homers, and hit the second most doubles. Minnesota leads the Tigers 2-0 going to the top [...] Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:20:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyer_Power/1198432 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyer_Power/1198432 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyer_Power/1198432 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/d/1deaf2b9d3093de95f723fc4f73c3c92df82d99c/small/Twins_vs_Royals_a5a4.jpg MINNEAPOLIS(AP) Michael Cuddyer 's two-run homer in the sixth inning pushed Minnesota past Chicago 4-3 on Monday night, pulling the Twins' record back to even and sending the White Sox to yet another defeat at the Metrodome. Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:02:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyers_blast_lifts_Twins/889036 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyers_blast_lifts_Twins/889036 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cuddyers_blast_lifts_Twins/889036 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/c/1c208ca55b902f53a812b020674b3630e60e6562/small/hochuli.jpg This isn't the first year we've seen bad calls. This probably isn't the year with the worst calls. Really, there isn't any one thing that sticks out like a sore thumb as being a horrific mind blowing call (I'll take that back in a second). But 2009 may go down as the year of the bad call in sports. I have no stats to back that up -- I just know that even my normal "sometimes they get it wrong" outlook is growing smaller and smaller by the day. Last night, the Tw... Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:01:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2009_The_Year_of_the_Bad_Calls/847647 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2009_The_Year_of_the_Bad_Calls/847647 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2009_The_Year_of_the_Bad_Calls/847647 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/1/c/1c208ca55b902f53a812b020674b3630e60e6562/small/hochuli.jpg The Minnesota Twins held outfielder Michael Cuddyer out of the lineup Saturday against the Chicago Cubs because of an inflamed right index finger. Manager Ron Gardenhire said Cuddyer would be examined by a doctor Saturday and see a hand specialist on Monday. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:21:15 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Twins_sit_Cuddyer_due_to_finger_injury/699648 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Twins_sit_Cuddyer_due_to_finger_injury/699648 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Twins_sit_Cuddyer_due_to_finger_injury/699648 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/5/05b0c9b54f86efbc77c608a228b186c2ba16e3b2/small/dd.jpg