http://www.twinslocker.com Daily Blog for Minnesota Twins Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:34:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 30-year old righty swinging Michael Cuddyer will hopefully play full-time in RF in 2010 for the Twins. He also played a lot of 1B last season after Justin Morneau went down to injury and he really stepped up then. Cuddyer played in 153 games for the Twins last ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/03/11/the-minnesota-twins-are-banking-on-another-big-year-out-of-michael-cuddyer-in-2010/ 26-year old lefty swinging Denard Span will be the starting CF in 2010 for the Twins. Span played in 145 games for the Twins last season in which he was 180 of 578 (.311 avg, .807 OPS) with 97 runs scored, 8 homers, 68 RBIs and 23 stolen bases. ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/03/11/denard-span-will-be-the-full-time-cf-in-2010-for-the-minnesota-twins/ With the addition of DH Jim Thome the Twins will likely use Jason Kubel in the field a lot more against righty starting pitchers. The 27-year old lefty swinging Jason Kubel played in 146 games for the Twins last season in which he was 154 of 514 (.300 avg, ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/03/11/the-minnesota-twins-are-hoping-for-improved-production-out-of-lf-in-2010/ The Twins have signed 30-year old righty reliever Brad Hennessey to a minor league deal. He did not pitch last season in the majors or the minors. Hennessey has pitched in 148 games (44 starts) in his major league career and he is 17-23 with 20 saves, a ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/03/10/the-minnesota-twins-sign-brad-hennessey/ 35-year old righty throwing closer Joe Nathan has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow which he may need Tommy John Surgery to correct. This is a huge blow to the Twins as Nathan is a dominating closer. He pitched in 70 games (0 starts) for ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/03/09/the-minnesota-twins-lose-joe-nathan-possibly-for-the-whole-year/ The Twins have signed 30-year old righty swinging outfielder Charlton Jimerson to a minor league deal. Jimerson played in 103 games in the Atlantic League (Independent ball) last season and he was 133 for 397 (.335 avg, .953 OPS) with 91 runs scored, 21 homers, 62 RBIs and 38 ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/02/23/the-minnesota-twins-sign-charlton-jimerson/ 28-year old lefty swinging Jason Kubel had a breakout season in 2009 for the Twins last year. He played in 146 games for the Twins last season and he was 154 for 514 (.300 avg, .908 OPS) with 73 runs scored, 28 homers and 103 RBIs. The Twins ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/02/22/the-minnesota-twins-will-likely-get-great-production-out-of-the-dhs-in-2010/ If the 2010 season started today the Twins would likely platoon 29-year old righty swinging Brendan Harris with either 32-year old switch hitting Nick Punto or 27-year old switch hitting Matt Tolbert. Either way the Twins would have pathetic production at the hot corner. Harris played in 123 ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/02/16/the-minnesota-twins-could-have-a-black-hole-at-3b-in-2010/ The Twins hope that 27-year old righty swinging J.J. Hardy just had a off year in 2009. He played in 115 games for the Brewers last season and he was 95 for 414 (.229 avg, .659 OPS) with 53 runs scored, 11 homers and 47 RBIs. The Twins ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/02/16/jj-hardy-takes-over-at-shortstop-for-the-minnesota-twins-in-2010/ The Twins have lost 26-year old lefty swinging outfielder Jason Pridie on waivers to the Mets. They put Pridie on waivers to make room on the roster for Orlando Hudson. Pridie played in 1 game for the Twins last season but he didn't get any at bats. ... http://www.twinslocker.com/2010/02/09/the-minnesota-twins-lose-jason-pridie-on-waivers/