Wednesday,
January 13, 2010
The Link Blotter
Good Wednesday, All! I pretty much passed out last night after my podcast,
but I wanted to get up early this morning and at least provide you with some
links!
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First of all, I
thought that last
night’s SethSpeaks.net Weekly Minnesota Twins Podcast was a very good
one. Twins pitching prospect Blayne Weller was the first guest, and he did a
tremendous job answering a lot of questions. Then Doogie Wolfson joined us, prior to his
appearance last night on Fox 9’s Sports with Jim Rich (who made an appearance on our show too!). Finally, Parker
from Over
the Baggy called in and he and
I talked Twins topics for about eight minutes beyond the live podcast. So,
check it out if you haven’t already.
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Baseball America just posted its
Top 10 Twins Prospects. It’s a good, interesting list, so be sure to
check that out. John Manuel did a
great job on the list. I’m going to try to have him on next week’s Twins
podcast. He has said he’d like to do that, so it should work.
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At Twinkie
Town, the Twins
Prospect vote is now up to #37. I’m sure you’re all voting every day,
right?
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Josh
Johnson’s Top 50 Twins Prospect
series is down currently at Twins
Prospect #38.
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The Twins
Geek wrote a great
article on Michael Cuddyer and people’s
perceptions of him. I definitely recommend this one!
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Speaking of, the Twins Geek is going to be on Twins
Talk, Fanatic Jack’s Podcast,
tonight at 9:00. So check that out. The
Twins Geek also was on Monday night’s Travis Talks Minnesota
Sports podcast.
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Granny
Baseball asks if
the Steroid Era is Really Over.
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Star Tribune’s Michael Rand did a nice Q&A
with Pat Neshek.
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Yesterday, Joel Sherman of the NY
Post noted that the Yankees have signed former Twins minor league IF/OF
David Winfree
to a minor league contract. I have mixed feelings on that, of course. First,
after looking at my Twins minor league roster projections, I thought that the
Twins could use a right-handed power bat for right field in Rochester. Second,
I met David Winfree
for the first time at Twins Fest several years ago. He was just walking around the
Dome, and no one recognized him. I stood next to him and we talked for 10
minutes. Each year after that, we would talk a bit as well. He is a terrific
guy. But at the same time, the Twins have clearly made the decision that he
does not fit into their plans at all, so this is a good move for him. Obviously
I wish him well.
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I meant to post
this last week and just forgot, but Matt from Minor League Baseball
Prospects posted his
Top 40 Twins Prospects list.
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Brian from BP
Baseball says that the offseason
has been about patience.
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Finally, you can
feel free to add me as a friend on Facebook, or you
can Follow me at Twitter (www.Twitter.com/SethTweets).
That’s it for now, have a
great day! Any thoughts?