Monday Morning Update
Finally, that football game is over
and people can start focusing on the proper sport now, baseball. Here are some
quick thoughts and other links to enter the week with.
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Baseball fans who
are proponents of a salary cap will certainly look at this Super Bowl.
Indianapolis and New Orleans were the NFL’s best teams throughout the 2009
season. These two cities do not even have Major League baseball teams. Instead,
each hosts a Triple-A team. The Indianapolis Indians are the AAA affiliate of
the Pittsburgh Pirates. The New Orleans Zephyrs are the AAA affiliate of the
New York Mets.
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Dudes
in underwear apparently was
the theme of the year in the Super Bowl ads.
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I am curious what
people think of the new Twins
advertisement.
I enjoy the animation, and I think it was a solid commercial. Honestly, in my
mind, it wasn’t one of their best commercials. What do you think?
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Another
discussion question for today is what the wins will do with their 40 man roster
to accommodate the addition of Orlando
Hudson. Could they trade Alexi Casilla, Glen
Perkins or Matt Tolbert? Who
could be released? LaVelle wonders if it could be Luke Hughes. I can’t imagine that. Some
have mentioned Drew Butera
or even Trevor Plouffe.
I can’t see either of those things happening. So, what would you do?
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Speaking of
things that should create discussion, I definitely encourage you to check out
Travis’s AL Central Preview. He goes position-by-position and ranks players from
each team. He and I had an interesting discussion on some of his choices, but I
enjoy reading blogs like that because it creates discussion, and that’s always
a good thing.
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Over the weekend,
Josh Johnson posted his choice
for the Twins Prospect #18.
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Be sure to check out Roger’s
Weekly Minor League Update from this weekend.
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Briefly, be sure
to check back later. Over the weekend, Travis, Josh, Roger and I conducted a 22
round Twins minor league draft. I had done this a couple of years ago, and it
was fun to look back and see how we drafted. Anyway, this time around, there
were four team, and 22 picks, so 88 Twins prospects taken. Someday, I think it
would be fun to work with the Twins during their minor league camp and put
together a three game round-robin tournament of these teams. Except, we’ll look
back at in 2-3 years, so it was just a fun exercise. Anyway, expect to see the
results of our draft, probably starting later this week or early next week.
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Aaron Gleeman posted his choices
for Twins prospects 21-25 today.
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Nick Nelson discusses and Offseason
for the Ages.
Any other thoughts or notes as we
enter another week? We are another week closer to Spring Training! Feel free to
e-mail me or leave them in the Comments
section.