Friday, July 2,
2010
COMING NEXT WEEK
TwinsCentric Trade Deadline Primer(s)
It has certainly been an interesting year for the TwinsCentric
crew. One year ago, we came out with our first publication, the TwinsCentric July Trade Deadline Primer. Since then, there has been the TwinsCentric
Offseason GM Handbook, our work with Maple Street Press on the Twins 2010 Annual,
the TwinsCentric
blog at StarTribune.com and several TwinsCentric
Viewing parties around the Twin Cities. It’s been an interesting, busy, fun
year of learning about this new media and such.
Next week, TwinsCentric will unveil its next project. It will again be
a Trade
Deadline Primer. However, it will be much improved. This year, the TwinsCentric guys joined forces with a blogger or
independent writer to cover each other team around Major League Baseball. We
will be providing Trade Deadline Primers for over 20 other Major League teams
as well. Think about it. I know a lot about baseball, but when it comes to the
Detroit Tigers, I guarantee that John
Parent of Motor City Bengals knows more. Or,
for White Sox information, you’ll get the thoughts of JJ Stankevitz from the White Sox
Examiner site. I am certain that Chad
Dotson of Redleg Nation
knows a lot more about the 2010 Reds than me. These guys know what their teams
might be looking for. They will know their tradeable
players or impact prospects are.
Baseball’s trade deadline
season is easily the most active online season for baseball fans, especially
obsessive passionate baseball fans. You read Twins blogs daily, so you’re
likely a huge Twins fan and will be following all of the rumors surrounding the
Twins. Why? Well, after what the Twins did this past offseason, and the added
payroll, Twins fans are excited that more elite players could be acquired by
the team. Even last year, the Twins acquired Orlando Cabrera on July 31 for Tyler
Ladendorf. But they weren’t done there. A week
later, the Twins brought in Carl Pavano in a deal with Cleveland. And later in August,
the team acquired Jon Rauch. In
fact, the Twins have generally made at least one trade deadline deal most years
in the past decade.
So, what will these
electronic books (in the form of a pdf) consist of? It
will be a 100+ page e-book that provides a preview and framework for all of the
upcoming trade deadline speculation. It is graphically-sparse, consisting of
headshots and simple graphics. But it is content-rich, evaluating the action
from a fan’s perspective while providing national coverage. This includes:
·
report cards
covering each of the team’s players
·
summaries of all
30 teams including trade deadline needs and a “fantasy focus” for fantasy
baseball players
·
profiles of more
than 150 of the most likely trade targets and another 100+ potential impact
prospects
·
essays focusing
on the trade deadline for the Twins and their AL Central rivals
·
national essays
providing insight on the forces behind the trade deadline
·
cheat sheets for
easy reference
·
a foreword by Rob Neyer of
ESPN.com
The goal is to make these available next Tuesday, July 6th
electronically. On Thursday, July 7th, TwinsCentric
will host another TwinsCentric Viewing Party at Park Tavern in St.
Louis Park starting before 5:00. The Twins are on the road in Toronto and Tim
Laudner will be there from 5-6. There will be a
pregame show there, but we will also make the TwinsCentric
Trade Deadline Primer available. Of course, Park Tavern will kick in some
prizes for us to give away, and there will be other prizes available as well.
So, if you can be there, that would be great!
The TwinsCentric Trade Deadline Primer will be
available for $9.95. We understand that this is money out of your pocket, and
we certainly appreciate your support over all of the years that we’ve been
blogging. Thank you!
If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me.
A few more notes:
·
I’ll be boarding
the Twins
Train and heading to Detroit to see the Twins and Tigers play two
games. I’m really looking forward to the trip. I hear that Sooze and Parker Hageman will also be on the Detroit trip, so it should be a great
time. Apparently the Twins Train trips have been successful enough that they
have added a couple more trips in August. There is a trip to Cleveland and to
Chicago. And the Twins train is also making a trip to Green Bay and Lambeau Field in October. Check out the Twins
Train website for details and trip availability.
·
Yesterday I
posted a TwinsCentric
blog called Picking
your moments (and minor league notes).
·
If you missed my PA appearance yesterday,
click here to and check out the 7/1
– Seth Stohs and Love Line! Link.
·
Tonight, I will
be at Canterbury Park. I haven’t been
there for two years, so I’m looking forward to it. Should be a lot of fun!
Here is a quick glance at what
happened on Thursday in the Twins minor league system:
SethSpeaks Thursday Minor League
Hitter of the Day – Brock Peterson –
Rochester Red Wings
SethSpeaks Thursday Minor League
Pitcher of the Day – Deolis Guerra – New Britain Rockcats
Red Wings Report
Thursday –
Rochester 0, Buffalo 2 – Ryan Mullins
put together another solid start. In 6.2 innings, he gave up two runs on six
hits. He walked one and struck out seven. Rob
Delaney threw 1.1 scoreless innings. Brock
Peterson went 3-4 with his 17th double, but the Red Wings
managed just six hits. Brendan Harris
went 0-4 and is now hitting .111 (2-18, after going 2-3 in his first game).
New Britain Notes
Thursday –
New Britain 1, New Hampshire 0 – Deolis Guerra was named to the Eastern
League All-Star team earlier this week, and he showed he earned it in this
game. Guerra threw seven innings of shutout baseball. He gave up four hits,
walked three and struck out seven. Tony
Davis got one out, and walked two. Chris
Province came in and got out of the eighth and three outs in the ninth for
his fifth save. Joe Benson went 2-4
with a walk and a triple. Steve
Singleton went 2-3 with a walk.
Miracle Matters
Thursday – Ft. Myers, St. Lucie – Postponed by Rain.
Snappers Snippets
Thursday – Beloit 1, Quad Cities
5 – BJ Hermsen gave
up five runs on nine hits in 7.2 innings. He walked none and struck out five. Eliecer Cardenas got the final four outs without
allowing a run. Former Gopher Derek
McCallum went 3-3 with a walk. JJ
Hardy went 1-4 with a walk.
E-Twins Talkers
Thursday – Elizabethton 3, Johnson
City 2 – Martire Garcia had another great start for the
E-Twins. The lefty gave up two runs on four hits (2 home runs) and two walks in
six innings. He struck out eight. Nelvin Fuentes
picked up his first save. He threw three perfect innings and struck out five
batters. The E-Twins had four hits. Oswaldo Arcia went 2-4. Jhonatan Arias
hit his first home run.
GCL Twins Topics
Wednsday – GCL Twins 4, GCL Rays 3 (10 innings) – Kelvin Silvania doubled in a Yorby Martinez to
score the winning run in the 10th. Candido Pimental went 3-5 with his second
double. In Kyun
Kahn went 2-4. Matej Hejma went
2-4. David Deminsky
gave up two runs (1 earned) on four hits in six innings. He walked none and
struck out three. Bart Carter
pitched a perfect seventh. Hein Robb
gave up one run on one hit and a walk. Matt
Schuld got the win with two scoreless innings.
Any thoughts of the Twins or the minor league system? Feel free to leave
your questions and comments here.