Thursday March 12th

Twins VS Pirates

Score: Twins 4 Pirates 6

Starters:

Twins: Scott Baker

Pirates: Virgil Vasquez

Summary: The Spotlight Really has to go to Outfielder Craig Monroe, Who blasted 3 Homeruns in his first 3 AB’s Giving him 4 RBI’s for the day. The Twins started Rallying late, But unfortunately could not catch up. The twins are 8-4 in the grapefruit league so far this year. On the twins side of the ball Carlos Gomez flashed some power and shot a leadoff home in the 4th inning. The only twin with more than one hit in the game was DH Brock Peterson. On the Mound Baker allowed four homeruns in

Gomez Had a Leadoff homerun in the 4th.

four innings, Making four of his five hits allowed homeruns. He only walked one and struck out 3.

The twins RP Boof Bonser is out for the season with a torn rotor cuff and Right Labrum. He is likely to be out for the whole 2009 season, after doctors found the tears this Wednesday. Bonser began experiencing pain late last season. When Bonser attempted to throw again in January he still felt discomfort. The MRI’s continued to be negative. The latest MRI showed he did have structural damaged, and went into surgery immediately.

Twins Bullpen: With Bonser out of the Pen The young phillip humber is the favorite to win the final spot in the pen. The twins deal with the Diamondbacks for Juan Cruz is seeming more likely as the Twins continue to take blows to the bullpen.
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Bonser is out for the season with arm injurys...

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News:

After a Rather quiet off-season, the Twins look as good as ever with the Signing of 3B Joe Crede. The new deal which is worth 2.5 Mil Base Salary but has the potential to get the slugging Crede 7Mil in Incentives, these start once he reaches 250 or more at bats. The Twins are hoping that this will motivate Crede to stay healthy, after being plagued with back problems.

My Analysis: This move gets the twins what they needed most this off-season, a power bat. Better yet he bats right and will not have to face the Baggie in the Dome. This also makes the twins more like the standard AL team, with power at both corners of the Infield. The irony in all of this is we are hoping the man who ended our 2008 season with a HR off of Blackburn, will help take us to the world series in 2009.

Joe Crede signs with the Twins.