Let's look at the offseason moves of the closest division rival, the White Sox.
Exercise options on Freddy Garcia and Matt Thornton ($3-5M)
Cut DeWayne Wise
Give Mark Kotsay $1.5M to spit seeds on the bench
Acquire Mark Teahen for Chris...
Can the Twins get Chapman?
Dear Santa: Can I add Aroldis Chapman to my wish list? Of course, a contract for Joe Mauer comes first. Then Kouzmanoff, then Chapman, then Jed Lowrie. Can I please Santa, can I please?
In our second run-off of the season, Deolis Guerra beat Chris Parmelee for the Tenth position in this year's poll. Guerra had 75 votes (55%) of the 135 votes cast. Parmelee had 60 votes (45%) to finish in the eleventh position of the 2010 Top 50. ...
The Winter Meetings are over, the Twins have offered contracts to all of their arbitration-eligible players, and so the news has, for the moment, slowed down. (This statement will be officially null and void, should Joe Mauer choose to favor us with an...
Boof's Bounty: RHP Chris Province
Len 3 notes at the end of today's story:
"The Twins acquired righthanded (sic.) pitcher Chris Province as the player to be named later in Thursday's trade that sent righthander Boof Bonser to the Boston Red...