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From: powrwrap on 5 Feb 2010 09:33
ORLANDO HUDSON! YES! No more Lil Nicky Punto starting most games.

The Twins roster looks a lot different from last year.

The Twins payroll looks a lot different from last year.

Here are guys that the Twins have on the roster that they didn't have
last year at this time:

Carl Pavano
Jim Thome
Orlando Hudson
J.J. Hardy
Jon Rauch
Clay Condrey
and let's not forget
Pat Neshek

That's a lot of turnover in personnel.

With Hardy and Hudson in place in the middle infield, it seems
incredible that this franchise went into last season with Punto and
Casilla manning these positions. Talk about an upgrade in 2010!

The Twins payroll has gone from $65M to $96M, a 47.7% increase. I
wonder if that is some sort of a record for percentage payroll
increase.




From: powrwrap on 5 Feb 2010 09:47
> On Feb 5, 8:33 am, powrwrap <powrw...(a)aol.com> wrote:

> The Twins payroll has gone from $65M to $96M, a 47.7% increase. I
> wonder if that is some sort of a record for percentage payroll
> increase.

Answer: It's not. I think the record goes to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays,
who increased payroll 82% for the 2008 season (and made it to the WS).
Yeah, they only went from $24M base up to $44M, but it is a large
percentage increase.

Also, that same year, there were the Tigers who added $42M to their
payroll, or 44.7%--and lost 18 more game than the previous year.

So the Twins have increased their payroll by a higher percent than the
Tigers.



From: brianj on 5 Feb 2010 10:22
On Feb 5, 8:47 am, powrwrap <powrw...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> > On Feb 5, 8:33 am, powrwrap <powrw...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >  The Twins payroll has gone from $65M to $96M, a 47.7% increase. I
> > wonder if that is some sort of a record for percentage payroll
> > increase.
>
> Answer: It's not. I think the record goes to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays,
> who increased payroll 82% for the 2008 season (and made it to the WS).
> Yeah, they only went from $24M base up to $44M, but it is a large
> percentage increase.
>
> Also, that same year, there were the Tigers who added $42M to their
> payroll, or 44.7%--and lost 18 more game than the previous year.
>
> So the Twins have increased their payroll by a higher percent than the
> Tigers.

And we haven't yet figured in anything extra for the catcher, which, I
guess, makes it more likely that Mauer's deal will be an extension,
and not something that reworks his '10 salary. Even so, I am really
surprised at the moves this team is making. There are, of course, no
guarantees, but I really think Mr. Smith is shooting for a WS title.
Anyway, unless something really bad happens (look at the '08 Tigers)
the division title should really happen.

brianj
From: Scott Smith on 5 Feb 2010 10:46
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 06:33:38 -0800 (PST), powrwrap <powrwrap(a)aol.com>
wrote:

>ORLANDO HUDSON! YES! No more Lil Nicky Punto starting most games.
>
>The Twins roster looks a lot different from last year.
>
>The Twins payroll looks a lot different from last year.
>
>Here are guys that the Twins have on the roster that they didn't have
>last year at this time:
>
>Carl Pavano
>Jim Thome
>Orlando Hudson
>J.J. Hardy
>Jon Rauch
>Clay Condrey
>and let's not forget
>Pat Neshek


A beautiful new stadium, a bolstered roster and an excited fan base.

Should be another entertaining Twins season!



From: Scott on 5 Feb 2010 12:07
On Feb 5, 10:16 am, "Likely Story" <Tig...(a)tigers.com> wrote:
>
> Here are the guys that even if their team makes the playoffs, they will get
> knocked out in the first round.
>
>
> > Carl Pavano
> > Jim Thome
> > Orlando Hudson
> > J.J. Hardy
> > Jon Rauch
> > Clay Condrey
> > and let's not forget
> > Pat Neshek


I'll take a Twins Division Championship win again, as long as it means
the Tigers are eliminated once again. ;-)



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