Twins get serious about winning
The Minnesota Twins are getting serious about winning. Now that they are moving into a new stadium this season, the team has gone on something of a shopping spree for talent.
Already they have added DH Jim Thome, starting pitcher Carl Pavano, and completed a trade for shortstop JJ Hardy. Today, they added Gold Glove winner Orlando Hudson, who will secure the second base position. All of this spending comes at a time when the Twins are desperate to show catcher Joe Mauer they are committed to getting to a World Series, so that they can sign him for between $20-25 million per season – still less than he’s expected to command on the open market if he bypasses a new deal with the Twins.
While a lot of this talent-signing is about the new stadium, have no doubt that re-signing Mauer is also a major element in all this off-season wheeling and dealing. It’s not just for the pond pumps.
