Twins lose big in Boston

I was going to compile my favorite Twins facts from the Minnesota Twins Cleveland Indians series, but I am too depressed over the three losses to the Boston Red Sox the past three days. Sure, I expected the Twins to lose, but I HOPED they could win at least one game. The first games were close, losing by only one run in each of the first two games of the series, but what the heck happened yesterday? The Twins lost 5-18 – ouch. Those 18 runs are going to hurt the stats , that’s for sure. The Strib titled it “Boston holds a tee-off party against Twins.” Yeah, it was a haunting day at Fenway Park. I wish I could forget it and I bet Jason Kubel wishes he could, too.

Twins payroll on the rise

As with any baseball team that tries to keep its core members together, the Minnesota Twins payroll keeps escalating to a higher price. The Twins signed Justin Morneau, Juan Rincon and Jason Kubel, all arbitration eligible players, and all of them got raises.

>>>> Justin Morneau will play in 2008 for $7.4 million

>>>> Jason Kubel will play for $1.3 million (1 million dollar raise)

>>>> Juan Rincon will make $2.475 million (about a half million more than his previous $2 million contract)

I was happy to see Justin Morneau signed on the dotted line…I didn’t want my Justin Morneau jersey to go to waste!

Other Twins still negotiating:

> Relief pitcher Matt Guerrier asking for $1.15 million (Twins offer $750,000)
> Michael Cuddyer is seeking $6.2 million in 2008 (Twins offered $4.7 million)