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Transactions/Injuries/Suspensions
March 21, 2010 Signed by the Minnesota Twins to an eight-year contract extension.
June 19, 2009 Missed 1 game (flu).
June 18, 2009 Flu, day-to-day.
June 2, 2009 Missed 1 game (bruised ankle).
May 31, 2009 Bruised ankle, day-to-day.
May 1, 2009 Missed 22 games (back injury).
April 2, 2009 Back injury, 15-day DL.
August 13, 2008 Missed 1 game (stiff neck).
August 12, 2008 Stiff neck, day-to-day.
September 26, 2007 Missed 2 games (hamstring).
September 24, 2007 Hamstring, day-to-day.
September 9, 2007 Missed 3 games ( hamstring injury).
September 7, 2007 hamstring injury, day-to-day.
September 4, 2007 Missed 9 games (hamstring).
August 26, 2007 Hamstring, day-to-day.
August 23, 2007 Missed 1 game ( ankle injury).
August 22, 2007 ankle injury, day-to-day.
July 8, 2007 Missed 1 game (back injury).
July 7, 2007 Back injury, day-to-day.
June 8, 2007 Missed 29 games ( quadricep).
May 6, 2007 quadricep, 15-day DL.
May 5, 2007 quadricep, day-to-day.
February 11, 2007 Re-signed by the Minnesota Twins to a four-year contract.
July 3, 2006 Missed 1 game (flu).
July 2, 2006 Flu, day-to-day.
March 4, 2006 Re-signed by the Minnesota Twins to a one-year contract.
September 12, 2005 Missed 2 games (shoulder injury).
September 10, 2005 Shoulder injury, day-to-day.
June 7, 2005 Missed 1 game (groin).
June 6, 2005 Groin, day-to-day.
May 29, 2005 Missed 4 games (groin).
May 26, 2005 Groin, day-to-day.
March 4, 2005 Re-signed by the Minnesota Twins to a one-year contract.
October 3, 2004 Missed 74 games to the end of the regular season (sprained knee).
July 19, 2004 Sprained knee, 15-day DL.
July 16, 2004 Knee injury, day-to-day.
June 2, 2004 Missed 49 games ( knee injury).
April 7, 2004 knee injury, 15-day DL.
April 4, 2004 Contract purchased from Rochester (AAA).
March 23, 2003 Assigned to minor league camp.
January 14, 2003 Invited to spring training by the Minnesota

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A guy slugging .550 is going to be considered a power hitter by just about everyone.

Everyone smart enough to realize "power" refers to more than homers. Doubles and triples count as well.

Apparently the concepts of ISO and PF are foreign to most users on this website. I'm actually disappointed to find there isn't as many stat geeks as I thought around here. BTW 1994 Gwynn's .174 ISO is not indicative of a power hitter.

The objective of the offense is to get runners on and move them around the bases. A guy slugging .550 is moving runners around the bases pretty well.

Quote: Originally posted by skonley on 3/22/2010

Quote: Originally posted by 05nomar05 on 3/22/2010How can people argue that this is a bad deal?  That's just laughable. 

The guy is getting paid more than Pujols, at least for now. I just think paying $23m per year for a guy that never drove in or even scored a 100 runs and has 72 career homers in 3000 PA's is ludicrous.

That's my opinion, and obviously you have your opinion. But mine is better! LOL

skonley - you may be right on a strictly baseball sense, although I'd argue that the money/year might be correct, but not an 8 year deal for a catcher.

However, from a business standpoint the Twins simply had to get him resigned, so much so that they almost would have to give him anything he asked. He grew up in the area and is clearly the most popular and best player they've had since Kirby Puckett. Most importantly, they are opening a new stadium next month, built primarily with tax-payer money and while the Twins don't generate the revenues that the Yankees or Red Sox do their owners (the Pohlads) are among the richest group of owners in MLB (at the time of his death, Carl Pohlad's worth was almost 3 times that of George Steinbrenner).

If the Twins cried poverty and let the kid from St. Paul sign with the Yankees or Red Sox the season after opening a taxpayer funded stadium...it isn't a stretch to see baseball in Minnesota losing viability like it has in Oakland and Miami.

hehehe

lurking in the weeds like a nice largemouth