Quick reminder: The Ducksnorts 2009 Baseball Annual is now shipping. Go buy a copy or five… In case you missed it, we’re doing community projections again this year. Read the introduction to learn more about the comatosely accurate IVIEs, available only here at Ducksnorts. Padres IVIE Pr...

There may be no better man to target for cheap swipes than Houston’s Michael Bourn, right. Welcome back to the 2009 RotoRob MLB Draft Kit. Over the next few weeks, we will be rolling out cheat sheets with analysis, essays and the classic Top 10 Lists that Fantasy Owners Always Wanted But Were ...

Outfield: C A young outfield corps has shown flashes of what they could become but the veteran the team has relying on to be the cornerstone of the young outfield has not produced as of yet. CF Carlos Gomez: B+ I know that the kid is not very fundamentally sound but look what he has done for this te...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E CLEVELAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0 8 0 Minnesota 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   3 9 0 W: Nick Blackburn (1-1) L: Jake Westbrook (1-2) HR: MIN–Justin Morneau (5) Jake Westbrook made one mistake tonight, and thanks to brilliant pitching from Twins rookie starter Nick Blackbur...

Coming into the 2008 season, every position was filled and there seemed to be little controversy on who was going to get the majority of playing time at each position. Who knew in only a couple of weeks that players who were seemingly over looked would make Manager Ron Gardenhire’s job a tad m...

Probably the most exciting thing about the Twins 2008 Spring Training campaign was the battle for the position vacated by Torii Hunter. Only one could win and the loser was destined to start 2008 in AAA. It was a great battle but one had to lose…or did he? Carlos Gomez barley beat out Denard S...

Another round of odds 'n' ends from Jayson Stark. 150 players as of Friday morning can still call themselves free-agents.  Sean Casey as a catcher? Morgan Ensberg working at Home Depot?  Both have recently signed, but there are some desperate players out there now that the calendar's turne...

Ah, Pete. Young, silly, silly Pete. How's the Twins bandwagon doing these days? Pretty creaky, I'm guessing (and not because there are too many people on it). Here is what the Twins got for trading Johan Santana to the Mets: (these are minor league stats) Carlos Gomez: ('06 AA) .281 AVG, .350 OBP, ....

(Metstradamus hears a knock at the door, waking him from a sound sleep:) MD: Hello? OM: Hey, it's me. Can I come in? MD: Sure. (Metstradamus lets in a certain GM of the New York Mets) MD: Dude, it's like, 3AM. OM: I know, I know. Here, I brought White Castles. MD: Ooh, ooh, the kind I like? Cheesebu...

Is Johan Santana going to become a Met after all? Impact Sports (Santo Domingo) reported Monday that the Mets have pulled Carlos Gomez—the outfield prospect the Twins would love in a package for Santana if the Mets are to make the deal—out of the forthcoming Carribbean Series, in which h...