Here's an interesting article from Mel Antonen at Sports Illustrated. It's not all positive, and definitely doesn't give me a great feeling. But at least he appears to be headed in the right direction.

Joe Mauer joining Twitter soon?

Tried to embed the video, but SBN wouldn't let me.

An early preview of options for each of the Twins draft slots this summer as they stand now.

I accumulated a variety of sources and weighted each prospect based on where they were ranked by each list to come up with a top 30 list. This also includes links to all of the lists and a spreadsheet that contains all ranks for each player for each list.

Basically the historical scorecard (as of 2/9/2012) is Owners: 292; Players: 215.

The Odds don't look good for Alexi Casilla. But as what I said in Jesse's article on the subject, his case is more unique than others due to injuries to himself and the team, and having to play with Nishi.

Here is his BR page: Link

If you are a twitter user I assume you've heard of the fantastic new game Baseball Boyfriend. Is anyone interested in joining a Twinkie Town league this year? I am.

Check this out to validate the teeth gnashing you've done ever since learning that the Twins re-signed Capps to anchor (pun intended) our bullpen. Even more interesting is the fact that both Joe Nathan and Cuddyer make the list as well. Even more fun: Dave thinks Fielder's contract is likely to be crippling.

Videos and article chronicling Denard Span’s and Ben Revere’s interaction with Twins fans during TwinsFest.

In the glad they are not us category, the Baltimore Orioles traded Opening day starter Jeremy Guthrie to the Colorado Rockies for a pitcher slightly younger than him and a bullpen arm in his mid 30's. Everybody can read the link for the details, but here is my take. It is simply the type of deal that would be done by Bill Smith and will hurt the Orioles a lot more than it will hurt the Rockies. Basically, what this comes down to is the fact that Baltimore will either lose the team to another city or Peter Angelos will lose the franchise, hopefully to Cal Ripken.