Twins big off-season signing.

[Outdoors Junkie]

I sure hope they are planning on signing some others!

Twins agree to terms with outfielder Rondell White on one-year contract
Deal also includes vesting option for 2008


MINNEAPOLIS-ST.PAUL -- The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have agreed to terms with outfielder Rondell White on a one-year contract for the 2007 season, with a vesting option for the 2008 season.
White, 34, batted .246 (83-337) with 17 doubles, one triple, seven homers and 38 rbi in 99 games with the Twins last season. He hit .321 with 11 doubles, one triple, seven homers and 23 rbi after the All-Star break and was 5-12 (.417) with one double, one homer and two rbi in three postseason games.

White has a career batting average of .286 (1500-5248) with 292 doubles, 34 triples, 194 homers and 748 rbi in 1436 games with the Montreal Expos, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Kansas City Royals, Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins.

[JohnWester]

what a waste of money.  they should have put it towards pitching

[Ryan]

Yes pitching.  I know we have a good GM, but I'm not all that excited about the moves we have made this offseason.

[JD]

exactly, they could have signed him for $10 an hour because nobody else would have signed him.

[labs4me]

Ron (D.L.) White

How many other teams need to fill a role on the D.L. list?  That is his best position!

Good Luck!

Ken

[Outdoors Junkie]

We need pitching!  Please sign a decent starter or two!

[ScottPugh]

We need pitching!  Please sign a decent starter or two!

WHO and what price?  No way will they pay $10 million for a pitcher...

[Outdoors Junkie]

Radke made $10 million last year.  They might have some extra available since he retired.  I would rather see Terry Ryan work out a trade for a quality starter.

The budget will have to go up after the breakout years from Mauer, Morneau & Cuddyer.

[JohnWester]

we could have got miguel Batista... he just signed with seattle 3 years/25 mil...

el duke' (orlando hernandez) shawn estes or joel pinero are available.

but 10 mil is the going rate.

[Outdoors Junkie]

We do have a few young arms (with a lot of upside)  like Bonsor, Garza & Perkins.  I think Silvia will bounce back from the poor season he had last year.  It is scary that we are so thin in the starting rotation.  It has been such a strength for the Twins the past few years. 

I think we need to add at least one quality arm (that has a couple of big league years under his belt) to our staff.  The Twins offense is good (it could be better), the bull pen is darn good (almost great).  We need to strengthen the rotation!

[JohnWester]

jeff suppan is also available...  i wish we could land zito.

[Brandon_Collins]

We might has well went out and spent money picking up are bat boy and had a better chance with hiim hitting

Brandon

[Ryan]

It would be great to get Zito, but they would never spend enough to bring him here.  I wish we would have gone after Jason Jennings.  I don't like our chances of getting any new pitchers here that will make a difference.  It looks like the rotation will be Santana, Silva and a bunch of rookies and 2nd year pitchers.  Maybe we should have hung on to Loshe.