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2009 Standings

Complete 2009 standings (updated: 01-30)

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Rnk American League Central
Win

Loss

Pct
Sorted Ascending
GB

RS/G

RA/G

Diff/G

Pyth
O/U

Hitter
VORP

Pitcher
VORP

Def
Eff

Hit List Rank
(through 10-12)
1 Minnesota Twins 87 76 .534 - 5.01 4.69 0.32 0.4 164.9 205.8 .691 12
2 Detroit Tigers 86 77 .528 1.0 4.56 4.57 -0.01 4.7 71.7 229.1 .695 17
3 Chicago White Sox 79 83 .488 7.5 4.47 4.52 -0.05 -1.2 51.7 242.6 .690 18
4 Cleveland Indians 65 97 .401 21.5 4.77 5.34 -0.57 -7.2 124.5 83.6 .681 25
4 Kansas City Royals 65 97 .401 21.5 4.23 5.20 -0.97 -0.5 21.0 120.2 .675 27

Team Health Reports

03-16 Fantasy content Minnesota Twins
Days Lost: 607
Dollars Lost: $5.9 million
Injury Cost: $18.2 million

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Top 11 Prospects

12-07 Premium content Minnesota Twins
Top prospect: Aaron Hicks
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2009 Rankings

87 Wins is tied for 9th in MLB, tied for 4th in league, 1st in division
76 Losses is tied for 11th in MLB, 5th in league, 1st in division
.534 Win Pct is 11th in MLB, 5th in league, 1st in division
5.01 RS/G is 5th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
4.69 RA/G is 17th in MLB, 8th in league, 3rd in division
0.32 Diff/G is 9th in MLB, 4th in league, 1st in division
0.40000000000001 Pyth O/U is 15th in MLB, 7th in league, 2nd in division
164.9 Hitter VORP is 14th in MLB, 5th in league, 1st in division
205.8 Pitcher VORP is 13th in MLB, 8th in league, 3rd in division
.691 Def Eff is tied for 14th in MLB, 6th in league, 2nd in division

Projected 2010 Performance

Twins Depth Chart (updated: 02-01)
AL Central W L WPct RS RA AVG OBP SLG
Minnesota Twins 83 79 .512 784 764 .280 .353 .441
Chicago White Sox 80 82 .494 731 738 .262 .337 .425
Detroit Tigers 78 84 .481 734 764 .266 .341 .426
Cleveland Indians 76 86 .469 741 792 .266 .348 .417
Kansas City Royals 75 87 .463 728 789 .276 .342 .422

Top offensive performers by PA

Denard Span
Denard Span

676 PA
Michael Cuddyer
Michael Cuddyer

650 PA
Joe Mauer
Joe Mauer

606 PA

Top pitching performers by VORP

Scott Baker
Scott Baker

33.4 VORP
Nick Blackburn
Nick Blackburn

32.6 VORP
Joe Nathan
Joe Nathan

29.2 VORP

Hitters by PA descending

(through games of 10-06)

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Rank

Player
Sorted Descending
PA

R

2B

3B

HR

RBI

BB

SO

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

MLVr

EqA

VORP
1Denard Span 676 97 16 10 8 68 70 89 23 10 .311 .392 .415 .115 .282 37.5
2Michael Cuddyer 650 93 34 7 32 94 54 118 6 1 .276 .342 .520 .143 .284 34.2
3Joe Mauer 606 94 30 1 28 96 76 63 4 1 .365 .444 .587 .490 .342 91.0
4Justin Morneau 590 85 31 1 30 100 72 86 0 0 .274 .363 .516 .172 .290 30.0
5Jason Kubel 578 73 35 2 28 103 56 106 1 1 .300 .369 .539 .237 .298 45.2
6Brendan Harris 453 44 22 1 6 37 29 78 0 2 .261 .310 .362 -.141 .228 0.2
7Nick Punto 440 56 15 1 1 38 61 70 16 3 .228 .337 .284 -.217 .233 -3.0
8Delmon Young 416 50 16 2 12 60 12 92 2 5 .284 .308 .425 -.042 .242 3.3
9Joe Crede 367 42 16 1 15 48 29 56 0 0 .225 .289 .414 -.133 .234 0.2
10Carlos Gomez 349 51 15 5 3 28 22 72 14 7 .229 .287 .337 -.243 .215 -7.9
11Orlando Cabrera 260 42 13 3 5 36 11 32 2 0 .289 .313 .430 -.023 .253 10.1
12Alexi Casilla 256 25 7 3 0 17 22 36 11 0 .202 .280 .259 -.375 .196 -10.8
13Matt Tolbert 231 28 7 1 2 19 21 37 6 2 .232 .303 .308 -.247 .218 -5.3
14Brian Buscher 164 14 3 1 2 12 24 35 0 0 .235 .360 .316 -.124 .244 -0.4
15Mike Redmond 147 9 5 1 0 7 11 19 0 0 .237 .299 .289 -.277 .198 -3.7
16Jose Morales 134 14 6 0 0 7 14 22 0 0 .311 .381 .361 .018 .262 5.1
17Scott Baker 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.229 -0.8
18Francisco Liriano 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.186 -0.8
19Kevin Slowey 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.159 -0.6
20Nick Blackburn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.227 -0.6
21Glen Perkins 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 .189 -0.4
22Anthony Swarzak 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 -.230 -0.3
23Justin Huber 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 .631 .354 0.3
24Bob Keppel 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.220 .000 0.4
25Luis Ayala 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -1.332 .265 -0.1

Pitchers by VORP descending

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Rank

Player

W

L

SV

G

GS

IP

H9

BB9

SO9

HR9

ERA

SNLVAR

WXRL
Sorted Descending
VORP
1Scott Baker 15 9 0 33 33 200.0 8.55 2.16 7.29 1.26 4.36 4.2 0.000 33.4
2Nick Blackburn 11 11 0 33 33 205.7 10.50 1.79 4.29 1.09 4.03 4.6 0.000 32.6
3Joe Nathan 2 2 47 70 0 68.7 5.50 2.88 11.67 0.92 2.10 0.0 5.158 29.2
4Matt Guerrier 5 1 1 79 0 76.3 6.84 1.89 5.54 1.18 2.36 0.0 3.477 27.3
5Jose Mijares 2 2 0 71 0 61.7 7.30 3.36 8.03 1.02 2.34 0.0 3.425 23.6
6Brian Duensing 5 2 0 24 9 84.0 9.00 3.32 5.68 0.75 3.64 2.1 -0.183 18.6
7Carl Pavano 5 4 0 12 12 73.7 10.38 1.95 7.21 0.86 4.64 0.9 0.000 9.8
8Kevin Slowey 10 3 0 16 16 90.7 11.22 1.49 7.44 1.49 4.86 1.4 0.000 9.6
9R.A. Dickey 1 1 0 35 1 64.3 10.35 4.20 5.88 1.12 4.62 0.0 -0.444 8.3
10Jon Rauch 5 1 0 17 0 15.7 7.47 3.45 8.04 0.57 1.72 0.0 0.574 7.3
11Jesse Crain 7 4 0 56 0 51.7 8.36 4.70 7.49 0.52 4.70 0.0 -0.598 6.1
12Bob Keppel 1 1 0 37 0 54.0 10.50 3.50 5.33 0.67 4.83 0.0 0.279 5.7
13Luis Ayala 1 2 0 28 0 32.3 10.58 2.23 5.85 1.11 4.18 0.0 -0.535 3.3
14Ron Mahay 1 0 0 16 0 9.0 7.00 3.00 8.00 1.00 2.00 0.0 0.214 2.9
15Jeff Manship 1 1 0 11 5 31.7 11.08 4.26 5.97 1.14 5.68 0.2 0.085 0.0
16Glen Perkins 6 7 0 18 17 96.3 11.21 2.15 4.20 1.21 5.89 1.0 0.000 -0.5
17Craig Breslow 1 2 0 17 0 14.3 6.91 6.91 6.91 1.88 6.28 0.0 -0.429 -1.5
18Sean Henn 0 3 0 14 0 11.3 7.15 6.35 7.15 1.59 7.15 0.0 -0.517 -1.6
19Philip Humber 0 0 0 8 0 9.0 17.00 9.00 9.00 1.00 8.00 0.0 -0.116 -2.0
20Francisco Liriano 5 13 0 29 24 136.7 9.68 4.28 8.03 1.38 5.80 0.4 -0.005 -2.7
21Kevin Mulvey 0 0 0 2 0 1.3 40.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 27.00 0.0 0.003 -3.2
22Juan Morillo 0 0 0 3 0 2.0 13.50 13.50 4.50 4.50 22.50 0.0 -0.007 -3.6
23Anthony Swarzak 3 7 0 12 12 59.0 11.59 3.05 5.19 1.83 6.25 0.6 0.000 -3.8
24Armando Gabino 0 0 0 2 1 3.7 22.09 12.27 4.91 2.45 17.18 -0.1 -0.006 -4.6

Recent Transactions

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02-09: Signed OF-L Jacque Jones to a minor-league contract; noted the loss of CF-L Jason Pridie to the Mets via a waivers claim. [2/9]
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02-05: Signed 2B-S Orlando Hudson to a one-year, $5 million contract. [2/4]

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02-02: Signed DH-L Jim Thome to a one-year, $1.5 million base contract; noted the loss of UT-R Steve Tolleson on a waiver claim by Oakland. [2/1]

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