Pavano

[Jarrod32]

From SI dot com:

Pavano staying in Minnesota

Carl Pavano will accept arbitration with the Twins. He went 5-4 with a 4.64 ERA in Minnesota last season after being traded from Cleveland. He made $4.3 million last year.

[jigging-matt]

Got no problem with keeping Pavano around. I think he did a good job, and provide a veteran leader for the pitching staff.

[MNTwinsFan]

The competition for that 5th spot will be intense. Perkins, Boof, Liriano etc. will have to get it going.

I just hope Billy Smith can go against his history and make some good trades to get a bit more quality into the minor leagues with the cast-offs.

What this team really needs is a strong #1 pitcher. They have a couple of twos and a couple of threes or fours. Unfortunately with the money that we hope goes to Joe, I don't see them getting one.

[Zelmsdawg]

I'd rather have 2 or 3 good than one great pitcher. Especially since that one guy can put a shirt on wrong or something stupid and be out for the year.

And I think the delmon trade will be an ok one if its given a couple years. Even at that time, we had too many young pitchers-more than we could use and bartlett was doing nothing so can't blame them for trying to make something happen

Zelmsdawg

[DonBo]

Pavano is sure not the cure-all, but I agree he'll be nice to keep around.

[MNTwinsFan]

I'd rather have 2 or 3 good than one great pitcher. Especially since that one guy can put a shirt on wrong or something stupid and be out for the year.

Zelmsdawg

My point is the teams that win championships have 1 dominant and two very good starting pitchers instead of 3 slightly above average ones.

[zamboni]

The competition for that 5th spot will be intense. Perkins, Boof, Liriano etc. will have to get it going.

2 of those 3 guys can hit the road, as far as I am concerned. I thought when Boof showed up at Spring Training last year 25+ lbs lighter he would be improved, I was wrong. I thought Liriano wouldn't ever be the same again after his surgery, I was right.

[SledNeck]

Good News. I like Pavano.

[TyGuy02]

The competition for that 5th spot will be intense. Perkins, Boof, Liriano etc. will have to get it going.

Perkins should definitely be in the rotation next year. Looking back at the first month of this season he was by FAR the best looking.

Didn't he have 1 shutout and another that the opponent scored a garbage run at the end of the game? Personally, I think he has the most potential out of any of the young pitchers.

But I do agree, Pavano was a great addition for the final stretch. It'll be interesting to see how he does at the beginning of the year. Twins histroy for veteran pitchers (or starting pitchers in the beginning of the year in general has not been very good) IE 1st Inning HR Radke

[bucketmouth64]

Since Pavano accepted arbitration, the Twins had to release a player...that would be Boof who was released.

[SledNeck]

Since Pavano accepted arbitration, the Twins had to release a player...that would be Boof who was released.

win

win

[First Ice-Mike]

I'm not a big Perkins fan. Every time he has a bad start he grabs his arm.

FI

[Dahitman44]

I like the Pavano deal -- I know this sounds like a Twins fan but ... Could we really expect anyone else? Det. and Chi. are talking about a cut-payroll fire sale ...

Should be our divison till the Royals grow up or at least till they trade away their good players for "prospects"

Zach = BoSox in 2011