Twinkie Town (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
More photos » by Charles Krupa - AP Browse more photos » Last February, Scott Boras client Joe Crede dropped his asking price enough for the Twins to sign him to an incentive-laden deal . He was exactly as advertised, from the glove to the power to the number of games he was healthy, but with the Twins going into 2010 with third base in essentially the same position it was at going...
crashburnalley.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Per MLB Trade Rumors, here is the list of free agent third basemen: Rich Aurilia (38) Brian Barden (29) Adrian Beltre (31) - Type B Wilson Betemit (28) Aaron Boone (37) Craig Counsell (39) Joe Crede (32) Bobby Crosby (30) Mark DeRosa (35) - Type B Pedro Feliz (35) - $5MM club option with a $500K buyout Chone Figgins (32) - Type B Nomar Garciaparra (36) Troy Glaus [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
•WORTH NOTING: His 23 home runs in 2007 were the third-highest total for a rookie in White Sox history. … Played third base as a rookie because of injury to Joe Crede and was ticketed for duty in left field in 2008 until White Sox acquired Carlos Quentin from Arizona. … Began last season as starting third baseman but lost job through poor performance to rookie Gordon Beckham. … Underwent surgery...
MLB (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Twins are on the clock in regards to the 15-day exclusive negotiating period that they have with their five eligible free agents --Orlando Cabrera, Joe Crede, Ron Mahay, Carl Pavano and Mike Redmond.
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
... , Sidney Ponson , and Luis Ayala (among others) with only an occasional worthwhile signing like Joe Crede or Dennys Reyes sprinkled in. For the most part the Twins have targeted only bargain-basement options while far more often than not choosing badly, which makes it kind of pointless to predict which free agents they'll pursue. So, instead I'll focus on which free agents they should pursue....
AaronGleeman.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... , Sidney Ponson , and Luis Ayala (among others) with only an occasional worthwhile signing like Joe Crede or Dennys Reyes sprinkled in. For the most part the Twins have targeted only bargain-basement options while far more often than not choosing badly, which makes it kind of pointless to predict which free agents they'll pursue. So, instead I'll focus on which free agents they should pursue....
