This morning, an analyst for ESPN SportsCenter predicted that the Detroit Tigers would win in the strong Central Division of Major League Baseball. Cleveland got a mention, too.

He thought Boston and Anaheim will be the other American League powerhouses.

The only time the Twins were mentioned was during the National League segment, while the analyst predicted the New York Mets would be the team to beat, namely because of a guy you might know.

This analyst said the only comparison he could think of for the swap of Johan Santana was the trade of Babe Ruth.

Newly signed Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Livan Hernandez is one of the best innings-eaters in baseball.

Former Twins Johan Santana and Carlos Silva tossed a combined 421 innings last year. Hernandez would throw that many by himself if you let him. This guy doesn't ever want to come out of a game. I don't know how many times I've looked at a boxscore to see that he got shelled for five runs in the first inning and then kept going through the eighth inning.

The New York Mets just got Johan Santana, according to USA Today and ESPN.

See? http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2008-01-29-twins-mets-santana_N....  

Here are the lines for the Minnesota Twins who played in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game: 

My day is not complete if I do not read the Star Tribune sports section.

I'm only going to say this once: I am not a Michael Cuddyer fan.

Baker, Ponson, Ortiz, Perkins, Bonser, Durbin, Garza, Silva -- who do you like here?