Metrodome Memories

The Twins locked up infielder Alexi Casilla to a one year deal and avoided arbitration with him in his first year of eligiblity.  The final tally is $865,000 which is a decent amount for a guy who’s played four seasons with the team.  He’s never played in 100 games, but he can play everywhere in the infield and he even picked up a game in centerfield in 2010.  His best season is still 2008 when he hit seven home runs and hit .281.  Of course his time could be limited with the acquisition of Tsuyoshi Nishioka but he plays enough spots to where he should get into close to half of the games the Twins play.

The Twins still have some work to do because they have five players still out there that could go to the arbitration table including Francisco Liriano.  The others include Matt Capps, Glen Perkins, Kevin Slowey and Delmon Young.