JOSH WILLINGHAM RUMORS
Fantasy Baseball Strategy: Trading Etiquette and Strategy
“How about Willingham, Moreland and Eduardo Nunez for Miggy?”
Is there anything worse in fantasy than seeing you have a trade offer email and reading that? It’s insulting that the other owner believes you are truly that stupid. Your first inclination is to respond with something on the same footing. Perhaps you want to post a message on the message board outing this owner as...
Twins 5, White Sox 3
For Josh Willingham, that flub in the fourth was an eternity ago when he came to the plate in a big spot for the Minnesota Twins.
It was just about coming up with another clutch hit.
Willingham atoned for an earlier misplay with a tiebreaking three-run double in Minnesota's four-run seventh inning, leading the Twins to a 5-3 victory over the slumping Chicago White Sox on Sunday...
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26 days ago
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Player Profile #115: Josh Willingham | OF | MIN
Josh Willingham has played for three different teams in the last three years. Chances are he’s also made the rounds in your fantasy league as well.
And that’s because Willingham has proven himself to be a borderline top-100 player (or better), yet no one really has any intention of valuing him that highly. You could even say we’re guilty of that with our 2013 projection (.261...
Twins relying on Willingham's production
MINNEAPOLIS Josh Willingham followed up his career year by having a pretty good offseason. The Twins outfielder and Alabama native is also a season ticket holder to the University of Alabama football team.
As a result, he secured tickets to the BCS Championship game, which pitted the Crimson Tide against Notre Dame. Willingham and his family made the trip to Miami for the game,...
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January 28, 2013
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Willingham wins first Silver Slugger
MINNEAPOLIS Minnesota's most productive hitter in 2012 was rewarded for his season on Thursday. Twins left fielder Josh Willingham was given a Silver Slugger Award as one of the best offensive outfielders.
It's the first Silver Slugger award 33-year old Willingham during his nine-year major league career. In his first season with the Twins, Willingham hit a career-high...
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November 08, 2012
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Sell high: Josh Willingham, Target Field
Last off-season, the Twins correctly allowed Michael Cuddyer to leave via free agency, and signed outfielder Josh Willingham to take his place. Willingham was signed for $21MM over 3 years while Cuddyer signed with Colorado for $30MM over 3 years.Willingham didn’t disappoint in his first season as a Twin. He hit .260/.366/.524, adding 35 home runs in 145 games. It was the best...
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October 22, 2012
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Trading Willingham: For and Against
Let’s put it this way: when a team is looking up at the Royals in the standings halfway through the season, that team should probably be thinking about selling. The Minnesota Twins are having a miserable year, although it was hardly unexpected. Naturally, this has brought trade speculation about some of their more attractive pieces. The Twins do have some players having good...
Willingham's hit streak ends; bullpen strong
Minnesota Twins left fielder Josh Willingham took a 15-game hitting streak into Sunday's series finale against the Tampa Bay Rays. But that streak came to an end Sunday as Willingham went 0-for-2 with a walk in Minnesota's 6-2 loss.
The 15-game streak tied him with Kirby Puckett for the longest hitting streak by a Twin to start the season. Puckett accomplished the feat in...
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April 23, 2012
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Willingham should fit nicely into right field
MINNEAPOLIS New Twins outfielder Josh Willingham has just 11 career at-bats at Target Field, playing three games there last season when the Oakland Athletics came to town. It's a small sample size, to be sure, but Willingham showed in that series that he should have no problem hitting at what has been tabbed as a pitcher's ballpark.
Against Minnesota starter Scott Baker...
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January 29, 2012
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Willingham will bring power to Twins
MINNEAPOLIS - Josh Willingham had several options, but the free-agent outfielder felt he was most wanted in Minnesota.
Despite offers from several teams, Willingham narrowed his choices to the Cincinnati Reds and the Twins. In the end, it was an easy choice, he said.
"The one thing I can say about the Twins is they expressed interest from the time that they could have. I felt...
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December 16, 2011
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