Twins sign Thome to one-year, $1.5 million deal

The Twins have agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal with slugger Jim Thome. The deal includes up to $700,000 in incentives.

January 26, 2010 at 11:59PM

The Twins have agreed to a one-year, $1.5 million deal with slugger Jim Thome, a person familiar with the negotiations said today, adding that the deal includes up to $700,000 in incentives.

Thome, 39, has hit 564 career home runs, but the Twins signed him to bolster their bench. They already have Jason Kubel as a left-handed hitting DH.

Correction: The agreement would pay Thome up to $750,000 in incentives.

about the writer

about the writer

Joe Christensen

Sports team leader

Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

See Moreicon

More from Twins

See More
card image
Anthony Souffle/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Back with the Twins for the first time in 13 years, Hendriks will try to make the bullpen off his minor league contract.

card image
card image