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.

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Joe Christensen

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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.

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