Tuesday, November 23, 2010  Arbitration decision and prospect
rankings  Today was the deadline for teams to offer arbitration
to their Type A and B free agents. Joe Christensen reports that
the Twins offered arbitration to Jesse Crain, Carl Pavano and
Orlando Hudson.  Jon Rauch won't bring the Twins a draft pick if
he signs with another team this winter. The next deadline in the
process is Nov. 30, when those three have to decide if they
accept. If they do, they're off the free agent market. They can
either reach an agreement with the Twins or let an arbitrator
pick their salary for 2011. If they don't accept, they remain
free agents, and if/when they sign with somebody else, the Twins
will get draft pick compensation.  The Twins will not get picks
if/when Jon Rauch, Matt Guerrier and/or Brian Fuentes sign
elsewhere, because those three were not offered arbitration.  I
expect the three they offered arbitration to sign elsewhere, and
I suspect that's the Twins expectation also. They were safe
offers -- the oth