Former 3rd basemen Joe Crede signed a one year contract worth 2.5 million for the Minnesota Twins. Crede was a fan favorite on the sox for the past 6 seasons. He was a fifth round draft choice by the team in 1996 and spent his whole career with the sox, until now.There is some disagreement why the sox let this all-star go. According to Crede "They had a lot of good prospects coming up at third base... It was their time to make their impact on the big leagues". In Crede's opinion the Sox decided to go young. However, this isn't what manager Ozzie Guillen had to say. "We're no go younger at third base; we offered Joe Crede a three-year deal... a couple of years ago, We didn't go younger, we went good", Guillen replied.
In the sox defense Crede was injured for the last half of the last season. Josh Fields played behind him and proved he can make in the big leagues. They also have Cuban star Dayan Viciedo waiting in the wings to be a pro. The sox didn't want to take a chance on spending money on a new contract with a hurt Crede. Whatever the actual reason was Crede will be playing in Minnesota this season. He should have a good year and will face his old team several times. I am looking forward when these two teams meet this season for the first time. Visit here for more information.
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