Mock Draft 4.0

1. Detroit Lions- Matthew Stafford QB Georgia
2. St. Louis Rams- Eugene Monroe OT Virginia
3. Kansas City Chiefs- Aaron Curry LB Wake Forest
4. Seattle Seahawks- Jason Smith OT Baylor
5. Cleveland Browns- Brian Orakpo LB Texas
6. Cincinnati Bengals- Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech
7. Oakland Raiders- Jeremy Maclin WR Missouri
8. Jacksonville Jaguars- Malcolm Jenkins CB Ohio State
9. Green Bay Packers- BJ Raji DT Boston College
10. San Francisco 49ers- Vontae Davis CB Illinois
11. Buffalo Bills- Everette Brown DE Penn State
12. Denver Broncos- Mark Sanchez QB USC
13. Washington Redskins- Andre Smith OT Alabama
14. New Orleans Saints- Rey Maualuga LB USC
15. Houston Texans- Darius Butler Cb Connecticut
16. San Diego Chargers- Chris Wells RB Ohio State
17. New York Jets- Knowshawn Moreno RB Georgia
18. Chicago Bears- Hakeem Nicks WR North Carolina
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Michael Johnson LB Georgia Tech
20. Detroit Lions- Brian Cushing LB USC
21. Philadelphia Eagles- Darius Heyward-Bey WR Maryland
22. Minnesota Vikings- Michael Oher OT Ole Miss
23. New England Patriots- James Laurinitis LB Ohio State
24. Atlanta Falcons- Brandon Pettigrew TE Oklahoma St
25. Miami Dolphins- Brian Robieske WR Ohio State
26. Baltimore Ravens- Clay Matthews LB USC
27. Indianapolis Colts- Terrence Cody DT Alabama
28. Philadelpia Eagles- William Moore S Missouri
29. New York Giants- Percy Harvin WR Florida
30. Tennessee Titans- Peria Jerry DT Ole Miss
31. Arizona Cardinals- Lesean Mccoy RB Pittsburgh
32. Pittsburgh Steelers- Ciron Black OT LSU

weekend update

The Twins had a solid weekend going 1-1 to bring their spring record to 4-1.

• Saturday the Twins defeated the Yankees 7-3 for their 4th straight win this spring.
• Francisco Liriano got the start and wasn't very sharp giving up 3 runs in 2 innings against the Yankees A lineup. I am not putting too much into it since it was his first start of the season and something to work on. I look for him to improve every start and will be ready to go April 7th.
• Brian Buscher and Delmon Young continued their strong start to spring training. Buscher had 2 hits and 2 rbi's while Young was 3-3 to improve to 6-7 this spring.
• The Bullpen really pitched well pitching 7 shutout innings in relief of Liriano and looked good.

• Yesterday the Twins suffered their first defeat of the spring dropping a tough 2-1 defeat to the Red Sox to even their series at 1-1 in the battle for the Mayor's cup in Fort Myers.
• Kevin Slowey got his first start of the spring and was very impressive going 2 hitless innings puncuated by a strikeout of David Ortiz.
• Glen Perkins came in for Slowey and pitched 3 shutout innings and was very impressive himself. Thus far this spring he has pitched 5 shutout innings and I look for Perkins to make the biggest jump of any starter this season. I am very high on Glen and expect big things for him and the Twins.
• In a game where there wasn't much hitting the bright spot was a rbi single by Deibinson Romero in the 8th inning. I look for him to rebound himself this year after a injury plagued season and some doubts about how high of a ceiling he really has.
• The Twins have today off and the next few days they have games against a couple teams from the World Baseball Clinic.

The Twins got a scare this weekend with Joe Nathan pulling out of the WBC because of shoulder soreness. It appears that he will be ok, but it is something that is worth keeping an eye on because we really don't have a replacement if Nathan has to miss any regular season time. They would probably have to move Jesse Crain or Luis Ayala into the closer role and that definatly a drop off. He might pitch on wednesday against The Netherlands WBC team, so it is something to keep track of because he is probably the most indespensible player on the whole team.