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Josh Willingham Passes Physical, Joins Minnesota Twins for 3 Years, $21 Million

The Minnesota Twins have finalized their contract with free agent Josh Willingham, signing him to a three-year, $21 million deal on Thursday.

This plugs a nice gaping hole in the Twins outfield since they made the unbelievably brilliant move of trading Delmon Young to the Detroit Tigers last season. Furthermore, Michael Cuddyer can't make up his mind on whether to stay or go, so the team decided to take action.

Man, he looks serious in that photo. It's nice to see Willingham preparing himself for another sub-.500 season with another craptastic ball club.

The 32-year-old outfielder is expected to add some power to the middle of the lineup after batting .246 with a career-high 29 homers and 98 RBI for the Oakland Athletics last season. Ah, contract years.

Willingham is more or less the exact same player as Cuddyer, who the Twins can pretty much kiss goodbye after this signing... This is a shame for Twins fans and mildly exciting for whichever team's faithful get to cheer on his dimples next season. Adorable.

Also, Josh Willingham is damn sexy, so there's that.

[ESPN]

Ladies and Gentlemen: Josh Willingham

Josh Willingham nailed two grand slams Monday, tying a Washington Nationals franchise record with eight RBIs to lead his team to a rare 14-6 victory over Jeff Suppan and the Milwaukee Brewers.

The 30-year-old right fielder with a southern Alabama drawl became the 13th player in history to send not one, but two balls over the fence with the bags juiced in a single game, and first guy to do it since Boston Red Sox hot corner Bill Mueller hit one (from each side of the plate) back in on 2003.

Willingham doubled his career total of grand salamis in one night, and raised his batting average from .291 to 298.