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Thome signs another one-year contract with the Twins

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins say the team's reached a one-year contract agreement with designated hitter Jim Thome.

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The 40-year-old Thome batted .283 with 25 home runs and 59 RBI in 108 games with Twins last season. Thome, with his 25 home runs, passed Rafael Palmeiro, Harmon Killebrew, Mark McGwire and Frank Robinson and currently ranks eighth on the All-Time list .

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.


Update 10:35 a.m.

MLB.com and the Star Tribune are reporting that Jim Thome has signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Twins.

According to MLB.com, Thome will receive $3 million guaranteed money and incentives.

Thome hit .283 with 25 homers in 340 plate appearances in 2010.

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