(By the way, the trend of Top 10 Bum lists seems to be sweeping Fansided’s MLB network like wildfire. Does this mean we can look forward to a Top 10 Twins Bums list in the future? Perhaps.)

Jones was a big part of the early-2000s Twins revival. A free-swinging lefty with power, he saw his first Big League action in 1999, when he hit .289 in 95 games. The next year, 2000, he became Minnesota’s starting left fielder, and he didn’t relinquish that title until he departed for Chicago after 2005. His 19 homers in that first full season led the powerless Twins, and he improved on that total afterwards, topping 20 or more round trippers three times from 2002 to 2005. During his Twins career, he hit a respectable .279/.327/.455 with 132 homers, 476 RBI, and 189 doubles. (more…)