Denard Span
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Denard Span (born February 27, 1984 in Tampa, Florida) is an American Minor League Baseball outfielder in the Minnesota Twins organization. He was selected by the Twins with the 20th overall pick in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft. Span turned down just over $2 million from Colorado in an offer for a predraft deal; he fell all the way to the 20th pick and cost himself around $800,000. [1] He bats and throws left handed and mainly due to his exceptional speed, he is considered to be one of the top prospects in the Twins farm system. He spent the 2006 season as a member of the Twins AA affiliate, the New Britain Rock Cats.