Searching for a 10-game winner
It seems like the Twins continue to hit new levels of futility as the season winds to a close. At the end of the season, there are going to be plenty of negatives to look at from all parts of the year. The injuries piled up, the bullpen was unproven, the middle infield was a [...]
Revere caught stealing a record
The horrible season for the Twins has offered some positives for fans of the youth movement at Target Field. Ben Revere has seen significant playing time because of injuries to Denard Span and some of the other outfielders. All of this playing time has allowed Revere to get close to one of the Twins all-time [...]
Benson struggles with strikeouts
For Twins fans, most of the excitement involved with the 2011 Minnesota Twins has come and gone. After a 2010 season that was full of fun and excitement, the team had high expectations that could never be reached in 2011. The amount of open seats at Target Field in the last few weeks also verifies [...]
Morneau’s days at first base are numbered
During the past couple days news has come out of the Twins organization that when Justin Morneau returns to the line-up his role will be relegated to that of the designated hitter. The team is blaming Morneau’s recent headaches on a diving play he tried to make down the first baseline. Joe Mauer, Luke Hughes, and [...]
Waiver circus has arrived for Kubel, Thome
National and local media reports swirled yesterday with the news that Jim Thome and Jason Kubel had been claimed on waivers by an unknown organization. Word slowly trickled out during the evening that the claiming team in both instances could be the Chicago White Sox. With a little more than a month left in the season, the White Sox are in third [...]
Is Swarzak this year’s version of Duensing?
The last two seasons have seen the Twins insert a young pitcher into their rotation late in the season to give the team a spark for the home stretch. In both of those seasons, the team was fighting for a playoff spot and a division title. Now the Twins find themselves well out of the [...]
Perkins showing signs of overuse
There have been many struggles this year for the Twins out of the bullpen. The use of multiple closers and inconsistency from various pitchers have characterized the late-inning pitchers for the Twins. The organization also had to deal with the loss of many reliable relief options in the free agency process. The plan for the [...]
Concussion issues lingering for Span
For the second year in a row, the Twins are dealing with one of their star players having concussion issues. Denard Span missed most of the month of June and July while he recovered from a concussion that he suffered on a collision at the plate. He returned to the Twins line-up at the beginning [...]
Young trade conjures up memories of Mientkiewicz deal
I was at the Metrodome celebrating my birthday weekend in 2004 when the Twins made a deadline deal to trade fan favorite first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz to the Boston Red Sox as part of a four-team deal. One of the most intriguing parts of the deal was the fact that the Red Sox were in [...]
Plouffe provides a perplexing case for Twins
The Twins have gotten puzzling play from various players in the organization this season. Multiple teams throughout the Twins organization are floundering nowhere near the .500 mark. There are always going to be players that either perform or do not perform up to expectations at each level. The transition between different levels can be a [...]
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