In a season marked with many negative headlines around the Twins, it is hard to pick out the best moments from the past 12 months. The team struggled through so many up-and-down moments and there were multiple story lines that will be remembered in the annals of Twins lore. The theme for the 2011 version [...]
Joe Nathan has exited the Twins organization for the greener pastures of free agency and this means the Twins are eagerly searching for his replacement. The free agent market is full of pitchers with closing experience and that should work out well in favor of the Twins. Terry Ryan has already come out and said the [...]
With the recent news that Joe Nathan has signed a free agent contract with the Texas Rangers, the Twins are now trying to sort out who will be the team’s closer for the 2012 campaign. In yesterday’s post, I wrote briefly about the Twins considering Jonathan Broxton for a late inning role with the team. If the [...]
Entering this offseason, the Twins had three ranked free agents that would be hitting the open market for the first time in their careers. Michael Cuddyer, Jason Kubel, and Matt Capps are all eligible to sign with other teams but there was the possibility of the Twins getting draft pick compensation for the loss of [...]
The Twins made the signing of Jamey Carroll official on Wednesday and now the team should be set at the shortstop position for 2012. The team will enter Spring Training next year with Carroll penciled in as the Opening Day shortstop and the number two hitter in the batting order. There is always a possibility that those [...]
With the horrible news coming out in the last couple days of Wilson Ramos being kidnapped, it was hard to find fun and positive links to put together for a Friday post. My thoughts and prayers go out to Ramos and his family. He has such a bright future ahead of him in the game [...]
At the conclusion of every season, the members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) are asked to submit their ballots for the top awards across baseball. Each of these awards is named in honor of a player that epitomized the role in Major League Baseball. Over the next couple of weeks, I will release my ballots for [...]
The Twins will called up right-hander Lester Oliveros, one of the two player acquired from the Tigers for outfielder Delmon Young. Joe Christensen of the Star Tribune reported that Oliveros flew in Sunday. Oliveros, 23, appeared in nine games for Detroit this season. He has a 5.63 ERA in eight innings pitched. Starting pitcher Nick Blackburn is likely [...]
The Twins entered the 2011 season with a clear plan for their middle infield. That plan included Tsuyoshi Nishioka being the second baseman and Alexi Casilla occupying shortstop role. That plan has gone through some significant changes throughout the first half of the season. Nishioka’s injury and poor play by Casilla in the early portion [...]
Can the view from my couch get any worse? What happened to driving down into Saints territory to kick the game winning field goal and sending Brett Favre and the Vikings to the Super Bowl? What happened to Blake Hoffarber and the Tubby led Gophers shocking North Carolina and going onto breaking ankles and shooting [...]
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