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 [...]
Denard Span will be packing his bags soon to join a major league roster, but it won’t be with the Nationals. The rumored Drew Storen-for-Span trade broke down before Sunday’s non-waiver trade deadline. It has been confirmed that not only did the Twins not trade Span, they didn’t make any deadline deal at all. Span [...]
The Twins will be without second baseman Alexi Casilla for a bit. Casilla’s hamstring injury from Wednesday’s game against the Rangers will knock him out for at least a week and is headed back to the Twin Cities, according to LaVelle E. Neal III of the Star Tribune. According to Twins trainer Rick McWane via Rhett Bollinger [...]
Ozzie Guillen has to be running out of pre-game speeches to give his team before they take the field against Minnesota. During the Twins current nine game win streak against the White Sox, the Twin Cities team seems to be able to overcome any obstacle to beat their division rival. Guillen has voiced his frustration in many interviews this year and [...]
Twins first baseman Justin Morneau will have “non-evasive” neck surgery Wednesday, and will be out for six weeks after the procedure, according to Jordan Schelling of MLB.com. Infielder Luke Hughes and outfielder Michael Cuddyer figures to get most of the playing time at first base until Morneau returns. Manager Ron Gardenhire hinted that catcher Joe Mauer [...]
Twins second baseman Tsuyoshi Nishioka suffered a fractured fibula and will be placed on the DL, according to Joe Christensen of the Star Tribune. Initial reports speculate he will be out at least a month – possibly 4-6 weeks at a minimum. Nishioka had to leave in the bottom of the seventh after being injured on a hard [...]
The Twins’ roster is starting to come together as they cut 14 players from camp today. Players were optioned to Triple-A or Double-A and were reassigned to the minor league camp. None of the moves were surprises. So far infielder Luke Hughes remains in the big league camp. Hughes’ strong Spring Training may justify a spot for [...]
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said last month that he wouldn’t mind bringing back infielder Nick Punto as a utility player. General Manager Bill Smith acknowledges the team had discussions, but a return of Punto doesn’t appear likely as the team looks at other internal options. “There’s been some discussion [about Punto], but we’ve got [Matt] [...]
Free-agent shortstop Orlando Cabrera may be open to returning to the Twins, according to a Buster Olney of ESPN (via MLB Trade Rumors). Cabrera, 36, played 59 games for the Twins in 2009 after being acquired from the Oakland A’s in a midseason trade. He batted .289/.313/.430 with 5 homers, 13 doubles and 11 walks as the [...]
As it stands right now, the Twins have Matt Tolbert and Trevor Plouffe (or Luke Hughes) as reserves for the infield. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said Thursday that he would like to have infielder Nick Punto back as a utility player, according to La Velle E. Neal III of the Star Tribune. The versatile infielder became a free agent after [...]
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