Minnesota Twins

Target Field has a target date. Outdoor baseball is tentatively set to return to Minneapolis on April 12 when the Minnesota Twins play their 2010 home opener against the Boston Red Sox.

The Minnesota Twins have made another move with their bullpen, bringing up Brian Duensing and sending down Sean Henn. The Minnesota Twins have made another move with their bullpen, bringing up Brian Duensing and sending down Sean Henn.

The Minnesota Twins have made another move with their bullpen, bringing up Brian Duensing and sending down Sean Henn.

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Mauer, Morneau, Crede, and Span also ranked 1-2-3-4 in that order through the end of May, so there's no real change at the top, but Kubel and Brendan Harris moved up considerably in June to essentially give the Twins seven solidly productive spots in the lineup. Unfortunately a lineup has n...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jœ Mauer went 3-for-3, raising his average to .392 and backing pitcher Glen Perkins in the Minnesota Twins' 5-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Joe Mauer went 3-for-3, raising his average to .392 and backing pitcher Glen Perkins in the Minn...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Justin Morneau homered for the third straight game and Scott Baker laboured through five tough innings, lifting the Minnesota Twins to a 2-1 victory over the hapless Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Justin Morneau homered for the third straight game...

The Minnesota Twins moved $4 million into a debt service fund for Target Field after a rise in interest rates.

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) What Happened To All The Bunt Hits?Last year the Twins tied the all-time MLB record for bunt hits in a season with 68, while no other team managed even 40. Carlos Gomez led baseball with 30, which would have ranked sixth among teams, and Alexi Casilla was second in the AL with 16 despite playin...

Denard Span tripled, walked three times and scored three runs in his first game back from the disabled list, and the Minnesota Twins extended their dominance over the Milwaukee Brewers with a 6-4 victory Thursday.

Denard Span tripled, walked three times and scored three runs in his first game back from the disabled list, and the Minnesota Twins extended their dominance over the Milwaukee Brewers with a 6-4 victory Thursday. Denard Span tripled, walked three times and scored three runs in his first...

Minnesota Twins infielder Nick Punto has returned to Minneapolis and is scheduled to have an MRI on his sore ribs. Minnesota Twins infielder Nick Punto has returned to Minneapolis and is scheduled to have an MRI on his sore ribs.

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By Tyler Mason / MLB.com MINNEAPOLIS -- For Twins outfielder Denard Span, the worst part about his recent illness has been the uncertainty. Span has been experiencing dizziness for nearly a month, but until Monday, neither he nor the doctors could ...

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 MN The All-Star catcher had four hits, raising his average 15 points, and the Twins crawled back to the break-even point by beating the Pirates. By JOE CHRISTENSEN, Star Tribune Up next: 7:10 pm today vs. Pittsburgh • Metrodome • TV: FSN (1500-AM) The ...

 PA The Pirates' ace left-hander was knocked around Tuesday night by the Minnesota Twins, who played up their home-field advantage for an 8-2 interleague knockout at the Metrodome. In five-plus innings, Maholm (4-3) gave up eight runs on 14 hits, ...

Talked to Twins staff and they believe Toronto's early-season play was the best they have seen in the AL. But Ron Gardenhire issued a caveat that Texas knows well, “we haven't seen a healthy Angels team.” 3. What money will do…checked the AL stats ...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Jose Mijares showed that he could have a post-baseball career in plus-size modeling by dressing up in lingerie and letting Carlos Gomez get fresh with him. Seriously: Justin Morneau is approximately as good at blogging as I am at hitting.

AP By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Twins have selected pitcher Kyle Gibson of the University of Missouri with the 22nd pick in the first round. Gibson has a stress fracture in his throwing arm and might not be able to ...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) While considered one of the draft's elite pitchers Gibson doesn't project as an ace, but everyone from Baseball America and MLB.com to ESPN and Baseball Prospectus seems to agree that he's capable of becoming a solid No. 2 or No. 3 starter and will be on the fast track to the big leagues once he g...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) 2. Joe Mauer .436 AVG .519 OBP .845 SLG 3. Justin Morneau .348 AVG .426 OBP .657 SLG 4. Jason Kubel .322 AVG .374 OBP .532 SLGHere's hoping that Ron Gardenhire can resist the urge to fix what isn't broken by jamming Alexi Casilla or Matt Tolbert in there.

The Cleveland Indians offense was ready to go on Wednesday night, putting up a 10 spot against Minnesota in a laugher, 10-1. Cliff Lee got some run support that he hasn't been used to so far this season... by Ryan Mace 0 4 reads Game Recap June 04, 2009 The Cleveland Indians offense was ready to go o...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) amp;lt;h3>Twins Through Two Months (Part 2: Pitchers)</h3><FONT FACE="ARIAL"><div align="justify">Starting pitching was supposed to be the Twins' strength this season after <span style="font-weight:bold;"&...

RED SOX 10, Twins 1 RED SOX 7, Twins 3 FENWAY PARK, BOSTON GAME 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E Minnesota 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 Boston 2 2 2 0 0 0 4 10 14 2 Winning pitcher: Wakefield (2-1). Losing pitcher: Baker (0-2). Att: 37,608. Game 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Minnesota 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 Boston 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 7 5 1 Winning pitcher: Penny (2-...

By noreply@blogger.com (Nick N.) It feels a bit strange referring to the current point in time as "spring" considering we just had several inches of snow dumped on us up here in Minnesota, but down in Florida spring training is definitely underway and the Twins have gotten their Grapefruit League schedule off to a good sta...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Last year Livan Hernandez got a one-year deal worth $5 million plus incentives from the Twins. This year Hernandez managed only a minor-league deal from the Mets. Here's an amusing excerpt from the New York Post story about Hernandez signing:Hernandez slipped badly last season, with sco...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Plus, 66 innings of a 1.23 ERA, 72-to-11 strikeout-to-walk ratio, and .189 opponent's batting average is plenty sick and earned Delaney the award for Minor League Reliever of the Year from MiLB.com. Slama was a 39th-round pick, but Delaney actually went undrafted following a modest career...

By Scot Box Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Oakland Athletics 50 30 20 0 .600 - 257 244 Texas Rangers 44 26 18 0 .591 1.0 237 206 California Angels 49 28 21 0 .571 1.5 231 188 Seattle Mariners 49 26 23 0 .531 3.5 211 203 Minnesota Twins 51 26 25 0 .510 4.5 211 209 Chicago White Sox 47 22 25 0 .468 6.5 188 228 Kansas City Royals 48 21 2...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) If you ignore the matching opponents and the three-game series against each other at the Metrodome during the final week of the season, the schedules essentially boil down to this: The Twins play three games against the Royals, three games against the Orioles, and four games against the...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Joe Mauer 2008 .328Over the 15 seasons from 1964 to 1978, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva combined to win 10 batting titles, including six in seven years from Carew. Not surprisingly Carew is the Twins' all-time leader in batting average at .334, followed by Kirby Puckett (.318) and Mauer (.317). No. 4 on...

By notsellingjeans D. Span rf0000000.308N. Punto ss0000000.293J. Mauer c0000000.317J. Morneau 1b0000000.308J. Kubel dh0000000.273D. Young lf0000000.282B. Harris 3b0000000.260A. Casilla 2b0000000.296C. Gomez cf0000000.253 Totals0000000   Oakland ABRHRBIBBKLOBSeason Avg R. Davis cf0000000.276B. Crosby ss0...

The world is upside down in Major League Baseball this week, starting with the debut of instant replay for big league umpires and the AL East’s top team (the Rays) drawing 13,000 in their home ballpark in August. The Pitch tears apart both issues, as well as the Pirates’ second-overall MLB d...

By Leslie Monteiro They released Livan Hernandez and Craig Monroe prior to Friday’s night ballgame. They called up Francisco Liriano and Randy Ruiz from Rochester. The Twins are banking on Liriano to give them a push in the pennant race like he did in 2006. He will make his first start at the Metrodome on Sunday a...

Hosts Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage also assess Steve Bartman’s decision to turn down $25,000 for an autograph session, Vicente Padilla’s value on the shallow pitching market, whether Cesar Izturis should quit hitting for good, Francisco Liriano’s long-shot grievance with the Twin...

By Jim McLennan Onto Boston, whose bullpen will hopefully be a bit tired by having taken thirteen innings this afternoon to avoid the sweep against St. Louis. Looking at the match-ups for the upcoming series at Fenway...yuck. If we can take one out of three, I'll be happy.

By Jim McLennan Dammit, can someone in the National League West hurry up and go on a run, so that we no longer sit atop the stinking cesspool which is this division? The second-placed Dodgers and the third-placed Giants both lost again today, and today means we set a new franchise record for most consecuti...

By Leslie Monteiro The Minneapolis Star-Tribune had a pullout cover in today’s sports section featuring the new guys that the Twins either acquired or signed in the off-season. One can say that Gomez was the player of the game, but others can make a case for Hernandez.

After the loss of Johan Santana to trade with the Mets and the departure of the team’s leading batter from 2007, Torii Hunter, Minnesota has a lot of questions for 2008. The Pitch welcomes Twins Nation’s Kris Richardson to to take a stab at answering those questions in the Minnesota Twins ed...

By Leslie Monteiro Here are some questions that Twins fans will be interested to know 1) Can Francisco Liriano be effective and healthy? 3) Can Joe Mauer be healthy for the entire season? 6) Will Joe Nathan be a Twin the entire season and beyond? 7) Who will play second? Alexi Casilla or Brendan Harris?

By Aaron Of course, like many of the truly great defensive players in baseball history Everett is also a horrible hitter. Despite calling a hitter-friendly ballpark home, playing in a weaker league, and getting 10 percent of his career walks thanks to batting in front of the pitcher, Everett has h...

By RJ Anderson Last year the A's plucked Jay Marshall in the Rule 5, this year Fernando Hernandez will likely be more successful. Described as "Matt Guerrier with attitude," Hernandez couldn't land a shot with one of the worst pens in the league up in Chicago for whatever reasons.

By Matthew Whipps The move that would make the most sense for the Twins would be to ship him off to the National League. He could do the least amount of damage to them there aside from interleague play and the World Series. There are plenty of teams that would love to have a chance to have the best pitcher in basebal...

By Matthew Whipps Yesterday I posted a link to a column of a fellow Twins writer who I read daily. He had an excellent article about his Twins off season wish list. There was a great comment on my post from ScottyB who also laid out his ideas. Both made excellent suggestions. Since I essentially blew all my ideas res...

By Ian Casselberry I feel like I may have jinxed the Tigers last Sunday when using the "s" word.  Instead, the Mariners hung a 14-7 loss on the Tigers and Jeremy Bonderman's elbow inflamed with pain, making us weep.  So there will be no "s" word used today.  I will just point out that Detroit has a chance to win a thir...

By Matthew Whipps Now I know this is a subject that Twins fans everywhere cringe at the thought of, but the sad reality of it is we need to start preparing for the inevitable: Johan Santana will no longer be a Minnesota Twin after his contract expires. I mean sure, theres always a chance the Twins could fork over...

By Matthew Whipps Over the past few weeks, there have been a lot of questions swirling around Twins Territory. Why didnt we make any moves at the trade deadline? Why did we trade Luis Castillo for a couple of never-will-bes? Why cant this offense put up even the smallest amount of fight? And most recently, Why...

By Mike Pindelski Barring any ridiculously strong second half's from the Twins, White Sox or Royals it appears the race for the American League Central division will be a two team dogfight between the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers. The edge goes to Cleveland.

The Twins Justin Morneau left Saturdays game against Detroit in the eighth inning after breaking his nose.

Torii Hunter was so happy last fall when Kansas Citys seasonending victory against Detroit gave Minnesota the division title that he vowed to buy a bottle of champagne for each of the Royals.

By jeff.zrebiec@baltsun.com (baltimoresun.com) Sun reporter Jeff Zrebiec breaks down the Orioles' Opening Day loss to the Twins.

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By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) The Chronicle's Susan Slusser podcasts from Minneapolis after watching Frank Thomas power the Oakland A's to a key win over the Twins in Game One of the American League Division Series...