Minnesota Twins

Many of the Twins' current stars are homegrown -- Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Michael Cuddyer, Scott Baker, and Denard Span to name a few. ... and more »

Beyond that, parting with Gomez means that the Twins are committed to Denard Span as their starting center fielder. Span is an excellent all-around player ... MLB: Twins look to bolster rotationGrand Forks Herald all 31 news articles »

The Twins have a very obvious logjam in the outfield, with Delmon Young, Michael Cuddyer (until Justin Morneau got hurt), Denard Span, Jason Kubel and Gomez ... AARON GLEEMAN The substantial downsides of the Twins dumping Carlos GomezMinnPost.com

He essentially split playing time in the Twins outfield with Delmon Young. Now, the Twins can turn leadoff man Denard Span into a full-time center fielder, ... Twins trade Gomez to Brewers for HardyGrand Forks Herald Half of package for Santana now has been tradedMinneapolis Star Tribune

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) David Brown of Yahoo! Sports conducted a highly amusing interview with Denard Span (and special guest Brendan Harris). Sunday is the 65th anniversary of Sid Hartman starting at what was then the Minneapolis Tribune. Here's a new Twins blog to check out: The Blog That Boredom Built.

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) At the end of the day the Twins simply need to improve, not because they lost a best-of-five series, but because they won 87 games in baseball's worst division after going 88-75 in 2008 and 79-83 in 2007. They need to surround Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau, Jason Kubel, Denard Span, and Michael C...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Without question one of the greatest, most pressure-filled games in Twins history, made all the more surreal by the fact that C.C. Sabathia will deliver his first pitch to Denard Span tonight, in New York, at 5:07 p.m. Unfortunately there isn't much time to dwell on the amazing one-game playo...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) As has been the case for most of this decade, the Twins had the elite, top-end talent to be an excellent team and struggled mightily filling in the rest of the roster with capable role players. So for all the good Mauer, Morneau, Denard Span, Jason Kubel, and Michael Cuddyer did at the plate th...

Denard Span had four hits and a career-high six RBI, leading the Minnesota Twins to an 11-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night for their 11th victory in 12 games.

Michael Cuddyer homered twice in an eight-run seventh inning and Denard Span added a three-run triple, helping the Twins turn a close game into a 10-3 rout over the Royals on Sunday.

According to Twins General Manager Bill Smith, there was no news Monday on the health of outfielders Michael Cuddyer (right index finger strain) and Denard Span (dizziness). Cuddyer had his finger drained on Sunday and received a cortisone injection. ...

aggravated the condition Friday and is expected to see a specialist on Monday. With center fielder Denard Span suffering dizziness from an inner ear disorder, manager Ron Gardenhire said the Twins might need to make a roster move.

 CA 13--CHICAGO -- Outfielder Denard Span, who told a Twins trainer that his dizziness hasn't improved, won't join the team in Chicago this weekend, manager Ron Gardenhire said before Friday's game against the Cubs. Team doctors have Span on medication for ...

By Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) Speaking of Young, his success should give us an interesting peek into how much weight Ron Gardenhire puts into spring training performances. During the offseason, Gardenhire said flat-out that Young was shaping up to the be the odd-man out on Opening Day, but with Denard Span strugglin...

They" is Major League Baseball, and the Twins outfielders are reacting to a letter teammate Denard Span received last week advising him of the rules about uniform pants and warning him another violation will cost him a grand. ... Duensing has chance to fill bullpen need Minneapolis Star Trib...

By noreply@blogger.com (Nick N.) Like Crede, Denard Span had entered the game in a bad spring slump, with just three singles in 31 at-bats. Yet, Span also broke free with a solid game, leading off for the Twins with a line drive single to right field and adding a triple in his third at-bat. I haven't been terribly concerned abou...

By noreply@blogger.com (Nick N.) STARTERS C: Joe Mauer 1B: Justin Morneau 2B: Alexi Casilla 3B: Brian Buscher SS: Nick Punto LF: Denard Span CF: Carlos Gomez RF: Michael Cuddyer DH: Jason Kubel BENCH C: Mike Redmond IF: Brendan Harris IF: Matt Tolbert OF: Delmon Young

By noreply@blogger.com (Nick N.) Another key factor worth considering is the fact that Revere is somewhat redundant in this organization. Not only are there several athletic center-field types in front of him -- such as Carlos Gomez, Denard Span, Jason Pridie, Dustin Martin and Joe Benson -- he's also got the organizati...

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By noreply@blogger.com (Nick N.) It will be interesting whether the Twins try to package Michael Cuddyer and Livan Hernandez in a trade for a slugging third baseman before the July 31 deadline, saving $20 million in guaranteed money to Cuddyer and $2.5 million to Hernandez. Denard Span ($390,000) would replace Cuddyer in...