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15 Nov 2009 05:46:41 PST

Written by Aaron(noreply@blogger.com)
Twins Notes: Washburn, Buscher, Huber, Crede, NeshekJoe Christensen of the Minneapolis Star Tribune notes that the Twins "are expected to pursue" free agent Jarrod Washburn, which certainly isn't surprising. At various points over the past two years the Twins have been linked to Wash...

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11 Nov 2009 14:30:01 PST

Written by Aaron(noreply@blogger.com)
Mark DeRosa: After a career-year in 2008 the Cubs traded DeRosa to the Indians for a trio of mid-level prospects. He had a nice first half as Cleveland collapsed, hitting .270/.342/.457, and was then dealt to St. Louis for two nice relief prospects. Unfortunately for the Cardinals he suffered a...

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09 Nov 2009 01:22:44 PST

Written by Aaron(noreply@blogger.com)
Stumbling across this stuff is always fun: Six years ago I ranked the top 50 prospects in baseball for The Hardball Times, and Hardy and Delmon Young were back-to-back at 30 and 29. Also of interest to Twins fans from that list? Huber at 44, Jesse Crain at 34, Justin Morneau at 12, and Mauer in t...

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06 Nov 2009 12:12:47 PST

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Twins Give Up On Gomez, Get Hardy From BrewersTwo winters ago the Twins got Carlos Gomez from the Mets as the centerpiece of the Johan Santana trade and made the 22-year-old Torii Hunter's replacement in center field despite little evidence that he was ready. He predictably struggled, ba...

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Twins trade Gomez to Brewers for shortstop Hardy

06 Nov 2009 09:35:57 PST

Outfielder Carlos Gomez had been with the Twins since February 2008. Nicknamed "Go-Go," he brought excitement to the team with his blazing speed and defensive skills, but also frustrated coaches and fans with his lapses.

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The Road to Contraction, Part 1

03 Nov 2009 02:57:14 PST

Written by Scot
On October 25, it was reported in the Pioneer Press that one of the scenarios under consideration would involve eliminating the Twins. When asked if he had been contacted about potential contraction, Twins owner Carl Pohlad said “I don’t know. Right now we’re waiting for the World Series,...

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Minnesota Twins news and blogs - November 21, 2009

21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Minnesota Twins news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Wrapping Up the Week -- by Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) from Nick's Twins Blog
• -- by Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) from AaronGleeman.com
• Mythical Joe Crede -- by Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) from Nick's Twins Blog
• Missed the Mark -- by Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) from Nick's Twins Blog
• Is Beltre the Final Infield Piece? -- by Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) from Nick's Twins Blog
• Bringing Back Pavano -- by Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) from Nick's Twins Blog
• Opinion: Wasting No Time -- by Nick N.(noreply@blogger.com) from Nick's Twins Blog
• Twins fans clean out the Dome -- from Twins
• Twins exercise 2011 option for Cuddyer -- from USATODAY.com Sports - Top Stories
• Minnesota Twins pick up Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011 -- by Associated Press from ESPN.com - MLB

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20 Oct 2009 15:07:58 PDT

Written by Aaron(noreply@blogger.com)
In other words the money paid to Sano may be massive in the context of prospect signing bonuses, but $3.15 million is still less than Nick Punto made this season (and will make next year). If one of Sano, Gibson, Kepler, or Polanco turns into a starting-caliber MLB player the $12 million inves...

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Twins' focus: New ballpark, increased payroll?

12 Oct 2009 18:03:10 PDT

Catcher Joe Mauer's plans changed Sunday night. He wanted to play baseball into early November, but now that the Minnesota Twins' ...

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Gomez' mishap costs Twins in Game 2

09 Oct 2009 17:07:00 PDT

Carlos Gomez is one of the most energetic players on the pesky Minnesota Twins. He's also one of the biggest challenges for manager Ron Gardenhire. Carlos Gomez is one of the most energetic players on the pesky Minnesota Twins. He's also one of the biggest challenges for manager Ron Gardenhi...

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06 Sep 2009 00:28:39 PDT

Written by Aaron(noreply@blogger.com)
Spencer Fordin of MLB.com wrote a good piece on Matt Wieters struggling to live up to the massive hype as a rookie. Some people referred to him as "Joe Mauer with power" when the Orioles called him up in late May, but a) Wieters is hitting just .264/.310/.368 through 71 games, and b) Joe Mauer is now...

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30 Aug 2009 00:42:22 PDT

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Twins Add Rauch, Mahay To BullpenIt took 15 months in the wake of Pat Neshek's elbow injury last May, but the Twins finally addressed the bullpen by adding a veteran setup man over the weekend. In fact, they added two within the same hour Friday afternoon. Left-hander Ron Mahay, who'd been de...

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23 Aug 2009 20:34:41 PDT

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Chris Jaffe of The Hardball Times found that every team but the Rays, Reds, and Brewers have had at least one player produce a 200-hit season since the Twins last got one from Paul Molitor in 1996. In fact, Mauer and Morneau are the only Twins to have even 180 hits since then. Interestingly, the...

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27 Jul 2009 07:45:02 PDT

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Bringing in Cabrera at shortstop and moving Punto to second base while using Harris primarily at third base and sending Alexi Casilla back to Rochester would probably make the Twins slightly better and would definitely make Gardenhire think that the Twins were significantly better. Ho...

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Twins demote Jesse Crain to Rochester

16 Jun 2009 20:06:12 PDT

MN Even when Crain's stats were good I always thought he was terrible in clutch situations. Why did Gardy put him??? WHYYYYYYYYYYY!!!??!? The Twins have optioned struggling relief pitcher Jesse Crain to Class AAA Rochester. Crain was 2-3 with an 8.15 ERA ...

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10 Sep 2008 15:08:58 PDT

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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...

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Open Game Thread: Game 135 - A's vs. Twins

29 Aug 2008 18:28:13 PDT

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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...

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Podcast: MLB Week 22: Instant replay debuts; Floridians don’t care about the Rays; Alvarez walks away from $6 million

28 Aug 2008 17:41:16 PDT

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...

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Podcast: MLB Week 17: Braves bowing out? Author Eric Seidman argues for proper usage of stats; When to pitch from the stretch

24 Jul 2008 17:57:01 PDT

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...

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Diamondbacks 1, Twins 6: Sick six [sic]

21 Jun 2008 20:16:47 PDT

Written 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...

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Podcast: 2008 MLB Season Preview: Minnesota Twins

06 Mar 2008 15:15:01 PST

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...

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21 Dec 2007 08:57:20 PST

Written 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...

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Podcast: Open Thread - Game 150: Tigers (82-67) vs. Twins (72-76)

16 Sep 2007 11:30:01 PDT

Written 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...

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Opinion: What About Matt Tolbert?

11 Aug 2007 23:13:23 PDT

Written 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...

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Podcast: Twins 1B Morneau suffers broken nose

13 May 2007 00:00:00 PDT

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

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Podcast: Twins' gift is violation of MLB rule

24 Apr 2007 23:00:00 PDT

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.

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