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Who Is The Real Denard Span?
Denard Span burst onto the scene in 2008 and really came out of nowhere to post very good numbers in his first major league season. They were especially heartening given his career .716 OPS in the minors.…Read More
I Can’t Believe I Have To Talk About It, But Francisco Liriano’s Trade Value
Well crap. According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, the Twins are keeping an eye on Yankees prospects and could be trading Francisco Liriano. While my message for Bill Smith is a simple “don’t…Read More
Twins Sign Dominican Prospect
The Twins have signed 17 year old RHP Felix Jorge for $250,000, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America. Jorge didn’t sign last summer even though he was eligible, which was mostly due to doubts…Read More
Was Joe Mauer Unlucky Last Year?
When Joe Mauer exploded for his 8 WAR season in which he put up a .438 wOBA, I think a lot of people expected that he would at least hold his power somewhat constant and put up maybe not that good of…Read More
Twins Sign Liriano
The Twins and Francisco Liriano have agreed to a one year deal worth 4.3 million according to Fox’s Jon Morosi. The figure was exactly the midpoint between what Liriano asked for and what the Twins…Read More
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Who is the Odd Man Out in the Rotation?
With the signing of Carl Pavano, the Twins have what looks like six pitchers for five rotation spots.…Read More
Rob Delaney and the Twins Front Office
Recently waived Twins reliever Rob Delaney was just claimed by the Rays, sparking a mini-debate (more…Read More
Graph of the Day
Today’s graph features first baseman Justin Morneau. For all the talk about Morneau’s value…Read More
Twins Avoid Arbitration With Casilla
Alexi Casilla’s pay is getting almost doubled, as he goes from making $437,500 last year to $865,000…Read More
WAR Graph of the Day
A couple years ago I wrote a post saying Joe Mauer has a chance to be the best catcher of all time. It…Read More
Bert Blyleven is In the Hall of Fame
I only have three things to add: 1. It’s about damn time 2. Suck it Heyman 3. I too love to fart
WAR Graph of the Day
Two days in a row. That’s what we call a streak people. Today’s WAR graph is actually the…Read More
WAR Graph of the Day
A new feature here at Twinkie Talk, probably just for the offseason, is going to be the WAR Graph of…Read More
Season Preview Guest Post
I did a Minnesota Twins 2011 Season Preview guest post on the SeatGeek blog today. You can find Minnesota…Read More
2009 Game 163 Named One of the Games of the Decade
If you tune into MLB Network tonight at 9 Eastern, you will get to see game 163 featured along side some…Read More
My 2011 Hall of Fame Ballot
For the first time in my brief blogging career, I have a full 10 man Hall of Fame ballot. And, as an…Read More
Jose Morales Traded, Site News, Blyleven News
Starting off with the Twins news, the Twins sent backup/3rd catcher Jose Morales to Colorado today in…Read More
Twins Take Scott Diamond In Rule 5 Draft
First of all, if anyone calls it the Rule V Draft, take them down a notch or two on your blogger rankings…Read More
Twins Trade JJ Hardy; Could Quietly Kill 2011 Season
On a day that will be marked by the signing of Carl Crawford, the Twins made perhaps a more monumental…Read More
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