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My 6 biggest complaints for the Twins: an Open Letter
Dear Twins: I am a lifelong fan of your team, but from time to time you do things that make absolutely no sense. We all have our shortcomings, but sometimes we are not fully aware of them until a close…Read More
Why do the Twins keep snubbing Anthony Slama?
Anthony Slama may be the best pitcher the Twins never use. The 28 year old right-handed reliever has been putting up exceptional numbers in the minor leagues for more than five years, but for some reason…Read More
Twins Bullpen Battle Royale
Have you noticed how many relief pitchers the Twins have acquired lately? By my count, there are at least 24 pitchers who have a chance to make the Twins bullpen in 2012. There are only seven job openings,…Read More
Twins Continue to Slide, Swept by Rival White Sox
It was not pretty, and Ron Gardenhire knew just what to say after a 7-0 loss to Chicago that gave the White Sox their first series sweep in Minnesota since 2004, “Well, we were pretty much dominated…Read More
Friday Links
It hasn’t been quite a week since the last edition of the Friday Links, which went out a few days late, on Sunday. But with MLB’s trade deadline on Sunday evening, there are no shortage of…Read More
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Down on the Pond: April 19th
Record for the Day: 2-1 / Record for the Year: 27-20 Rochester Red Wings: Rochester won both games of…Read More
Strong Start Not Enough for Luke Hughes
Luke Hughes opened a lot of eyes in the early part of the spring training, but his performance at the…Read More
Storylines After 11 Spring Games: Injuries, Rumors and Luke Hughes
On the heels of a loss at the hands of a split-squad Baltimore Orioles team, the Minnesota Twins sit…Read More
Five Questions From Travis: The Bullpen Bridge
Tonight as the Twins are wrapping up their first spring training game of the year, it’s time to…Read More
Everybody Gets Tendered A Contract (Even You, J.J.)
Via Joe C.: The Twins had no non-tenders. All nine of their arbitration players were tendered contracts.…Read More
Randy Flores, or When a LOOGY Isn’t Really a LOOGY
The Twins claimed the 35 year-old off of waivers earlier this afternoon in an attempt to replace the injured…Read More
Fun With Small Sample Sizes
I love this stuff: Worst defense: Alexi Casilla, -95.9 UZR/150 at third base (1 start) Michael Cuddyer,…Read More
Establishing Trade Value Part 1: The Pitchers
With the trade deadline approaching, I decided to try and figure out the trade value of each player…Read More
Comparing Anthony Slama with Nick Blackburn
When Slama was called up to the major leagues, twitter reaction was amazingly in favor of it (as was…Read More
Anthony Slama Called Up; Burnett Demoted
The Twins have (finally) promoted righty Anthony Slama from AAA Rochester, and sent Burnett down to make…Read More
Anthony Slama Added To Futures Game Roster
Per MiLB.com’s Jonathan Mayo, Twins “prospect” Anthony Slama has been added to the…Read More
Jon Rauch And the Fungibility of Relief Pitchers
When Joe Nathan went down with Tommy John surgery, the bullpen was seemingly thrown into chaos. Nathan…Read More
The Slama Dilemma
I don’t follow the minor leagues that closely, so I tend to stay out of arguments over who deserves…Read More
What Might Have Been
With Akinori Iwamura’s slow start in Pittsburgh, I thought it might be a good time to examine…Read More
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