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Twins trying to avoid another atrocious August

August is when things fall apart. It has been a tough month for the Twins. Sure, things started quite auspiciously, with a stunning series victory in Boston and then another, less stunning, series win…Read More

Twins Starters: Which ones should return in 2013?

The quality of the Twins’ starting rotation has varied wildly this year from completely awful to just a little bit awful. At this point, it’s difficult to say who will be in the rotation next week,…Read More

Second-half Lions

While his cameo appearance in the mid-summer classic was a brief one, Joe Mauer represented the Twins well by singling up the middle off LHP Wade Miley, then dutifully manning first for the AL squad’s…Read More

The Royal Twin: Predicting Minnesota’s All-Star

In 2006, the Kansas City Royals were represented by former Twin Mark Redman in the annual All-Star game. The team went on to finish the season with 100 losses and without a contributor who deserved being…Read More

Curse Breaker?

I recently wrote about the seeming curse that’s haunted the Twins ever since Corey Koskie’s departure. The hole at the hot corner has been detrimental to the team’s offensive and defensive…Read More

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Liriano back to the rotation to help fight for 2013 draft pick

You may have heard by now that embattled left-hander Francisco Liriano is set to return to the Twins’…Read More

Twins DFA Jason Marquis

After a nightmarish start in Milwaukee, the Twins are designating Jason Marquis for assignment. The…Read More

This Week in Twins: May 21-27

After 17 games in 17 days, the Twins finally get a day off today. Unfortunately, that off day gives…Read More

Quality over Quantity

At this point of the season, the Twins (5-15) have a lot of problems and obviously very few solutions.…Read More

Replacing Scott Baker

Entering this 2012 season, the Twins’ projected rotation included Carl Pavano, Francisco Liriano,…Read More

Why Not Let Duensing Start Again?

Everybody knows that Brian Duensing is a great reliever and a terrible starter. He excelled out of the…Read More

The Twins Bullpen Might Be Just Fine

Some people are optimistic about the Twins’ chances to rebound from a 99 loss season, while others…Read More

2012 Projections – Jason Marquis

When the Minnesota Twins signed Jason Marquis to a 1-year/$3 million dollar deal a lot of people said…Read More

How About the Rotation?

Are you wondering what the 2012 Twins pitching rotation is going to look like? Yesterday Puckett’s…Read More

Looking Forward to Spring Training

Hard to believe that there are still 48 long winter days until Twins pitchers and catchers report to…Read More

Free Agent Pitching and Brett Tomko

The Twins need to find some arms to help fill out their starting rotation and to eat up innings in the…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…Read More

Thursday Links

Thanks for tuning in to another edition of the Thursday Links.  Not a lot happened this week in terms…Read More

Sunday Morning Lineups

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are rested and ready for another exciting weekend of…Read More

What Went Wrong?

Now that the season is over for the Twins, it’s time to do what baseball fans do best: complain…Read More