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Thursday Links – Baseball Boyfriend Edition

The most discouraging news this past week  was not even the Twins’ inability to sign a starting pitcher to replace Nick Blackburn.  It was the release of the Baseball Boyfriend app, a mini-fantasy…Read More

Thursday Links

If nothing else, this offseason has been busy for the Minnesota Twins.  Well, busy up until this past week.  With Twins executives and other front office types taking time off for holidays any and all…Read More

The Winning Teams: 2009

This is part eleven in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current version of the Twins is 20 games over .500 or stuck in last place, fans can always hold onto…Read More

The Winning Teams: 2008

  This is part ten in a series examining every Twins team that has made the playoffs. Whether the current version of the Twins is 20 games over .500 or stuck in last place, fans can always hold onto…Read More

Mr. Clutch

(via Fangraphs) OK, so maybe clutch hitting isn’t an actual skill, and even if it were, with a career -2.75 WPA, Alexi Casilla could hardly be considered clutch. But in his four seasons with the…Read More

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J.J. Hardy

The Twins definitely bought low on Hardy when they acquired him from the Brewers during the offseason.…Read More

So, How Good is This Team? The Hitters

We are now 42 games into the regular season, so now is a good time to check in and see how the team is…Read More

25-17: I Love Interleague Play

(via Fangraphs) Ah, the joys of having an actual job. I didn’t get to see any of this game because…Read More

Twins Trade Gomez For JJ Hardy

The Orlando Cabrera era in Minnesota is likely over. According to Tyler Barnes of brewers.com’s…Read More

Two Comparisons

Player A: 4.50 FIP, 5.14 K/9, 2.33 BB/9, 37.3% GB rate, 9.7% HR/FB Player B: 4.07 FIP, 6.43 K/9, 1.72…Read More

Two Freebies

As we hit the home stretch, the Twins are in the position to grab two players for free who can help them,…Read More

Our Optimal Outfield

A couple, well quite frankly dumb, twitter posts have prompted me to dive a little deeper into what our…Read More