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Thursday Links (Thankful Edition)
Gobble Gobble! Happy Thanksgiving Twins fans! As Twins fans we have a lot to be thankful for, like Terry Ryan, Target Field, and a $100 million dollar payroll. Personally, I’m thankful that I…Read More
2011: A Season in Numbers
2011 is a dead horse by now, but I’m not done kicking it. I’ve already written thousands of words about it, so here’s a different approach, the story of the season as…Read More
2011 Team Awards
It was quite a year for the Minnesota Twins. Despite leaving Spring Training with a fully healthy squad, the Twins were anything but that in 2011. Three members of the 2011 squad played more than 100…Read More
Departed Twins: Where Are They Now? (Part 1)
After 133 games this season the Twins are 56-77 and have already lost 9 more games than they did last season when they finished 94-68. The 2011 Twins are winning at a rate of 42.1%. If that holds through…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 address the 5th and final question from my esteemed colleague and Southside Showdown lead writer, Travis…Read More
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Let the Kyle Waldrop Era Begin: Or, Why Overpaying For Relief Help is Unnecessary
The Twins recently lost Jesse Crain and Matt Guerrier to free agency, and will more than likely lose…Read More
Twins Offer Arbitration to Pavano, Crain, and Hudson
As reported by Joe Christensen yesterday, the Twins offered arbitration to three free agents and declined…Read More
The Free Agent Class
Here is a quick look at the Twins’ impending free agents, and whether or not any of them are worth…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
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
Belated Jesse Crain Day Post
(photo credit: Yardbarker.com) In the grand tradition of Nick Punto Day and Delmon Young Day, Jesse…Read More
38-29: Helpless
(I get this stuff from Fangraphs so you don’t have to) I would like to blame Michael Cuddyer playing…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
29-20: Welcome to the Terror…Field
(viva la Fangraphs) For five innings, C. J. Wilson outdueled Carl Pavano, allowing just a couple of…Read More
So, How Good Is This Team? The Pitching
We are now 43 games into the regular season, so it’s a good time to check in and see how the team…Read More
The Outlier Jesse Crain?
Jesse Crain is a bit of an enigma. He’s been frustratingly inconsistent since returning from shoulder…Read More
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