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Thursday Holiday Links
Happy Holidays to all of the Puckett’s Pond readers. We hope each and every one of you find something to lift your spirits during the holiday season. If you’re a young person from my generation,…Read More
Thursday Links
What a week, Twins fans. Apparently the deal hasn’t been finalized yet, but the Twins have essentially wrapped up a deal with Josh Willingham to play corner outfield for them in 2012, likely ending…Read More
The Winning Teams: 2010
This is the final installment of 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…Read More
Departed Twins: Where Are They Now? (Part 2)
So many things have contributed to this collapse that it’s hard to recount all of them. For me, the primary reasons are the seemingly endless rash of injuries and the disappearance of Francisco Liriano…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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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
Now That is a Graph
(via Fangraphs) This was not the most beautifully pitched ballgame ever. Scott Baker lasted just 4.2…Read More
Matt Guerrier Should Probably be the Closer
It’s not going to happen now that the Twins have acquired Matt Capps, but it occurred to me while…Read More
Matt Capps and the Bullpen
So, the Twins’ big move at the trading deadline was to shore up their bullpen. Fetch already…Read More
Twins Overpay for Matt Capps
I guess I can’t find a source that says it’s official yet, but I’ll go with it edit:…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
44-36: The End is Nigh
Fangraphs The Twins won, Scott Baker out-dueled David Price, Danny Valencia came through with some clutch…Read More
Free Agency Watch
The Twins are going to have some tough decisions to make when the season is over, as seven of the…Read More
43-36: The Bullpen (and Alfonso Marquez) Blow it
Fangraphs (click on image for larger view) I had to work last night and didn’t get to see any of…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
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
26-17: Welcome to the Doghouse, Ron Mahay
(win probability chart via you-know-who) This game should never have gone to extra innings. Kevin Slowey…Read More
Splitsville: 21-11
Well I would have liked to have seen a sweep or 3 out of 4, but Joe Mauer is healthy and Nick Blackburn…Read More
9-3 Baby, 9-3
(via Fangraphs) The Twins have now won their first four series for the first time in franchise history.…Read More
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