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MLB 2012: Twins Prospect Challenge
Last week I reported on the origins of the Pleiss brothers’ Twins prospect challenge. A year into the process, a year that saw eight Twins make their MLB debuts, Eric and I decided to make a change…Read More
More Info on Mike Hollimon
Mike Hollimon blasted a three run homer today against the Yankees. If there’s any non-roster invitee who is making a good impression with the bat, it has to be Hollimon. He now has four hits in six…Read More
Danny Rams: Non-Roster Invitee
Spring Training is fast becoming a free for all for the Twins. Earlier this week they invited catcher Danny Rams to Fort Myers. Rams is the 27th non-roster invitee in camp this season. There is…Read More
Esmerling Vasquez: Non-Roster Invitee
Esmerling Vasquez is the Twins’ 26th man. Earlier this week, the team added him to the lengthy list of non-roster invitees when he cleared waivers and made room for outfielder Darin Mastroianni.…Read More
Which Non-Roster Invitees will help the Twins?
If you’ve read Puckett’s Pond in the last month, you already know that there is a small army’s worth of non-roster invitees joining the team in Spring Training this year. There are 25…Read More
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Brendan Wise: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Brendan Wise is like the Reese’s peanut butter cup of the Twins system, in that he combines two…Read More
P.J. Walters: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
P.J. Walters throws his pitches at two speeds: slow and impossibly slow (by Major League standards).…Read More
J.R. Towles: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
If you were hoping the Twins would retire Michael Cuddyer‘s number, I have bad news for you. But…Read More
Daryl Thompson: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Twins executive Wayne Krivsky traded for Daryl Thompson once. Now he’ll finally have a chance to…Read More
Aaron Thompson: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Aaron Thompson made his Major League Debut last year. Called up as an emergency starter for the Pirates,…Read More
Dan Rohlfing: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Dan Rohlfing is the youngest non-roster player the Twins invited to Spring Training this year. He was born on February 12, 1989, which means that when he and his fellow catchers report to camp on February…Read More
Rene Rivera: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
There seems to have been some sort of contagious disease among Twins catchers last year, and I’m not talking about Bilateral Leg Weakness. Four men squatted behind the plate at Target Field –…Read More
Luis Perdomo: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
The Twins like to accumulate “pitch-to-contact” starting pitchers. From Kevin Slowey to Nick Blackburn to new free agent Jason Marquis, there is a definite pattern to the type of starting pitcher…Read More
Steve Pearce: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
It’s Celebrity Week here at Puckett’s Pond. On Monday, we brought you the story of Chris Herrmann, who may or may not be a Brazilian model. Yesterday, we wrote about Danny Lehmann, who actually…Read More
Danny Lehmann: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Dog the Bounty Hunter does not play for the Twins organization. But his nephew does. Danny Lehmann is a 26 year old catching prospect out of Rice University, and he is the nephew of bounty hunter and reality…Read More
Mike Hollimon: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Mike Hollimon‘s career has been a study in perseverance. He has encountered difficulties at every level of his career, from college to the minors to the Majors, but he has kept going. This spring,…Read More
Chris Herrmann: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Chris Herrmann is a 24 year old catcher and outfielder, not a model. I just felt the need to point this out, in case anyone was confused. According to the internet, there is also a Brazilian model named…Read More
Pedro Florimon: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
Solid defensive shortstops are never the most exciting players on a team. It’s entertaining to watch a good fielder, but it’s more fun when your player can hit. Last year, though, the Twins…Read More
Casey Fien: Non-Roster Invitee
Even though Casey Fien only has 14 Major League innings under his belt, he already knows what it’s like to bounce back and forth between teams. He’s just 28, but you can already call him a…Read More
Phil Dumatrait: Twins Non-Roster Invitee
A lot of the Twins’ non-roster invitees are unfamiliar names. Some are young prospects who haven’t yet made the 40 man roster, while others are players who signed with the Twins after barely…Read More
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