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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
Setting the Bar for Nishioka and Casilla
As the Twins open their season with a new-look middle infield of Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Alexi Casilla, I got to thinking about the off-season again. Losing Orlando Hudson seemed inevitable but was disappointing…Read More
Whoa: Twins Secure Rights to Negotiate With Nishioka
As reported by Joe Christensen, the Twins won the rights to negotiate a contract with Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka. They now have a window of 30 days to strike a deal, but they can reclaim their…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 to offer arbitration to Matt Guerrier, Brian Fuentes, and Jon Rauch. I’ve covered this…Read More
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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
My Kingdom for a Right-Handed Bat
The Yankees, for what seems like the millionth time in ten years, made quick work of the Twins in the…Read More
What an Odd Way to End a Game
(via Fangraphs) Depending on how you look at it, this was either one of the worst blown calls of the…Read More
Most Valuable Twins
I love MVP discussions. Everyone has his own idea of what constitutes the most valuable player on a…Read More
Orlando Hudson
Orlando Hudson was the Twins’ other major free agent signing of the offseason (Jim Thome was…Read More
Establishing Trade Value Part 2: Position Players
In the second part of my three-part series on trade value, I am going to assess the position players,…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
39-29: In Which I am Forced to Re-Write the Entire Recap
(via Fangraphs) I had this thing written before the sixth inning. So much for that. For the second…Read More
Linktastic: Because Not Everybody Has the Day Off
First of all, Happy Memorial Day to all of our veterans out there. I don’t get into politics…Read More
30-20: Sweeping Ugly
(Oh Fangraphs, how would I ever write game recaps without you?) Of course I am talking about Denard…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
28-20: It’s Good to Have You Back, Kevin
(via Fangraphs) Kevin Slowey finally managed to pitch out of the fifth inning for the second time this…Read More
What Might Have Been
With Akinori Iwamura’s slow start in Pittsburgh, I thought it might be a good time to examine…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
A Series Loss? 14-8
Well that was ugly. Good thing I didn’t get to watch due to school. One quick rant before the stats:…Read More
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