More Cuts for the Twins
The roster keeps shrinking, with four more cuts Tuesday. Joe Benson, Jeff Manship, Rene Rivera, and Pedro Florimon all got pink slips this morning, bringing the total down to 34. Each of these players…Read More
Position Battle: Catcher
Baseball, like all sports, is about conflict. We watch baseball to see a pitcher compete with a batter as one team competes with another. Conflict infuses every aspect of the game. Whether it’s appropriate…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
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
The Twins and OBP
The Twins were bad at a lot of things last year, but one underachievement really stands out. The team was 13th in the American League in on-base percentage with a laughable .306 mark. Only the Seattle…Read More
Minor League Signings: Burroughs, Walters, Rivera. Also, Punto News.
The Twins made a few minor league signings today: Sean Burroughs, P.J. Walters, and Rene Rivera. Burroughs…Read More
Top Five Positions of Concern
The Twins have a lot of work to do this offseason after this disastrous season. Nearly every position…Read More
What to Watch For: The Final 10 Games
Last week I thought that it was important for the Twins to win games. Either they’re not listening,…Read More
Minnesota Twins 2011 Midterm Report Card
The Twins have reached the All Star Break, baseball’s traditional midpoint. I’d like to…Read More
Out of the Cellar
Francisco Liriano threw seven stolid innings and the Minnesota Twins strung together key hits from…Read More
Friday Hits!
When I initially sat down to being this post I could not , off the top of my head, recall any really…Read More
Talking Trades, Talking Futures
I have never been one of those people that knows a lot about baseball, the depth charts of other Major…Read More
The Kubel Conundrum
It is not always fun to watch your favorite team lose. This is especially true when your favorite team…Read More



