Who should be the Twins’ September Call-Ups?
When you’re a fan of a team that’s hunting for a playoff spot, you look forward to October. When you’re a fan of a team that’s fighting to avoid the worst record in the American League, you look…Read More
Twins: the Next Generation
What will the Twins look like in two or three years? We do not know for sure, but thanks to normal roster turnover, we can assume that many of the current players will be gone. Joe Mauer’s contract lasts…Read More
This Week in Twins: March 19-25
It’s Monday again, and that means it is time for a Very Special Episode of This Week in Twins. Topping the news on this brand new week is the latest round of roster cuts. The list of cuts is dominated…Read More
Twins Position Battle: Outfield
Every position on the field is a battle, and we’ve been doing our best to tell you about all of them. Since there are three positions in the outfield, we have three battles there – basically an entire…Read More
2011 Prospect Challenge
Last year my brother Eric (@ERolfPleiss) and I made a trip down to Ft. Myers to see the Twins play a couple games and get our eyes on some of the up and coming stars of the organization. A couple weeks…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…Read More
Looking Forward to Spring Training
Hard to believe that there are still 48 long winter days until Twins pitchers and catchers report to…Read More
Thursday Holiday Links
Happy Holidays to all of the Puckett’s Pond readers. We hope each and every one of you find…Read More
The Devil’s Advocate Explains the Josh Willingham Deal
I’ve had mostly positive things to say about signing Josh Willingham so far. But there are two…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
Why Winning Games Still Matters or Who Cares?
The Minnesota Twins are 59-87, they’ve lost 8 of their last 10 games are currently 26 games out of…Read More
More on the Young Trade
Lester Oliveros is the Player to be Named Later in the Delmon Young trade. The 23 year old right handed…Read More
Out of the Cellar
Francisco Liriano threw seven stolid innings and the Minnesota Twins strung together key hits from…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
Pond Reflections: April 2011 – A Month to Forget
We’re 5 days into May, the Twins are 2-1 and Francisco Liriano has tossed a no hitter this month.…Read More
Iambic PenTwinmeter
I was chatting briefly with Mr. Wally Fish this afternoon regarding his status on G-Chat. It was a…Read More
Down on the Pond: April 19th
Record for the Day: 2-1 / Record for the Year: 27-20 Rochester Red Wings: Rochester won both games of…Read More
Farm Fishing: April 14th
Record for the Day: 2-3 / Record for the Year: 18-14 Rochester Red Wings (AAA): Split their doubleheader…Read More
Twins Trim 14 from Camp
Today the Minnesota Twins made their first moves of Spring Training as they work toward finalizing the…Read More
Everybody Gets Tendered A Contract (Even You, J.J.)
Via Joe C.: The Twins had no non-tenders. All nine of their arbitration players were tendered contracts.…Read More





