Tag: Minnesota Twins
One ambitious goal for the offseason
In most of the post mortems of the Twins’ season, the lament was always the same. If only the pitching…
Read more »Twins let go of Neil Allen
Neil Allen was one of the surprise holdovers from 2016 to 2017, thanks, perhaps, to his brief tenure with the team,…
Read more »Twins may stick with Molitor, and that’s ok
I am not shy about my displeasure with some of Paul Molitor’s in game managerial decisions. He is just as bad as…
Read more »Shocker! Yankees win their first postseason game since 2012
Former Los Angeles Lakers (and New York Knicks!) coach Pat Riley coined an expression known as “The Innocent Climb” —…
Read more »Twins Celebrate their postseason birth in Cleveland
I know I’ve mentioned this several times already, and I’m sure anyone stopping here would know it anyways, but the…
Read more »Daily Target 9/27
Last Night: Twins 8, Indians 6 – Brian Dozier got the late, clutch home run to help disrupt the quality…
Read more »But who will be in the bullpen?
The Twins are on their way to a spot in the postseason, against all odds, and most of the questions about…
Read more »The Twins are almost in the playoffs
People have been waiting all season for the Twins to finally fall apart and fade from the playoff rate. Twins…
Read more »I was wrong about Eddie Rosario
By mid year last season, you would have been crazy to say that Eddie Rosario seemed to have a promising…
Read more »Let’s just watch Byron Buxton do stuff for a while
The Twins dropped the last two games of their series with the Royals in Kansas City, and watched the Indians…
Read more »The Twins could compete in the postseason with this rotation
All right, let’s go ahead and put the cart before the horse. One of the questions that has plagued the…
Read more »Rosters change and expand
The non-waiver trade deadline is the headline grabber for most baseball fans, but the August 31st/September 1st deadline is filled…
Read more »Jim Souhan’s obtuse perspective on Miguel Sano
There has never been a young player that Jim Souhan has been happy with, let’s spell that out explicitly from the outset….
Read more »Jorge Polanco is the Twins in a nutshell
Jorge Polanco has been enigmatic as any player this season, and until the last 4 games, has likely flown under the…
Read more »Miguel Sano on the shelf
Well, this is a predicament. Because he fouled a ball off of his shin (not because he is overweight), Miguel…
Read more »Twins play 2, debut 2
After getting rained out last night, the Twins had to play the Indians twice today. As a result of the…
Read more »Which old Twin would Minnesota like back?
In the past week or so, word has come out from a couple of other Minnesota teams that they were…
Read more »Rhino and Compass Radio 2.7: Mid August catch up
Ryan was out of town for a while after the deadline, and the Twins just kept on playing baseball. What’s…
Read more »Twins fans should appreciate Selig
Every good story involving a scrappy underdog hero needs a good villain. In 2001, the Minnesota Twins were the scrappy…
Read more »A case for moving Ervin Santana
My opinion going into this trade deadline is for the Twins simply to seek out the best deals. They made…
Read more »The Twins’ new rotation
With some maneuvering over the past couple of weeks, the Twins have a completely revamped rotation. Let’s check in with…
Read more »Twins to acquire Jaime Garcia [UPDATE: For Real now]
The Minnesota Twins are apparently prepared to announce themselves as buyers at this trade deadline. Multiple reports are out that…
Read more »Buy? Sell? Neither!
With two weeks left before the trade deadline, every team has to come to a decision on whether or not they…
Read more »MLB All-Star Week: 2017 Home Run Derby review
The 2017 Home Run Derby competition proved to be a winner last night. With long home runs, rookies playing years…
Read more »Twins make two last minute moves before the break
All right, that headline is underselling it. The Twins have signed free agent pitcher Bartolo Colon, in all of his…
Read more »The Twins at the break: 3 All-Stars!
If you wanted to boil the season down to one incredible number this season: The Twins have 3 players headed…
Read more »The Twins nailed the draft!
The Twins have signed most of their draft picks from the June draft, and will not be signing any more,…
Read more »The Twins don’t need Kennys Vargas and are out to prove it
Kennys Vargas, by this point, has proven himself as a major league hitter. He is a slugger capable of about…
Read more »Byron Buxton vs. Torii Hunter
Twitter remains aflame with those stoking the opinion that Byron Buxton is clearly not cut out for a role in…
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