Tag: Minnesota Twins
Zack Granite is coming soon
There has been a bit of buzz this season about a particular minor leaguer in the Twins system. It’s not…
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It’s time to let Craig Breslow go
There were a couple of shakeups earlier in the week, as the Twins brought Dillon Gee into the fold, preparing…
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The Twins refuse to stay consistent
Among the many remarkable things about this year’s iteration of the Twins is how they keep bouncing back after being…
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Twins continue to mess with veteran pitchers
First, a note. If you haven’t noticed, I have stopped doing game recaps, mostly because they were taking too much…
Read more »Indians 6, Twins 2 – Game 2 – The games are running together
The Moment: Lonnie Chisenhall hit a home run before the game was delayed by rain, but the big smash was…
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Indians 9, Twins 3 – Game 1 – SP DFA’d again
The Moment: It’s not a good situation when your team goes down 3-0 in the first inning, and it hurts…
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Eduardo Escobar is fun
For a utility player, Eduardo Escobar sure gets a lot of the marketing attention from the Twins organization. He does…
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Indians 8, Twins 1 – When Doves Cry
The Moment: Edwin Encarnacion hasn’t been quite as advertised for the Indians as yet, but he does still seem to…
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Twins 6, Mariners 2 – Who needs stars?
The Moment: Just like last night, it was a three run home run in the second inning from the starting…
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Mariners 6, Twins 4 – Ervin Santana is plummeting back to the mean
The Moment: Mike Zunino has been a real pest for the Twins, which is crazy, because Mike Zunino is not…
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Twins 20, Mariners 7 – Team batting average: .571
The Moment: To be fair, Eddie Rosario hit three home runs, so I need to be specific. It was his…
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Mariners 14, Twins 3 – This is what you get, Royce
The Moment: It looked like we were in for a game with a lot of back and forth, as Yovani…
Read more »Twins roll dice on Royce Lewis
[mlbvideo id=”1214338683″ width=”400″ height=”224″ /] Leading into the MLB draft, the Twins were rumored to be deciding between a trio…
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Giants 13, Twins 8 – Perhaps there are problems with the bullpen
The Moment: The Twins looked like they were on their way to a sweep of the San Francisco Giants at…
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Twins 3, Giants 2 – This is an odd year
The Moment: The Twins fell behind early but scored the next 3 runs, two of which came on Brian…
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Twins 4, Giants 0 – Ervin Santana is our everything
The Moment: The Giants were held scoreless by Ervin Santana, and as usually the case, the first time multiple runs…
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Twins 2, Mariners 1 – Kyle Gibson and the bounce back
The Moment: You know it’s a tight game when a late inning double play is the moment that sways the…
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Twins shuffling
I promised it back on Monday, and indeed, the Twins made some moves. They weren’t necessarily the moves I expected,…
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Mariners 6, Twins 5 – That hurt.
The Moment: All right, let’ just get Mike Zunino to tap into a double play with 1 out in the…
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What to do with an off day
The Twins are going to be travelling from Los Angeles to Seattle tomorrow, and it seems unlikely that the team…
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Twiins 3, Angels 2 – Berrios bounces back
The Moment: Tis was an easy one. The Twins were trailing 2-1 until the 6th inning, when Miguel Sano stepped…
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Angels 7, Twins 2 – Albert Pujols makes history
The Moment: From a historical perspective, Albert Pujols’ grand slam for career home run #600 was undoubtedly the highlight of the…
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Twins tap into their prospect pool
To this point in the season, the Twins have been shuffling around career AAAA type players to fill empty spots,…
Read more »Twins 11, Angels 5 – Twins get back to mashing
The Moment: The Twins decided to put a pin in this one fairly quickly. The Angels aren’t very good this…
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Trading isn’t easy
When Terry Ryan was let go, Rob Antony almost certainly was feeling the pressure to do something, anything, to solidify…
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Twins 4, Angels 2 – A very special reunion
The Moment: This was a pitchers duel through most of the game, with Adalberto Mejia and Alex Meyer on the…
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Astros 17, Twins 6, Something seems to have gone awry
The Moment: In the 6th inning, there was some hope. Not much, because we all knew that the bullpen was on…
Read more »Astros 7, Twins 2 – The Astros get to Berrios
The Moment: So much of this game happened in the first 5 innings of the game. It was 2-2 through…
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Astros 16, Twins 8 – Everything went wrong
The Moment: The Twins, if you are only looking at this post and didn’t catch the game itself, held an…
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