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Joe Mauer Keeps Swinging Away

Maybe some day Joe Mauer will wear out and throw away his catcher’s mask and shinguards, morphing into a full-time designated hitter-first baseman. But for the moment he is still primarily a catcher…Read More

Starting Lineup: Paul Clemens, Playing Outdoors, and a Giancarlo Stanton Trade Proposal

Five home runs by five different players in five consecutive innings. That’s what the Texas Rangers did on this date two years ago, defeating the Kansas City Royals by an 11-6 final. Mike Napoli got…Read More

Colorado Rockies Aaron Harang draws interest from three teams

Aaron Harang is about to find himself out of the NL West, because the Colorado Rockies are looking to wheel-and-deal the veteran right-hander after acquiring him from the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday…Read More

Starting Lineup: Inaugural Edition

Opening Day is without question one of the greatest days of the year and there are plenty of notable moments that have happened on the day if you look back through the halls of baseball history. In 1940,…Read More

Got To Go With Detroit in Central

Although the Detroit Tigers were picked apart in the World Series by the San Francisco Giants in 2012 and their closer situation is iffy, they should be strong enough to take command of the American League…Read More

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Aaron Hicks Could Start in Center Field for Minnesota

Left to find a new starting center field following a pair of winter trades that shipped both Denard…Read More

Should The Twins Extend Justin Morneau?

With every free agent not named Kyle Lohse pretty much settled in with his new team, transaction attention…Read More

The Minnesota Twins: The Land of 10,000 Fourth Starters

The Minnesota Twins were a model small market franchise for much of the 2000’s. Between 2002 and 2010,…Read More

Phillies Pay Steep Price to Acquire Ben Revere

The Minnesota Twins traded away a center fielder last week and obtained one of the top 50 prospects in…Read More

Philadelphia Phillies in Trade Talks for Ben Revere

The Minnesota Twins have made young outfielder Ben Revere readily available on the trading block, and…Read More

Twins Seeking Multiple Starting Pitchers

The Minnesota Twins have lost better than 95 games in each of the past two seasons and the biggest saboteur…Read More

Texas Rangers Derek Holland gaining trade interest

Jon Paul Morosi has reported that teams are contacting the Texas Rangers about a potential trade involving…Read More

Denard Span Acquired by Nationals

The Washington Nationals have landed center fielder Denard Span in a trade with the Minnesota Twins on…Read More

2012 Season Review Series: Minnesota Twins

Continuing our look back at each club over the past season, today we tell you what went right (not much)…Read More

Joe Mauer Placed on Trade Waivers

The Minnesota Twins, according to reports, have placed star catcher Joe Mauer on trade waivers. This…Read More

No Shakeup Expected with Twins Management

Minnesota Twins owner Jim Pohlad appeared on 1500 ESPN in the Twin Cities this weekend and though he…Read More

Baseball Players Can Be Great Athletes, Too

Former Philadelphia Phillie John Kruk once famously said he was a baseball player, not an athlete, but…Read More

Francisco Liriano May Be Short Term Fix For White Sox

The Chicago White Sox trading for Francisco Liriano and the Minnesota Twins giving up on him makes perfect…Read More

Hall of Famers Love Returning to Cooperstown

  COOPERSTOWN–They are different people from different backgrounds and they played in different…Read More

Francisco Liriano Traded to Chicago White Sox

According to most, the White Sox were actively pursuing Zack Greinke.  However, when the Angels got…Read More