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It's a Start: Cuddyer for Atkins?
Photo from MLB.com The general manager meetings are never made much of a big deal, it's the Winter Meetings at the beginning of December that draw all of the attention from the national media and fans around the country...
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Gold Glove '08: Joe Mauer
When Torii Hunter walked out the door this past off-season, so did the perennial Gold Glove award for the Minnesota Twins organization...
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They Said It: Blake and Cabrera
The rumors will begin to start within the next few weeks, probably with the start of the general manager meetings this week. The next month, and more so through the Winter Meetings, will be fun...
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Go-Go Never Sleeps
After a long season in which Carlos Gomez by-far surpassed the most innings played in his career, Go-Go is right back at it. This past Tuesday the young speedster started up yet again for his Dominican League season...
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Type B: Dennys Reyes
Photo From Daylife.com The 2008 Elias player rankings have been leaked and obtained by SI.com. The rankings tell which free agents are considered Type A and which players are considered Type B...
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Twins Add Gabino
Yesterday three players filed for free agency and took the team's 40-man roster number down to 31. Today that number went up for a few hours and then right back down (so as of this moment it sits at 31)...
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They're Free: Guardado, Reyes and Punto
With the World Series finishing up yesterday, the off-season officially got underway today with the first of fifteen days for players to file for free agency...
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World Series Should Not See Neutral Site
After about a 50-hour rain delay, the World Series is over. With it, the offseason is finally here, and it's time to move on from all of the great things that happened in 2008...
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And the winner is...
The Minnesota Twins announced their team awards yesterday, and for yet another season, first basemen Justin Morneau lead the pack. Below are the awards and their winners: Calvin R...
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Finally Some Action: Four Outrighted
We've been waiting for some rumors or some sort of action since the Twins picked up Mike Redmond's option what seems like a month ago. Last night, the Twins made their first true moves of the off-season...
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Matt Cain? That's Interesting
I came across a story that had three parts in one. Those parts were Matt Cain, Delmon Young and the Minnesota Twins. I continue to hear rumors that the Twins want to unload Delmon Young to the Giants...
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'08 Stats Review
Since all is quiet, and we haven’t done so yet, here are some of the team leaders from the ‘08 season on both the mound and at the plate...
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Nothing Yet...
There is absolutely nothing going on with the team. Since the season ended, we've seen Mike Redmond retained, our minor league pitching instructor go to the Detroit Tigers and heard rumors about manager Ron Gardenhire getting an extension...
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Minnesota Twins: State of the Roster
There will undoubtedly be moves made by the Minnesota Twins this offseason. Whether it be adding another piece to the bullpen, trading away one of the many outfielders, or upgrading the left side of the infield via trade or free agency...
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Projections Review: Pitchers
We took a look back at how our hitters predictions lined up with reality, and now we’re going to look back at how the pitching predictions did. As before, next to each question, and bolded, is the answer...
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Projections Review: Hitters
It’s always fun to make predictions on how the players will perform each season. About six months ago we did community projections for both the hitters and pitchers, and asked readers to give their predictions...
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Happy, Not Satisfied
The Minnesota Twins outperformed most of the nation’s expectations this past season by even contending in any particular month...
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Moving Forward
It's not easy, and for the true fans, it shouldn't be. In fact, until the team gets back on the field next spring, it should be hard to think about the Twins without thinking what could have been and what should have been...
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Keep Your Head Up
It’s disappointing, there is no doubt about that. The Minnesota Twins should have been done playing Sunday, they should have locked it up before this...
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Loss of Words
It’s more than frustration. It’s more than a sickening feeling. Watching a team that you’ve put countless hours into fade away is the worst feeling describable...
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"I Don't Believe What I Just Saw"
He who fears none. Are you kidding me? Did the Minnesota Twins just sweep the Chicago White Sox? Did the bullpen just pitch 6.1 scoreless innings? It might be the craziest game I've ever seen, I'm really not sure...
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Not Giving Up
Photo from CartoonStock.com Call me stupid, call me crazy; call me whatever you'd like, I'm not giving up on my Minnesota Twins. In the past three games the starters have failed to get past the fifth inning...
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Minnesota Twins Are Nearing an End
The Twins have proven all of the so-called "experts" wrong this season. After losing one of baseball's best pitchers—Johan Santana—and one of their best offensive weapons—Torii ...
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This Could Get Crazy
We all know how crazy baseball can be, but the finish of this 2008 season could be just as crazy as some of the team's games this season. With the White Sox vs. Tigers double-header rained out today, they'll attempt to do it again tomorrow...
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Down to This
Sixteen; that is the number of games that will likely define this season in the next two plus weeks. The Twins are about to start their 10-game road-trip with a double header against ...
