Tag: Minnesota Twins
The Daily Target 11/9/17
KMSP: Dozier, Buxton win Gold Gloves – Buxton will certainly win more of these, while Dozier will probably look over…
Read more »The Twins will nibble at the edges, too
The Twins are in a good spot right now as we head into the off-season. So many people have speculated…
Read more »The off-season to-do list
As the off-season really gets underway this week, as free agency opens up to the league, and you might start…
Read more »Who might contribute next season
There has been a lot of back and forth among fans, bloggers and writers about their expectations for the Twins offseason. The…
Read more »The Twins hire someone to be pitching coach
If you want some hard hitting analysis on the Twins hiring Garvin Alston, well, then you came to the wrong…
Read more »Dodgers and Astros both handled the Twins this season.
I would argue that no teams beat the Twins as soundly and handily as the Dodgers and Astros. A three…
Read more »Should there be offensive upgrades?
In 2017, the Minnesota Twins scored runs at a fantastic clip this season. After many years of thinking the Twins…
Read more »Twins hire John Manuel for scouting team
The Minnesota Twins made one of their most interesting hires to date on Tuesday. They hired Baseball America Editor in…
Read more »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…
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