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- Joe Mauer's beard
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch February 22, 2010 at 02:24 AM
Despite of what Eric Olson wrote today, the AP Paparazzi did their job, and here is a photo of that elusive beard:Rumor has it, that it will be gone tomorrow...
- Rome is Burning: Los Angeles Dodgers Orlando Hudson interview
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch February 13, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Interesting Interview of Orlando Hudson from last season.
- Is the 2010 the best team the Twins had? Part I: position players
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch February 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM
After the Orlando Hudson free agent signing, La Velle Neal, a Twins' beat writer for the Star Tribune tweeted the following:This is my 13th year on the beat. This is the best team the Twins have had going into spring training.I believe that it is an astute observation that the 2010 Twins are very likely the best team the Twins had the last 13 years; however, this does not say much because most of
- Nick Punto Day: Friday February 12th
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch February 13, 2010 at 11:59 AM
What's black and blue all over and gets an average of a wrist surgery every other year?You know the answer...(Hint: he was the lead off hitter for Team Italy in the past World Baseball Cup)Lots of things have been said about Nick Punto and I am not going to get there tonight (other that snide remark above)Nick Punto has been a decent utility infielder with the Twins.His career line .248/.322/.324
- Frankie goes to hollywood
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch January 28, 2010 at 10:47 PM
will Gardy and Andy let him be?To be determined...
- Twins' Top 25 Pitching Prospect Countdown: 21-25
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch December 24, 2009 at 06:41 PM
This off-season I am doing a list of the 50 best Twins' prospects, just I did last season. Like last season, I am dividing them into pitchers and position players. This is the first installment and will feature the pitchers ranked from 20-25, in reverse order. After I finish the top 25 countdown of the pitching prospects, I will start the countdown of the position prospects. The ages of the pl
- It has been a while... hasn't it?
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch December 10, 2009 at 12:17 PM
I know I should post more here but the last couple of months I was fully involved with personal endeavors. That said, I have been using my Twitter account to quickly and easily post info I have about the Twins and Vikings (and some of it scooped all professional bloggers and sportswriters recently, namely the J.J Hardy acquisition and the 3 year extension of Brad Childress. Thank you classmates!
- Who is Boof Bonser?
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch December 10, 2009 at 12:17 PM
After the Twins removed Boof Bonser from their 40-man roster to make room for the signing of Carl Pavano, they dealt him today to the Boston Red Sox for a yet to be disclosed minor league player. It might seem as a small win for the Twins, since they gained something for a player they were about to lose for nothing, but is it so? The reason stated that Bonser, and not a lesser player like Bobby
- Not enough words to describe it...
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch October 06, 2009 at 08:58 PM
...so here is a video
- Five Reasons the Twins will be AL Central Champions
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch October 06, 2009 at 09:03 AM
Momentum. The last 2 weeks the team is batting .313/.391/.466, and the bullpen in September has a collective 2.85 ERA, 1.257 WHIP, and has allowed opponents to hit for a .678 OPS. For comparison, the last 2 weeks Detroit is batting .275/.349/.402 and for September its pen has a 4.84 ERA, 1.495 WHIP and has allowed opponents to hit for a .784 OPS. The difference in the numbers get magnified if
- Morneau and scientific facts about back fractures
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch September 14, 2009 at 11:25 PM
Today Justin Morneau was reportedly diagnosed with a "stress fracture on his back", which will keep him out of the year.There are not many details yet, but a fracture in the "back" is a fairly scary thing, and there is not such a diagnosis, btw, but I will try to give some medical and scientific context about it before we learn of more details:A. What is a stress fracture:A stress fracture, is a f
- New (retro) post
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch September 07, 2009 at 08:43 PM
Yes, I have not posted here for a while, and yes I am dissatisfied with the way the Twins' things are doing these days, but, yes, they can still win the division and yes what I said here (a bit controversial to some a month or so ago; I am sure than now more people feel this way), still stands...
- Goodbye Kevin Mulvey and a mini-scouting report
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch September 01, 2009 at 01:49 PM
Kevin Mulvey is the player to be named later in the Joh Rauch trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks.I think that it is a good trade for the Twins, since Rauch is going to be with the team for 2010 and in December the Twins would have needed to add Mulvey to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. However there are not too many 40-many roster spots open and more than likely would hav
- Recapping the last 24 hours on the Twins trade front
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch August 29, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Not many things happened in the trade front today for the Twins, however there are some developments to note:A story in Chicago Tribune confirms what I was told and related last night about a. it will take 2 decent prospects for the Twins to acquire Harden and b. the Twins feel that they need to sign him to an extension to give up this muchJoe Christiensen presents a Harden story with a Twins' Fro
- Waiver trading deadline: what do we know, what we don't know and how I am covering it
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch August 28, 2009 at 10:31 PM
August 31st is the waiver trade deadline. The Twins have been more active this season in waiver trades than in non-waiver trades. Here is a list of what is going on right now with the Twins and the ways they are trying to improve the team and a list on how I am going to cover it this weekend. Since the technicalities and the details on roster positions, the 25-man roster and the 40-man roster a
- Yohan Pino goes to Cleveland and a mini scouting report
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch August 28, 2009 at 08:37 PM
Today the Twins traded Yohan Pino as the player to be named later to complete the Carl Pavano trade.Yohan Pino is a 25 year old Venezuelan who was signed by the Twins as an amateur free agent as a 21 year old in 2004. Originally a starter, he had a break through season in Beloit (Midwest League, A) in 2006 and in Ft. Myers (Florida State League, A+) in the beginning of 2007. However, since he mo
- How does Jon Rauch fit in the Twins' bullpen?
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch August 28, 2009 at 02:49 PM
Before the virtual ink dried in my Ron Mahay post, I was informed that the Twins have acquired John Rauch from the Arizona Diamondbacks. How does he fit?Here is the data:Rauch is slightly below the AL average reliever but better than Mahay. Thus the addition of Mahay and Rauch and the subtraction of the likes of Bobby Keppel and Philip Humber will help the Twins. Rauch is under contract for 201
- How does Ron Mahay fit in the Twins' bullpen?
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch August 28, 2009 at 02:25 PM
Ken Rosenthal reported that the Twins have acquired Ron Mahay, a 38-year old lefty reliever from the Kansas City Royals. This will be a quick post to analyze how Mahay might fit with the team and I will profile him during the weekend.I will be using PE and xPE to evaluate Mahay's effectiveness compared to the rest of the Twins' pen. Here is the data:As you can see, Ron Mahay is the Twins' fifth
- What went wrong with Armando Gabino?
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch August 27, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Armando Gabino made his major league debut yesterday and by all means it was not very successful: He pitched for 2.2 innings, gave 5 hits, 4 earned runs (one of which in a bases loaded walk by Phillip Humber who relieved him in the 2nd inning), 2 walks and struck out one batter. Let's examine what went wrong.Gabino was not getting his bread and butter pitches called strikesHere is Gabino's Pitch
- Various off day Twins (and not only) thoughts
- via The Tenth Inning Stretch August 27, 2009 at 10:38 PM
This is a sight for sore eyes:Also it looks like the grass will be very close to the foul line in Target Field, which might help bunting.Case in point on why predictive metrics have some merit: If someone on June 17 told you that "Blackburn is living on the edge by giving too many hits, walking more batters than usual and striking out fewer than usual" at the same time when mainstream Twins' medi
