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Please, Stop the Insanity: via Twins Fix March 14, 2010 at 12:47 PM; It strikes me as rude to use a blog just to tear a journalist down. Typically, I don’t get too annoyed with what paid journalists write, or for that matter, what paid broadcasters say. A lot of times, you can tell that certain professionals parrot the company line, but in all honesty, this is part [...]
Jarrod Washburn. Really? REALLY?: via Twins Fix January 09, 2010 at 10:17 AM; The word from LaVelle E. Neal of the Star Tribune is that the Twins have, in fact, offered Jarrod Washburn a one year deal worth $5 million. During the 2008 season, the Twins were rumored to be interested in acquiring Washburn from the Seattle Mariners, but, when the Mariners’ asking price was too high, the [...]
Quick note: Twins Tender Lots of Contracts: via Twins Fix December 12, 2009 at 06:23 PM; The Twins will tender contracts to all 30 unsigned players on the 40 man roster. Some of those names aren’t surprising; the Twins clearly weren’t going to give up on Delmon Young after his monster September and the Carlos Gomez trade. Brendan Harris, despite maybe not being in the manager’s favor, is plenty valuable as [...]
Pavano to Return to Twins: via Twins Fix December 07, 2009 at 07:05 PM; The word in the Twins’ blogotwittersphere (mainly via LaVelle E. Neal III) is that Carl Pavano will accept the Twins’ offer of arbitration and return with the club next season. Ed Price of FanHouse.com reports that Pavano could make $7 million or more. This is not all that surprising given that Pavano is still fighting the stigma of 4 [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Arbitration and Type A Free Agents: via Twins Fix December 01, 2009 at 02:05 PM; Matthew Pouliot of the excellent Circling the Bases baseball blog is reporting a list of type A free agents, and whether they’ve been offered arbitration or not. Of significant interest to Twins fans should be the fact that neither Placido Polanco nor Orlando Hudson were offered arbitration, meaning the Twins will not be forced to [...]
Joe Mauer: AL MVP: via Twins Fix November 23, 2009 at 01:17 PM; Various sources are reporting that Joe Mauer has been named MVP of the American League, receiving 27 of 28 possible first place votes. The other first-place vote went to Miguel Cabrera of Detroit. Mark Teixera finished second, with teammate Derek Jeter third; Cabrera finished fourth. Really, this award is no surprise. Mauer led the AL [...]
Twins Trade Gomez, Acquire Hardy, Retain Cuddyer: via Twins Fix November 09, 2009 at 10:41 PM; The offseason has gotten off to a fast start for the Twins – much faster than I could have expected. On Friday, the Twins sent the centerpiece of the Johan Santana trade, enigmatic speedster Carlos Gomez, to Milwaukee in exchange for J.J. Hardy. On Saturday, the Twins exercised Michael Cuddyer’s 2011 (not 2010) option. In [...]
Breaking News: Gomez traded to Milwaukee for JJ Hardy: via Twins Fix November 06, 2009 at 11:53 AM; Joe Christensen of the Star Tribune is reporting that the Twins have traded Carlos Gomez to the Brewers for shortstop JJ Hardy. Interesting move by Smith. He continues a promising trend in a GM: When he feels that a move or a plan hasn’t panned out, he does not stubbornly stick to [...]
Breaking News: Sanchez signs with Giants: via Twins Fix October 30, 2009 at 05:30 PM; Comcast Sports Network is reporting that Freddy Sanchez has signed a 2 year deal with the Giants. While perhaps not the most desirable option for the Twins to pursue at second base, he was one of the best second basemen available on the free agent market. His signing dries up the second base [...]
Offseason Outlook: Third Base: via Twins Fix October 28, 2009 at 10:06 PM; Starting today, I’m going to consider what options the Twins have in this offseason. In some ways, this feels like a futile exercise, given that four talented, prolific bloggers have united at Twinscentric.com to provide a comprehensive overview of the offseason. Written by John Bonnes, Parker Hageman, Nick Nelson, and Seth Stohs, the TwinsCentric offseason handbook provides 137 pages (plus [...
Trades: The Twins’ Most Beneficial Asset: via Twins Fix October 22, 2009 at 09:59 PM; This past season, it felt like so much changed for the Twins. Joe Mauer finally developed a power stroke and played beyond our most optimistic expectations. Denard Span solidified himself in the leadoff spot, showing that he may in fact be the best leadoff hitter the Twins have had since Chuck Knoblauch. Along with Span’s [...]
Postseason Thoughts (Generally and Specifically): via Twins Fix October 20, 2009 at 09:53 AM; Legend, or Myth? Seemingly every October, baseball fans all over America are reminded of Derek Jeter’s outstanding playoff performances and are privileged to witness further such performances. Jeter is, in short, Mr. October, “the face of playoff baseball”. Sort of. Thankfully, my blog isn’t linked and featured to a hotbed of Yankee fans the way some [...]
The End, and Vacation: via Twins Fix October 12, 2009 at 08:05 PM; I’m not going to delve into the details of Sunday’s latest frustrating loss to the Yankees. Same old story – Twins couldn’t hold a lead, couldn’t get a big hit, pitched great against a great offense but shot themselves in the foot just enough to make victory near impossible. I’m on vacation for the next [...]
Game 2: Yankees 4, Twins 3 (11): via Twins Fix October 09, 2009 at 11:29 PM; The Twins fell again in New York on Friday night, 4-3, thanks to an incredible inability to take advantage of opportunities. The Twins as a team left 17 runners on base, and witnessed Joe Nathan completely implode by surrendering a game-tying home run to Alex Rodriguez and throwing wildly to second attempting to pick off [...]
Yankees 7, Twins 2: Wrap: via Twins Fix October 07, 2009 at 10:08 PM; Well, that didn’t last long. Not one full day removed from winning one of the best games in franchise history, and probably the best game most fans in attendance will ever witness in person, the Twins reminded us of their biggest weakness over the years: an inability to win on baseball’s biggest stage. Watching the [...]
That. Was. Epic.: via Twins Fix October 06, 2009 at 11:33 PM; There’s no way to analyze this game. It just was epic. All I can say is that last year, after attending the Twins-White Sox game last year where the Twins rallied from 5 runs down to tie on Denard Span’s triple, and win on Alexi Casilla’s single, I thought to myself a bit sadly, “I’ll [...]
Never. Say. Die.: via Twins Fix October 03, 2009 at 10:09 PM; Aren’t we all glad to be wrong? Three weeks ago, just about every last baseball fan wrote the Twins off. The team had yet to sustain a good run of baseball, they were missing 60% of their rotation, and their most powerful hitter went on the shelf with a fractured back. Before they truly would right [...]
September Baseball (and a plug for Zack Greinke): via Twins Fix September 30, 2009 at 09:57 PM; Unfortunately, the Twins weren’t able to take advantage of a number of opportunities to beat baseball’s best pitcher, Mr. Zack Greinke yesterday and take the sweep that I thought they would need. Fortunately, the Tigers continued to play mediocre baseball and barely put up a fight in Chicago, leaving the Twins two games back with [...]
Quick side note: via Twins Fix September 30, 2009 at 09:57 PM; I meant to put this in this morning’s post but forgot. Andrew Kneeland, the former writer for this blog, is now writing for Twins Target at www.twinstarget.com. If you’ve never read his stuff before, I’d still recommend checking out his blog; he provides very comprehensive Twins coverage. I’ve linked to his blog on the [...]
Metrodome Memories: MPR: via Twins Fix September 30, 2009 at 09:57 PM; Quick note here. Minnesota Public Radio is collecting Metrodome Memories from Twins fans. Below is the information directly from MPR. Being an avid listener of 89.3 The Current and a big fan of the work they do in general, I would encourage people to participate in this. If you’re unfamiliar with MPR , you can [...]