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On Pace: Pitchers: via Twins Territory July 05, 2009 at 06:59 AM; Several Minnesota hitters find themselves on pace for career highs, and the culmination of some good offense early on has the team on pace to hit the most homeruns as a club in quite some time. The projections carry over to the pitchers side where some starters are having career years and where the suddenly sharp bullpen is putting up some solid numbers. ** Francisco Liriano is on pace for a r
On Pace: Hitters: via Twins Territory July 04, 2009 at 01:29 PM; With a 5-hour, 16-inning game, the Minnesota Twins have played 81 games in the 2009 season; signifying the completion of half of the season. Through the midway point, the Twins find themselves one game above .500 with a record of 41-40 (compared to 44-37 last season). The Twins have some work to do in the second half if they hope to make the playoffs. Some players will need to step up, while othe
Home Opener 2010: April 12: via Twins Territory July 03, 2009 at 06:17 PM; The 2010 schedule won't be offically announced until sometime in September, but the Associated Press has obtained at least a portion of the schedule, including the date of the first outdoor game in Minneapolis in 28 seasons. Target Field is set to open on April 12, 2010 when the Minnesota Twins take on the Boston Red Sox. Target Field has a target date. Outdoor baseball is tentatively set to ret
Homestand Highlights: Tigers, Yankees, and Sox: via Twins Territory July 03, 2009 at 03:23 PM; After surviving a tumultuous June schedule that consisted of two long roadtrips and 19 of a total 27 games on the road, the Twins have finally returned to their comfort zone in Minneapolis. For the next ten days, the Twins will remain indoors and continue the countdown of games until outdoor baseball in Minnesota. Two games above .500 for the first time this season, the Twins will kick off a serie
Twins Talking Trades: via Twins Territory July 03, 2009 at 10:41 AM; In their final season under the teflon roof, the Minnesota Twins find themselves right near the top of the American League Central with the opportunity to make a run at the playoffs. After three months, the Twins have seen above-average pitching from starters Nick Blackburn and Kevin Slowey; Glen Perkins has begun to rebound after his injury, and both Scott Baker and Francisco Liriano seem to see
Stuck Around .500: via Twins Territory July 01, 2009 at 04:42 PM; Michael Cuddyer said it best when he described the baseball season recently: the first forty games you look to keep close, the next eighty or so you look to pull ahead, and the final forty you look to hold that lead. The first phase of the season was successful for Minnesota. They stuck right in the race through the first forty games, sticking within four games or so of first place in the America
Interleague Roundup: via Twins Territory June 29, 2009 at 06:35 PM; Interleague play first began in 1997, and since that time, the schedule has seen more and more National League teams added. The Twins' style of play, often referred to as 'small ball', has been compared regularly to that of the National League 'style'. So it's no wonder that the Minnesota Twins have succeeded in interleague play since the tradition began. In recent years, the Twins have dominated
Span's Vertigo and Crain's Demotion: via Twins Territory June 17, 2009 at 07:23 PM; Finally a Cure For the past week Denard Span has felt dizziness when in the field and has lost sight of the ball when at the plate. The illness finally took it's toll when the second-year pro struck out last week in Oakland on a pitch he never saw coming. Yesterday, Span was diagnosed with "vestibular neuritis". Also referred to as a vertigo, in medical terms it means "dizziness and nausea resul
Draft '09: 1st Round, Kyle Gibson: via Twins Territory June 09, 2009 at 10:59 PM; The baseball draft isn't quite like the one you see each spring in football or the one you see each summer in basketball. The players selected most often don't make an impact until some years later, and while nearly every draftee in the other drafts sign, those selected in the MLB draft often have the choice of signing, going to college, or even an independent league. Nonetheless, a roster is co
On the Road Again...: via Twins Territory June 05, 2009 at 07:41 PM; While the Minnesota Twins have excelled at home with a record of 21-12 through their recent series with the Cleveland Indians, they've been far from good away from the Metrodome. Away from the confines of the Teflon roof this season, the Twins have went a horrendous 6-16. At home this season, the Twins have hit .281 with 39 homeruns and 173 RBI. On the road, the offense has hit .263 with 23 homer
Source: Twins Like Brett Jackson: via Twins Territory June 04, 2009 at 10:47 PM; The MLB Draft will take place next week, and teams are gearing up to make decisions on who exactly they'll take with their picks. A source has informed Twins-Territory.com that the Minnesota Twins have their eye set on University of California outfielder, Brett Jackson. The Twins have the 22nd pick in the first round of the draft, and a recent mock draft done by MLB.com has Jackson headed later in
Right on Target: via Twins Territory May 29, 2009 at 10:41 PM; We were lucky enough to receive an e-mail with some great updates on the construction of Target Field. In recent days we've seen the stories of players visiting the construction site and the team's logo going up above the scoreboard. The park is approximately 70-percent complete according to some reports, and this upcoming summer most of the project is set to be complete including the installation
Random Thoughts: via Twins Territory May 27, 2009 at 08:23 PM; ** What Joe Mauer is doing currently is hard to fathom. After hitting nine homeruns last season in over 500 at-bats, Joe Mauer has hit nine in under 80 at-bats, and in less than a full month of play. Mauer is on pace to hit over 60 homeruns. While that surely won't happen, it's amazing how fast he's turned into a league-leading slugger. ** While Mauer has amazed the entire baseball world, Justin M
So Long, Craig Breslow: via Twins Territory May 20, 2009 at 05:29 PM; Craig Breslow might have been the best move for the Minnesota Twins last season; Bill Smith gave up nothing for the lefty when he claimed him off waivers, and the Twins received 49 outings and a 1.92 ERA to help stabilize a tremendously inconsistent bullpen. With the strong numbers, the Twins were comfortable enough to move forward without lefty Dennys Reyes, and the Twins allowed him to move on t
"The Trade" Retrospect [Part One]: via Twins Territory May 13, 2009 at 09:59 PM; It’s still far to early to judge a not even two-year-old trade, but it’s always intriguing to look back at what could have been compared to what is. Back before this past season, the talks were hot on the Johan Santana front as the Minnesota Twins looked to move their All-Star lefty before he entered the final year of his contract. The Winter Meetings brought rumors; some farfetched and some tha
Enough Said.: via Twins Territory May 10, 2009 at 04:05 PM; The bullpen is brutal, and unless the team finds an eighth inning guy soon, it's going to be last season all over again. Disgusting.
Clear the Shelf: via Twins Territory May 09, 2009 at 07:23 PM; (AP Photo/Jim Mone) Joe Mauer better clear some room on his shelf. The All-Star catcher was awarded a Gold Glove award, a Silver Slugger award, and a second Batting Champion award prior to Saturday's game.
An Average Hitter: via Twins Territory May 09, 2009 at 05:05 PM; When the Minnesota Twins traded for Delmon Young prior to last season, everybody thought the team was bringing in a hitter with big power potential. The assumption was rightfully so; Young had hit .288 with 13 homeruns and 93 RBI with the Rays and was just barely 21-years old. In his first season with the Twins, Young hit .290 with 10 homeruns and 69 RBI. The numbers weren't bad; Young upped his a
Less Gomez, More Anybody Else: via Twins Territory May 02, 2009 at 10:11 PM; When the season started, a rotation of four outfielders in three available spots seemed feasible. It still is; there is no reason that, over the course of a 162 game season, four players cannot share at-bats. On month into the season however, the idea isn't working. Denard Span is the only one out of the group of four outfielders who has hit consistently. Michael Cuddyer and Delmon Young have sho
New Month, New Face: via Twins Territory May 02, 2009 at 04:59 PM; Through one month of the season, the Minnesota Twins held their own and kept themselves near the top of the American League Central with an 11-11 record. To say the least, they did a good job; they had no Joe Mauer, and in recent history, April has not been a month of strength for the team.Last season, the Twins never once reached the .500 mark in April after a few games passed. In 2006, the year