The Twins beat the Boston Red Sox for their 6th win in the last 7 games. The win brought the Twins back to .500 with a 24-24 record, and pulled them ahead of Kansas City in the standings. They still trail the Detroit Tigers by 3.5 games.

Kevin Slowey earned his 7th win of the season. Only Zack Greinke and Roy Halladay have more than 7 wins. Slowey probably hasn't been the best pitcher on the team, but he's been good enough and gotten plenty of run support when he needed it.

Joe Crede missed his 3rd straight game with a deep bone bruise on his hand after being hit by a pitch on Sunday. He took batting practice yesterday, and is expected back in the lineup today.

Just days after ESPN broadcaster Steve Phillips claimed that Denard Span wasn't an ideal leadoff hitter and claimed that he would rather bat him in the 7 slot, Span went 4-4 with a walk and a stolen base. Sure, it's just one game, but on the season he's reaching base over 40% of the time. That's hardly #7 hitter material, as Steve suggested.

The MLB draft is coming up on June 9th, and MLB Outsider is hosting a mock draft. Seth Stohs made the first pick on behalf of the Twins, taking high school 3B Bobby Borchering.

There are a number of methods people use to rate baseball players. Some are more conventional than others. I can't help but object to the latter list for omitting Tony Batista from the top 20.

The Twins will try to win the series today at 12:10 CT . Anthony Swarzak will try to build off his impressive debut on Saturday. He'll go up against Josh Beckett, who has rebounded fantastically from a rough April.