AL MVP Topic Page
A couple more gold gloves this year?
Doug Mientkiewicz is the last Twin not named Torii Hunter to win a gold glove. That came in 2001. Hunter has taken home 6 straight gold gloves running form 2001 to last season and may very well win the prize again in 2007, if for no other reason than reputation.
Surprise: Morneau is AL MVP
I couldn't believe it when I loaded up the home page of ESPN.com and saw Justin Morneau had been named the 2006 AL MVP. There's definitely plenty of room for argument (even within the Twins roster), but it's still pretty satisfying that the Twins have the AL MVP, Cy Young (Santana) and Batting Champion (Mauer).
2006 Awards
It's pretty impressive that the Twins have people in the running for virtually every big award this season. Two of them are official or very probable:
It's official: Twins playoff bound

