Archive for Minnesota Twins
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Miguel Sano: 8 Reasons Twins Fans Should Be Ecstatic
Right now in Beloit, Wisc., a 19-year-old holds the future of the Minnesota Twins franchise in his hands and, more importantly, in his bat. Miguel Sano is the Twins top prospect and is dominating Low-A ball, raising the question if he should be promoted up to high-A Fort Myers.Here's why Twins fans ...
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Minnesota Twins Need to Trade for Red Sox Ace Josh Beckett
It is mid-May, but the Minnesota Twins' season is on the brink of catastrophe once again. They barely have their 10 wins, the lowest win total in the majors. The problems are plenty in Minnesota, but the biggest gaping hole is with the starting pitching. Minnesota is the worst pitching team in ...
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Minnesota Twins: Perhaps Joe Mauer Should Give Back the Money
So far for the Minnesota Twins, 2012 has been a nightmare.After finishing in last place in the AL Central in 2011 with a 63-99 record, the Twins are on a pace to do even worse. If they continue at their current .258 winning percentage, they will lose 120 games, establishing a franchise low and eclip...
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Minnesota Twins: 10 Positives in an Otherwise Depressing Year
Finding a needle in a haystack would be a pretty difficult task. That is, of course, assuming that a needle is in there at all.We search and search through the hay—and probably some animal droppings—in hopes of finding that one needle. Few people find that needle and fewer people find po...
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Updating 5 Contenders Who Will Covet Josh Willingham in a Trade
The Minnesota Twins are terrible right now.At 8-21, they are the worst team in Major League Baseball with a bullet. When a team does terribly, there is a small cry for teams to trade their best players for big returns.The Twins don't have many things that they can use to get such a big return. A lot...
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Minnesota Twins: A Baseball Team’s Downward Spiral into Mediocrity
Let's get this straight, what I am about to write is coming from a fan who is very upset. This year, which I will put very mildly, has been a disappointment. Our starting pitching has been so bad that I actually miss Boof Bonser. I have two theories on why this team is bad. For one, the owners of...
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Minnesota Twins: 5 Players That Could Lead a Youth Movement
In the wake of Jared Weaver's no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins on May 2, it's clear that the Twins need to make a change of some sort.When a team is struggling, the knee-jerk reaction by most fans is to fire the manager. The problem in this situation is that if the Twins decide to do that, they...
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Minnesota Twins: Changing Fortunes Starts at the Top
Ron Gardenhire needs to be fired.This is not a knee-jerk reaction to the Twins' no-hit loss in Anaheim last night. This is not even an overreaction to the Twins' dreadful 6-18 start to the season. This is 100 percent because the Twins' organization needs to make a strong statement about th...
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Minnesota Twins Players of the Week 4/23-4/29
The Minnesota Twins returned to Target Field this week after spending last week on the east coast and proceeded to take it on the chin.The Boston Red Sox broke out of their collective slumps by sweeping the Twins and the Kansas City Royals continued the Twins losing streak before Gardy's crew won th...
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Minnesota Twins: 5 Options for the Twins Starting Rotation
The Minnesota Twins starting pitching is in trouble—big trouble. Before the final game against the Red Sox on Wednesday, they had the highest ERA in all of baseball at 6.73. After Liam Hendriks gave up seven earned runs in four innings, it's now at 7.09. They also lead the majors with 11 losse...
