With the first official workout of the year, the Twins got their initial look at the new pitchers signed by the club this offseason, including reliever Joel Zumaya and starter Jason Marquis.
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February 20, 2012
Twins pitchers and catchers officially reported to Fort Myers on Saturday, and many pitchers have been easing their way into workouts. Several, including left-hander Francisco Liriano, threw their first bullpen sessions of the spring on Monday.
FOXSportsNorth.com will track reports from the news outlets already in Florida until March 4, when Tyler Mason will begin covering the team...
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February 19, 2012
Ron Gardenhire has already settled on an opening-day starter, and the Minnesota Twins' rotation is all but set. And there is still so much uncertainty surrounding the group as spring training begins.
Pitchers and catchers held their first official workout on Sunday, with 33 pitchers in uniform, an unusually high number geared toward creating competition for bullpen spots.
Despite...
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February 18, 2012
Right-hander Scott Baker said he's fully healthy coming into camp after dealing with a strained right elbow that sidelined him for much of the second half of last season.
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February 18, 2012
Right-hander Carl Pavano said he's honored that he's scheduled to be the Twins' Opening Day starter for the second year in a row.
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February 18, 2012
Twins closer Matt Capps and his wife, Jennifer, welcomed a new addition to the family on Feb. 8, as she gave birth to a baby boy named Maxwell Martin Capps.
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February 20, 2012
(Eds: APNewsNow. AP Photo planned. With AP Photos.) By JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Baseball Writer After the kind of season Matt Capps endured as the Minnesota Twins closer, many pitchers would look for a change of scenery in free agency.
Capps wanted a second chance. He got it from general manager Terry Ryan, who re-signed Capps as the closer this season after Joe Nathan left for the Texas...
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February 18, 2012
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- For most of his baseball life, Joe Mauer has been anything but normal.
The Twins catcher has been a star since he was a teenager growing up in St. Paul, Minn., and that didn't stop in his first six seasons in the big leagues. He was a four-time All-Star, three-time batting champion and the AL MVP in 2009.
After a series of ailments limited him to only...
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February 20, 2012
A day after throwing off the mound, Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano threw his first bullpen session on Monday.
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February 18, 2012
For most of his baseball life, Joe Mauer has been anything but normal. The Twins catcher has been a star since he was a teenager growing up in St. Paul, Minn., and that didn't stop in his first six seasons in the big leagues. He was a four-time All-Star, three-time batting champion and the AL MVP in 2009.
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February 20, 2012
I started
this one-room crap-shack of a blog all the way back in 2006 out of boredom and
in need of a baseball outlet. The original intend was not to entertain or
attract a significant audience or even advance a writing career. I simply
wanted to keep myself busy with my favorite passion.
You see, we
had just had my daughter Avery and had taken a new position in my company that...
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February 19, 2012
Minnesota Twins spring training Saturday in Fort Myers, Fla.
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