GLEN PERKINS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Twins closer Perkins has soreness in left side
Minnesota Twins closer Glen Perkins has soreness in his left side, making him unavailable to pitch in the series opener against Baltimore.
Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said before Friday's game against the Orioles that Perkins was hurt while striking out Boston's Shane Victorino on Thursday. Perkins struck out two in a hitless ninth inning against the Red Sox...
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9 days ago
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Q&A: Glen Perkins, A Twin, His FIP, and Math
Glen Perkins knows his FIP. He also knows his HR/9, Z-Swing% and O-Swing%. More importantly, he understands what they mean. As the Minnesota Twins left-hander says, “I like baseball and I like math.”
Perkins is more than a stat geek. The 30-year-old converted starter is one of the better closers in the American League [despite his skepticism of modern-day closer usage]. Six weeks...
Twins reliever Perkins taking game to next level
Glen Perkins insists he's not trying to strike out every batter he faces. It only seems that way for the Minnesota Twins closer.
Since taking over as the team's closer midway through last season, Perkins has been lights-out in the ninth inning. This year, the Twins left-hander is a perfect 6-for-6 in save situations. Over his last four outings, he's struck out at least...
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Perkins helps out fan on Twitter with four tickets
Minnesota's Glen Perkins is perhaps the most active Twins player on Twitter. On Sunday, he used the social media platform to help out a loyal Twins fan.
The Twitter interaction began Sunday morning when Alex Berg, a junior at Bemidji State University, tweeted at Perkins and said he had problems ordering tickets from an online ticketing site for Sunday's series finale against...
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Twins P Glen Perkins hooks fan up with tickets on Twitter
More often than not, fans who attempt to interact with their favorite players on Twitter will be ignored. Professional athletes have hundreds of thousands of followers in some instances, and it would be impossible for them to respond to ever fan who tweets at them. But one Twins fan reminded us over the weekend that it’s always worth a shot.
Alex Berg, a student at Bemidji State...
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Twins pitcher helps fan with tickets
Twins pitcher Glen Perkins came through for a fan who had an issue with his tickets. See what took place between them.
Twins Perkins honored to get WBC nod
ST. PAUL, Minn. Throughout his entire seven-year major league career, Glen Perkins has known only one uniform: the red, white and blue of the Minnesota Twins. This March, though, Perkins will don another uniform of the same colors when he represents the United States in the World Baseball Classic.
Perkins, the Twins' 29-year-old closer, found out the news last Friday when he...
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January 15, 2013
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Twins give Perkins three-year extension
FORT MYERS, Fla. The Minnesota Twins have signed reliever Glen Perkins to a three-year contract extension worth a guaranteed 10.3 million, the team announced Thursday. The contract also includes a club option for the 2016 season.
That means Perkins, who grew up in Stillwater, Minn., will be staying with his hometown team for the foreseeable future.
"I think the most important...
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March 08, 2012
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This year, Twins clubhouse has 'different vibe'
FORT MYERS, Fla. Glen Perkins just turned 29 years old a few days ago, but the Twins' set-up man already feels like one of the old guys on the team.
As Minnesota's spring training clubhouse is filled to the brim with 66 players -- including a set of makeshift lockers to accommodate the overflow -- there are plenty of new faces at the Lee County Sports Complex. But now in...
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March 05, 2012
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Perkins is worthy of Twins top pitching honor
Twins relief pitcher Glen Perkins let the cat out of the bag through his Twitter account, telling the world before the organization could announce it that he was the recipient of the team’s Pitcher of the Year Award in addition to winning the Most Improved Award.
Perkins put together a phenomenal if unexpected season in the bullpen. After injuries eroded his velocity which...
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October 21, 2011
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