TWINS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Twins claim OF Mastroianni off waivers
MINNEAPOLIS With spring training in the near future, the Minnesota Twins claimed outfielder Darin Mastroianni off waivers from the Toronto Blue Jays.In order to make room for Mastroianni on the 40-man roster, the Twins designated right-handed reliever Esmerling Vasquez for assignment. Minnesota claimed Vasquez off waivers from Arizona in late September.Mastroianni, 26, split time...
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Pavano embracing leadership role with Twins
MINNEAPOLIS Carl Pavano is the resident wily veteran of the Minnesota Twins' pitching rotation, but he can relate to the issues the team's younger pitchers went through in 2011.While the Twins struggled as a team during last year's 99-loss season, many of the team's starting pitchers also had down years. Starters Nick Blackburn, Scott Baker and Francisco Liriano...
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Pose for Hrbek statue remains undecided
MINNEAPOLIS Kent Hrbek already has his No. 14 retired by the Minnesota Twins. He already has a bar and restaurant named after him at Target Field, the Twins' two-year-old ballpark.
But this season, the Bloomington, Minn., native and former first baseman will be honored by his hometown team in one more fashion: with a bronze statue.
The Twins announced late last month that...
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Minnesota Twins auctioning off genuine baseball signed by fake ex-married couple
A baseball signed by former reality TV couple turned bitter exes following the termination of their fraud of a marriage, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, is being auctioned off by the Minnesota Twins in the name of charity, and unbelievably the bidding is a whopping $1,000 with just under seven days left.
No doubt the final tally will be much higher when the auction finishes, which...
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Twins take bids on Kim-and-Kris-autographed ball
The Minnesota Twins are cutting ties with the Kardashians, too.
Well, sort of.
The team announced Tuesday it will auction off a baseball autographed by reality starlet Kim Kardashian and her ex-husband Kris Humphries. They signed the ball before a Twins game last July, when the Minnesota native and NBA player Humphries threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
After a highly publicized...
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Carroll adds wealth of knowledge to Twins club
MINNEAPOLIS When he reports to spring training later this month, Twins infielder Jamey Carroll will be 38 years old and likely the oldest player on the roster. Some of his new Minnesota teammates, such as outfielder Ben Revere, will be 15 years younger.But late last month, the veteran Carroll had the chance to meet most of his teammates, at TwinsFest. Despite spending 10 seasons...
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Player Profile #87: Joe Mauer | C | MIN
Sure, we’ll rank Joe Mauer 87th. That seems like a pretty non-controversial ranking. It’s high enough that he’s still considered a top fantasy talent, especially at his position, but it’s low enough to reflect the risk associated with having Mauer as your starting catcher. No one expects Mauer to come close to hitting 28 homers again, especially at Target...
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Why 2012 Is An Important Year For the Twins (Part Two)
In part one, we took a look at the Twins pitching staff, which was one of the worst in baseball last season. The team’s inability to strike people out, combined with a terrible year from Francisco Liriano led to Minnesota producing the second worst team ERA (4.60) in baseball in 2011. I’m one of those people who will argue to the grave that pitching is what helps teams win baseball...
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2012 Player Preview: Billy Bullock
When the Braves acquired Billy Bullock from the Minnesota Twins last spring in exchange for Scott Diamond, Braves fans were awash with optimism. Bullock is a live-armed reliever with potential to be a stud, while Diamond is just kind of a fifth starter/spot reliever kind of guy who didn't figure into the Braves plans at all in 2011. In repeating AA in 2011, most of us expected...
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Should Ben Revere play center?
Before the spikes have even hit the turf at Hammonds Stadium, manager Ron Gardenhire has gone on the record as saying Denard Span is his 2012 center fielder.
"[Span's] going to lead off and be my center fielder. That’s my expectations. If somebody were to tell me that he’s not able to do that, then we’d have to ad lib. But if Denard comes in healthy, then heâ€...
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Mauer needs a solid foundation
Joe Mauer has spent a substantial amount of time over the past few weeks on various media outlets attempting to erase memories of his contributions (or lack thereof) to the 99-loss season.
He’s working hard. He’s putting on weight. He’s eating Wheaties. He’s saying his prayers. He's drinking nothing but unicorn milk. He’s doing the Rocky IV training in Russia. Heâ...
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Can a focused Burroughs be useful to the Twins?
On Monday,
the Star Tribune’s Patrick Reusse
recounted the tale of Sean Burroughs,
a recent Twins minor league signing this winter, whose life was derailed by drinking
and drugs in his twenties.
In his first
four seasons of professional ball in the Padres organization, Burroughs hit a
remarkable .324/418/.453 in 1,653 plate appearances. Baseball America anointed him
the seventh...
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