Minnesota Twins preview: No place to go but up in Twin Cities
Justin Morneau, Joe Mauer and Josh Willingham need to be the engines that drive the Minnesota Twins. (Jesse Johnson/USA TODAY Sports) The 2012 Minnesota Twins starting pitchers finished next-to-last in the majors in both ERA and FIP, trailing only the Colorado Rockies. The organization entered the offseason with a clear objective: upgrade the pitching More...
2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 10-1
St. Louis Cardinals’ Oscar Taveras tops the chart of MLB prospects. (David Welker/Four Seam Images) The top 50 MLB prospects thus far have given us an idea of the direction several franchises are going. The More...
2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 20-11
Boston Red Sox top prospect Xander Bogaerts lands at number 11. (Matthew West/Boston Herald) Among last year’s top prospects, several failed to emerge as adequate big-league players when their numbers were called. More...
2013 top 50 MLB prospects countdown: 50-41
Los Angeles Dodgers prospect Yasiel Puig comes in at #41. (Gary A. Vasquez/US Presswire) Prospects come and go with the seasons. A prospect can be the next best thing one year and an utter disappointment the next. More...
Fantasy baseball: Eight sleepers well worth waiting for in your draft
Starling Marte could be a fantasy baseball sleeper pick in 2013. (Peter Diana/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) Everybody and their brother compiles a fantasy baseball sleeper list this time of the year. In year’s More...
Minnesota Twins building a quality pitching staff for the future
Acquired from the Nationals, Alex Meyer has a chance to be a future ace of the Twins starting rotation. (John Boal) A little under the radar this winter, the Minnesota Twins front office made a series of nice moves More...
Need a fix? Here’s what’s happening in the winter leagues (AL Central)
Alex Monsalve In my last article, I covered what’s happening in winter ball for AL East teams. Continuing with the theme, here’s the latest and greatest from the AL Central. Chicago White Sox Carlos More...
Will surplus of free-agent outfielders hurt Twins’ offseason options?
Minnesota Twins GM Terry Ryan will be looking to trade outfielders for pitching during the offseason. It seems all but certain the Minnesota Twins will be looking to trade for pitching this offseason. It’s no More...
50th Anniversary: Jack Kralick tosses first no-hitter in Twins history
“Jittery” Jack Kralick pitched the Twins first no-hitter in 1962. This season has featured no less than six no-hitters, three of them perfect games. Seattle has twirled two of them, a Felix Hernandez More...
Standing pat at the trade deadline the right decision for the Twins?
Did the Twins misfire by not moving Justin Morneau or Josh Willingham at the trade deadline? (Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) For two years now, the Twins have been among MLB’s worst teams. And for two years, More...
