Over the Baggy

The Minnesota Twins’ offseason has been interesting to say the least.

With the team trading away not one but two of their major league ready center fielders, the writing on the wall at 1 Twins Way appears to read that the focus is on the future. Outwardly, the Twins are sending the message that they are doing what they can to build a competitive team in 2013 but also taking measures to fortify the club for the coming years. Behind closed doors however, the ...

Tags: jon daniels, josh hamilton, justin morneau, los angeles angels, minnesota twins, terry ryan, texas rangers, trade rumors

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Joe Mauer hit just one infield fly ball all year making his 1.0% infield fly rate the second lowest in all of baseball. That’s a significant increase over his totals last year when he did not hit a single fly ball to anyone in the infield. See, there is still plenty of reason to boo him.

Mauer is often credited with having the perfect swing, and the fact that he is not popping pitches up to the second baseman is telling how square he hits the ball. That said ...

Tags: denard span, joe mauer, justin morneau, scott diamond

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After months of expecting Josh Willingham to move from left field, the outfield position he has played the most in his career, across the turf to right field, Ron Gardenhire has switched courses on that plan.

Back in February, Gardenhire acknowledged that the experiment of moving Willingham to right field might not work but that they would be ready if he would be unable to adapt to the new position:

"That's what we are going to do. We're going ...

Updated 03-25-2012 at 12:50 PM by Parker Hageman

Tags: chris parmelee, josh willingham, justin morneau, ron gardenhire, trevor plouffe

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Following Monday’s 0-for-2 performance, lowering his spring batting average to .100, Justin Morneau addressed his struggles:

"It's gotten better. It's not where I want it to be yet. The swing's getting better. The swing feels a lot better than it did when I first got down here. It's a process, it's moving along. I just have to keep telling myself that it's slow, and just because it's not here now doesn't mean it's not going to be here a week from now." ...

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There’s plenty of concern internally for Justin Morneau’s future. Now former teammate and friend Nick Punto has echoed that concern.

On Monday, Punto described a game of phone-tag he’s been having with Morneau and he sounds like he’s having some concerns that the big Canadian is not returning his calls.

From Gordon Edes’s ESPN Boston article:

Ordinarily, Punto might think nothing of it. His buddy, the Twins' first baseman and former MVP, is busy.

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Tags: concussion, justin morneau, nick punto

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