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Rumors of our demise our greatly exaggerated. Rumors of the school year ending, our student teacher leaving and our work load increasing dramatically are absolutely accurate. Here now, a pseudo-recap of the weeks since the Twins last got a day off.

Game 27

Indians 7 - Twins 6

Long ago I first wrote about the magical Land of Cleve, a blighted kingdom where no team can win for long and where all the knights in the land eventually flee for other kingdom's with better ...

Updated 05-16-2013 at 03:05 PM by PeanutsFromHeaven

Tags: aaron hicks, joe mauer, oswaldo arcia, scott diamond, wha happened?

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Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!

The Minnesota Twins are going through a bit of a rough patch. The White Sox are terrible, but hit the Twins hard today and won the series. The Twins rotation is not performing. Mike Pelfrey seems jolly, but that's not enough. Vance Worley has cool glasses, but that's not cutting it. Pedro Hernandez is a lefty, but even that isn't getting the job done.

In addition, there are questions about the offense. Is Josh Willingham ...

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It's getting close to the end of the first fourth of the season and the Twins are still flirting with the .500 mark. There is a lot of baseball left to play but it has been an encouraging first portion of the season for Twins fans. Some surprise pitching performances, a good offense and a stingy bullpen have the club in range of the top of the division.

So how did this Twins team get here and is this pace sustainable for the remainder of the season? ...

Updated 05-14-2013 at 01:13 PM by Kevin

Tags: aaron hicks, cole devries, joe mauer, josh willingham, justin morneau, kevin correia, kyle gibson, mike pelfrey, oswaldo arcia, pedro hernandez, scott diamond, terry ryan, vance worley

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Episode 37 of the Twins baseball podcast, Talk To Contact (@TalkToContact), is now available for download via iTunes or by clicking here.

On Episode 37, Cody and Eric are joined by Baseball Prospectus‘ Jason Parks to talk about the Twins Minor League system. Jason Parks has plenty to say about Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, as well as some of the pitching prospects.

Before Jason Parks ...

Updated 05-11-2013 at 06:11 AM by Cody Christie

Tags: baseball prospectus, byron buxton, jason parks, joe mauer, kevin correia, michael tonkin, miguel sano, mike pelfrey, oswaldo arcia, podcast, scott diamond, talk to contact

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The Twins keep finding ways to surprise as the team still sits around the .500 mark and it is close to a month and a half into the season. Minnesota's bats finally woke up in Boston with some big numbers put up in the four game series by Oswaldo Arcia and Joe Mauer. The club took three out of the four games to close out their recent road trip.

This weekend the Baltimore Orioles are coming to Target Field for a three game set. Baltimore is off to another good start after last year's ...

Tags: aaron hicks, byron buxton, carlos gomez, carlos santana, darin mastroianni, josh willingham, josmil pinto, kirby puckett, matt kemp, miguel sano, oswaldo arcia, sam deduno, scott diamond, vance worley

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At the end of last season, things must have been a little tense around the Ron Gardenhire household. The Twins were coming off of back-to-back 90-loss seasons and Gardenhire only had one season left on his current contract. It was inevitable for some changes to take place and almost all of Gardy's coaching staff would not be hired back or would be reassigned.

The sporting world can be cruel when a team isn't performing well on the field. Twins fans weren't used to this kind of shake-up ...

Tags: aaron hicks, alex meyer, kyle gibson, metrodome, oswaldo arcia, pohlad family, ron gardenhire, target field, terry ryan, tom kelly, trevor may

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The Twins actually got to get all of their games in so far this week. Monday's game with the Marlins had to be moved to Tuesday as part of a doubleheader but this was a step in the right direction after multiple cancellations last week.

Texas is in town for the weekend and it sounds like the weather is actually going to start feeling like spring. Highs will continue to rise and hopefully the Twins can continue to play baseball around the .500 mark.

The weekend is almost ...

Tags: ben revere, brian dozier, delmon young, harry caray, hawk harrelson, jack morris, jamey carroll, joe mauer, kevin correia, kyle gibson, mike pelfrey, oswaldo arcia, ron gardenhire, the sandlot, troy tulowitzki

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Here's your quick, easy, inaccurate guide to the last week in Twins Baseball

Game 15

Cold Weathered Out

After going all the way to Chicago just to find out that another game would be postponed due to inclement weather, the Twins groaned loudly in protest. Manager Ron Gardenhire's offer to take everyone out for ice cream was a nice thought but...seriously...whose thinking about ice cream on the 79th day of February?

Game 16

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Tags: jesse crain, josh willingham, mike pelfrey, oswaldo arcia, wha happened?

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Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!

The Twins have swept two consecutive series, but due to crazy sucky weather, it only adds up to a four-game winning streak. The weather is still cold, but the Twins are hot right now. They sit in second place after beating the White Sox in two straight, and are only a half game behind the powerhouse Royals. This week, they received good enough starting pitching, solid offense, and great performances out of the bullpen. Is it sustainable? ...

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With the Twins up and down start to the year, it is hard to know if the team will be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline. Most likely the team will be selling. There will be plenty of talk about Justin Morneau being dealt in the coming months since his contract is up at the end of the year. Another important name to watch out for in the hot stove reports is Josh Willingham.

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Willingham is coming off his best season and there might be more than one team looking to add a powerful ...

Updated 04-17-2013 at 07:14 AM by Kevin

Tags: chris parmelee, darin mastroianni, joe mauer, josh willingham, oswaldo arcia, rochester red wings, ryan doumit

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The baseball games tonight give us a chance to clear our minds from the devastating news out of Boston. For those of you living in the nightmare, I think I can speak for everybody at TwinsDaily - creators, writers and readers - that our thoughts are with you during this difficult time.

For as exciting (or depressing) as baseball can be, it's still just a game. But in tonight's game, Twins fans were excited to see Oswaldo Arcia make his major league debut. He didn't disappoint, ripping ...

Tags: dalton hicks, joe benson, logan darnell, oswaldo arcia, tom stuifbergen

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What if Arcia goes all Wilson Ramos during the Angels series? Can you justify sending him down with your starting CF hitting right around Courtney James' and Antoine Broxsie's combined GPA? If Arcia shows a glimmer of his AAA stats, it's time to give the Mastro a good shin guard and let him roam CF for at least the next couple months, while Hicks builds his confidence in AAA. So where do you put Arcia, you might ask? I'm thinking as a DH/RF platoon with Parmelee as Doumit is hitting about as ...

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The Twins got an excellent outing from free-agent pick-up Kevin Correia, who worked into the 8^th inning. Unfortunately, the Royals strung a few hits together and were able to chase Correia after taking a 3-1 lead. The Twins failed to rally in the 9^th and lost their 3^rd “Home Opener” of the season. (But remain undefeated in non-Home Openers.)



Three of the club’s affiliates were in action this evening. Let’s take a look…

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Tags: adam walker, chris colabello, david hurlbut, oswaldo arcia, red wings, twins, tyler jones

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Opening week has come and gone, and after playing a four game home and home series against the Buffalo Bisons it’s safe to say that at 1-3, the Rochester Red Wings are not where they had hoped to be.


The First Three Games

In the two games in Buffalo and the home opener in Rochester offense was the biggest problem. As previously stated in Red Wings Season Preview, scoring runs was going to be tough for Rochester ...

Updated 04-07-2013 at 08:20 PM by Christopher Fee

Tags: chris colabelllo, kyle gibson, oswaldo arcia, rochester red wings

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