https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1218/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gabbin-grapefruit-terry-doyle-r113/La Velle had a good piece on Rule 5 pick Terry Doyle at the Strib today. The 26-year-old right-hander discussed some his route to the Twins organization, listening in on Internet radio at his home in Warwick, Rhode Island when he found out that Minnesota had drafted him. For their part, the Twins...113Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gabbin-grapefruit-terry-doyle-r112/La Valle had a good piece on Rule 5 pick Terry Doyle at the Strib today. The 26-year-old right-hander discussed some his route to the Twins organization, listening in on Internet radio at his home in Warwick, Rhode Island when he found out that Minnesota had drafted him. For their part, the Twins w...112Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-two-way-planning-r111/Players with less than three years of major league service time will typically sign one year, two-way contracts. Now that spring training has started, expect many of the Twins players to sign such contracts in the next week. These two-way contracts are for a certain dollar value if the player is in...111Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-29-pitching-pitching-and-more-pitching-r110/Aaron and John broadcast from Lindsay Guentzel's MLB Fan Cave Voting Party. They discuss each of the Twins pitchers, including a spirited discussion about the relative values of Carl Pavano and Scott Baker. Then they finish by talking about the new TwinsDaily web site. You can find: the podcasts...110Tue, 21 Feb 2012 02:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-will-use-nathans-blueprint-for-zumaya-r109/One year ago the Twins were working with a relief pitcher who wanted to show he had fully recovered from an elbow injury. Joe Nathan had spent the last year trying to recover from Tommy John surgery. He hadn't been on a mound in a major league regular season game since the playoffs in 2009. When pit...109Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/fort-myers-spring-training-guide-r108/I posted this a week ago or so in my blog, but I am reposting it here as well in case folks were interested in going down to Fort Myers for Spring Training this spring. As I promised last Sunday, I have been working on two Spring Training Guides: a General Guide to Fort Myers and a more specific foo...108Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/spring-training-preview-r106/The Twins invited a staggering 66 players to big-league camp this year, which seems more than a little excessive when you consider that only 25 will make the Opening Day roster and very few of those spots are legitimately up for grabs.   So why the prodigious assembly at Lee County Sports Complex? I...106Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/my-first-professional-offseason-finding-a-job-r104/My name is AJ Pettersen. I will be blogging for twinsdaily.com throughout the summer. I grew up in Minnetonka, MN, have been a Twins fan my entire life and am honored to be a part of this organization. That being said, I hope my insight into the life of minor league baseball is both interesting and...104Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/baseballs-happy-lexicon-r103/This shortest of phrases makes our hearts soar Pitchers and catchers report We limped through last year but come back for more Pitchers and catchers report 99 losses taught the boys things We yearn for the clean slate a new season brings Like Hornsby we stared out the window for spring Pitchers and...103Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/four-words-that-make-me-smile-pitchers-and-catchers-report-r102/We’ve been patient, at least as patient as we can. But it is really difficult. I mean, the last time we saw the Minnesota Twins play was September 28, 2011. What a game it was. Twins starter Carl Pavano threw nine shutout innings against the Kansas City Royals. Bruce Chen tossed eight scoreless at...102Sat, 18 Feb 2012 04:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what-to-watch-in-2012-reveres-average-r101/When he was a prospect coming up through the minors, Ben Revere showed promise as a lightning-fast outfielder who could make things happen with his legs and with his glove. He was drafted in the first round in 2007, put himself on the map by leading the Midwest League with a .379 average in 2008...101Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what-to-watch-in-2012-pavanos-strikeouts-r100/When the Twins acquired Carl Pavano in August of 2009, his fastball was averaging almost 91 miles per hour and he was striking out 16 percent of the batters he faced. In two seasons since, his velocity has dropped by two miles per hour and his K-rate has descended steadily, to 13 percent in 2010...100Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:34:00 +0000