https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1221/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/al-central-preview-cleveland-indians-r68/Let’s knock off one more preview post before the weekend, shall we? Maybe by next week, I’ll have generated the energy and interest level to look in to the remaining Division rivals. Yesterday, we looked at the prohibitive favorites to repeat as AL Central champions, the Detroit Tigers. For today,...68Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-bullpen-r67/The Twins have about 30 pitchers coming to spring training this year. Some Twins fans are upset that the Twins haven't signed the likes of Dan Wheeler or Brad Lidge when they signed for low-price deals. There are still some bullpen arms available (Coffey, Wuertz ,etc.), but the question is Would you...67Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/al-central-preview-detroit-tigers-r66/We’ve all been writing and talking and debating and complaining about virtually every aspect of the Twins off-season for months, so as the Spring Training gates prepare to swing open, there is very little more to be written concerning our guys’ prospects for 2012. I still suspect Terry Ryan may add...66Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/al-central-preview-detroit-tigers-r65/We’ve all been writing and talking and debating and complaining about virtually every aspect of the Twins off-season for months, so as the Spring Training gates prepare to swing open, there is very little more to be written concerning our guys’ prospects for 2012. I still suspect Terry Ryan may...65Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-15000000-question-r64/Today’s mystery category? Let’s see if you can guess from the clues… "What are the Twins television revenues?" "Why is everybody bitching about a $100 million payroll?" "Why couldn't the Twins sign Prince Fielder?" If you didn’t get it, don’t be too hard on yourself - it’s a little convoluted. T...64Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/dangerous-gambles-in-the-rotation-r63/Teams generally enter every season with a few question marks in the rotation. The Twins, unfortunately, look like they'll head into the 2012 campaign with five. With each starter slated to occupy a spot in Minnesota's rotation, there is a fair amount of upside and also significant downside. At t...63Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/is-buteras-reign-of-terror-over-r60/The Twins had a lot of players miss significant time last season, but no one's absence was felt more than Joe Mauer, who sat out 80 games with a variety of ailments. This isn't just because he is the team's best player. It's also because no position carried less depth in the Twins organization t...60Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/k-bro-twins-fest-report-2012-r59/Nothing breaks up a drab, blah, boring, post-holiday winter's weekend quite like talking baseball. And the best place to talk baseball, and see baseballs, and hear baseball stories, and to think about baseball, and otherwise get your baseball fix in January is TWINS FEST! [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] I w...59Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/should-ben-revere-play-center-r58/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...58Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/was-ryan-too-trigger-happy-r57/I've generally been pleased with the moves the Twins have made this offseason. In his return to the helm, Terry Ryan has wisely allowed some overpriced free agents to depart while signing solid producers like Josh Willingham and Ryan Doumit to bargain deals with little downside. Two moves that ha...57Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-fest-weekend-r56/Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook 2012 – Now Available as an e-book for $6.99 by clickinghere. You can, of course, still get the print version for $13.99 by clicking here. The procedure I had done yesterday kind of won last night, so I wasn’t able to finish the next installment of the Organizational...56Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/mauer-in-need-of-a-solid-foundation-r55/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...55Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:24:00 +0000