https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1133/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-vs-athletics-07132012-710pm-r636/Finally, back to baseball. After three days of zero ball and one night of awful All-Star play where the National League drubbed the American League 8-0, we can finally get back to baseball that (mostly) matters. Tonight, the Twins square off against the A's, who entered the break on quite a tear...636Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/friday-links-n-thinks-r637/Happy Friday! I hope you made it through the week and you are looking forward to the weekend. It's hard to believe that it is already the 13th of July. Where is the time going from this summer? Make sure you spend some time this weekend enjoying the warm weather and the wonderful outdoors. It won't...637Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-target-team-profile-washington-nationals-r635/The Big Picture At the All Star Break last year, the Washington Nationals were playing .500 baseball (46-46) but were already 11.5 games back behind the National League East leading Phillies. To be sure, it was just their second non-losing first half of the season since they emigrated from Montreal....635Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/capps-reinstated-from-dl-waldrop-optioned-to-rochester-r633/The Twins have reinstated reliever Matt Capps from the 15-day disabled list. Capps was placed on the disabled list on June 25 (retroactive to June 24) with right shoulder inflammation. In his two outings with the Fort Myers Miracle Capps worked two innings while striking out one against Florida Sta...633Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-target-team-profile-the-baltimore-orioles-r632/The Big Picture The Orioles are currently seven games behind the New York Yankees in the AL East. However, they are currently 45-40 as the second half starts and that puts them 0.5 games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays for the second Wild Card. The Orioles last finished with a .500 record (and last made...632Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-target-team-profile-the-pittsburgh-pirates-r630/The Big Picture The Pirates are in first place at the All-Star Break. Oops - hold on. I didn’t say that with the right emphasis. Let me try again. The PIRATES are in FIRST F*$%ING PLACE at the ALL-STAR BREAK. Wha? How? That’s a fair question, considering their offense has scored 345 runs this year,...630Thu, 12 Jul 2012 00:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-second-half-storylines-r629/Last night I posted an article musing about what it might take for the Twins to get back into the AL Central race in the second half. It was mostly the stuff of pipe dreams, naturally, since the club would need to play .650-plus baseball and leapfrog four teams, requiring an historically unprecedent...629Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-would-it-take-to-come-back-r628/Here at the All-Star break, the Twins find themselves 11 games out of first place, with a record 13 games below .500. The most likely scenario is that they sell off their assets within the next couple weeks and coast to a forgettable finish near the bottom of the division. But just what would it tak...628Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-all-star-game-nl-vs-al-07102012-700pm-r626/It's that time of year, folks. The All-Star Game is upon us. Tonight, Matt Cain of the San Francisco Giants goes up against Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers. As has been much-discussed here at Twins Daily, Joe Mauer is the only representative for the Twins. What inning do you see him enter...626Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-at-the-all-star-game-r625/Joe Mauer is the Twins lone All Star representative tonight in Kansas City. In over 52 seasons in Minnesota, the Twins have had many All Stars, obviously at least one each year. There are the greats of the game, like Killebrew, Carew and Puckett who went to many All Star games. And there are the Coo...625Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-2013-payroll-crunch-r623/How low can it go? Not a whole lot lower. According to USAToday, the Minnesota Twins dropped their payroll $18.5M from last year ($112M) to this year ($94M). And while the mantra coming out of Target Field is that “payroll isn’t that important” ask youself: where this team would be with another $18....623Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handing-out-twins-mid-season-awards-r622/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With the All-Star Break at hand, it marks the unofficial midpoint of the 2012 season for the Minnesota Twins. Coming off of one of the worst seasons in franchise history, it was hard to have optimism for the 2012 campaign. There were question...622Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:25:00 +0000