https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1143/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/random-thoughts-on-a-random-loss-r422/I don’t know if these are questions, or thoughts, of forum topics, but after a 13-hour day, I’m pretty much free associating. Let’s see what happens. Because Fourth Place Is Just Five Games Away? Why is Carl Pavano pitching? The Twins long term strategy regarding Pavano needs to be to have him demon...422Tue, 15 May 2012 03:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/concerns-with-pavanos-velocity-continue-to-mount-r420/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zw_MlMY_n8g/T7Ds4BCIBCI/AAAAAAAABRI/jscxapm3W00/s320/PavanoThrowing.jpg Word came out over the weekend that Carl Pavano underwent an MRI on his right shoulder to see if there was anything wrong with this important...420Mon, 14 May 2012 13:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-41-shake-ups-and-wake-ups-r418/Aaron and John talk about the latest roster shakeup, including Danny Valencia's demotion to Triple-A and Francisco Liriano's move to the bullpen, get a call from Aaron's mom for Mother's Day, marvel at Scott Diamond's unexpected gems, make their PickPointz picks and name last week's winners, and...418Mon, 14 May 2012 00:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/live-twins-chat-at-100-today-saturday-r415/Starting at 1:00 today (Saturday), I wll be again answering your Twins-related questions here. I'll answer questions for at least one hour and as long as we keep getting questions. Last week, we chatted for about two hours. It's fun and it's easy. When the chat starts, just leave your questions belo...415Sat, 12 May 2012 14:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-out-your-brown-paper-bag-its-going-to-be-a-long-season-instructions-included-r413/Thursday night's loss to the Blue Jays was down right humiliating--running into a tag for a double play, pop up falling to the ground while three Twins players watch it from two feet away, another four inning stink-fest from a starting pitcher. Need I continue? Any more memories and I might need to...413Fri, 11 May 2012 21:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/friday-links-n-thinks-r412/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another week has come and gone for Twins Territory and the hometown nine have started to stir the pot a little bit when it comes to their roster. Brian Dozier, the organization's minor league player of the year from 2011, made his debut earli...412Fri, 11 May 2012 12:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-joe-mauer-hurt-or-just-slumping-r411/On April 29th, while catching Joe Mauer took a Brayan Pena sharp foul ball off the inside part of his left knee. Up to that point, the seemingly healthy Mauer was hitting a robust .325/.419/.438. He had hit a home run, triple and four doubles in those 93 plate appearances. Since then, he has gone to...411Fri, 11 May 2012 06:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sleeping-on-slama-r409/After seeing the two starters who were supposed to serve as veteran leaders in the rotation exit after recording only 12 outs on successive nights, it's not hard to understand why the Twins have been carrying 13 pitchers on the roster for much of the year. What is hard to understand is why, with al...409Fri, 11 May 2012 03:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/changing-focus-the-danny-valencia-ampamp-francisco-liriano-moves-r408/At some (very depressing) point, as a season turns into an extended offseason, the focus needs to change. For the Twins, that change has been coming since the middle of last week. The turning point was tonight. At some point, the focus changes from the team to the players. The moves become less abou...408Thu, 10 May 2012 05:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-blue-jays-series-preview-r407/The Twins just finished a three game series against the Angels, and on Thursday night, they will start a four game set at Target Field against the Toronto Blue Jays. To say that the Blue Jays have had the Twins numbers in recent years is a massive understatement. Let’s take a look: [TABLE=align: cen...407Thu, 10 May 2012 04:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/valencia-optioned-to-rochester-more-moves-maloney-mastroianni-walters-r405/Immediately following the Twins loss tonight against the Angels, the team announced that they had optioned 3B Danny Valencia and Designated LHP Matt Maloney for Assignment. The selected the contract of RHP PJ Walters and OF/2B Darin Mastroianni. Valencia has really struggled with the bat and glove...405Thu, 10 May 2012 03:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-happened-to-chris-parmelee-r404/Only eight short months ago, Chris Parmelee was the talk of what was left of this baseball town in the aftermath of a 99-loss season. A September call-up, straight from Double-A no less, Parmelee went out and mashed pitching at the major league level. In a short span of time, he impressed people by...404Wed, 09 May 2012 05:21:00 +0000