https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1159/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-weekly-22712-r137/Tonight at 9, Seth Stohs was joined by Travis Aune for the first episode of the season of Twins Minor League Weekly. Granted, there aren't a lot of minor league topics to discuss, so they talked Twins most of the 45-minute show. As you would guess, topics included the comments of Justin Morneau and...137Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ryan-must-react-r136/In his efforts to augment a bullpen that last year ranked last in the league in ERA, FIP and WHIP, Terry Ryan's moves essentially amounted to re-signing Matt Capps and adding Joel Zumaya to replace the departed Joe Nathan. That was hardly a recipe for guaranteed substantial improvement, and now wit...136Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/behind-joel-zumayas-elbow-blowout-r135/On Saturday, Joel Zumaya, the Twins key bullpen addition of the offseason, prepared to throw live batting practice for the first time in the spring. After 13 pitches, he was headed off the mound and into an MRI machine. News broke on Sunday that the injury, a snapped UCL, would require Tommy John...135Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/terry-ryans-foolish-gamble-r134/The TwinsCentric GM Offseason Handbook listed 23 right-handed relievers, sorted in descending order by what we thought they would receive on the open market. The 23rd was Joel Zumaya. He was listed last because of the obvious injury risk he represented. But Zumaya wasn't the 23rd one signed. Twins...134Sun, 26 Feb 2012 23:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fantasy-perspectives-minnesota-twins-r133/One of my fantasy leagues started its draft this past week, so I thought it might be a good time to start writing a little about fantasy baseball. I will likely participate in three or four leagues this year, and each is a little bit different. One of my leagues is a keeper league with major and min...133Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseline-how-bad-are-the-2012-twins-r131/It's easy to be down on the Twins' prospects for this year. 2011 was in many ways their worst season ever, and the offseason moves by Terry Ryan didn't do much more than maintain the talent level they started with last April. So we must be headed for another dreadful season, right? Not so fast. [PRB...131Sun, 26 Feb 2012 05:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-integration-barrier-broke-for-the-twins-franchise-r130/This was first published at The Tenth Inning Stretch earlier this month. I know it is kind of old, but I think that the topic might be interesting for the Twins Daily readers, so I am republishing it here... February is African American/Black History Month, so I wanted to contribute by looking at th...130Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/zumaya-injured-r129/Joel Zumaya impressed local media throwing in the bullpen, but abruptly ended his session, walking off the mound with trainer Rick McWane. Zumaya said he was OK but later GM Terry Ryan acknowledged that Zumaya had felt discomfort on the inside of his elbow. He will undergo an MRI on Sunday. Zumaya...129Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-do-we-make-of-justin-morneaus-quotes-r128/“There comes a point when you can only torture yourself so long.” Those are the words of Justin Morneau (courtesy Phil Mackey of 1500espn on Twitter), uttered just this morning while speaking to reporters for the first time since reporting yesterday to Hammond Stadium in Ft. Myers. Today the Twins...128Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fridays-recommended-twinsdaily-posts-224-r127/If you didn't read these blog posts yesterday, you might want to check them out... TwinsArmChairGM talks about a couple of candidates for that second pick in the amateur draft that the Twins have. Kirsten Brown breaks down the option of carrying two or three catchers on the 25-man roster. There wa...127Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-are-you-a-twins-fan-here-is-my-story-r126/A gesture to a suffering child wins a heart. ~~~ I have always enjoyed listening to other fans tell their stories of why they became baseball fans in general and Twins fans in particular. I hope this prompts you to reflect and reminiscence of the joys of when you became a fan. I was born in Minne...126Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/table-setters-needed-r125/One of the questions posed on our new TwinsDaily.com message board was how the Twins will account for 200 runs in their runs scored/runs allowed differential over the 2011 season which would bring the club back towards 81 wins and beyond. On the defensive/pitching side of the ledger, Minnesota allow...125Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:07:00 +0000