https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1170/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-next-in-a-long-line-r1279/“It excites me a lot. Look at that line. Those guys have all been mentored by the guy in front of them. Me being mentored by Denard Span means I'm the next one in line. I've still got to get to the big leagues, still have to earn my place as a big league center fielder.” Those were the words of Aaro...1279Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-analysis-third-base-r1273/Likely Starter: Trevor Plouffe 2012 Stats: .235/.301/.455, 24 HR, 55 RBI, 56 R   Potential Backups: Eduardo Escobar, Jamie Carroll Identifying a solution at the hot corner has turned into a game of hot potato for the Twins. Since Corey Koskie’s departure, the list of players who have had a hand on t...1273Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ill-say-it-r1210/The Twins spring schedule kicks off tomorrow. I know many are looking forward to it, even without the belief that the Twins will be competing for an AL Central crown this fall. That doesn't make this spring any less interesting. So with that in mind, I'm going on record and making predictions... s...1210Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/morris-candidacy-seems-all-but-dead-r1110/For the first time since 1996, the Baseball Writers' Association of America did not select anyone to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. This was the eighth time that no one was selected by the writers but most onlookers could see this coming. The influx of suspected steroid user...1110Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-rising-cost-of-relief-pitching-r967/If you were going to create a list of the Twins' offseason needs, you would likely write in big, bold letters STARTING PITCHING and underline it twice and put some exclamation points next to it for safe measure. Clearly this area of the team put the Twins in significant default night after night. S...967Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/morneaus-fastball-improvement-r854/What was interesting about Justin Morneau’s second home run of the game yesterday (and the walk-off winner which John Bonnes detailed here) is that it happened to be just his third home run he has hit which was thrown over 90 miles per hour this year. On his second homer of the year back on April 18...854Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-twins-shop-for-a-shortstop-this-offseason-r846/When the Twins front office begins to renovate this mess of a house in the winter, at the top of the list the highest priority has to be fixing the starting rotation. It is the home’s crumbling foundation and that needs the most attention. Afterwards, item number two could be repairing the all-impor...846Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/saturday-night-minor-league-lights-r828/The Twins won both ends of a double header against Kansas City on Saturday but there was plenty of exciting action across the minor leagues. Let's check out how the Twins farm system fared as their seasons are coming to a close.   ELIZABETHTON 2, BURLINGTON 3 In what looks like it will be a great Ap...828Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/saturdays-twins-minor-league-daily-r693/The Twins are currently throttling the Indians. It's nice to see. Josh Willingham continues to demonstrate that he was an excellent off-season signing, and Alexi Casilla even got in on the action. Let's take a look at the action down on the farm. ROCHESTER 5, COLUMBUS 8 Liam Hendriks had a bad start...693Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sunday-game-notes-and-highlights-r596/The Sunday Tweet of the Day comes from yours truly (@SethTweets). Before the game started, I tweeted, “After that pregame and national anthem rendition, is there any questions that @TPlouffe24 is planning to hit a home run or two for #America?” Josh Willingham hit a big three-run home run that tied...596Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/monday-in-the-minors-r519/The Twins had another off day on Monday. Justin Morneau’s Casino Night was on Sunday night. On Monday night, many players worked the bar at Toby Keith’s for Hang with the Majors. These events and some that are less publicized are all a part of Hope Week in which the Twins are quite visible around th...519Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-em-will-hurt-r513/Last Tuesday night during Seth's weekly podcast, I expressed some surprise that the Twins hadn't drafted a middle infielder yet. Right away Wednesday morning, the Twins drafted a high schooler from Lexington (KY) Catholic (Ben Rever's alma mater). Not only did they get a guy who can slot in nicel...513Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000