https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1170/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twinstrain-territory-train-bus-driver-ed-and-scott-stahoviak-r150/Hello again, everybody. For those of you who haven't had the opportunity to familiarize yourself with the TwinsTrain operation over the last couple of years, don't feel left out; it's never too late to sync up with our touring outfit and join the excitement this summer.   In a nutshell, we package...150Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-tone-of-writing-r148/The following are examples of comments we've received on blog posts over the past few days. The first came from Twins Daily member roger responding to my post earlier this week about the Zumaya injury: Is the new Twins Daily going to be another site where everyone 'bad mouths' everything Mr. Ryan an...148Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/patience-with-bullpen-is-a-must-r147/It appears that the polarizing Twins topic of the first ten days of spring training is the Twins bullpen. There are many who believe that the Twins messed up by not adding more veteran relief pitchers to major league contracts during the offseason. I’m firmly on the opposite side of that argument. I...147Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/building-a-bench-r144/A year ago, the Twins went into the regular season with a bench consisting of Drew Butera, Jason Repko, Matt Tolbert and Jim Thome. In other words: three guys who possessed only defensive value, and one who possessed only offensive value. It was a pretty limiting group, and the lack of flexibility c...144Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/my-journey-to-the-minnesota-twins-r143/Blog Post #1 By: Aaron Bates Follow my daily Spring Training journey on twitter at: @A33bates Hey Guys! I'm very excited that Seth Stohs asked me to do a regular blog throughout spring training. It's truly one of my favorite times of year as I love getting back on the field and seeing my teammates a...143Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-battles-the-hitters-r140/Here we are, less than a week into full Twins spring training workouts. Games don’t even start for a couple of days. It’s time to start talking position battles, right? It appears to me that there are actually very few positions that are up for grabs at this stage of camp. Of course, as injuries mou...140Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-episode-30-morneau-ampamp-mailbag-r138/Aaron and John talk about pitchers and catchers reporting for spring training, Justin Morneau's discouraging quotes about his health status, Sean Burroughs' odds of making the roster, Aaron's ongoing car saga, John's marriage, and a bunch of mailbag questions. Here are: the podcasts the rss feed...138Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:09:00 +0000https://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 +0000