https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1193/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-spantastic-start-to-his-season-r359/Heading into the 2012 season, the Twins had plenty of question marks throughout the lineup. Among those unanswered questions was center fielder Denard Span. The concern was Span, like Justin Morneau to a lesser extent, would be unable to play consistently throughout the season at a high level. After...359Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/booing-mauer-while-asinine-not-hard-to-see-why-r357/Much has been made recently about the boo birds in Target Field singling out Joe Mauer while he’s up to bat. It is somewhat hard to understand this early in the season while he’s actually performing pretty well from a grand scheme perspective, batting .319 with a .410 On-Base Percentage. He’s played...357Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-twins-complaints-im-sick-and-tired-of-r356/[TABLE=class: tr-caption-container] http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UqDW4rI70uo/T5lGaRGuc8I/AAAAAAAAATE/t9Ls1VQ9BHI/s320/Mauer.jpg [TD=class: tr-caption]I get it: Joe Mauer is getting paid $184 million and doesn't hit many home runs [/TD] [/TABLE] [Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar] When a...356Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/draft-a-college-pitcher-are-you-sure-r355/I can’t imagine that there is a worse starting rotation in Major League Baseball than the Minnesota Twins. It was really bad last year. They added only Jason Marquis in the offseason. Scott Baker had elbow surgery that turned into Tommy John surgery. Francisco Liriano, who teased in spring training,...355Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/duensing-ramping-up-his-velocity-in-the-pen-r353/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For the second season in a row, the Twins have taken a player who had previously served as a starter and given him a prominent role in the bullpen. Last year the Twins were very pleased with the performance of Glen Perkins as he developed i...353Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-deep-end-425-r352/It's been really hard to keep up on all the great blog entries that members have been creating the last few days. If you're ready to dive past the top stories and swim in the deep end, check these out.... [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] The New Britain Rock Cats are off to a great start, and Twins Fan From Afar...352Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mauer-making-a-statement-r350/The Twins have played 18 games this year, and Joe Mauer has been in the starting lineup for every single one. That's right – you might not have noticed, but the embattled catcher has not taken a day off this season after missing half of the 2011 campaign due to various ailments. [PRBREAK][/PRBREA...350Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-happened-to-all-the-swagger-r349/After punishing spring training pitchers and promoting himself this offseason, Danny Valencia’s output in the regular season has left something to be desired. Coming off a down year in 2011 and made promises of rebounding and rededicating himself for this season. Rather than coming out the gates to...349Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/red-sox-6-twins-5-r347/I blame myself. I do. Heading to the middle of the eighth inning, I’m forced to leave my seat to pick up my kid at 10:00. By the time I walk through the stadium, I’ve heard the roar and see Jamey Carroll standing on third base with no outs and the third through fifth batters coming up. If I didn’t h...347Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/shaky-control-puts-liriano-on-shaky-ground-r344/Francisco Liriano was tagged with a loss Sunday as he allowed five runs over five innings, handing out four walks while throwing just 47 of 86 pitches for strikes. It qualified as his best start of the season. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Through four turns, Liriano sits with an 11.02 ERA, 2.28 WHIP and 12...344Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-38-f-bomb-r342/Aaron and John talk about Francisco Liriano's latest ugly start, Luke Hughes leaving via the waiver wire, the clock ticking on Alexi Casilla and Danny Valencia, phone calls from listeners, why the bullpen has been better than expected, and why getting old stinks. Here are: the podcasts the rss...342Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-tweaking-lirianos-repertoire-r340/On Friday night’s Fox Sports North broadcast of the Twins game, Dick and Bert talked about some things the coaching staff had relayed to them about Francisco Liriano and his upcoming start. Pitching coach Rick Anderson said that the key to getting Liriano back to his spring training form in which he...340Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:18:00 +0000