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Aaron Hicks' stock will be rising this offseason

As Seth Stohs mentioned yesterday, while the rest of us at Twins Daily were all stark raving mad about Kyle Gibson’s performance in the Arizona Fall League, another Twins prospect was making noise even further south. Outfielder Aaron Hicks, who is playing winthttp://apps.startribune.com/blogs/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gifer ball in Venezuela, is off to a fast start this offseason, matching the expectation he set from his in-season performance at New Britain.   Of course, not long ago, Hicks
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Twins' Kyle Gibson heating up in Arizona

Just over a year removed from his Tommy John surgery, Twins pitching prospect Kyle Gibson has made two encouraging starts in Arizona, firing 92-to-95-mph bullets and keeping the game’s top prospects off-balanced with an 83-86-mph slider.   That’s right: Hitting 95 miles per hour according to the Pitch F/X system in Arizona.   Let’s take a look at why his AFL performance should give Twins fans hope.   According to MLB.com, Gibson has been aware of the velocity increase and views it as a positive
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What's hindering Hendriks?

The befuddlement continues as Hendriks’ winless streak now reaches 17 starts and counting.   Dating back to beginning of 2011, Hendriks has put up two stellar seasons in the minor leagues, posting a 2.86 ERA with a 193/49 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 245.2 innings split between New Britain and Rochester. In 2011, the Twins named him their Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Based on those figures and accolades, expectations were high for him.   Naturally, that has not quite panned out so far at the
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Twins drop series opener to Royals

What happened to all that offense that showed up for the Cleveland series? Or pitching for that matter?   After scoring 24 runs, averaging six per game against the Indians, the Will Smith and the Royals stop the Twins bats cold and Kansas City would, as Ron Gardenhire would say after the game, hit the fire out of the ball.   The Twins offense was far from the productive group it has shown against Cleveland, and gave the Royals pitchers very little to sweat about.   In the bottom of the fifth, do
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What has happened to Joe Mauer's defense?

Concerns over Joe Mauer’s defense has grown exponentially as the number of opposing kleptomaniacs have continued to accumulate more and more bases.   A one-time Florida State quarterback recruit, earlier in his career Mauer had thwarted over 30% of would-be base-stealers but has seen that number drop to league average as injuries and age have taken a toll on him. This year, however, that rate has dropped to a league-worst six percent – stopping just three runners with his own arm. What’s more is
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Twins Daily:

Word spread on Tuesday that Carl Pavano had been re-diagnosed with a bruise on his humerus bone. Pavano, who had made two appearances with the Fort Myers Miracle in hopes of rehabbing what was assumed to be a strained shoulder, told reporters that he’s frustrated that it took several months to get the diagnosis correct but is happy that it does not require surgery to heal. Considering it will take rest and that September is fast approaching, the likelihood Pavano is seen again in a Twins uniform
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