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Profiles of the Top 22 Pitchers for the 2012 MLB Draft: Ryan Burr

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   With the Twins having a severe need for pitching in the organization as well as six picks among the top 100, it is certain that more than one of those picks (and probably the second overall pick) will be used to draft a pitcher. To this respect, I am presenting profiles of the top 22pitching prospects for the 2012 MLB draft.     I will be presenting these alphabetically, and at the end I will rank them. I will be doing about one a day and I
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Profiles of the Top 22 Pitchers for the 2012 MLB Draft: Chris Beck

Originally Published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   With the Twins having a severe need for pitching in the organization as well as six picks among the top 100, it is certain that more than one of those picks (and probably the second overall pick) will be used to draft a pitcher. To this respect, I am presenting profiles of the top 22 pitching prospects for the 2012 MLB draft.   I will be presenting these alphabetically, and at the end I will rank them. I will be doing about one a day and I
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Profiles of the Top 22 Pitchers for the 2012 MLB Draft: Jake Barrett

Originally Published at The Tenth Inning Stretch -- With the Twins having a severe need for pitching in the organization as well as six picks among the top 100, it is certain that more than one of those picks (and probably the second overall pick) will be used to draft a pitcher. To this respect, I am presenting profiles of the top 22 pitching prospects for the 2012 MLB draft.   I will be presenting these alphabetically, and at the end I will rank them. I will be doing about one a day and I wi
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Profiles of the Top 22 Pitchers for the 2012 MLB Draft: Mark Appel

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   With the Twins having a severe need for pitching in the organization as well as six picks among the top 100, it is certain that more than one of those picks (and probably the second overall pick) will be used to draft a pitcher. To this respect, I am presenting profiles of the top 22 pitching prospects for the 2012 MLB draft.   I will be presenting these alphabetically, and at the end I will rank them. I will be doing about one a day and I
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Profiles of the Top 22 Pitchers for the 2012 MLB Draft: RJ Alvarez

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- With the Twins having a severe need for pitching in the organization as well as six picks among the top 100, it is certain that more than one of those picks (and probably the second overall pick) will be used to draft a pitcher. To this respect, I am presenting profiles of the top 22 pitching prospects for the 2012 MLB draft.   I will be presenting these alphabetically, and at the end I will rank them. I will be doing about one a day and I
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Random Tuesday Twins Thoughts and Tidbits

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   Here is this week's installment: With Jayson Werth out at least 3 months, the Twins have a perfect opportunity to see what they can get from the contending Nationals for Denard Span. Alexi Casilla did turn the corner (Big time) with the glove. He has been by far the Twins' best fielder, using a couple of different measurements: Defensive Runs Saved above average with 8 (second best is Span with 5) and UZR with 5 (second best, Span, has 1.
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The Twins middle infield of the future opens tonight

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   Tonight will be the premiere in the big leagues of Twins' infielder Brian Dozier. Dozier was the Twins' 8th round draft pick in 2009 out of the University of Southern Mississippi. He signed right away so he had time to play pro ball in 2009. He quickly moved through the Twins' system, playing for both rookie level teams in 2009, both A-level teams in 2010, starting in Fort Myers in 2011 and ending up in New Britain and then in the Arizon
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Twins, Gardenhire and Maritime Law

When Francesco Schettino, the captain of Costa Concordia abandoned his sinking ship lastJanuary, it made international news. But he was not alone, to quote a very interesting Discovery channel article: "Considered one of the most infamous crimes in maritime law, [this] act of cowardice has many precedents in history.", and goes on to list several of the previous captains who have abandoned ship.   Today, another name needs to be added to the list: Ronald Clyde Gardenhire.   With the excuse that
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Twins Players of the Week

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   This is the fourth installment in this series. You can find all of them here in reverse chronological order. I will be doing these approximately weekly or at the end of every 2 series.         In the last 2 series against the Royals (abbreviated 2-game series because of a rain out) and at the Angels the Twins as a team hit an underpowered .214/.276/.321 with 1 HR and scored 16 runs. This helped them finish only 1-4 in these series.    
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Random Tuesday Twins Thoughts and Tidbits

Here is this week's installment:       Tonight Fransisco Liriano will make his next start after he has been skipped in the rotation. I hope the gods of Fastball grand him command, control and deceitfulness   Luke Hughes was designated for assignment by the Athletics yesterday to make room for Brandon Inge. The Twins have the opportunity to re-sign him and right a wrong   Interesting to see Jason Marquis being the Twins' most reliable starter so far in this young season and that he only ha
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Twins Players of the Week

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   This is the third installment in this series. You can find all of them here in reverse chronological order. I will be doing these approximately weekly or at the end of every 2 series.         In the last 2 series against the Rays and Red Sox the Twins as a team hit an underpowered .241/.326/.310 with 1 HR and scored 21 runs. This helped them finish only 1-5 in these series.         The Twins Hitter of the Week was:       Joe Mauer  
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Who is NOT Hot in the Twins minors? 2012 version 1

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   This is the first version of the 'who is NOT hot in the Twins' minors' series for 2012. I have been doing the Who is hot in the Minors series for a few years now and I decided that a complimentary list might be in order. I will be updating those every month or so, as well. The current who IS hot list can be found here   Without further ado, here is the list, going from AAA to A. The clubs represented are AAA Rochester Red Wings, Interna
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Random Tuesday Twins Thoughts and Tidbits

Here is this week's installment:       Very disappointing loss to the Red Sox last night, but some highlight reel plays and lots of near misses. Unfortunately that left the Twins with a 5-12 record, seven games under .500 and 5.5 games behind the Tigers.   The official rule 4 MLB draft order has been announced and the Twins have 6 picks in the top 100, including the second overall pick   Phillip Humber, another player discarded by the Twins, pitched a perfect game last Saturday. Add that
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Who is Hot in the Twins minors? 2012 version 1

Originally published at The Tenth Innning Stretch ----- This is the first version of the 'who is hot in the Twins' minors' series for 2012. I have been doing this for a few years now and 3 weeks into the 2012 season, there are enough IPs and PAs and is about time I get the first version of 2012 out. I will be updating those in pretty much monthly basis.   About a month into the minor league seasons now, it is not surprising to confirm that the Twins have a nice pitching depth in all levels of
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Twins Players of the Week

Originally Published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   This is the second installment in this series. You can find the first one here and all of them here in reverse chronological order. I will be doing these approximately weekly or at the end of every 2 series.   In the last 2 series against the Yankees and Rangers the Twins as a team hit a respectable .279/.328/.434 with 6 HR and scored 28 runs. This was not enough to get them to finish better than 2-5 in these series. Part of the problem
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Why was Luke Hughes cut by the Twins? The plot thickens...

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   Yesterday, I have written why Luke Hughes got a rotten deal but the Twins, but I think I let another reason out: this was a great way for Twins' manager Ron Gardenhire to get his consanguine Drew Butera up to majors, claiming that he could use 3 catchers.       Interestingly enough, Stealing a page from Pontius Pilatus' book, Terry Ryan, the Twins' interim GM, washed his hands from accountability on player personnel decisions in the Twins' o
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5 reasons why Luke Hughes got a rotten deal by the Twins

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   By now the fact that the Twins have designated Luke Hughes for assignment to clear a 25-man roster for Jason Marquis is old news. I have always felt that Luke Hughes was a player with a lot of potential but for some reason the Twins did not see that and unfortunately might be added to a list of players including David Ortiz, Sergio Santos and Garrett Jones who have flourished after the Twins released them.   http://farm8.staticflickr.com/
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Random Tuesday Twins Thoughts and Tidbits

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   Here is this week's installment, tax deadline edition: Public service announcement: If you have not filed your taxes yet, uncle Sam gives you till midnight tonight to do so Twins' OF Josh Willingham, after he was named Twins' position player of the week here, was officially named AL player of the week. The Twins finally win the opening game of a series in Yankee Stadium. Last time they accomplished that feat it was early May of 2001. Go
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5 Little known facts about the newest Twins' OF, Clete Thomas

Originally Published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---- The Twins have announced that they have selected OF Clete Thomas, on waivers from Detroit. Clete Thomas bats left-handed and has played in all 3 outfield positions, but he has more experience in Right Field. After Darin Mastroianni, he is the second OF on waivers claimed by the Twins in 2012. He will take Scott Baker's 40-man roster spot and a corresponding move (either demoting Ben Revere who has options or waiving ineffective LHB Sean Bu
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Twins Players of the Week

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   The Twins are 2-4 in this early season, after being swept in their first series at Baltimore and winning the series against one of the AL darlings, the LA Angels at the home opener at Target Field, 2-1. This series win is very hopeful, because if they Twins win 60-70% of their series, they will be in the post-season. They stand at 50% right now and winning the Rangers' series, will put them at 66%, which is right on course.   A position pl
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Twins' Organization Player and Staff Birthdays List

Did you wonder when is the Birthday of your favorite player in the Twins' Organization? Did you know that Brian Dozier and Justin Morneau shared Birthdays? So do Chris Parmelee and Nick Blackburn. And the NewBritain clubhouse will have a lot of fun on August 20th, the shared birthday of both their pitching and hitting coaches (Bobby Cuellar and Tom Brunansky). And do you know the most popular day as far as Twins' organization players and staff birthdays go? It is November 24th when 6 member
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Random Tuesday Twins Thoughts and Tidbits

This was originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   Here is this week's installment: The opening day was a bummer but featured somewhat a comeback, for which I was thankful. Still the Twins lost, which is not good. My thoughts as I was watching that game are here. The second game debacle did not put me in a great mood and the third game was the cherry on top. At least there were a couple of bright points: Swarzak's performance on short notice, Jamey Carroll's defense, Frankie L
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Random thoughts from the Twins' Opening Day game

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   Not necessarily in any order. Just notes I was making while watching the game: Luke Hughes was the emergency backup Catcher? Say what? I thought that it would had been Josh Willingham who actually caught before. And (I did double check) Luke has played in every position of the field in pro ball(including P) but C. Mauer and GIDP are not a good combination. So are Pavano and his 86 mph "fast"ball, esp when it ends up at the seats. The ear
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Twins' Opening Day facts

Originally posted at The Tenth Inning Stretch --- Happy Opening Day to the Minnesota Twins who are starting the 2012 season by playing at the Baltimore Orioles at 3:05 PM local time. Here are some facts about the Twins' opening days of yore: The Twins lost their last 3 opening days The Twins' overall record, since they moved to Minnesota, on opening day is 25-26, so with a win today, they will be back to .500 The following pitchers made the most opening day starts for the Minnesota Twins: Br
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Random Tuesday Twins Thoughts and Tidbits

Originally published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ---   Here is this week's installment: I cannot believe that Spring Training is over tomorrow and that the season begins this Friday. Orioles' Jake Arrieta (of the 5 some ERA and 1.5some WHIP in 2011) was named opening day starter agaist the Twins. Hope that the Twins' bats beat him up pretty nicely. Last November we heard that Plouffe was finally just an outfielder/DH. Unfortunately, Mr Gardenhire decided that "Plouffey" is the backup shorts
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