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All the effort of some sort of horrible amalgamation of Denny Hocking, Matt Tolbert and Nick Punto. But no frosted tips. Now with puns!

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February Mailbag

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   I'm not really one to brag, but this mailbag is starting to take on a life of its own. I have not one, not two, not three, but FOUR questions from people who are not me. Sure, three of those questions are from the same person, but who are you to pick nits? In fact, what would you do? Wha-wha-wha-what would you do? I know what I'm going to do. Answer these questions:   I really enjoy reading your blog - keep up the good work! Anyway, I saw som
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Forgotten Twins? Fred Manrique

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Hey all, time for another installment of Forgotten Twins? If you don't remember, I scour the most important websites in the universe to determine if a particular Twins player is forgotten by society. I decided to sub out Bing for Fangraphs going forward. I thought it would be funny to use multiple search engines, but they're all the same, so the joke is on me. ENOUGH EXPLAINING!   My memories of Fred Manrique   This is going to sound awful, but
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Introducing: The Eddie 400

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   If you've been reading my blog for the past few weeks, you are well aware that I have recently become obsessed with Eduardo Escobar. Not in a weird way. I just want to see more of him. Not in a weird way. I think he deserves more playing time. Last year, Escobar received just 179 plate appearances, but also had one of the most memorable plate appearances of the season, when he laced a walk-off double to give the Twins their first win of the 20
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January Mailbag? !!!!!

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   My one resolution for 2014 is to answer more fake questions. If someone (me) is going to go to the trouble of asking a question, the least I can do is answer it. In addition, I'm going to answer the really tough questions that others are too scared to tackle. In fact, 2014 is the year of answering the tough questions. I won't be afraid of what the answers reveal. I intend to get to know myself better through this exercise. It's going to be qu
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Twins 40-Man Roster Analysis: Infield

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Over the last week or so, I've been investigating the Twins' 40-man roster to try to determine who will contribute to the next good Twins team. I've reached the end of this short journey and will cover the infielders today. However, I did complete this activity in four parts, so if you missed the first three, you can find them here:   Starting Pitchers Relief Pitchers Catchers/Outfielders   Now that we have hyperlinks out of the way, we can look
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December Mailbag!

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   A mailbag on a Tuesday? Now I've heard of everything! Remember that song "December" by Collective Soul? This mailbag is dedicated to that song. As is typical, these are actual questions that will be actually answered by me. This month, I even have some questions written by others! Fame! FAME!   The Twins have been surprisingly active this Fall, adding two starting pitchers and cutting one Australian. What do you think the Twins' next move
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My Twins Hall of Fame Ballot

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Man o' Man, the Hall of Fame season is all around us! I see columns and posts everywhere! I even contributed a post to my own blog yesterday, where I went through my personal fake Hall of Fame ballot. If you missed it, check it out! Today, I want to discuss an even more important and personally significant Hall of Fame: The Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame.   Voting is going on as we speak, using the democratic hallmarks of Facebook and Twitter.
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1999 Offseason in Review

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed! I haven't posted these here lately because I am comically lazy. Luckily for the both of you who care, I have an archive set up right here. Enjoy!   State of the Team   1999 Record: 63-97, 5th in the AL Central 1999 Overview: At least fans were only subjected to 160 games. 2000 Outlook: Welcome to the Jay Canizaro era!   Players Lost - Free Agency   As has been the case for the last few off-seasons, the Twins didn't lose anyone of substantive va
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I like Phil Hughes

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Where were you when the Twins became a completely different franchise? In the last 72 hours or so, the Twins have doled out $73 million in long-term contracts, surpassing their previous off-season record by nearly $300 billion dollars (if you believe some fans). On Wednesday, the Twins signed Ricky Nolasco to a four-year deal, and tonight, they added former Yankee Phil Hughes to an increasingly (and suddenly) talented starting rotation. Hughes w
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Twins Trade Targets - The Worley Division

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Yesterday, I outlined six starting pitchers who I think the Twins should target in an effort to boost their rotation. If you missed it, you can find it here. I am focusing on pitchers who are far from free agency, but maybe not household names. I want to find another Vance Worley, but this time, I'd like for it to work out a bit better. Instead of a flood of sadness, perhaps a geyser of effective innings?   My one question to myself was why wou
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Twins Starting Pitching Trade Targets?

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Yesterday, I started to delve into starting pitchers who I want the Twins to target in potential trades. I outlined five starters, three from the Cincinnati Reds. If you missed it, click here. Today, I have five more pitchers for you, free of charge! There are two legitimate "aces" on this list and both are almost certainly pipe dreams. That being said, it's fun to aim high. I hope the Twins aim high, because I'd love to be surprised by my fa
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My Top 10 Minnesota Twins Starting Pitching Targets

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   I've been writing so much about free agency lately, it's sick! Last week, I addressed the position players the Twins should target. This week, I've been counting down my top 30 starting pitching targets for the Twins. If you missed any of this mini-dynasty, I'll provide you some links. Since I wrote these, things have changed, but most of my ideas aren't super player-specific, more of an overall philosophy.   Translation: please click these l
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November Mailbag!

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Welcome to another Minnesota Twins mailbag. There has been so much juicy Twins news in the past month, I just couldn't resist asking questions to qualified Twins analysts. Unfortunately, with the iOS7 upgrade, none of my emails, texts, tweets or vines actually send, so I'll just have to answer my own questions this time. This should be a nice change of pace.   Would you move Joe Mauer to first base to alleviate any potential concussion issues go
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1994 Offseason in Review

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   State of the Team 1994 Record: 53-60, 4th in the BRAND NEW AL Central 1994 Overview: STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-RIKE! 1995 Outlook: Will there be a season? If so, where will Shane Mack be?   Players Lost - Free Agency   The seeds for the 1994 off-season were planted in 1993 when the (at the time) current collective bargaining agreement expired without a new agreement. A strike was a legit possibility and looked more and more likely as the 199
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Using MLB 13: The Show to Replay the 2013 Twins Season

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Back in March, I took a stab at previewing the upcoming 2013 Minnesota Twins season using MLB 13: The Show. It was a hoot. I used the game to see how the Twins would fare as a team and how some of their players would perform during the upcoming season. If you look back at that preview, you'll see that Sony had a very different view for some very important Twins players. I enjoyed the exercise, and enjoyed the residual pageviews that I received
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1993 Offseason in Review

Originally Posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   State of the Team   1993 Record: 71-91, 5th in the AL West 1993 Overview: Extremely disappointing, the beginning of the end... 1994 Outlook: Not good; welcome to the abyss   Players Lost - Free Agency   The Twins didn't really lose a whole lot after the '93 season. We're talking about mostly minor players here. Mike Hartley was decent. Terry Jorgensen, Jeff Grotewold and Mike Maksudian were all alive. You have to give them that. They're gon
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AL Central Preview Review

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed! If you really like reviews, I did two 2013 fun stats reviews as well: Hitters. Pitchers. Fun!   The 2013 regular season has ended. The AL Central has produced a team that has made it to at least the ALCS. In addition, the Indians made the Wild Card game and the Royals had a pretty decent season. The Twins and White Sox battled heroically for last place, with the White Sox emerging victorious.   Prior to the season, I did some predictin'. I l
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1992 Offseason in Review

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   State of the Team   1992 Record: 90-72, second in the AL West 1992 Overview: An extremely solid season that took place before 10 teams made the playoffs. 1993 Outlook: Great...so long as they re-sign their best player.   Players Lost - Free Agency   The Twins lost three important players during the '92 off-season: their long-time starting shortstop, a key offensive contributor to the '91 champs and the team's best starter in '92.   Losing Gre
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Welp, I guess I'll do it: The Twins should sign Robinson Cano

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   So, I guess I have to be the one to do this, huh? No one else wants to write this? No one will take the obvious grief that will accompany the following 800 or so words. I guess in some way it makes sense. I do hold the distinction for having the least reliable and most obnoxious Twins blog in the stratosphere (using a word like stratosphere is obnoxious). Although, I am more known for putting Twins player heads on bird bodies and writing about
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1991 Offseason in Review

Originally posted at K-Slow was Framed!   YOYOYO everybody! The offseason is upon us and the Twins have a lot of work to do. Coming off of another raging failure, the Front Office will need to pull off some sweet moves in order to make this team a contender. I have no clue what they will do and I have no desire to guess (at least not until later). Instead, I thought it would be fun to head back down Memory Lane and analyze each offseason since the Twins' last World Series. I'm not going to
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Brad Swanson

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October Mailbag!

Originally posted at The Slow   I can't believe that October is upon us! The 2013 season went by so quickly. I am already enjoying playoff baseball and I thought that while I enjoy playoff baseball, I could answer a few questions that have been burning a hole in my inbox. As always, these are actual questions from actual readers of the Word documents that I use to compose my rough drafts.   What is your outlook for the 2014 Twins?   Brad S., St. Paul, MN   Initially, I thought that 2014 would
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Monday Morning Madness: September 30, 2013

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   It's been said that all good things must come to an end. Sadly, this will be the final Monday Madness of the 2013 season. I know. Don't blame me though; I'm not the one who decided against a 12 month MLB season. It's time for a break from Twins baseball. After the month of September that we've all endured, a little break might not be the worst thing. I'll try to infuse some fun and positivity in this final Monday Madness of the 2013 season.  
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Awardin' 2013: The American League!

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Welcome back to Award Season! In my previous installment, I handed out the major NL awards. If you missed it, click here. I also lamented the lack of an actual Awards Ceremony for these important honors. Think of the bowties and suspenders we are missing out on! Danny Valencia would look great in a suit, but he wouldn't get invited to the ceremony so we're kind of just back where we started, aren't we?   AL Breakout Player   Preseason Pick -
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Monday Morning Madness: September 23, 2013

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   Twins/A's Recap   The word "bludgeoned" gets thrown around so often...   The Gardy 1000   Is this going to happen? Going into this week, the Twins needed to go 4-10 to finish the season "strong" and give Ron Gardenhire 1000 career wins. As bad as the Twins have been, that seemed reasonable. Star wipe to today and the Twins need to go 3-4 in their last seven to pull it off. Yikes. Anything short of a Spaghetti Jesus miracle and I don't see it
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Brad Swanson

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8 Reasons I am not worried about Aaron Hicks and Kyle Gibson

Originally posted at Kevin Slowey was Framed!   In case you missed it, a couple of prominent Twins rookies had difficult seasons. Well, difficult might be a massive understatement. Well, massive might be a huge overstatement. I'll calibrate my adjectives later, but we all know that Aaron Hicks and Kyle Gibson performed below expectations. Expectations may have been too high to begin with, but both players struggled to a surprising extent.   Hicks and Gibson are hardly unique. Many producti
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