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Dave St. Peter Press Release: Twins "All In" on 2013 #1 Overall Draft Pick

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-49w-eP93aWA/T7OkX-ftgpI/AAAAAAAAAVo/PoyyrOxcmPc/s1600/Dave.bmp [Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]   From the confines of his Target Field office this morning, Minnesota Twins President Dave St. Peter issued the following press release:     "Twins Fans. It's been a rough start to 2012. We here at the Minnesota Twins are especially disappointed by the way this season has gone, especially after having sat through 2011. In 2011, when things were going bad, we to

Bark's Lounge "Signing Out"

First of all, put Eddie Rosario up for sale in the "Adopt a Prospect" forum. As of this blog I am finished with this "Twins Daily" stuff. For most of the time I enjoyed my time on this sight, but seemingly felt stifled as my blogs/threads/comments did not enact much response. Yes, in a way I can see why they did not. It seems like I made a mistake and should have left this sight well alone. The hierarchy on this sight have made it seemingly clear they want it fairly straight and narrow and do no

Short Indians Series Recap, and Other Notes

Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog   Short series; short recap; short paragraphs.     Men left on base.     Leaving pitches up.     Shin-Soo Choo.     Homerun.     Homerun.     Homerun.     Grounding into double play.     Grounding into double play.     Grounding into double play.     Grounding into double play.     Groan.     ~~~ Injury update After Tuesday's game, Justin Morneau was activated off the DL. He's been swinging in batting practice for the last couple of days. The Twins o

Tuesday's Trip through the Minors

The Twins put up a lackluster effort at home in getting swept during a short two-game series with the first place Cleveland Indians. Derek Lowe looked like Cy Young on the mound and the Twins continued to hit ground ball after ground ball to fall further behind the Tribe. Jason Marquis gave up three home runs in the fifth inning and five runs over five innings to put the Twins in a hole they would never be able to get out of in the game.   Ron Gardenhire shifted up the line-up for this contest a

Zero Runs -It's the PINE TREES

The curse of the Pine Trees strikes again. Five- Zipperoo today against the blue meanies. We were told that removing them would help the Twins hit better. Joe Mauer himself made this claim. It's done the exact opposite. BRING BACK THE TREES IN CENTER FIELD PRONTO - - Or the Twins will suffer losing season after losing season and heartbreak after heartbreak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tuesday Afternoon Sound-Off: This is a business, not a family.

Hello Twins Fans!   I am sure I am not the only one who is puzzled and, dare I say, annoyed by the quasi-familial atmosphere that seems to slink around the Twins organization like smog. Don't get me wrong, I think camaraderie is great for a team and especially for a team that is struggling like the Twins are however this is a business, not a family.   I guess what pushed me over the edge on this issue was the article I read in which Alexi Casilla spoke with manager Ron Gardenhire about his lack

Profiles of the Top 22 Pitchers for the 2012 MLB Draft: Zach Eflin

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 w

Prospect watch update

I waited almost a full month to update the status of my "prospects to watch." I actually wish I could attribute the lag to laziness, but I was waiting for some of these guys to turn it around so that I would look smarter. It didn't really work out that well, but there is some progress:   BELOIT:   JD Williams, OF (Age: 21.6, SH): 111 PA, .222/.306/.313 (.619), 7/1/0, 11/34, 8/10. Williams is exciting and he is slowly hitting better as the year goes on. End of Year: Should finish 2012 in Beloit.

Random Tuesday Twins Thoughts and Tidbits

Originally Published at The Tenth Inning Stretch ----   Here is this week's installment:   While Brian Duensing is stretched out to be a starter, I think that the Twins should fill at least one or maybe two rotation spots on an "internship"-like way: Promote a new pitcher from the minors every week to make a start. That might work pretty well, based on the recent first starts by Scott Diamond and P.J. Walters. One of the things I am doing these days and will finish before the draft, is to pu

Lesson's from a Mom

This weekend, for mother's day I helped honor the woman who taught me how to irrationally love a bunch of wild, punk kids...she had practice with my brothers and I, and it's clearly served her well as a baseball fan too. My mother is a die-hard, eternally loyal and unflaggingly optimistic, and permanently enamored of the Twins. She cheers for Mauer when others boo, she cheers for Nishioka when others leave him for dead, somehow-someway, she even cheers for Matt Capps. But over mother's day brunc

Big Ten Update and Draft-worthy Player Update

Standings: [TABLE] 1. Purdue 16-5 .762 39-10 .796 2. Penn State 13-8 .619 27-24 .529 Indiana 13-8 .619 26-26 .500 4. Michigan State 12-9 .571 33-17 .660 Nebraska 12-9 .571 32-19 .627 6. Ohio State 11-10 .524 30-22 .577 7. Minnesota 10-11 .476 28-25 .528 8. Illinois 9-12 .429 26-24 .520 9. Iowa 8-13 .381 20-26 .435 10. Michigan 7-14 .333 21-31 .404 11. Northwestern 6-18 .250 17-33 .340 [/TABLE]   The Gophers have certainly struggled as of late, falling 5 spots

Matt Capps, other Twins thoughts

I was wrong with liking giving Matt Capps a second shot in the closer role. When we let Nathan go, I thought the rangers overpaid for him, we needed someone that was decent at the back end, I thought Capps would get over the struggles he had last year. I was dead wrong. I was the only one that liked it, I can admit now that we should have found another arm in the bullpen to finish games. I am still a big proponent of the closer by committee option, I think the Twins could still figure that o

Tuesday Morning Tidbits

Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As with most Tuesday's for the rest of the season, I am in charge of writing the minor league update for the Twins Daily website. This means I won't have a very big post here this morning but here are some of the news and notes that have been discussed with the Twins. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ivWOPrdLBw/T7JANCG-HiI/AAAAAAAABRU/E1gYVaQJzCM/s320/Ramosinjury.jpg Casilla gets new role as utility player Anyone who has watched the Twin

Random Thoughts On A Random Loss

I don’t know if these are questions, or thoughts, of forum topics, but after a 13-hour day, I’m pretty much free associating. Let’s see what happens.   Because Fourth Place Is Just Five Games Away? Why is Carl Pavano pitching? The Twins long term strategy regarding Pavano needs to be to have him demonstrate enough success to get some value for him at the trade deadline, right? What is the purpose of trotting him out there at 80% to look below average? Get him healthy, let him string a strong mon

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

Monday Morning Rock Cats Update

[TABLE=class: tr-caption-container] http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nQM4h8sazyM/T7EE54Ig61I/AAAAAAAAAVc/0dAydXE054E/s1600/Wilkin.bmp [TD=class: tr-caption]Wilkin Ramirez is not long for AA if he keeps up his 1.228 OPS [/TD] [/TABLE] [Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar]   Like their parent club, the Rock Cats split a 4-game series over the weekend against the Reading Phillies. I attended Thursday night's game, a 10-3 loss. You can find my game recap here. Apparently, I picked the one bad

Concerns with Pavano's velocity continue to mount

Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zw_MlMY_n8g/T7Ds4BCIBCI/AAAAAAAABRI/jscxapm3W00/s320/PavanoThrowing.jpg Word came out over the weekend that Carl Pavano underwent an MRI on his right shoulder to see if there was anything wrong with this important area for his throwing arm. The report came back saying he has a strained interior shoulder capsule and he could need a cortisone shot after his start on Monday night. At this point, he is not expected

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