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One run. Three hits. Another devastating out recorded on the basepaths. Yep, just another drop down the drain in this 2018 Twins season.

On the plus side, Eddie Rosario was able to start, Eduardo Escobar was able to come off the bench and Brian Dozier made one of the best double plays you’ll ever see. And, not that this is necessarily positive, but it's obvious what Matt Belisle has become. At least that should provide clarity.

It’s been fourteen long years since the Saints have won a league championship, but there are signs this could be the Saints year.

The year was 2004. George Tsamis was in his second season as manager of the St. Paul Saints when the team went 61-34, winning their division while earning a spot in the playoffs. They then downed the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in four before winning a five game series over Schaumburg to win the title.

This is the last of a four-part series ranking the top 20 player assets in the Minnesota Twins organization. The idea is to think solely in terms of commodity valuation, factoring in things like age, cost, control, and risk management in answering the question: which players are most essential to this team's vision?

Previously we've looked at Nos. 20 through 16, Nos. 15 through 11 and Nos. 10 through 6. Today we bring it home with my picks for the Top 5.

The Twins reached 10 runs yet again on Thursday afternoon, and they ended up needing nearly every one of them. Despite holding a 10-1 lead entering the eighth inning, things ended up getting much too interesting, though the Twins still managed to win 10-5.

If you'd told me two months ago that the Twins would be so brimming with quality bullpen talent by the end of September, they'd be looking at leaving out deserving candidates from the postseason roster... well, I'd have given you a real funny look.

But, here we are. Even with deadline centerpiece Sam Dyson fizzling out entirely, the Twins have the second-highest bullpen WAR in baseball since they acquired him. With the relief corps figuring to play a pivotal role in this year's postseason run, let's examine some of the difficult decisions being weighed.

As we head into the 2019 MLB Winter Meetings, the Minnesota Twins are at $99MM in payroll with spots left to fill. With plenty of options still on the board, I will outline three viable plans to fill out the 2020 roster, and you get to play general manager and choose which one they should go with.

Trading Brusdar Graterol for Kenta Maeda didn't become a possibility overnight. It took years of methodical, successful pitching development and investment. The Twins nailed it, and need to keep it up.

If the season had started as scheduled, the Twins would have wrapped up their fourth series of the year today, April 9th. A week prior, fans from across the world would have gathered hours early at Target Field for the quarter-zip giveaway and raised a hot dog in unison for the home team.

Kenta Maeda nearly pitched the sixth no-hitter in Twins history, carrying a no-no into the ninth inning Tuesday night. He set a new franchise record by striking out eight consecutive batters at one point. Taylor Rogers blew the save, but the Twins pulled out the win in the 12th inning.

There is arguably no better spectacle in the wide world of sports than when a pitcher absolutely baffles an opposing hitter with a pitch of such filth that it requires to be bleached in order to be sufficiently free of pathogens and grime.

Cody Stashak has settled into a middle relief role since his 2019 debut and has done a great job with it. After so many departures from 2020 however, 2021 may be a chance to see if there’s another rung in Stashak’s ladder.

On Thursday night (5:30 central time), Seth will be chatting with the wives of three Twins players in an all-new episode of Twins Spotlight.

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