Twins

While there were no real big stories revolving around the Twins on Tuesday, there were several little stories of interest. A couple of Twins players hit big home runs in Winter League play. The Twins made some announcements about Joe Mauer. The Twins made another minor league hire.

Hopefully you will enjoy this format from time to time, a place to discuss these types of stories. Feel free to discuss any of them and ask questions.

While there isn’t a headlining prospect from Minnesota that will be selected on the first day, there are a number of players with local ties that should keep your attention.

Baseball America gave the state of Minnesota two stars for this year’s class and called it “not up-to-par”, but we’re also going to spill into Iowa and Wisconsin as well.

While there have been more than a few tough years since 1961, and there hasn’t been a World Series since 1991, there have been a ton of great individual performers over the years. Many of them are celebrated, but these five stick out as being deserving of a higher amount of praise.

While their flexibility on the open market will be largely dictated by their decisions with payroll, internal free agents, and arbitration, the Minnesota Twins will surely be active in addressing needs via free agency this winter.

Today we examine key targets at catcher and infield.

While the Twins struck out on signing an “impact” starting pitcher via free agency this offseason, they still do possess an impact starting pitcher of their own heading into the prime of his career — José Berríos. What does history tell us about starting pitchers entering their age-26 season in the majors? Let’s discuss!

While the Twins may be done making high-profile moves this offseason, the front office continues to may tweaks at the edges. On Thursday, the Twins claimed outfielder Kyle Garlick from the Atlanta Braves.

While the Twins had an off-day on the diamond there was plenty of news and interesting tidbits that surfaced across Major League Baseball on Thursday. Let’s dig in.

While the Twins continue their All-Star break, there is still much to discuss. The Twins have seen their lead shrink to 5.5 games and are sure to be active later this month before the trade deadline. We discuss how that could - and maybe should - look.

While the Twins aren’t known in the baseball world as perennial contenders there are few teams in Major League Baseball that have the playoff experience that some of the Twins’ veteran players have. That could prove to be more valuable than ever this postseason.

While the outcome may not indicate so, there were more positives than negatives that came from the Twins’ 5-4 loss to Boston on Thursday. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and regular season baseball is on the horizon. Let’s dig in.

While the NFL draft sets a fire underneath sports fans everywhere tonight, let’s keep with the draft theme and look back at the Minnesota Twins' draft history. As NFL fans are ranking football prospects, I took to the diamond and ranked the Twins' draft classes of the 2000s.

While the news that Rich Hill will likely be ready to start the season certainly qualifies as good news, at some point the Twins may run into a numbers problem, with more starters than rotation spots. Could piggy-backing starters be a good solution to a welcome problem?