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A.J. Pierzynski has not been a Minnesota Twins player in 20 years, but the team he was drafted by is still reaping the rewards of his return thanks to a favorable trade lineage the Twins have had in that time frame. 

Last season the Minnesota Twins struggled in plenty of areas as they ultimately watched their AL Central lead slip away. Despite signing Carlos Correa last week, one of those areas was on the dirt defensively. They’ll look to reverse course this season, and Correa himself could spearhead the change.

As Opening Day approaches in 2023, there may be no larger player development storyline than how a few recent first round picks fare. We are getting to a critical juncture for guys taken between 2018-2020, and a couple of them need a breakout in a big way.

Recently, Twins fandom has become locked in on the Marlins as a trade partner in pursuit of starting pitching help. Who are other possible partners? Who might the Twins target to bolster the top of the rotation? 

Joe Ryan just finished a fantastic month of April, where he ranks near the top of the AL in multiple pitching categories. Where does his first month rank against other terrific starts in Twins history?

Picking 8th overall in the 2022 Major League Baseball draft, the Twins were bound to wind up with a solid talent. After grabbing Brooks Lee, they found themselves in position to get another first-round talent when they took Alabama’s Connor Prielipp in round two.

Minnesota's strong start to the season changed expectations for the 2022 campaign. However, the club might have just taken the long route to return to being a .500 team. 

On Monday Night, news broke that the Twins agreed to a one-year deal with outfielder Kyle Garlick for $750,000. Let’s talk about it.

For any team, the health of top players will be crucial to their success. That adage is even more true for the Twins because it's clear that the team's long-term outcome is tied to the health of the club's biggest stars.

The Twins have added depth to the starting rotation, pushing some players down the organizational depth chart. Today we start a series looking at young pitchers that might need to shift to a bullpen role to impact the big-league roster in 2023.

Although this was a weird start to the season thanks to a lockout-shortened spring training, and the big league club had less than ideal weather in Minnesota, the Twins ripped off a seven-game winning streak and finished the month 12-9. Pitching was better than expected, and while not all the bats warmed up, a few showed up in a big way.

The Minnesota Twins zoned in on collegiate players through the first 10 rounds of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. They didn’t deviate from that decision with either of the next two picks, but they went back-to-back with catchers and took Arizona State’s Nate Baez in Round 12.