Some random notes on Scott Baker racking up a career-high 12 strikeouts over seven shutout innings against the Rockies last night ... • Bert Blyleven had 12 or more strikeouts 22 times, including 15 for the Twins. Johan Santana had 14 such games for the Twins and Camilo Pascual had 10. No one else in team [...]
Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com reported recently that the Twins are involved "in trade talks" with the Red Sox for Mike Lowell, who has been relegated to bench duties after an offseason deal to the Rangers was nixed by thumb surgery. According to Rosenthal "the Twins' field staff is lobbying for Lowell" because "the need is [...]
Francisco Liriano has reemerged as an elite pitcher this year and his latest masterpiece came Friday night against the Braves, with 11 strikeouts and zero walks in eight innings of one-run ball. His gem versus Atlanta marked the second straight start in which Liriano has allowed just one run while racking up double-digit strikeouts, and [...]
• Who among us hasn't been tempted to break into a donut shop at three in the morning? • After one career start, Stephen Strasburg has an xFIP of -0.50. Seriously. • Carrie Underwood would immediately become an Official Fantasy Girl of AG.com contender if all she did was play softball. • I'll [...]
After selecting Ohio State right-hander Alex Wimmers with the 21st overall pick Monday night, the Twins' draft continued yesterday with their now-standard mix of college pitchers and high school hitters. Second-round pick Cartier Goodrum was listed as a shortstop, but the Georgia high schooler is considered a near-lock to move to the [...]
Typically the Twins choose a high school hitter or a college pitcher in the first round of the draft and Alex Wimmers was frequently linked to them in various mock drafts, so their selecting the Ohio State right-hander with the 21st pick last night was anything but a surprise. Wimmers is the back-to-back Big Ten [...]
Last week I asked for mailbag questions submitted via Twitter, so here are about 1,700 words worth of me answering 140-character queries ... @Komencentz: Why don't the Twins put Michael Cuddyer back at third base? My understanding is that Michael Cuddyer moved away from third base after the 2005 season in part because the [...]
• In my mind, he immediately gave Kelly Kapowski a call. • I make this same threat whenever NBC or Rotoworld wants me to work on a weekend. • After threatening to get a Playstation 3 for a long time I finally took the plunge last weekend, although it was much tougher than [...]
Since these West Coast games really screw up my blogging routine, I'll keep it brief ... • Michael Cuddyer has been put on bereavement leave after the death of his father-in-law. He's expected to miss four days. • Alexi Casilla is scheduled to undergo arthroscopic elbow surgery that will sideline him for at least a month and [...]
In addition to his duties as Baseball America editor-in-chief John Manuel also announces games for the Rays' longtime Triple-A affiliate in Durham, North Carolina. With the Rochester Redwings in town for a series this week he got a first-hand look at various Twins prospects, posting tons of interesting notes about them via Twitter. Manuel was [...]
I haven't done a mailbag or question-and-answer entry lately and am always looking to justify my obsession with Twitter, so today I'm opening the floor up for any questions you have about the Twins, me, this blog, and whatever else you have in mind, with the only requirement being that they must be submitted via [...]
• Zach Randolph makes just $17 million a year playing basketball, so naturally he supplements his income with a second job as a "a major marijuana supplier in Indianapolis." • My take on Roy Oswalt is that he'd probably be too costly for the Twins. Steve Phillips' take on Oswalt is [...]
Not sure what to say at this point, so I'll just leave you with a little Van Morrison ...
• J.J. Hardy came off the disabled list last night after missing 17 games with a wrist injury, so as expected the Twins optioned Trevor Plouffe back to Triple-A. Plouffe made three starts at shortstop in Hardy's absence after Brendan Harris (eight starts) and Alexi Casilla (six) [...]
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