June 4, 2017
For the Twins, the road is where the heart is
After the Twins were swept at home by the Houston Astros, the club has once again found success on the road by winning consecutive games against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and will now try to capture the series win on Sunday. The Twins lost on Saturday, but are still a surprising 16-6 on... Continue Reading »
January 14, 2017
Meet the new boss, not the same as the old boss
Falvey & Co. made a small but significant move this week when they signed pitcher, Ryan Vogelsong, best known for his years with the San Francisco Giants, to a new contract with the Twins. Here’s what stood out to me: Vogelsong was signed to a minor league contract, not a multiyear, major league deal. And... Continue Reading »
August 15, 2016
Well, at least the Twins’ Brian Dozier hit his 26th home run, right?
In an otherwise disaster of a game, Brian Dozier kept up his torrid home run hitting pace by blasting No. 26 in an 11-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Brian Dozier has now homered in three consecutive games for the second time this month, third time this season, fourth time in his... Continue Reading »
August 11, 2016
Hector Santiago loses again, falls to 0-2 with Twins
Things aren’t going as planned for pitcher Hector Santiago and the Twins after he lost his second consecutive game on Tuesday since coming to the club in exchange for Ricky Nolasco. Hector Santiago shaved off his beard after dropping to 0-2 for #MNTwins. Frustrated? "There’s never frustration. I take it in stride." — Mike Berardino... Continue Reading »
August 5, 2016
So much for the sweep: Twins drop final game to Tribe, 9-2
Well… All the hope, promise, fun and excitement generated by the Twins the last few days ended in disappointment Thursday after they couldn’t complete the sweep of the Cleveland Indians. The winning streak also ended at four games, and the Twins were denied a chance to take four games from the Indians in Cleveland for... Continue Reading »
August 4, 2016
Twins’ wrecking crew rolls on, knocks off Tribe 13-5
The Cleveland Indians have the No. 1 pitching staff in the American League, but you’d never know that if you dropped in to watch the last three games between the Twins and Tribe. Once again, the Twins, looking more like the 1927 Yankees of late, poured it on, banging out 15 hits and scoring 13... Continue Reading »
August 2, 2016
Kepler home runs back Berrios on busy, encouraging day for Twins
Rookie Max Kepler hit three home runs, top prospect Jose Berrios pitched six solid innings and the Twins banged out 19 hits en route to a 12-5 win over the AL Central-leading Cleveland Indians on Monday. And all of this capped a day of promising trades that saw the Twins deal pitchers Ricky Nolasco, Alex... Continue Reading »
July 29, 2016
Twins trade Nunez, finally beat Orioles and other things I missed while on vacation
After a short vacation, I came home to learn that All-Star Eduardo Nunez is gone, the Twins finally beat the Baltimore Orioles and the team was swept by the Atlanta Braves. Rob Antony on trading Nunez: “It was difficult but our perspective from the start of this process was to try to acquire starting pitching.”... Continue Reading »
July 24, 2016
Who needs quality pitching? Bats come alive as Twins down Red Sox
After Friday’s display of standout pitching, the quality pitching was nowhere to be found on Saturday after the Twins and Red Sox combined to score 20 runs on 34 hits — 19 for the Twins and 15 for the Red Sox. And that was the difference as the Twins edged the No. 1 offense in... Continue Reading »