Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The Twins likely won’t be trading for a reliever, but here’s some good options if they do. Given the oft-reported payroll constraints the Twins will be facing at the deadline, I don’t think it’s very likely there’s a reliever worth trading for at the deadline. Let’s get that part of the way first. However, that’s also a testament to th … [Read more...] about Trade Deadline Primer, Part 2: Relief Pitchers
Twins 5, Phillies 4: Festa-val of lights
Photo by Matt Krohn/Getty Images The Twins come back in the final three frames! Well it’s not that fun or very niceTo watch a losing team;We need a win today we can celebrateAnd watch our faces beam.Can we do it? It’s unbearable:Guess we’ll wait and see,Believing. Wallner’s long homer will never land,The Twins are up again.And David Festa’s four and a third in hand;Two … [Read more...] about Twins 5, Phillies 4: Festa-val of lights
A 2004 brawl that started reversing a curse
Photo by J Rogash/WireImage A-Rod & Tek go at it and rekindle baseball’s greatest rivalry I consider 2004 to be one of the most magical baseball summers of my life. While the Minnesota Twins going 92-70 to capture the AL Central crown certainly played a large role in that, the fabled rivalry between the New York Yankees & Boston Red Sox began to take center s … [Read more...] about A 2004 brawl that started reversing a curse
Diamond Sports hearing delayed; MLB to redirect luxury tax dollars to teams losing TV revenues
Executive chair Joe Pohlad of the Minnesota Twins | Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images More developments in this ongoing saga that probably won’t change anything for the Twins The trade deadline is next Tuesday, July 30 at 6 p.m. Eastern time, and the Twins, 5.0 games back of 1st place Cleveland and in a wild card position as of this writing, should b … [Read more...] about Diamond Sports hearing delayed; MLB to redirect luxury tax dollars to teams losing TV revenues
Twins Trade Deadline Primer, Part 1: Starting Pitchers
Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images With the trade deadline a week away, the Twins currently sit in playoff position and still have a good chance to catch the Cleveland Guardians for the division with an easier schedule and plenty of head-to-head matchups to make up ground. In any normal season, that would make them clear buyers, but Pohlad’s unwillingness to spend money … [Read more...] about Twins Trade Deadline Primer, Part 1: Starting Pitchers