The Twins Are In First Place

Twins Beat White Sox 6-1
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W: Liriano (11-7)
L: Floyd

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Francisco Liriano and the Minnesota Twins took 2 out of 3 games to pull ahead by 1 game in the American League Central.

Liriano pitched well again Thursday night, going 5 2/3rds innings, giving up only 1 run.  He got into a bit of a scare in the . . . → Read More: The Twins Are In First Place

Scott Baker Handles The Rays Just Fine

Twins Beat Rays 2-1
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W: Guerrier (2-6)
L: Cormier

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I know I just said I’d do the recap in the morning, but I have a few minutes now, and the game is still on the brain, so I thought I might as well do it.

Scott Baker pitched a great game against the Tampa Bay Rays tonight.   . . . → Read More: Scott Baker Handles The Rays Just Fine

The Twins Can’t Play With The Rays

Rays Beat Twins 6-4
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W: Niemann
L: Guerrier (1-6)
S: Soriano

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The Twins need to figure out how to play the Rays, and they need to figure out how to do it with Slowey and Baker pitching for them.

Brian Duensing couldn’t get it done on Tuesday.  While he technically had a quality start for the Twins, going . . . → Read More: The Twins Can’t Play With The Rays

Matt Capps For Wilson Ramos. Is it Worth It?

The Minnesota Twins traded catching prospect Wilson Ramos and  minor league pitcher Joe Testa for All Star closer Matt Capps from the Washington Nationals.

I’ll be honest, I’m a little torn with my opinion on this one.

On one had it seems that it’s a good trade for the next couple of months.   Jon Rauch has been doing . . . → Read More: Matt Capps For Wilson Ramos. Is it Worth It?

Duensing Looks Comfortable in His Role, Rauch Finally Gets A Save

Twins Beat Royals 6-4
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W: Duensing (4-1)
L: Bannister
S: Rauch (21)

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SWEEP!  Wednesday afternoon the Twins completed the sweep of the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City.
Brian Duensing looks to be settling into his role as a starter again this year.  He gave the Twins a quality start on Wednesday afternoon, going 6 innings giving up . . . → Read More: Duensing Looks Comfortable in His Role, Rauch Finally Gets A Save

Jon Rauch Blows First Save but Picks Up Win in Extra Innings

Twins Win 9-7 in 12 Innings
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W: Rauch (1-0)
L: Tejeda

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Jon Rauch blew his first save as the closer for the Minnesota Twins, but came back to win the game.  Blackburn started the game, but struggled early, giving up 5 earned runs (and an unearned one) in 4 and a third innings.  He gave up . . . → Read More: Jon Rauch Blows First Save but Picks Up Win in Extra Innings

Pavano Rolls Through Royals, Twins Win (04-23-10)

Twins Beat Royals 8-3
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W: Pavano (3-1)
L: Meche

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Pavano had a good start for the Twins against the Royals tonight, which is good because in Pavano’s last start (also against the Royals), he was terrible.

Tonight he pitched 7 innings, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits, striking out 5 guys, and not walking anyone.  Guerreir . . . → Read More: Pavano Rolls Through Royals, Twins Win (04-23-10)

The Twins Refuse to Sweep Anyone, Lose To Indians

Twins Lose Series Closer 8-1

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W: Talbot
L: Baker (2-2)

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The Twins can’t seem to sweep a series so far this year.  Even though they’ve won all 5 of their series so far, they’ve lost 1 game in each of them.  They continued that pattern today against Cleveland.  After man-handling the Indians in . . . → Read More: The Twins Refuse to Sweep Anyone, Lose To Indians

The Twins Finalize Opening Day Roster

Minnesota Twins Roster Is In

The Twins have finalized their opening day roster with 3 games left in Spring Training.  Here is the roster:

Starting pitchers (5):

Scott Baker
Nick Blackburn
Carl Pavano
Kevin Slowey
Francisco Liriano

Relievers (7):

Matt Guerrier
Jon Rauch
Jose Mijares
Jesse Crain
Pat Neshek
Brian Duensing
Clay Condrey

Infielders (7):

Justin Morneau
Orlando Hudson
J.J. Hardy
Nick Punto
Brendan Harris
Alexi Casilla
Jim Thome

Outfielders (4):

Denard Span
Delmon Young
Michael Cuddyer
Jason Kubel

Catchers(2):

Joe Mauer
Drew Butera

Gardenhire . . . → Read More: The Twins Finalize Opening Day Roster

Twins Won’t Pick A Closer Just Yet

The Twins will begin their season with a committee of closers.

Manager Ron Gardenhire said that the Twins will not choose a closer to replace Joe Nathan when the season starts in a week.  Instead they’ll go with a Closer-By-Committee lineup.

Probable members of that “committee” are right-handers Matt Guerrier, Jon Rauch and Jesse Crain and left-hander . . . → Read More: Twins Won’t Pick A Closer Just Yet

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