Early Top 200 rankings for 2010

Tristan H. Cockcroft takes a first shot at a top-200 fantasy rankings for the 2010 season.

New ballpark sparks questions for Twins in 2010

...up with more stars from Bert Blyleven to Frank Viola, Kirby Puckett to Kent Hrbek to Justin Morneau to Joe Mauer. Tom Kelly and Ron Gardenhire have taught and managed a particular Twins way...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 18, 2009

My 2009 awards picks

...will be an even bigger travesty than when the ignorati gave the MVP to his teammate, Justin Morneau, in 2006. You could put the next three guys in any order and I wouldn't...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 13, 2009

The Spawn of 'Moneyball'

An American League executive, considered to be one of the best and brightest, chatted in the spring of 2008 about the résumés of the front-o...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 11, 2009

Twins overspend on veteran, again

...9 million on Craig Monroe and Livan Hernandez. And if they're not able to keep Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer in the long term, their money mismanagement is simply going to drop them...

Twins pick up Cuddyer option for 2011

The Minnesota Twins have picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011.

Morneau, Nathan under the knife

Just doing a little maintenance in Minnesota (and Alabama): As expected, Justin Morneau has had surgery to remove a bone spur from his wrist, just below the back of...

...for a Jesse Crain to replace Craig Breslow along with catcher Joe Mauer and first baseman Justin Morneau in the eighth inning of the twins 7-6 loss to the New York Yankees in...

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Minnesota Twins

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Minnesota Twins, who surged to make the playoffs, met a real power and folded -- and now need to start worrying about Joe Mauer's contract and other future issues.

Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009

Instant replay must be expanded … immediately

There were mistakes made by professionals this week. The gritty Ryan Raburn played a pop-fly single into a triple in the Metrodome. Chris Carpenter le...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2009

Who will pass the Zorilla test?

...like Delmon Young and Nick Punto to a division title, the absence of his running mate Justin Morneau making the feat all the more impressive. If he hadn't missed the first month...

MLB Playoffs preview

With the Minnesota Twins holding off the Detroit Tigers in an amazing Game 163 to win the AL Central crown, the playoff field is finally set. Thus, it...

Kiss 'Em Goodbye: Detroit Tigers

Insider and Baseball Prospectus collaborate to dissect the demise of the 2009 Detroit Tigers, who weren't supposed to be around as long as they were, then were around three more innings longer than that, and then -- well, here's to 2010!

Story | Conversation | October 08, 2009

Twins need a perfect night to get even with Yankees

Doug Pensinger/Getty Images A.J. Burnett will take to the mound for Game 2 with Jose Molina -- not Jorge Posada -- behind the plate. By Chris Sing...

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