[
Twins Sign a Pair of Minor Leaguers
The Twins signed minor league catcher Eric Fryor and minor league reliever Tim Wood to minor league contracts over the weekend.
Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins
[
Twins Sign Deduno, Vaszquez; Pursue James Shields
Both players are expected to compete for a starting spot in the Twins rotation this spring.
[
Twins Decline Option on Scott Baker Making Him a Free Agent
The Twins declined to pick up the $9.25 Million team option on Scott Baker's contract making him eligible from free agency.
[
Twins Promote Brunansky, Cuellar, and Hire Steinbach
The Twins are 'calling up' coaches, not players out their Triple-A clubs to firm up their bullpen, sluggers and catchers.
[
Twins Fire 3 Coaches and Head Athletic Trainer
The Twins did not renew the c0ntracts of 3 coaches and their head athletic trainer. Longtime bullpen coach Rick Stelmaszek, 3rd base coach Steve Liddle and first base coach Jerry White and head coach athletic trainer Rick McWane all had their contacts not renewed for 2013. The Twins also reassigned bench coach Scott Ulger and hitting coach Joe Vavra. Ulger will work the outfielders and Vavra will work with the infielders.
[
Twins Beat Brewers In 15 Innings
The Twins downed Milwaukee 5-4 in 15 innings Sunday. Denard Span had the game-winning RBI single in the 15th inning to win in. Span was 4-8 with a run and 1 RBI on the day. Joe Mauer was 3-4 with 2 RBIs but left the game early with a bruised right quadriceps
[
Twins Callup Parmelee, Option DeVries
The Twins called up first baseman Chris Parmelee from triple-A Rochester and sent righthander Cole DeVries to triple-A Rochester to make room for Parmelee. Parmelee was batting .375 with 4 homeruns and 12 RBIs at triple-A
[
Twins Misspell Player’s Name [VIDEO]
MINNEAPOLIS – Twins Pitcher Jeff Manship wasn’t feeling the love from his own team last (Wednesday) night, when the jersey he was given had his last name spelled incorrectly.
Instead of “Manship”, it read “Mansihp”.
Video Courtesy Minnesota Twins Bas
[
Twins Select More Power Arms
The Twins chose a pair of power arms in the 2nd round of the Major League Baseball draft Tuesday. They picked lefthander Mason Melotakis of Northwestern State in Louisiana at #63 overall. Melotakis projects as a late inning reliever that can throw 96 MPH
[
Twins Choose Buxton 2nd Overall Then Take Pitching
The Twins picked speedy outfielder Byron Buxton with the 2nd overall pick in the baseball entry draft Monday night. Buxton was considered by many to be the best prospect in the draft. Houston chose first and picked shortstop Carlos Correa
[
MLB Draft Begins Tonight; Twins Pick #2 Overall
The Twins have the #2 overall pick in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft that takes place tonight at 6pm. See it on the MLB Network. Houston has the first pick and is expected to choose righthanded starting pitcher Mark Appel of Stanford
[
Twins, Mauer Beat Cleveland 7-4
The Twins downed Cleveland 7-4 Saturday night behind solid performances from Trevor Plouffe and Joe Mauer. Mauer was 3-5 with a 2-run homerun and 3 RBIs on the night and Plouffe was 2-4 with a solo homerun and 3 RBIs on the night