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Twins landing Josh Willingham instead of Michael Cuddyer?

There's plenty of word floating around that free-agent outfielder Michael Cuddyer will be re-signing with the Minnesota Twins, but new info that Josh Willingham is getting close to signing with the team seems to suggest that Cuddyer i [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

Rangers Rout Twins in Baseball's Biggest Outburst

The Texas Rangers put on an offensive display — scoring early and often in baseball's biggest outburst this season. They hit line drives over the fence. Lazy fly balls fell where outfielders weren't. They beat out infield hi [...]

Posted On : Jul, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Twins win bidding rights for Japanese hitter Nishioka

The Minnesota Twins have won the bidding battle for Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka of the Chiba Lotte Marines, Major League Baseball (MLB) said on Friday. According to MLB, the Pacific League (PL) team in Japan's Nippon Profess [...]

Posted On : Nov, 27 2010 | Comments : 0

Dyson delivers with bat and glove, KC beats Twins

Jarrod Dyson hit his first major league home run and caught 10 fly balls in center field, helping the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 10-8 Monday night. Jason Kubel homered, doubled and drove in five runs for the AL Central c [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Quick Pitch: Twins can clinch first; race continues for best...

No more of those 163rd games for the Minnesota Twins. This year, they can be first to the playoffs rather than last. But that's hardly the end of the regular season for a team that could use the remaining week and a half to deal with [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Fox picks up short-handed Twins in 4-3 win

Denard Span delivered the go-ahead single in the seventh inning, emergency starter Matt Fox pitched 5 2-3 innings in his major league debut, and the depleted Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Friday night. Fox allowed tw [...]

Posted On : Sep, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Jimenez leads Rockies to 5-1 win over Twins

With his old-school stirrups pulled high and a 100-mph fastball in his holster, Ubaldo Jimenez is taking pitching back to a bygone era where gunslingers like Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax dominated the landscape. Almost as impressive as hi [...]

Posted On : Jun, 18 2010 | Comments : 0

Twins cap sweep of Rangers with 6-3 win

Denard Span had two hits, an RBI and made a lunging catch while colliding with Orlando Hudson to end the game and the Minnesota Twins completed a rare three-game sweep with a 6-3 victory over the stumbling Texas Rangers on Sunday night. [...]

Posted On : May, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Twins' Hudson hints racism affecting ex-Sox Dye

With baseball preparing to celebrate Jackie Robinson Day on Thursday, Twins second baseman Orlando Hudson is questioning whether racism is the reason that Jermaine Dye remains unemployed. "You see guys like Jermaine Dye without a jo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Mauer signs eight-year deal to stay at Twins

Mauer would be paid an average of $23 million per season and receive a full no-trade clause as a part of the 2011-2018 contract, the Twins said on their website (minnesota.twins.mlb.com).The team have scheduled a news conference for Mond [...]

Posted On : Mar, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Cuddyer homers to lead Twins past Orioles

Michael Cuddyer homered, reigning AL MVP Joe Mauer had two hits and the Minnesota Twins beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-3 on Thursday night. The game was called after eight innings because of rain. Kevin Millwood, in line to be Baltimo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

Twins exercise 2011 option on Cuddyer

The Minnesota Twins have picked up outfielder Michael Cuddyer's $10.5 million option for 2011. Cuddyer hit a career-high 32 home runs to lead the team. He also had 94 RBIs and was sixth in the American League with 73 extra-base hits. Whe [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Twins swap Gomez for Brewers' Hardy

The Milwaukee Brewers finally gave J.J. Hardy the change of scenery he had been expecting and reunited the unhappy shortstop with an old friend in the process. The Brewers traded Hardy to the Minnesota Twins on Friday for speedy outfielder [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Teixeira homers in 11th inning, Yankees beat Twins

Mark Teixeira hit a leadoff homer in the 11th inning to give the New York Yankees a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night and 2-0 lead in their AL playoff series. Teixeira's drive Jose Mijares hit the top of the left-field wa [...]

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