- Here's a great look at a Twins prospect and his famous baseball playing father.
- The Twins announced their Minor League Hitter and Pitcher of the Year. Both of the selections were not too much of a surprise in a year where the Twins struggled at the upper levels of their organization.
- Seth Stohs and I discussed a bunch of Twins offseason topics in his Sunday night podcast.
- Later in the week, Seth posted his preliminary Top 50 Prospects for the Twins Minor Leagues.
- Phil Mackey took a look at some of the Twins who will be participating in the Venezuelan Winter League. There are some familiar faces from the end of the Twins season.
- The free agent market looks to be shaping up in favor of the Twins.
- How does Delmon stack up on defense? Edward Thoma examines Delmon's defense over the course of the season.
- Baseball America tried to figure out how Aaron Hicks can improve his offensive production.
- According to AJ Pierzynski, "Sometimes your need a rally beer."
- Are there players the Twins should be looking to trade? Nick Nelson analyzes the candidates.
- Gleeman and the Geek answered a bunch of Twins related questions on their weekly podcast.
- There have been 42 postseason walk-off homeruns. Where does Kirby rank on the list?
- This past week marked the 20th anniversary of what has been called the Greatest World Series in history:
- Jim Crikket is sick of all of the talk about Target Field being a tough hitters park.
- What are the worst contracts in baseball? Is Mauer in the top 10?
- The White Sox thought about naming Konerko as player-manager.
- Who is the most disliked player in the history of the Twins? Bleacher Report named one from every MLB team.
- Many teams have become toast this year and I have to admit, I own the Twins version of this item.
- The folks over at SNL made a pretty fun parody about Moneyball on the heals of a funny Yankee version from last week.
- John Sickels ranked the Minnesota Twins Top 20 Prospects for 2012. Look for my rankings in the coming weeks and there will be some differences.
My posts from this week:
- Monday: Dozier heating up in Arizona
- BBA names Arizona's Gibson, Tampa Bay's Maddon top managers
- Tuesday: Robertson, Kimbrel offered relief in '11
- Wednesday: Mauer's history of injures hard to ignore
- Thursday: Verlander, Kershaw ascend list of aces
- Kimbrel, Hosmer, Hellickson selected as top rookies from BBA
Finally, a video that made me smile this week. Legends are born in October, even if they are fuzzy.
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