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• Minnesota Twins 2010 Primer
• By Tom Fornelli 3/20/2010 9:31 AM ET
• The Minnesota Twins won their fifth AL Central title of the 21st century last season, culminating in a wonderful one-game playoff against the Detroit Tigers, and there's plenty of reason to believe ... More »
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• Twins Welcome Move to Great Outdoors
• By Tom Krasovic 3/20/2010 9:30 AM ET
• FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Architecturally speaking, everyone's excited, in one way or another, by what's happening with the Minnesota Twins. The Twins are moving outdoors, and their new home's quite a ... More »
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• Joe Nathan to Test Arm Saturday
• By Matt Snyder 3/15/2010 4:10 PM ET
• Last week, Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan learned he has a torn ligament in his pitching elbow. It is the UC ligament, a tear of which usually requires the famed Tommy John surgery to repair. It is ...
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• Denard Span Agrees to Five-Year Extension With the Twins
• By Tom Fornelli 3/13/2010 12:50 PM ET
• There's yet another contract extension coming out of Minnesota Twins camp this spring, and once again, it's not for Joe Mauer. No, this extension belongs to center fielder Denard Span who has ... More »
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• Joe Nathan's Replacement Could Be Found in San Diego
• By Tom Fornelli 3/10/2010 12:26 PM ET
• It's nothing new. It seems like every year the Minnesota Twins are going into a season missing a key player and that there is no way the team will be able to overcome their loss. Be it Torii Hunter or ... More »
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• Joe Nathan Has Torn Ligament, Might Miss 2010
• By Matt Snyder 3/09/2010 9:55 AM ET
• March 9 is a bit early for season-crippling news, but the Minnesota Twins may have just received some. Four-time All-Star closer Joe Nathan, who has averaged 41 saves and a 1.87 ERA since coming to ... More »
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• Gardenhire Not Overly Concerned With Nathan's Elbow ... Yet
• By John Hickey 3/07/2010 12:50 PM ET
• BRADENTON, Fla. – Twins' manager Ron Gardenhire said before Sunday's split squad game against the Pirates that he wasn't going to get too alarmed about closer Joe Nathan's need to have more ... More »
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• Joe Nathan to Have MRI on Elbow
• By Tom Fornelli 3/07/2010 11:51 AM ET
• On Saturday afternoon, Minnesota Twins closer Joe Nathan left the team's game against the Boston Red Sox after feeling some tightness in his surgically repaired throwing elbow. The move was made for ... More »
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• Hair Gel Makes Jose Mijares Late for Spring Training
• By Pat Lackey 2/23/2010 11:18 PM ET
• Twins reliever Jose Mijares missed some offseason activities earlier in the month due to visa problems, so when he didn't make it to camp by the reporting deadline on Monday night, the club probably ... More »
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• Joe Mauer Reports to Twins Camp Without New Contract -- Yet
• By Ed Price 2/21/2010 2:05 PM ET
• FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Joe Mauer showed up for Twins pitchers-and-catchers reporting day Sunday, played some catch and declared: "I'll be a new man tomorrow." What's that? Will he arrive Monday with a ... More »
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• Ripken Expects Mauer to Follow His Path
• By Andrew Johnson 2/18/2010 9:30 AM ET
• Hall of Fame shortstop Cal Ripken became a Baltimore icon by spending his entire career with the Orioles. He's guessing Joe Mauer will do the same. Mauer, of course, is trying to work out a long-term ... More »
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• Who Won, Lost Over Long Winter?
• By Ed Price 2/10/2010 12:00 PM ET
• What to do now that the Super Bowl is over and spring training still hasn't arrived? Here at MLB FanHouse, we Mind the Gap. Baseball's offseason began with Hideki Matsui's raising of the World ... More »
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• BaseCast: Winter Wonderland
• By Andrew Johnson 2/05/2010 6:00 PM ET
• It's a baseball podcast. The math is easy, right? BaseCast. Spring training is just around the corner, but there are still plenty of loose ends to tie up. On this edition, FanHouse's Ed Price ... More »
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• Orlando Hudson Nearing Deal With Twins
• By Pat Lackey 2/04/2010 7:47 PM ET
• Orlando Hudson is nearing a contract with the Minnesota Twins, reports indicate. The deal would be for one year and worth $5 million. Several other teams were interested in Hudson's services, but the ... More »
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• Baseball's Not So Average Joes
• By Matt Snyder 2/04/2010 4:00 PM ET
• From the Windup is Matt Snyder's extended look at some aspect of America's pastime each Thursday. While they have a pretty solid franchise in place and several other stars (including former MVP ... More »
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• Twins Optimistic on Mauer Deal, but Extension 'Will Be a Battle'
• By Tom Fornelli 2/01/2010 5:09 PM ET
• The Internet was set ablaze on Monday afternoon with rumors that the Minnesota Twins had come to a preliminary agreement on a 10-year contract extension with Joe Mauer, but like a lot of things in ... More »
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• Jim Thome Returns to AL With Twins
• By Pat Lackey 1/26/2010 10:12 PM ET
• Jim Thome agreed Tuesday to a one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins. It's a deal worth $1.5 million, plus incentives ($750,000, based on plate appearances). That means that Thome can return to ... More »
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• The Twins Are Looking at Jim Thome
• By Tom Fornelli 1/22/2010 6:09 PM ET
• It's the end of January and Jim Thome is one of many veteran free agents who still find themselves unemployed. Earlier this week Thome expressed his interest in returning to the Chicago White Sox, but ... More »
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• Washburn Still Open to Twins' Offer
• By John Hickey 1/18/2010 4:45 PM ET
• All that you read about Jarrod Washburn turning down the Minnesota Twins' contract offer last week didn't quite tell the whole story. Washburn told FanHouse Monday that he continues to weigh his ... More »
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• For First Time, I'll Circle Bert for Hall
• By Jeff Fletcher 12/18/2009 9:00 AM ET
• I voted for Bert Blyleven. It's not easy for me to write those words, because they carry an admission that the first three times I filled out a Hall of Fame ballot, I may have been wrong. Of course, I ... More »
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