Minnesota Twins Rumors & News

Fox Sports North "Minnesota native Caleb Thielbar is set to make his major league debut with his hometown team. The Twins announced Monday that Thielbar, a left-handed reliever, has been recalled from Triple-A Rochester. To make room for Thielbar on the roster, Minnesota optioned left-hander Pedro Hernandez to..." May 20

WEEI Boston "David Ortiz is at it again. The Red Sox designated hitter almost single-handedly carried his team to an 12-5 win over the Twins Saturday night at Target Field, with Ortiz claiming the 40th multi-home run game of his career via a pair of blasts. It marked the fourth time in Ortiz’ career he has..." May 19

Fox Sports North "After finally earning his first win in a Twins uniform last time out, Minnesota right-hander Vance Worley took another step forward Friday. Unfortunately for Worley, it didn't result in his second straight victory. Worley allowed just one unearned run in six innings Friday against Boston and..." May 18

Chicago Tribune "Paul Konerko returned Wednesday to the Chicago White Sox's lineup Wednesday after a two-game break. But the biggest revival was that of Adam Dunn, who slugged two home runs that vaulted the Sox to a 9-4 win over the Minnesota Twins. The nine runs were a season-high for the Sox. Dunn..." May 16

CSN Chicago "Alexei Ramirez said the White Sox brought a winning feel to the field with them on Tuesday night. They needed every ounce of it to overcome a boatload of adversity they faced. Late RBI hits from Tyler Flowers and Ramirez helped the White Sox handle it all with precision as they handed the..." May 15

Chicago Tribune "Paul Konerko received a scheduled day off Monday night, but the mistakes the White Sox committed in a 10-3 humbling by the Twins could lead to a forced cut in playing time for guilty players. "Eventually you get to that point where you don't pay attention to what's going on, we'll find somebody..." May 14

Minneapolis Star Tribune "The moment Ron Gardenhire first saw Oswaldo Arcia’s swing in spring training, the Twins manager became a big fan. Gardenhire has been committed to finding a place in the lineup for the rookie outfielder’s bat ever since Arcia was called up for good last month. That mean putting up with the ups..." May 10

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Rookie outfielder Aaron Hicks was back in the starting lineup Wednesday after being upbraided by manager Ron Gardenhire, who didn’t divulge the details of his message. “It was personal thing between him and I,” Gardenhire said. “When I talk to a player like that, I don’t run him out of the..." May 09

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Justin Morneau absolutely loves Fenway Park. He loves the energy. He loves the atmosphere. He loves the tradition. "Hearing 'Sweet Caroline' in the eighth inning is one of my favorite things in baseball," the Twins first baseman said. Most important, it is easily Morneau's favorite..." May 09

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Perhaps if Scott Diamond’s 2013 debut hadn’t been delayed by the discovery of a bone chip in his elbow in December, he would have been ready to start on Opening Day, not April 13. And maybe he would have been allowed a shot at a complete-game shutout. After his sparkling performance on Tuesday,..." May 08

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Jared Burton gave up three consecutive two-out hits on Monday night, the final one driving home the winning run in the 11th inning of the Twins’ 6-5 loss to the Red Sox. But it could be argued that Burton’s worst toss of the night wasn’t from the mound. Burton, the normally reliable setup..." May 07

ESPN.com "Miguel Sanó, one of the Minnesota Twins' top prospects, is a movie star -- literally. Sanó won't turn 20 for a week, but he is not intimidated by the cameras recording his every move as he hits his way up the Twins' farm system toward the majors. At his current rate, he'll most likely arrive at..." May 06

Cleveland Plain Dealer "The Indians stretched their winning streak to six games Saturday as Scott Kazmir won his first game in over two years and Nick Swisher celebrated his return to the lineup with a homer in a 7-3 victory over the Twins at Progressive Field. The winning streak is longest by the Indians since they..." May 04

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Paul Risso's lonely line in the baseball-reference.com database notes that he was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sixth round of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft out of San Mateo (Calif.) College. The right-handed pitcher merely wants to pick up where he left off four decades ago..." May 01

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Justin Morneau drove in a pair of runs as did Chris Parmelee, who belted his second home run of the season, as Minnesota awoke from its offensive slumber to avoid a three-game sweep by the Tigers. Twins starter Scott Diamond allowed two runs in six innings to earn his second victory and halt..." May 01

Detroit News "Hey, May, you have a tough act to follow. Your pal, April, went out roaring. The Tigers ended the opening month of the season on three high notes: A) a 6-1 victory on Tuesday night over the Twins; B) a five-game winning streak which Anibal Sanchez will try to stretch to six in Wednesday's..." May 01

Detroit Free Press "After Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer to rightfield on Sunday night, manager Jim Leyland repeated his belief that Cabrera has the best opposite-field power he has ever seen. Prince Fielder has to rank pretty high on that list, too. With the Tigers down two runs in the sixth inning..." April 30

Minneapolis Star Tribune "You can’t beat these Twins outfielders for versatility. They’re showing new talents every day. Take Aaron Hicks, for instance. His day included a horizontal dive of a catch, a bullet of a throw, and, for the first time in his career, a base hit that wasn’t a single. Or Josh Willingham. He..." April 28

CBSSports.com "Baseball commissioner Bud Selig seemingly has planned to step down, retire or vacate his job almost since he took office back in 1992. But this time, he is much more emphatic about his retirement pronouncements, even to the point of believability. “You can believe it,'' Selig said, pretty..." April 26

Fort Worth Star-Telegram "If Nick Tepesch struggled Thursday night, his right wrist wasn’t going to be an excuse. Manager Ron Washington made that much clear before the game. “We’re not going to blame no wrist,” Washington said. No excuses were needed in the end — for Tepesch, who had his last start cut short after..." April 26

Yahoo! Sports "If dogs are the most loyal creatures on the planet, the Minnesota Twins are a close second. Since 1986, three general managers and two managers have steered the Twins. No other baseball team comes close to such little turnover. As modern sports' levels of patience devolved, something very..." April 24

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "After losing the opener of Tuesday’s day-night doubleheader at Target Field, Marlins’ manager Mike Redmond once again expressed frustration with the offense. “We’ve been doing the same thing day in and day out,” Redmond said, following the 4-3 Twins’ victory. “It seems like it’s five hits, two..." April 24

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Three inches of snow, 35 degrees of wind chill, and 88 mph of fastball. It’s not the usual recipe for a southern California kid to win a ballgame, but Kevin Correia made it work on Tuesday. The San Diego righthander kept Miami’s bats as cold as the obnoxious weather in Game 1 of a day-night..." April 23

Miami Herald "Miami’s cold bats won’t be warming up any in Minnesota, at least not literally. The Marlins are bracing for extremely frigid weather Monday when they open a two-game set at Target Field in Minneapolis against the Twins. Monday’s game-time forecast: temperatures in the low 30s, winds gusting..." April 22

St. Paul Pioneer Press "The Minnesota Twins have postponed the Monday night, April 22, game against the Miami Marlins because of inclement weather, the Twins announced. The game will be made up as part of a day-night doubleheader Tuesday. " April 22

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Twins outfielder Wilkin Ramirez received a scare Tuesday, April 16, but he is expected to be fine. Ramirez had just singled to start a two-out rally against the Los Angeles Angels in the fifth inning when he took an errant pickoff throw from Jerome Williams off his upper back. Twins manager..." April 17

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Remember when the early talk was about how Joe Mauer was striking out at an alarming rate (for him)? Remember when there was some concern about this experiment that had the Twins' franchise catcher hitting second? Well, uh, strike that from the record. Mauer is back to being..." April 17

New York Post "It’s no longer a secret. The rest of baseball is coming to understand the Mets have a special talent in Matt Harvey. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire was the latest talent evaluator wowed by the 24-year-old Harvey, after watching him pitch in person for the first time on Saturday. All Harvey did..." April 15

New York Post "Ike Davis is back to the home he doesn’t remember. The Mets first baseman arrived in Minnesota yesterday hoping for a sight-seeing tour on the team’s day off to perhaps catch glimpses of his past. Davis was born in suburban Minneapolis, living there until he was 2 years old. “I’m looking..." April 12

New York Times "Major League Baseball’s investigation of an anti-aging clinic linked to performance-enhancing drugs has taken a new turn, with the commissioner’s office paying a former employee of the facility for documents related to the case. At the same time, two people briefed on the matter said, at least one..." April 12

Minneapolis Star Tribune "See the bruise on Trevor Plouffe’s biceps? Badge of honor. The soreness in his ribs? A sign of respect. The Twins third baseman is getting a little recognition, a sort-of tribute, from opposing pitchers these days. And it hurts a little bit. “They think of him as a power hitter,” manager Ron..." April 11

Minneapolis Star Tribune "I've always been impressed by Ron Gardenhire's ability to remain calm and civil and patient after Twins' games, even when things have gone horribly wrong on the field. He's very good at remaining under control. But every so often, his temper bubbles to the surface as he talks, until he wisely cuts..." April 11

Kansas City Star "Wet, cold, miserable and still beautiful. The Royals continued their early-season roll Wednesday night by completing a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 3-0 victory in brutal conditions at Kauffman Stadium. Wade Davis, Bruce Chen and Kelvin Herrera combined on a seven-hit..." April 11

Kansas City Star "Take a look at those standings, friends. That’s right, that’s the Royals sitting atop the American League Central Division. And before anyone chirps that it’s just April — as if, with this rain, we don’t know what month it is — merely remember last April and that sour-time losing streak (12..." April 10

Minneapolis Star Tribune "As far as Aaron Hicks was concerned, it was just a typo. The scoreboard may have read “.040” as he came to the plate in the seventh inning Sunday, the boxscores noting he was 1-for-25 in his career. But “I’m feeling good at the plate,” Hicks insisted, “even though the results aren’t showing..." April 08

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Joe Mauer takes foul tips off his catcher's mask all the time, but this one was different. When Steve Pearce fouled off a Pedro Hernandez fastball in the second inning on Sunday, April 7, the ball smacked off the top of Mauer's helmet and ricocheted at least 30 feet straight up in the..." April 08

Kansas City Star "This wasn’t drama to rival the Mendy Lopez/Carlos Beltran miracle in 2004, but it wasn’t bad Monday when the Royals opened their home schedule by scoring three late runs for a 3-1 victory over Minnesota. Blanked for seven innings, the Royals struck for three runs in the eighth inning on an RBI..." April 08

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Cole De Vries’ bullpen session was going great through the first 20 pitches or so, all fastballs. Then he tried a curveball. Now he’s on the disabled list. “It just came right back again,” De Vries said of the tightness in his right forearm, a discomfort that the Twins will examine with an..." April 06

St. Paul Pioneer Press "Liam Hendriks knows he is fortunate to be making his first start of the season Friday, April 5, at Baltimore. Taking a line drive off his pitching hand in his final spring start on March 26 could have put him out for weeks, if not months, after the right-hander threw up his hands in..." April 04

Minneapolis Star Tribune "Brian Dozier didn’t listen to his first base coach, he tuned out his teammates, and he was ready to ignore his third base coach, too. Smart man. Dozier trusted his own read on Eduardo Escobar’s deep fly ball in the bottom of the ninth and was standing on second base when the baseball bounced..." April 04

St. Paul Pioneer Press "The first time Kevin Correia steps on the mound at Target Field, he will be throwing warm-up pitches for his Twins debut. His decade-long career has seen him toe the slab in 32 big-league ballparks, but Wednesday, April 3, will mark his first professional outing in Minnesota. Correia never..." April 03