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Twins All-Target Field Era Team [SKOR North’s All-Decade Team]
The Minnesota Twins finished the 2009 regular season on a thrilling high, as Carlos Gomez raced home on Alexi Casilla’s single through the right side of the infield to win the division for the Twins,…
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Wetmore’s 5 thoughts: Minnesota Twins MVP candidates (2019)
When a team wins 101 games the divvying up credit ought to be the easy part. Plenty to go around, right? From the players on the field, to rookie manager Rocco Baldelli, to his coaching…
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Wetmore’s 5 thoughts: Two deserving Twins all-stars, and a few who can claim they were snubbed
The Minnesota Twins are one of the best teams in the American League and in all of baseball. A number of players are having great individual seasons that are worthy of attention. And yet, they…
1 year ago -
Wetmore’s 5 thoughts: The Twins as a whole team are out-slugging one of the greats
The Twins are 43-21 and even after losing 2 of 3 to the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota holds a commanding 10 ½ game lead in the American League Central. This column presents 5 thoughts on what…
1 year ago -
Wetmore’s 5 thoughts: Exceeding expectations, 5 things that have the Twins in first place
MINNEAPOLIS – The way the Twins approached this winter, I think a lot of us on the outside characterized their moves collectively as a hedged bet on 2019. They added some good players and let…
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Wetmore’s 5 thoughts: Finding 5 Twins players that I expect to be better than projected
FORT MYERS, Fla. — By now I’ve spent enough years living as a nerd with an interest in baseball and a connection to the internet to know one thing. If I strongly disagree with an…
2 years ago -
Wetmore’s 5 thoughts: What to make of Twins extensions for Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler
FORT MYERS, Fla. — If Derek Falvey is going to build and then bet on a nucleus to make his career as a baseball executive, he made his first ante at the poker table Thursday.…
2 years ago