Puckett's Pond 3 hours ago
Minnesota Twins: Miguel Sano is the first baseman Twins fans deserve
Minnesota Twins fans are a rather mercurial bunch. One minute, they’re in love with the players and the team, cheering as loudly as they can, supporting the team all season. The next minute, they’re ready to burn it all down, trade everyone, fire the whole front office, and have Jim Pohlad’s head on a stake. […] Minnesota Twins: Miguel Sano is the first baseman Twins fans deserve - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community
Puckett's Pond 19 hours ago
Minnesota Twins: A Twins Fan’s Guide on who to root for to end 2021
The Minnesota Twins are now officially out of the playoff hunt, meaning Twins fans who want to watch playoff baseball may need to choose a new team for the upcoming stretch run. While some fans (myself included) already have a a team picked out, we’ve got the breakdown on who you can root for the […] Minnesota Twins: A Twins Fan’s Guide on who to root for to end 2021 - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community
Twinkie Town Sep 15, 2021
Cleveland 12, Twins 3: A full squad implosion
The Clevelands had fun in this one. | Jordan Johnson-USA TODAY Sports This was an ugly one If you glanced at the score and saw that it was 12 to 3 and you saw an ‘L’ next to Griffin Jax’s name, you probably assumed that the poor rookie was shelled. While wasn’t exactly sharp once he reached the second time through the lineup, Jax was far from the Twins’ biggest issue on this night. He was just one of several. Jax faced only one batter above minimum through the first three innings. A pair of doubles plated the first run of the game for Cleveland in the fourth....
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 15, 2021
Indians pound out 14 hits, Quantrill cruises past Twins 12-3
Cal Quantrill gave Cleveland another strong start, and Oscar Mercado, Bobby Bradley and Franmil Reyes homered to help ignite a lagging Indians lineup in a 12-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 15, 2021
Kenta Maeda stays optimistic while enduring an unfamiliar absence from baseball
The righthander is recovering from elbow surgery and says it's not an absolute he'll pitch in 2022.
Twinkie Town Sep 15, 2021
Game 147: Spider Guardians at Twins
Photo by David Berding/ Any zoologists out there? Is there such a thing as a Spider Guardian? First Pitch: 6:40 pm CDT TV: Bally Sports North Radio: WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / TIBN / Audacy The 70-73 Spider Guardians are still in town, looking to finish the series strong after yesterday’s 7-inning doubleheader split. To do so, they’ll enlist righty Cal Quantrill, who in my opinion is one of the league’s more under-the-radar Star Wars names. They can’t all be Akil Baddoo, but I think I will convince a couple people this evening that Cal Quantrill belongs in...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 15, 2021
Grudge match? Cal Quantrill starts against Twins tonight after kerfuffle in Cleveland
Cal Quantrill and Twins first baseman Miguel Sano exchanged words during Thursday's meeting between the teams.
Puckett's Pond Sep 15, 2021
Minnesota Twins: Top 5 Switch-Hitters in Twins History
Jorge Polanco is in the midst of one of the best seasons by a Minnesota Twins switch-hitter ever. His 30 homers this season are the best in team history by a switch-hitter and his 4.2 fWAR leads the team. He easily will finish the year as the team’s MVP and will close out his eighth […] Minnesota Twins: Top 5 Switch-Hitters in Twins History - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community
Puckett's Pond Sep 15, 2021
Minnesota Twins: Luis Arraez has proven that he belongs
The Minnesota Twins have had a disappointing season overall, but there have been a few bright spots. One has been the play of Jorge Polanco, who is having a banner season. Another has been the hitting of Luis Arraez. Despite going 0-for-3 in the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians, Arraez is […] Minnesota Twins: Luis Arraez has proven that he belongs - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community
Twinkie Town Sep 15, 2021
Arraez and Sanó offer stark contrasts and a refresher lesson in relative value
Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/ They go about it in opposite ways, but create about the same level of offensive production Yesterday, Zach had an article here where he conducted a blind statistical comparison of Max Kepler and Miguel Sanó. Zach pointed out the two players have eerily similar batting lines over the past two seasons even though they are perceived quite differently by the fan base. When Zach’s post went up, I was most of the way through a similar thought exercise involving Sanó and a different comparable Twin — Luis Arraez. Where Kepler...
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 15, 2021
Joe Ryan's injury scare + Towns takes aim at vaccine skeptics
Ryan sounded upbeat (and apologetic) after getting hit by a batted ball. Also, a Karl-Anthony Towns tweets on vaccine skeptics and Chip Scoggins visits the Daily Delivery to talk about his new Football Across Minnesota series.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 15, 2021
Joe Ryan apologizes after injury scare; Twins split with Cleveland
Joe Ryan didn't even bother to try to scoop up the ball and make the out at first after getting hit by a line drive in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 15, 2021
Jax expected to start as Twins host the Indians
Cleveland Indians (70-73, second in the AL Central) vs. Minnesota Twins (64-82, fifth in the AL Central)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Sep 14, 2021
Rookie pitcher Joe Ryan 'fine' after being hit by line drive as Twins split with Cleveland
Twins rookie pitcher Joe Ryan was hit in the right wrist by a line drive Tuesday. He was "fine" after the game but the Twins were officially eliminated from a playoff chance.
Twinkie Town Sep 14, 2021
Twins 6, Cleveland 3: Back on target
Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports The Twins earned a split of today’s doubleheader. After losing game 1 of today’s doubleheader the Twins tasked Charlie Barnes with the start tonight. He pitched 3 scoreless innings and one not-so-scoreless inning. That inning was the 3rd, where Cleveland notched 4 hits against Barnes, 2 of them being doubles to score the game’s first 3 runs. Amed Rosario, Jose Ramirez, and Franmil Reyes each contributed an RBI and things weren’t looking great for the Twins. Surprisingly the Twins came roaring back in the 4th inning. Jorge...
