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Minnesota Twins to call up Caleb Thielbar, demote Pedro Hernandez

The Minnesota Twins will promote relief pitcher Caleb Thielbar and demote fifth starter Pedro Hernandez to Rochester, according to Twins Daily. Thielbar, 26, is a native Minnesotan and pitched for…Read More

Joe Mauer is top paid athlete in Minnesota professional sports for 2013

Joe Mauer is banking it. The Minnesota Twins catcher is ranked No. 20 on Sports Illustrated’s Fortunate 50, a list and ranking of professional athletes in the U.S. based on earnings for 2013. The…Read More

Minnesota Twins to wear St. Paul Saints throwback jerseys May 30

The Minnesota Twins wore 1951 Minneapolis Millers uniforms when they hosted the Kansas City Royals at Target Field last season for a throwback game. For this year’s throwback game, they will be…Read More

Minnesota Twins GM open to idea of Joe Mauer batting leadoff

Minnesota Twin leadoff hitters have hit .191/.238/.234 so far, as pointed out by Brandon Warne of 1500 ESPN Twin Cities. Warne opines the idea of catcher Joe Mauer batting leadoff is not that far-fetched.…Read More

Minnesota Twins activate Samuel Deduno, release Brandon Boggs

The Minnesota Twins activated starting pitcher Samuel Deduno and joined Triple-A Rochester Red Wings, the team announced Sunday. Deduno had been at extended spring training after suffering a groin injury…Read More

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Minnesota Twins third baseman prospect Miguel Sanó eyes 2013 debut

Minnesota Twins third baseman prospect Miguel Sanó is getting a lot of media attention for his monster…Read More

Should Minnesota Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe be worried about benching?

Minnesota Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe has found himself on the bench after a misplay in the…Read More

If weather continues to hinder, could Minnesota Twins temporarily play games at the Metrodome?

Four of the Minnesota Twins’ last eight scheduled games have been postponed because of weather…Read More

Doug Mientkiewicz: Miguel Sano could ‘hold his own’ in big leagues

Inching closer to the big leagues. Former Minnesota Twins first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, now manager…Read More

Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer diagnosed with bilateral leg health**

Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer is now batting .386 after back-to-back four-hit performances against…Read More

Minnesota Twins showing interest in Colorado Rockies pitcher Aaron Harang

The Minnesota Twins are off to a somewhat surprising start (4-3) and could be buyers in the early part…Read More

Minnesota Twins will be patient with Aaron Hicks

Not the start everyone was hoping for. Minnesota Twins starting center fielder Aaron Hicks has a statline…Read More

Gardenhire says Joe Mauer will bat No. 2 to start season

In his time as the Minnesota Twins skipper, Ron Gardenhire has been reluctant to bat catcher Joe Mauer…Read More

Butera optioned to Triple-A: Other clubs interested in Minnesota Twins catcher

Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire stuck to his word and will enter the season with two catchers,…Read More

Minnesota Twins Name Aaron Hicks Starting Center Fielder

It’s official. Aaron Hicks will be the Twins’ starting center fielder and leadoff hitter…Read More

Diamond, Swarzak open season on disabled list

The Twins officially placed left-hander Scott Diamond (elbow) and right-hander Anthony Swarzak (ribs)…Read More

Should Twins play Hicks now or wait to gain extra season of control?

Aaron Hicks made a strong case to be the Twins starting center fielder on Opening Day, going 4-for-5…Read More

Twins could show interest in Indians outfielder Drew Stubbs

With Chris Parmelee and Josh Willingham expected to be the starting corner outfielders on Opening Day,…Read More

Poll: Minnesota’s favorite sports athlete is Adrian Peterson by a landslide

Over the course of the last couple weeks, Sporting Sota’s fan poll of 347 voters revealed that…Read More

Twins will give newly signed Rafael Perez a shot to start

When the Twins signed left-hander Rafael Perez to a minor league deal with an invitation to Spring Training,…Read More