Twins Decline 2012 Option On Closer Joe Nathan
Right-hander Joe Nathan will get a $2 million buyout after the Minnesota Twins declined the club option on the closer for the 2012 season.
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Right-hander Joe Nathan will get a $2 million buyout after the Minnesota Twins declined the club option on the closer for the 2012 season.
Jim Thome intends to keep moving up baseball's home run list.
The Minnesota Twins have outrighted infielder Matt Tolbert, outfielder Jason Repko, catcher Rene Rivera and right-hander Anthony Slama to Triple-A Rochester to create some room on the 40-man roster.
The Minnesota Twins have named infielder Brian Dozier their minor league player of the year and right-hander Liam Hendriks their minor league pitcher of the year.
Twitter was buzzing with the postseason plans of some of our favorite Twins players Tuesday.
The 2011 Twins season felt like a rekindled summer relationship gone south. You want it all to end by midsummer but you hold on until the fall just so you can go to their cabin one more time.
The Minnesota Twins started the 2011 season looking for their third straight division title and hoping to establish themselves as one of the elite teams in the American League.
Despite the dismal showing by most of the team and a "perfect storm of injuries," there were some lessons to be learned: Superheroes can lose their super powers.
Trevor Plouffe's RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning gave Carl Pavano and the Twins a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday, helping Minnesota stave off a 100-loss season.
The end of a long, painful season for the Minnesota Twins also means some relief for the coaching staff.
Some idiots are rooting for #100. They're either nuts or Royals fans.
The Minnesota Twins entered the final series of the season with one goal -- to avoid losing 100 games.
The radio voice of the Minnesota Twins stepped back from the microphone Wednesday evening, ending a 25-year run.
Minnesota sports fans are likely tired of the old saying "we'll get 'em next year."
Melky Cabrera became the first Kansas City player in 11 years to get 200 hits and Mike Moustakas hit the go-ahead home run in a four-run sixth inning as the Royals topped the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Monday night.
