Likely Starter: Justin Morneau 2008 Stats: .300/.374/.499, 23 HR, 129 RBI Can Morneau avoid another September thaw? Potential Backups: Michael Cuddyer, Brian Buscher, Brendan Harris If not for an ugly final few weeks last year, the season may have had a very different conclusion for Justin Morneau. ...

In nine seasons since the turn of the century, the Twins have posted a winning record seven times and made the playoffs four times while watching their players hoist two Cy Young Awards and one MVP. During this run, the Twins have found a great deal of success and featured many great players. Yet, o...

Yesterday, I was perusing my favorite blog -- that of Kansas City Star columnist Joe Posnanski -- and I noticed a series of polls on the right side of the page. There were three polls, asking who the reader thought would win each division in the American League. I skipped straight to the Central Div...

The Twins kicked off a brand new year of baseball with their first competitive action last night, but excitement was subdued in the wake of news that Boof Bonser's season is likely over after an exploratory surgery procedure earlier in the day revealed tears in his labrum and rotator cuff. This is e...

After reading through a story on Joe Crede on the Star Tribune's online edition yesterday, I glanced at the reader comments section below the article and came across this statement: i would take crede at 75% over anybody else on the team. Oh boy. On a team that features legitimate stars like Joe Mau...

Yesterday, we learned that Boof Bonser has been scheduled to undergo another MRI on his ailing right shoulder. Tests taken a couple months ago reportedly revealed no structural damage, but Bonser has struggled to throw the baseball this offseason and saw no improvement in a throwing session on Wedne...

Aside from the thrill of entering a new season with each team's destiny unknown, the arrival of spring training always carries with it an exciting mix of freshness and mystery in terms of roster composition. Well, usually. Twins pitchers and catchers officially report for duty in Ft. Myers today, si...

On Saturday afternoon, I met with a few Twins bloggers at Joe Senser's in Bloomington to discuss baseball over snacks and drinks. The gathering provided me with an opportunity to meet John Meyer (of Twins Most Valuable Blogger) and Parker Hageman (of Over the Baggy) for the first time, catch up with...

I have said on multiple occasions during this offseason that I think there's a fairly good chance that the Twins will be a better team overall in 2009 than they were in 2008 despite having made essentially zero moves to improve the roster over the course of the winter. This belief is seeded in the f...

The terms of Jason Kubel’s new contract have been disclosed, and they’re even better than I’d anticipated: two years, $7.2 million with a club option for 2011. The Twins will pay Kubel $2.75 million this year, $4.1 million in 2010 and -- should they choose to activate their option -- $5.1 mill...