The Minnesota Twins, based in Minneapolis, Minn., participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League Central Division. The Twins were founded as the Washington Senators in 1901.
MINNEAPOLIS — The award season is just getting under way, but it looks to be a very busy one for Twins catcher Joe Mauer. Mauer was selected as the American League Outstanding Player in 2009 by his peers. The honor is part of the Major League Baseball Players Association's Players Choice Awards, which are voted [...]
It's the first Twins Inbox of the offseason and as always, there are bound to be plenty of questions throughout the winter about the club's plans for next season. My goal is to put one of these out every week as long as your questions keep flooding my e-mail's inbox. I had only a few [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Twins catcher Joe Mauer will have to wait until next month to learn whether he's earned his first American League MVP Award. But on Monday, Mauer was named his team's MVP for the 2009 season. The Twins announced their 2009 Diamond Awards, which are voted on by the Twin Cities Chapter of the [...]
Baseball's two most dominant hitters, the Cardinals' Albert Pujols and the Twins' Joe Mauer, were chosen winners of the Oscar Charleston Legacy Awards for their respective leagues for 2009 by the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. Pujols and Mauer will join the winners of the Wilbur "Bullet" Rogan Award for the pitchers of the year — [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — Twins closer Joe Nathan and first baseman Justin Morneau each underwent "cleanup" surgeries on Tuesday to have bone chips removed, general manager Bill Smith indicated via e-mail on Thursday. Nathan saw noted specialist Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday after team doctors recommended a minor cleanup to his right elbow. Andrews [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins still have a little less than six months until they play the first night game at their new ballpark, Target Field, yet the stadium lights have been burning brightly throughout the daytime hours this week. So what's the reason for the lights being on already? It's a continuation of the testing [...]
2009 has been a good year for the Mauer brothers. While Joe Mauer enjoyed an MVP-caliber season in Minnesota, his older brother, Jake, led the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Twins to a first-place finish and was named the circuit's Manager of the Year. More good news came Wednesday when the Twins announced that the elder [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — From his infamous naked walk inside the Twins' clubhouse to the "Smell 'em" phrase he coined in reference to RBIs, backup catcher Mike Redmond has been one of Minnesota's more colorful team leaders over the past five seasons. Redmond's humorous personality and the grittiness he's shown in his limited time on the field [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — The first season at Target Field will undoubtedly be full of excitement due to the return of outdoor baseball to Minnesota. But after winning their fifth American League Central title in eight seasons thanks to an improbable finish to the 2009 season, winning 17 of the final 21 games, the Twins hold even [...]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Twins announced their Minor League Player and Pitcher of the Year Awards on Thursday, with outfielder Ben Revere and right-handed pitcher David Bromberg taking home the honors. Revere, 21, was named the Sherry Robertson Award winner as the Twins' Minor League Player of the Year for the second consecutive year. He's the [...]