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Checking in on the American League Central as Spring Training nears

Jan 3, 2018

American League Central, Major League Baseball

Happy New Year, baseball fans. We're 40 days away until pitchers and catchers report to spring training. While we're still a ways away until game action, it doesn't hurt to look ahead. Here are the thought p...

American League Cy Young Race Is Hot After One Month

Tom Dorsa

May 10, 2017

American League, Statistics

The Baseball Writers Association of America should consider themselves very lucky that the Cy Young Award is not handed out until November. If it was given now, we'd have quite the controversy unfolding in the ...

The One Glairing Issue with Kyle Gibson

James B. Terry

Jul 27, 2015

American League, American League Central, Features, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Opinions & Predictions

The Minnesota Twins took Kyle Gibson in the first round of the 2009 Draft and he quickly became one of the better pitching prospects in baseball. Now through 61 career starts in just his second full Major L...

Front of Minnesota Twins rotation suddenly one of league’s best

James B. Terry

Jul 25, 2015

American League Central, Features, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Opinions & Predictions

The Minnesota Twins rotation was basically a joke after finishing dead last in starter ERA in both 2013 and 2014. Phil Hughes was a bright spot for that terrible rotation last year and finished seventh in Am...

Ervin Santana Pitching Like an Ace for Minnesota Twins

James B. Terry

Jul 23, 2015

American League, American League Central, Features, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Opinions & Predictions

What makes an ace an ace? Surely winning big games in October has given players like Madison Bumgarner and Jon Lester the title but there are also a lot of things that a pitcher can do in the regular season ...

Minnesota Twins improving rotation and bullpen with recent roster moves

James B. Terry

Jul 5, 2015

American League, American League Central, Features, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Opinions & Predictions

The Minnesota Twins had to make roster moves with Ervin Santana set to come off the restricted list and all the dust settled Saturday as the veteran right-hander was officially reinstated. Santana will join ...

Ervin Santana’s arrival should excite Minnesota Twins

James B. Terry

Jul 1, 2015

American League, American League Central, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins

The return of Ervin Santana is right around the corner and it couldn't be coming at a better time for the Minnesota Twins, who are desperately trying to keep pace in the American League playoff race after hitti...

Should Minnesota Twins shop Tommy Milone?

James B. Terry

May 29, 2015

American League, American League Central, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Rumors

The Minnesota Twins have a bit of a good problem on their hands. The team is tied for first place in the American League Central with all five pitchers in their starting rotation firing on all cylinders. Thi...

Ryan Braun Is No Longer Just Another Cautionary Tale

Steve Benko

May 25, 2015

Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Milwaukee Brewers, National League, Opinions & Predictions

Ryan Braun is a guy whose reputation has been severely tarnished due to his admission of using performance-enhancing drugs. It wasn't the admission of PEDs that made everyone turn their back on him, though. ...

Tommy Milone proves too good for AAA

James B. Terry

May 19, 2015

American League Central, Features, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins, Opinions & Predictions

Trevor May looks like a much improved version of the player who made his Major League debut last season, Mike Pelfrey has been far better then his low expectations. This leaves Minnesota Twins lefty Tommy Milon...

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