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Posted: 26th April 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
• Francisco Liriano faces off against Justin Verlander tonight in what should be a very interesting battle. This is the first meeting between the Twins and Tigers since game 163 last October. Liriano is off to a great start while Verlander continues his April woes for the third consecutive year. Being as both players are playing out of their "norm," there's really no use in ...

Book Review: We’re Gonna Win, Twins!

Posted: 21st April 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
Since starting this blog, a door has been opened for several great opportunities. One such opportunity has been to review several books. As a college student, I can't tell you how much I hate reading boring material. We've all been there. But thankfully, the books I've had the honor of thumbing through have all been very thought-provoking. Obviously that's coming from a biased opinion as anything baseball-related is thought-provoking in my opinion, ...

Twins Blogosphere: Link-A-Palooza

Posted: 9th April 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
• On Saturday, the Twins Centric crew will be hosting their second viewing party of the year. The party will be tomorrow at the Majors in Blaine. The Twins Centric crew will be there to watch the Twins take on the Chicago White Sox at noon. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be able to attend, but hopefully you get the chance to. • At the last viewing party, I ...

2010 Twins and MLB Predictions

Posted: 2nd April 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
I recently asked for other bloggers and readers to post their predictions for the 2010 season. Several bloggers have already posted their predictions, so I definitely suggest that you cruise around the Twins blogosphere to see them (I am hoping to make a list of links to the sites at some point today). On Twitter, several bloggers have started a hashtag of #2010TwinsPicks . If you're not following me already, you ...

2010 Twins Predictions Day – April 2nd

Posted: 29th March 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
I e-mailed this to a lot of Twins bloggers. If you didn't get it, there's a good chance it's due to my incredibly horrid internet connection (which made me re-send it about eight times) instead of me just forgetting about you. I sent it to nearly every e-mail address that I could find from the Twins blogs on my sidebar as well as others, so don't feel ...

Minnesota Twins’ Top 50 Prospects 2010: No. 5, Kyle Gibson

Posted: 29th March 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
2010 Top 50 Twins Prospects | No. 5 | Kyle Gibson Position | Pitcher Bats/Throws | Right/Right Born | October 23, 1987 (Greenfield, Indiana) School | University of Missouri Height | 6'6'' Weight | 208 lbs. 2009 Ranking | Not Ranked Breakdown Heading into the 2009 draft, Gibson was considered one of the best amateur pitchers in ...

Top 50 Twins Prospects 2010: No. 6 Angel Morales

Posted: 20th March 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
2010 Top 50 Twins Prospects | No. 6 | Angel Morales Position | OutfieldBats/Throws | Right/RightBorn | November 24, 1989 (Caguas, Puerto Rico)School | Puerto Rico Baseball AcademyHeight | 6'1''Weight | 180 pounds.2009 Ranking | 6....................(Photo courtesy of jajohnson917)Breakdown Angel Morales was taken in the third round of the 2007 draft out of the Puerto Rican Baseball Academy in Gurabo, Puerto Rico. He was originally ...

Denard Span, Minnesota Twins Agree to New Contract

Posted: 13th March 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
First off I want to apologize for my lack of writing as of late. I've been on Spring Break this past week and...well...lets just say that the computer I'm using isn't the greatest. I know it's a lame excuse, but it's the truth. So I apologize and I will certainly write about a lot of things this week (such as the Nick Blackburn contract extension, Joe Nathan injury, and I'll ...

Top 50 Twins Prospects 2010: No. 9 Rene Tosoni

Posted: 9th March 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
2010 Top 50 Twins Prospects | No. 9 | Rene Tosoni Position | OutfieldBats/Throws | Left/RightBorn | July 2, 1986 (Toronto, Ontario)School | Chipola Junior CollegeHeight | 6'0''Weight | 195 pounds2009 Ranking | 20Breakdown Selected by the Twins in the 34th round of the 2004 draft, Tosoni chose to go the JUCO route instead of signing.  He was selected in the 36th round a year later, but this time chose to sign.  ...

Deolis Guerra: Minnesota Twins’ No. 16 in Top 50 Prospects 2010

Posted: 13th February 2010 by Josh Johnson in MLB
2010 Top 50 Twins Prospects | No. 16 | Deolis Guerra Position | Pitcher Bats/Throws | Right/Right Born | April 17, 1989 (San Felix, Venezuela) School | Not Available Height | 6'5'' Weight | 200 lbs. 2009 Ranking | 12   Breakdown Deolis Guerra received a $700,000 signing bonus from the New York Mets in 2005 as a 16-year-old. He got started in the States in 2006 at ...