Minnesota Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe was placed on the seven-day DL on Wednesday after being diagnosed with a concussion. After being hit by a Craig Kimbrel fastball in the tenth-inning, Plouffe would attempt to brake up a double play, but in the process would be struck in the head by Atlanta second baseman Dan Uggla's shin. Plouffe writhed on the ground for a few minutes before exiting the field un ...

The Minnesota Twins have suffered its first hit in Spring Training. Number five prospect and number 93 overall, Oswaldo Arcia, left Friday's action with a pulled intercoastal muscle and has no timetable on his return. The injury comes as a frustrating one for Ron Gardenhire and his big league club. Arcia was expected to see a lot of action and was the starting right fielder for Friday's game against the Ray ...

Once praised as a small market team who still thrived as a perennial contender, the Minnesota Twins lost 99 games and 2011 and 96 last season. A lack of effective starting pitching weakened  the club during those campaigns, and in 2013 the rotation is a question mark yet again. The Twins did acquire Vance Worley from Philadelphia in the Ben Revere trade, and they signed Kevin Correia and Mike Pelfrey. All t ...

Fresh off back-to-back dismal seasons that saw them lose 99 games in 2011 and 96 last year, the Minnesota Twins launched an off-season strategy to upgrade their rotation. To accomplish this, they continued their familiar habit of trading young veterans who are getting more expensive to other clubs. This offseason, they dealt outfielder Denard Span to the Washington Nationals for highly regarded starting pit ...

Scott Diamond is one of  two remaining starters from 2012 In 2012, the Minnesota Twins endured their second straight ninety-plus loss season. While their hitting wasn't spectacular (combined 99 OPS+, which was slightly below league average of 100 OPS+), it was really their pitching that did them in. The Twins pitching staff ranked second-to-last in the American League with a combined 85 ERA+. Considering th ...

Correia joins a Twins team looking for starters The Minnesota Twins have reached an agreement with right-hander Kevin Correia on a two-year deal worth $10 million. Correia pitched for the Pirates last year to a 4.21 ERA , 1.30 WHIP and 89 strikeouts over 171 innings of work. Twins GM Terry Ryan has set out to improve starting pitching this off-season. The Twins traded center fielder Denard Span to the Washi ...

Phillies and Twins make a deal that works for both teams Ben Revere wont get a  chance to play centerfield for the Minnesota Twins  after all. The Philadelphia Phillies acquired Revere from the Twins for Vance Worley and pitching prospect Trevor May. It was believed that Rivere would step in to be the everyday center fielder after Minnesota traded Denard Span to the Washington Nationals for prospect Alex Me ...

Span fills the Nationals need for center-fielder and a leadoff hitter The Washington Nationals surrendered top pitching prospect Alex Meyer for Minnesota Twins center-fielder Denard Span in a trade and in doing so filled their need for center-fielder and a leadoff hitter. The Nats have been seeking to acquire Span since 2010. Span has a career average of .284 and a .357 on-base percentage. Span hit 23 home ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second column in a Baseball News Source division-by-division series that will address what teams might do this off-season. We started with the American League East. Here is a look at the American League Central. Anibal Sanchez was acquired to make starts like these for the Detroit Tigers. The 28-year-old right-hander, who was acquired along with second baseman Omar Infante from th ...

Nishioka decided to forego the rest of his contract Ichiro Suzuki has a chance to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and Hideki Matsui was a significant part of the New York Yankees lineup for several seasons. Akinori Iwamura had two solid years with the Tampa Bay Rays before injuries derailed his career. Tsuyoshi Nishioka was not as fortunate as his aforementioned Japanese countrymen during his ...

Willingham has hit .260/.366/.524 with 35 home runs and 110 RBI Minnesota Twins outfielder Josh Willingham will undergo an MRI today to check for damage on his injured shoulder, which occurred as he slammed into the left-field fence in a game with the New York Yankees on Monday night. Willingham is listed as day-to-day. With eight games left in the season and the Twins not heading for the playoffs, Willingh ...

Will Twins bring back Morneau in 2013 ? While they are mired in the present and gazing at the future, the Minnesota Twins recognize they must return to the past to become a contender again. At 52-76 entering Tuesday night's clash with Seattle, the Twins have the worst record in the American League and the third worst mark in the majors. Though they are considered a small market franchise, the Twins captured ...

Chances are, unless you follow the Minnesota Twins, Scott Diamond is the best starting pitcher in 2012 whose name you don't know. The 26-year-old Canadian left-hander totes a 10-5 record and a tidy 2.91 ERA to the mound tonight against Tampa Bay. Likely, Target Field is the only ballpark in the majors where most fans don't exclaim, "Scott Who?" Undrafted by the Atlanta Braves out of SUNY-Binghamton in 2007, ...

Baseball writer Aaron Gleeman, who works for Hardball Talk and blogs about the Twins, tweeted a line that aptly describes the pitcher who has been a bright spot amid what otherwise has been a dismal season in Minnesota. "Nothing about Samuel Deduno makes any sense," Gleeman wrote. The tweet was authored during Deduno's gem on Thursday night against Boston. The 29-year-old limited the Red Sox to no runs and ...