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Twins fans are the opposite of psyched for this Matt Capps trade (Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:04:34 PDT
It's one thing to read a roundup of trade reactions when the receiving fanbase is busy blowing up balloons...

Red Sox looking for relievers (Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:13:02 PDT
San Diego Padres reliever Joe Thatcher has 30 strikeouts this year in 21.2 innings of work and an ERA of 1.66.

Interest in O's Wigginton waning? (Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:42:15 PDT
Things were going the way of the Baltimore Orioles yesterday. First the team finally gets around to hiring Buck...

Twins Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:30:51 PDT

Beefing up a bullpen that has been without All-Star closer Joe Nathan all season, the Twins traded for another All-Star closer on Thursday.

Right-hander Matt Capps was acquired from Washington in for two minor-leaguers.

Capps, the winning pitcher in the All-Star Game this month, was 26-for-30 in save opportunities for Washington this year, including a scoreless inning in Thursday's win over the Braves. He will give the Twins another option to right-hander Jon Rauch in the ninth inning.

In exchange for Capps, Washington received catcher Wilson Ramos and left-handed reliever Joe Testa.

Ramos, 22, made his big-league debut for the Twins in May, and he went 8-for-27 (.296) in seven games before he was optioned back to the minors.

Twins acquire closer Capps from Nationals (PA SportsTicker)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:53:01 PDT
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI AP Baseball Writer

Oswalt traded to Phillies; Tejada, Cantu also move (AP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:16:27 PDT
Roy Oswalt granted his own wish: He's now part of a pennant race. Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps joined the mix, too. The trade wheel of fortune kept spinning Thursday with veterans-for-prospects deals that typically dot the stretch run. More swaps were expected before Saturday's 4 p.m.

Oswalt traded to Phils; Tejada, Cantu also move (The Canadian Press)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:36:16 PDT

Roy Oswalt granted his own wish: He's now part of a pennant race. Miguel Tejada, Jorge Cantu and Matt Capps joined the mix, too.

Surging Twins approach trade deadline usual way (AP)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:48:24 PDT
The All-Star break was a welcomed rest for the Minnesota Twins. It was also quite the revival. They're only 14 games into the second half, but by outscoring their opponents 97-50 and going 10-4 they've rediscovered their energy and confidence even if the success was perhaps tenuously driven by playing weak teams.

Power Rankings: Pitchers know their places (Yahoo! Sports)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:41:00 PDT
Joba Chamberlain can't throw the eighth and Jamie Shields could sit in only one spot during Matt Garza's no-hitter.

Might Lilly re-sign with Cubs in offseason? (Yahoo! Sports)
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:02:15 PDT
Teams are lining up to take Ted Lilly off the hands of the Chicago Cubs for the rest of the season.

Young, Repko homer as Twins beat KC 6-4 (AP)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:58:15 PDT
OK, so what if they did all their damage against a couple of last-place clubs? The Minnesota Twins don't care. Hitting 12 home runs while going 6-1 on a seven-game road swing to Baltimore and Kansas City sent them flying back home with a refreshing, renewed sense of confidence. "You can tell around the clubhouse," said Brian Duensing, who got the victory in a 6-4 win Wednesday that...

Twins' Punto goes out after apparent injury (AP)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:27:19 PDT
Minnesota's Nick Punto left the game against Kansas City with an apparent injury after bunting safely in the eighth inning. Punto bent over and tried to walk off the injury. But he eventually left the field under his own power with the Twins leading 5-2.

Baseball's biggest trade deadline busts (Yahoo! Sports)
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:34:00 PDT
The pickups meant to clinch pennants that have brought the most pain.

Mauer playing through all kinds of pain (Yahoo! Sports)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:47:00 PDT
Twins catcher Joe Mauer is hurting, but he won't take a break or talk about the pain. Calll it leadership.

Valencia has 3 RBIs, Twins batter KC 11-2 (AP)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:08:25 PDT
Milestones and historic firsts just keep piling up for both the happy Minnesota Twins and the battered Kansas City Royals. Danny Valencia became the first Twins rookie ever to have four hits in back-to-back games, equaling Monday's feat in an 11-2 win Tuesday night. The night before in an even worse 19-1 drubbing, he'd become the first Twins rookie to smack a grand slam for his first major...

Hot gang member wear for 2010: Dodgers and Reds hats! (Yahoo! Sports)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:59:54 PDT
Here's some bad news for Eazy-E, Dr. Dre and all the other rappers who worked so hard to put a Chicago White...

Taking a closer look at the Twins' 19-1 rout of the Royals (Yahoo! Sports)
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:20:01 PDT
Like a rolling odometer on a cross-country road trip, the Minnesota Twins ' run total never seemed to pause...

AL Roundup: A look at Monday's games (The Canadian Press)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:13:54 PDT
The Tampa Bay Rays finally wound up on the right side of a memorable pitching performance as Matt Garza's no-hitter highlighted an eventful evening of American League baseball.

Mauer has 7 RBIs, Valencia 4 as Twins stomp KC (AP)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:54:29 PDT
Danny Valencia's own grandchildren may have trouble believing this story one day. Not only was his first major league home run a grand slam, it came in a 19-1 victory. And on a night he went 4 for 4. And, topper of toppers, it was off the reigning American League Cy Young winner in a six-run first inning.

Twins put Hudson on disabled list, recall Morales (AP)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:53:10 PDT
The Minnesota Twins have put second baseman Orlando Hudson on the 15-day disabled list and recalled catcher Jose Morales from Triple-A Rochester. Hudson's move is retroactive to July 24. He has a strain on his right side. Morales batted .280 with one home run and 24 RBIs in 54 games with the Red Wings.

Rangers after Cantu or Wigginton (Yahoo! Sports)
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:30:40 PDT
The Texas Rangers and Florida Marlins are having "ongoing conversations" about sending Jorge Cantu to...

Kubel's slam sparks Twins in 10-4 win over Orioles (AP)
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:28:21 PDT
The Minnesota Twins had to sweat out a four-game series at Camden Yards -- only in the literal sense. Despite battling soaring temperatures, awful humidity and an untimely thundershower, the Twins left Baltimore in upbeat fashion after cruising to a 10-4 victory Sunday. Jason Kubel hit his seventh career grand slam, Kevin Slowey took a five-hitter into the seventh inning and the Twins ended a run...

Nationals' Dunn visits Uecker during game (PA SportsTicker)
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:38:04 PDT
By COLIN FLY AP Sports Writer

Hudson placed on disabled list by Twins (AP)
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:37:21 PDT
Orlando Hudson has been placed on the 15-day disabled list by the Minnesota Twins, who wanted to give their second baseman sufficient time to recover from a strained muscle in his right ribcage. Hudson's injury occurred during a third-inning swing in Friday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles.