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As fans of the Minnesota Twins, we were hoping MLB brass and the MLBPA would play fair and timely in contract negotiations to avoid any delays to the MLB season. In a billion dollar industry, these can be tricky things to just expedite along. As it stands today, a delay to the season seems to […] Minnesota Twins: No Twins Baseball? At least we have the St. Paul Saints - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

As the lockout continues onward, Minnesota Twins fans don’t have much to look forward to for the rest of the offseason, with no clear end in sight and a strong chance that some baseball will be missed due to the owners locking out the players (though the MLBPA hasn’t been completely blameless in all this). […] Minnesota Twins: My 2022 FanSided Hall of Fame Ballot, Explained - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

Every year, the Minnesota Twins elect a class to the Twins Hall of Fame, from the first year they started the process in 2000 up until the present. The only exceptions were 2014, 2015, and last year in 2021. To make up for a lost year last year, the Twins added three new members for the […] Minnesota Twins: Three New Additions to the Twins Hall of Fame - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

The major league rumor mill may be off for right now, but the International Signing Period for minor league free agents is now open. The Minnesota Twins took full advantage of this period opening up by adding three young prospects to MiLB deals. Source: #Twins agree to a $1.7 million deal with OF Yasser Mercedes, […] Minnesota Twins: Twins add 3 Top International Prospects - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

In 2021, the Minnesota Twins fell flat on their faces, finishing last in their division after back to back American League Central titles. This put the Twins in a tough spot, forcing the team to trade away their best hitter and pitcher. This offseason, the team locked up their franchise player in Byron Buxton, answering […] Minnesota Twins: Could the Twins move a key reliever this offseason? - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

The lockout continues onward, and Minnesota Twins fans are eager for any baseball-related news or fun that they can find. There’s minor league deals, team announcements, and rumors, and for most of the offseason, the Twins were quiet. Then, just yesterday, the Minnesota Twins gave us a glimmer of hope: the team announced it would […] Minnesota Twins: Twins to retire Jim Kaat’s Number 36 - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

It’s hard for Minnesota Twins fans to continually wait through this lockout without imagining the possibilities for the season ahead. We imagined the lows of the season earlier this week, and while that’s a good exercise in Minnesota pain, we thought it was a good time for a little optimism. Remember, back in 1986, the Minnesota […] Minnesota Twins: Best Case Scenario for the Twins in 2022 - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

We are officially 2 months into the MLB lockout and it has been quieter than a ghost town. Any current news regarding baseball has everyone excited, even if it is pointless information. Minnesota Twins fans deserve a little more excitement from the team. Instead of keeping track of assistant hitting coaches signing with different clubs, […] Minnesota Twins: Brain Fog-The Twins Should Move on from Sano - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

During the first month of the offseason, the Minnesota Twins sat back and watched as pitchers like Kevin Gausman, Marcus Stroman, and Robbie Ray, among others, left the free agent board, despite the team’s great need for rotation arms. The only legitimate major league-talented pitcher the club added thus far is Dylan Bundy, who posted a […] Minnesota Twins: It’s Not Time To Give Up On Randy Dobnak - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

The Minnesota Twins enter 2022 as a team likely headed for a retooling phase. 2021 was an almost unmitigated disaster, with the team’s free agent signings taking a turn for the worst, their key stars getting injured, and forcing them to trade away their best-performing players. The team lost 89 games, the most the team […] Minnesota Twins: Twins Worst Case Scenario for 2022 - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

A New Year typically comes with people trying to make changes in their life, whether that be going to the gym more, spending more time offline, or saving money for an important purchase, and people make resolutions to meet those goals. I’m sure a lot of baseball fans have them, but I think there may […] Minnesota Twins: 4 New Year’s Resolutions for the Twins’ hitters in 2022 - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

The Minnesota Twins are one of the MLB’s oldest franchises dating all the way back to 1901. Back then, the team was known as the Senators, and they played in Washington D.C. The Senators moved to Minneapolis in 1961 to become the Twins we know and love today. Over their 120 year long history, the […] Minnesota Twins: Comparing current Twins Players with All-Time Greats - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

It’s a little too early to make sweeping predictions as we enter the deepest of freezes in the Minnesota winter tundra, but this winter feels even more frigid with the current MLB lockout. Right now, the fires aren’t even burning for the MLB hot stoves to get warm with the rumors. Coincidentally, my Minnesota Twins optimism […] Minnesota Twins: Could 70 wins be a realistic total for the Twins in 2022? - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

The current situation for Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson might be the most intriguing headline for post-lockout news. Donaldson was given a relatively large contract for someone who is in the later half of their career, especially for a small-market team that limited spending often. After reaching the halfway point of the four-year, $92 […] Minnesota Twins: What should the Twins do with Josh Donaldson? - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community

It’s the holiday season, and for most people that means giving and receiving gifts. For Minnesota Twins fans, the team gave them their ideal gift when they signed Byron Buxton to an extension. Unfortunately, that move alone won’t be enough for the team to compete. Twins fans want several things for the team to be […] Minnesota Twins: 3 Gifts the Twins should get for their fans Post-Lockout - Pucketts Pond - Pucketts Pond - Minnesota Twins News, Rumors, and Fan Community