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4 weeks ago | 
rotoballer.com | Byron Buxton |Matt Wallner |Ty France |Zach Thompson
In This Article hide Opening Day has finally arrived! This Thursday, 28 of the 30 MLB teams will take to the diamonds and get the "normal" regular season underway after the Tokyo Series got the season started officially for the Cubs and Dodgers. The nine games that start between 4:00 p.m. ET and 4:30 p.m. ET are the DraftKings main slate, while FanDuel's main slate includes the two games that start just after 3:00 p.m. ET.
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1 month ago | 
startribune.com | Matt Wallner |Trevor Larnach |Bobby Nightengale
FORT MYERS, FLA. - One day after Mickey Gasper had a nasty gash on the inside of his left ankle, a cut that required six stitches when he was spiked fielding a ground ball, he received some of the best news of his baseball career. Gasper, a 29-year-old who spent seven years in the minor leagues before he debuted with the Boston Red Sox at the end of last season, learned he made his first Opening Day roster Monday morning.
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1 month ago | 
minnesotasportsfan.com | Ted Schwerzler |Trevor Larnach |Matt Wallner |Harrison Bader
After enjoying a full week of Florida sunshine and picking up a fresh sunburn to prove it, I’m ready to make update my Minnesota Twins roster projections for Opening Day 2025. The Twins, currently 9-11-3 in Grapefruit League play, will start their regular season next week March 26 on the road vs the St. Louis Cardinals. Over the next week and a half, Rocco Baldelli has the task of trimming 14 more players from the MN Twins’ roster.
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1 month ago | 
twincities.com | Betsy Helfand |Matt Wallner |Trevor Larnach |Harrison Bader
In less than three weeks, the Twins will pack up and leave Florida, venturing to St. Louis to begin their season. There’s still much to be settled before that point as the Twins sift through their options and whittle down the number of players in camp, which began at 57, to 26. But it’s coming soon. With Opening Day on the horizon — the Twins begin the 2025 season on March 27 — here’s a look at where things stand and what’s left to be decided.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Joel Rippel |Matt Wallner
Chicago update: The White Sox (27-84) have lost 17 consecutive games and are the third team in MLB history to lose 84 or more games in the first 111 games of a season. … The 1962 Mets hold the modern MLB record with 120 losses in a season. Chicago is on pace for 123. ... The Sox traded OF Eloy Jimenez to Baltimore, LHP Tanner Hicks to the Phillies, RHP Michael Kopech to the Dodgers, SS Paul DeJong to the Royals, and RHP Erick Fedde and IF Tommy Pham to the Cards.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Jim Souhan |Matt Wallner
TwinsThere is a quality reliever still available to improve their 2024 chances. Pitcher Louie Varland would fill an immediate need in the Twins bullpen, and the price is right for the reluctant spenders. (AARON LAVINSKY/Star Tribune)The Twins decided they couldn’t afford — whether in terms of dollars or prospects — to make a deal at the trade deadline. This calls for a telethon. Call Sarah McLachlan. Record the infomercial, with sappy strings playing in the background.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Phil Miller |Matt Wallner
TwinsThe veteran slugger has been a bargain on a one-year contract, and his defensive play has been a highlight. Carlos Santana has 14 home runs in 100 games for the Twins this season, and 315 homers in his 15-year major-league career. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune)Carlos Santana has accomplished a lot over his 15-year career. He’s hit more than 300 homers, driven in more than 1,000 runs, earned more than $100 million.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
www2.startribune.com | Christopher Magan |Matt Wallner
Commissioner Jeffrey Lunde was absent from the meeting, but he also opposed the increase. “I cannot support such an increase while knowing the people I represent are also facing the same financial challenges,” Lunde said. Commissioner Debbie Goettel was the only member of the board up for re-election to back the raise, quickly moving to bring it to an initial vote. She praised Fernando’s analysis and noted that county leaders routinely examine employee pay to ensure it is equitable.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
www2.startribune.com | Elliot Hughes |Matt Wallner
St. Paul police were investigating a fatal shooting Wednesday night. In a statement posted to X, authorities said one person was killed in a shooting at the intersection of Charles Avenue and Galtier Street in the Frogtown neighborhood. No other information was available as of 9:45 p.m. Wednesday. As of Tuesday, St. Paul police reported 15 homicides this year, compared with 21 as of the same date in 2023, according to a Star Tribune database. This is a developing story.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
www2.startribune.com | Phil Miller |Matt Wallner
NEW YORK – Trevor Richards has been traded four times in the past six years, each time during the season, and the Blue Jays had warned him that, given his impending free agency and their place in the standings, he probably would be sent elsewhere by Tuesday’s trade deadline. “So it was just a matter of where,” he said Wednesday. When he learned his new team was at Citi Field, he made the three-hour drive from Baltimore, where the Jays were playing, to join the Twins. “Luckily, we were on the road.
