Ben Revere News

"He's very capable of stealing anywhere from 40 to 60 bags," manager Charlie Manuel said.

They drafted him in the fourth round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft. He worked his way through the farm system before he started to show his potential in the big leagues in '07, when he hit .277 with 18 stolen bases in 119 at-bats. But the Phillies traded him to Houston that November to acquire Brad Lidge, whose season of perfection helped the ... (more)

Their assault on Philip Humber Saturday was vicious. 2. Cardinals : Shelby Miller and Adam Wainwright completely overmatched the Rockies' lineup, and that's no easy feat.

Justin Morneau, center, celebrated as the Twins went ahead 4-2 after he and Joe Mauer scored in the third inning.

Crank up the Aaron Hicks for American League Rookie of the Year talk because this kid is back! I may need to curb my enthusiasm a little bit; but after watching Hicks' performance on Monday, it's hard not to get excited about the future this kid has in front of him.

We're quickly approaching the quarter mark of the baseball season, and it's around this time where players' statistics start to level out.

A night after the Minnesota Twins ' bullpen blew a lead and potential victory, the bullpen was back to its strong self on Saturday night leading the Twins to a 8-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles .

It's no secret why the Diamondbacks have emerged as one of the best defensive teams in Major League baseball.

La Velle E. Neal III has covered baseball for the Star Tribune since 1998 . Born and raised in Chicago, he grew up following the White Sox and hating the Cubs.

The club, by description and definition, is a small one. In a world of bulging biceps and shrunken ballparks, the slap-hitting speedsters who populated the 1970s and '80s era of spacious, artificial-turf stadiums are nearly extinct, the few remaining required to prove their worth on almost a nightly basis, their margin of error as slim as their ... (more)

Couple the M&M Boys' of Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau with an alright start by Vance Worley and the Minnesota Twins thought they had a good enough recipe for success on Monday night.

THE EPIGRAPH: "Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face ... (more)

It'd be hard to ask for more out of a pitcher than what Clay Buchholz has given the Red Sox this season.

Scott Kazmir had his best start of the early season, and gained his first win in three seasons in the process.

Last year, the Indians ans Twins engaged in an epic battle that I had dubbed the race for last place .

IF BEN REVERE was hitting .300 and doing the types of things the Phillies envisioned when they acquired him from the Twins, he might have started in centerfield last night against the Marlins.

Ben Revere was arguably the Phillies ' biggest offseason acquisition, and the center fielder's .204 average with just one extra-base hit in the month of April has been an area of concern.

Startribune.com digital sports editor Howard Sinker used to cover the Twins and now shares season tickets with friends in Section 219 of Target Field.

Aaron Hicks hit a line drive to the right-field corner and immediately took off around the bases, reaching third to lead off the seventh inning.

General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said a few times in the past couple of weeks that the Phillies would not put Delmon Young in a uniform unless he showed he could play competently in right field.