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For those who want to take a dip in the Francisco Rodriguez sweepstakes, his agent was quoted by SI.com this morning that it would take five years and $75 million.

Twins beat writer Joe Christensen offers six offseason suggestions for Twins officials: 1 Extend the contracts for manager Ron Gardenhire and the coaching staff.

It's almost as if two different front offices run the Twins. The one that manages the farm system, pitching and payroll, the one that decides which players to re-sign and takes the long view of franchise ...

Chalk this one up to human nature. It probably was inevitable that the Minnesota Twins would experience a letdown Friday night, and luckily for the White Sox they did.

The Twins were staring at seismic changes at this time last year. They were about to let Torii Hunter walk as a free agent and trade Johan Santana.

They wondered about the playoffs and they wondered about the White Sox on their flight to Chicago on Monday.

Already standing tall, CC Sabathia climbed on top of the Brewers dugout and sprayed fans with bubbly.

Perhaps it's not such a bad thing that the Royals closed their sizzling September with a clunker Sunday afternoon in a 6-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome.

It's called "baseball stomach," and you probably know the feeling. It hurts much of the time at this point in the year.

At this point in the season -- with so much at stake -- these are not the kinds of questions White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen should be fielding.

Joe Nathan finished off four scoreless innings by Minnesota's relief corps Wednesday, giving the Twins a critical 3-2 win over the Chicago White Sox.

Jos Guillen was back in Kansas City's lineup last night against Seattle, a day after being a late scratch against the Mariners.

Posted on September 17th, 2008 9:07 AM By Howard There are no words Well, yes, there are.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Alexi Casilla homered in Minnesota's five-run ninth inning and the Twins rallied for an 11-8 victory over Tampa Bay on Thursday night that ended a four-game losing streak and pulled then ...

Yes, the ending will be what's remembered most about Victor Martinez's evening Tuesday.

Victor Martinez's three-run homer off Joe Nathan in the bottom of the 11th handed the Cleveland Indians a 12-9 win over Minnesota, in the second of three games with the Twins.

Minnesota wasted eight impressive innings by Francisco Liriano, his longest start since July 28, 2006.

David DeJesus hit the winning single in the 10th inning, and Minnesota's bullpen blew another one in a 3-2 win by the Kansas City Royals over the Twins.

MINNEAPOLIS _ Just when the Royals look dead in the water, they do this. They stare down Minnesota's top two arms, Francisco Liriano and Joe Nathan, and come away with a 3-2 victory against the soft underbelly ...

While the incredible pace of saves by Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez has Joe Nathan under the radar, the Twins closer is closing in on the finishing touches of one of the most dominant seasons in Major ...