Tsuyoshi Nishioka News

I'm not too big of a poetry guy, but Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" does accurately describe the Minnesota Twins' current conundrum with former American League MVP Justin Morneau .

May 8, 2012; Minneapolis, MN, USA: Minnesota Twins third base Danny Valencia throws the ball to first base to get out Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols in the third inning at Target Field.

Jamey Carroll was to be the Twins' starting shortstop, but he's moved around the infield and says, "I'm all about whatever needs to be done." Jamey Carroll started the season at shortstop, but he now brings versatility to the Twins by being able to play second base or third base, too.

Detroit, the Los Angeles Angels and Boston are among the teams whose big payrolls haven't produced much.

The Twins farm clubs were two games under .500, finishing their week at 12-14. The first place Beloit Snappers led the way by winning six of seven.

Well, it's the Rochester Red Wings. But it's filled with players who have been a part of the Twins over the rather disastrous past season-and-a-half. Revere is now back up with the Twins , but plenty of once-and-possibly-future Twins remain.

In 78 games last year for the Minnesota Twins' Class AA New Britain club, with Tom Brunansky as hitting coach, shortstop Brian Dozier batted .318 with seven home runs.

Frank Quilici received a kidney transplant this week in Minneapolis. A friend donated a kidney to the former Minnesota Twins infielder, manager and broadcaster.

Shortstop Brian Dozier made a number of defensive stops on Toronto line drives in the Twins' 4-3 victory Sunday.

Danny Valencia saw the writing on the wall. 'It's hard not to say I didn't see it coming because I haven't been hitting very well,' the Twins third baseman said after being demoted to Class AAA Rochester late Wednesday, the most dramatic of several moves the team made after a 6-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels at Target Field.

Before shutting down the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night, May 8, in his first start for the Minnesota Twins this season, Scott Diamond went 4-1 for Class AAA Rochester.

Maybe we saw the debut of the biggest thing to come out of Tupelo, Miss., since Elvis.

Front-office types need to go back to standing in line to receive their daily lump of coal for the pot-bellied stoves in their offices.

After finding themselves on the receiving end of a no-hitter, the Twins ' problems are more than apparent.

The organization continues playing .500 ball, finishing with a record of 12-12. Beloit and New Britain had winning weeks while Rochester and Fort Myers were both a game under .500. In player movement, Josh Willingham was placed on three day paternity leave with Ben Revere called up to fill in.