Twins lose lead and game to Angels as Griffin Jax falters in relief ANAHEIM, Calif. — For six innings Friday night, Reid Detmers and Joe Ryan kept baseballs all but unhittable. Tribune News Service · May 20, 2023
MLB flop admits he'd "boo himself too" after awful start to $200m contract Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa has been critical of his own performances in MLB and admitted he would "boo himself too" after fans began to voice their frustrations Daily Mirror · May 11, 2023
Twins Star Offers Blunt Response to Boos From Fans at Home Amid Slump The All-Star shortstop has gotten off to a miserable 2023 start, and Twins fans are letting him hear about it. Sports Illustrated · May 10, 2023
Carlos Correa Bluntly Responds to Being Called ‘Cheater’ by Opposing Pitcher Correa offered a blunt response after an opponent brought up the sign-stealing scandal following Wednesday’s game against the White Sox. Sports Illustrated · May 4, 2023
Nationals tag Pablo López for five earned runs, win second in a row at Target Field MINNEAPOLIS — Venezuela born and major league raised by way of Miami, the Twins' newly signed starter Pablo López lasted four innings in Minnesota's cold during Saturday's 10-4 loss to last-place Washington at Target Field. Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2023
Carlos Correa's clutch hitting sends Twins to second win in a row over Yankees NEW YORK — Carlos Correa outlasted the umbrage. Tribune News Service · Apr 15, 2023
Edouard Julien's first two major league hits highlight Twins' nine-run first inning NEW YORK — Edouard Julien got his first major league hit and first major league home run Thursday at Yankee Stadium — in the same inning. Tribune News Service · Apr 14, 2023
Kyle Farmer, Byron Buxton use their power to lift Twins over Astros MINNEAPOLIS — The Astros were already well aware of it, but they were reminded on Saturday: That shortstop the Twins acquired last winter sure gets some big hits. Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2023
Women step up at bigger, in-person 39th Chicago Latino Film Festival After three years of cancellations, rescheduling and hybrid approaches, the festival returns in full force with in-person screenings, galas and a cocktail party. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 7, 2023
MLB Opening Day: Previews and Projections For Every Division Will the big bats of Aaron Judge and Julio Rodríguez help carry their teams? How much of a slugfest will it be in the NL East? Let’s get ready to play ball! Sports Illustrated · Mar 30, 2023
Dieter Kurtenbach: The SF Giants organization is treading water. We’ll find out if they swim or drown this season. Who needs a big-time free agent signing Aaron Judge or Carlos Correa? Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2023
Evan Webeck: Five pressing questions SF Giants did or didn’t answer in spring training SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The cardboard boxes that appeared in front of players’ lockers this week slowly began to fill with their belongings and on Saturday morning were loaded into equipment trucks, their last stop on their way to San Francisco. There is no surer sign of the end of spring… Tribune News Service · Mar 26, 2023
La Velle E. Neal III: Buxton will start season as DH after smashing spring training debut FORT MYERS, Fla. – Byron Buxton announced his arrival to spring training on Tuesday with a loud crack of the bat, rifling a double to the right-center field wall in his first plate appearance in a major league spring training game this season. Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023
Larry Stone: Will Mariner’s decision to stick with J.P. Crawford at shortstop pay off? PEORIA, Ariz. — Mariners manager Scott Servais calls J.P. Crawford “a thinker. He doesn’t get credit for that.” Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023
Tribune News Service · Feb 21, 2023 Jim Souhan: While preparing (reluctantly) to DH, Buxton asserts: ‘I’m a center fielder’ FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Twins' designated hitter in 2023 will bat from both sides of the plate.
Tribune News Service · Feb 14, 2023 SF Giants: Evaluating Farhan Zaidi’s offseason checklist With pitchers and catchers reporting this week and position players set to join them a few days later, Aaron Judge will soon suit up in the same colors as Carlos Rodón for the first time, only it will be in the Yankees’ clubhouse at 1 Steinbrenner Drive in Tampa, some…
Tribune News Service · Feb 12, 2023 La Velle E. Neal III: After decades of avoidance, Twins embracing relationship with Boras MINNEAPOLIS — Now that they have taken their relationship with super agent Scott Boras to another level, one thing is certain:
Tribune News Service · Feb 10, 2023 Mets prioritizing defense for Francisco Alvarez and Brett Baty at spring training It’s a big spring for catcher Francisco Alvarez and third baseman Brett Baty. After making their big league debuts last season, the hope is that the Mets’ top prospects will be ready to produce consistently at that level this season.
Tribune News Service · Jan 30, 2023 Jim Souhan: How Falvey, Twins kept the door open for Carlos Correa The Twins have rarely competed for top talent on the free-agent market. The signing of Carlos Correa to a franchise-record contract could alter perceptions of the franchise, and if that happens, it will be due mostly to the Correa deal, a long-running, sharp-winding negotiation that required chief baseball officer Derek…
Chicago Tribune · Jan 23, 2023 Paul Sullivan: 10 reasons for Chicago White Sox fans to be optimistic about 2023 — despite the cancellation of SoxFest A Chicago White Sox fan walked up to the mic during a session with players at the 2001 SoxFest and posed a simple question to pitcher Kip Wells.
Chicago Tribune · Jan 19, 2023 Paul Sullivan: Joe Kelly has a lot to get off his chest: 5 takeaways from the White Sox reliever’s upcoming book CHICAGO — Jim Bouton’s “Ball Four,” a tell-all book by the former knuckleballer as he struggled through the 1969 season, is regarded as a classic piece of baseball literature.
Tribune News Service · Jan 14, 2023 Bill Madden: Where do Steve Cohen’s Mets stand after moving on from Carlos Correa? NEW YORK — Now that Steve Cohen has successfully gotten out from under his $315 million flight of fancy with Carlos Correa, there is no way of really knowing just how much of a difference the free-agent shortstop would have made for the Mets, who still need another bat. Or…
Sports Illustrated · Jan 14, 2023 Correa Shares What Giants Said About Ankle When Contract Fell Through The shortstop revealed a connection between the San Francisco and New York deals falling apart.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jan 14, 2023 What the shortstop aging curve means for the Phillies’ 11-year contract with Trea Turner PHILADELPHIA — In stretching out Trea Turner’s $300 million contract over 11 years, the Phillies diluted the average annual salary for luxury-tax purposes and payroll flexibility. It’s the approach they took four years ago in signing Bryce Harper. The length of Turner’s deal, like Harper’s 13-year pact, was predicated on…
Sports Illustrated · Jan 13, 2023 Andrew McCutchen Heads Home As Pirates Continue Intriguing Offseason When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of writing about the Pirates for today’s newsletter. Why would I? I have mentioned them in previous editions—such as when I’ve written that they should trade their best player and when they gave up Aaron Judge’s 60th home run—but only…