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CJ Baumgartner
A lifelong Twins fan, CJ Baumgartner covers the Twins for Zone Coverage. Born and raised in Bertha, Minn., CJ also hosts the Minnesota Sports Podcast and local high school play-by-play. CJ’s best memories as a Twins fan include watching Torii Hunter, Joe Mauer, and Justin Morneau in their primes, Game 163, the entire 2019 season, and telling himself every year that this season the Twins will finally win it all.
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How Do the Twins Rebuild Their Infield?
By CJ Baumgartner - Mar 15, 2022
Safe to say, the post-lockout Minnesota Twins have been anything but quiet. On Saturday, it looked like they fixed their shortstop situation when they acquired Isiah Kiner-Falefa […]
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How Would Banning the Shift Impact the Twins?
By CJ Baumgartner - Mar 8, 2022
Major League Baseball’s lockout continues. The stalemate is already carving into the 2022 regular season with no end feeling imminent. Negotiations continue, and the focus has shifted […]
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Does A Shortened Season Change Minnesota’s Window In 2022?
By CJ Baumgartner - Mar 1, 2022
Major League Baseball is staring down the barrel of another shortened season for the second time in three years. MLB shortened the 2020 season primarily due to […]
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Baldelli Can Get the Most Out Of the 2022 Twins By Leaning Into His Strengths
By CJ Baumgartner - Feb 22, 2022
Rocco Baldelli potentially has his most challenging task as manager before him in 2022. Baldelli is entering his fourth season with the Minnesota Twins and has had […]
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Should Jorge Polanco Go Back to Shortstop?
By CJ Baumgartner - Feb 15, 2022
As the Minnesota Twins continue to wait for the lockout to end before potentially adding to their roster, there are still some big lingering questions. Starting rotation […]
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Can Joe Ryan Assume Jose Berrios’ Former Role?
By CJ Baumgartner - Feb 8, 2022
If somehow the Major League Baseball season starts on time, pitchers and catchers will be reporting in less than a week. As the Minnesota Twins work to […]
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Did Cutting Big Papi Create the Twins’ “Curse of the Bambino”?
By CJ Baumgartner - Feb 1, 2022
Last week, the National Baseball Hall of Fame was the subject of controversy given who was eligible to be nominated this year. Lost in all the discourse […]
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Gardy Was the Perfect Manager To Lead the 2000s Twins
By CJ Baumgartner - Jan 25, 2022
The Minnesota Twins recently unveiled their newest Twins Hall of Fame class. Fans widely celebrated it because it included franchise greats such as César Tovar, World Series […]
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How Could the Latest Proposed Rule Changes Impact the Twins?
By CJ Baumgartner - Jan 18, 2022
So Major League Baseball and its Players Union continue to be at odds as they negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. The latest negotiations happened over the […]
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An Extended Lockout Would Not Be Good For Royce Lewis’ Development
By CJ Baumgartner - Jan 11, 2022
In June 2017, the Minnesota Twins found themselves drafting first overall for the first time since taking Joe Mauer in the 2001 draft. They had many options, […]
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Joe Nathan Is A Bona Fide Hall of Fame Candidate
By CJ Baumgartner - Jan 4, 2022
This point in the winter is often considered a dead period in terms of Major League Baseball news. However, the current stalemate between the players and the […]
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Don’t Rush To Judgment On Jorge Alcala
By CJ Baumgartner - Dec 28, 2021
After years of running out one of baseball’s worst pitching units, the Minnesota Twins have surprisingly built one of the league’s best bullpens. They put out a […]