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Royce Lewis and the Fading Twins Promise
By Tom Schreier - Feb 26, 2026
Do something for me before we get into the Pohlads, the Minnesota Twins’ aborted contention window, and Royce Lewis’ injury history. Watch this home run from spring […]
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The Joe Burrow Pipe Dream Starts With A Cincinnati Nightmare
By Tom Schreier - Feb 26, 2026
Joe Burrow might not have been within earshot when running back Chase Brown unloaded on the Cincinnati Bengals’ defense. Still, he probably heard what Brown said following […]
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Kevin O’Connell Has An Opportunity To Turn Back Time
By Tom Schreier - Feb 25, 2026
Kevin O’Connell and Cher share little in common. However, like Cher, O’Connell probably has pondered what it would be like to turn back time. Perhaps, he would […]
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Why Didn’t Kevin O’Connell’s Magic Work With J.J. McCarthy?
By Tom Schreier - Feb 23, 2026
Kevin O’Connell was optimistic about J.J. McCarthy’s progress in June. McCarthy was picking up on the finer points of being a quarterback, laying a foundation he could […]
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The Twins’ Payroll Problem Isn’t Really About Payroll
By Tom Schreier - Feb 20, 2026
After “mutually parting ways” with Derek Falvey in late January, Minnesota Twins controlling owner Tom Pohlad said he wanted to “get off this ‘payroll’ thing for a […]
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Kyler Murray Isn’t the Prototype the Vikings Are Looking For
By Tom Schreier - Feb 19, 2026
As the Arizona Cardinals prepared for their Week 13 game against the Minnesota Vikings on December 1, 2024, Kyler Murray was exploring an abandoned CIA lab in […]
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Kirk Cousins’ Release May Help the Vikings Land Mac Jones
By Tom Schreier - Feb 18, 2026
On Monday, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell proposed a convoluted Mac Jones trade that makes sense for the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers. Barnwell suggested that the 49ers […]
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Trent Baker Is the Twins’ Best Underdog Story This Year
By Tom Schreier - Feb 17, 2026
As he was wrapping up high school, Trent Baker emailed Angelo State University to ask if he could try out for their baseball team. Angelo State is […]
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Derek Shelton Is Bridging A Gap In the Twins’ Clubhouse
By Tom Schreier - Feb 16, 2026
Derek Shelton played baseball at Southern Illinois University from 1989 to 1991. SIU was Playboy’s No. 1 party school at the time, but Shelton attended because it […]
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The Vikings Should Use Derek Carr As Competition For McCarthy
By Tom Schreier - Feb 16, 2026
When NFL insider Diana Russini reported that the Minnesota Vikings were going to bring in a veteran to compete with J.J. McCarthy in camp, she probably didn’t […]
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Walker Jenkins Is Trying To Bash His Way Into the Majors
By Tom Schreier - Feb 14, 2026
Walker Jenkins has a straightforward objective as he prepares for his first big-league spring training with the Minnesota Twins. “This year,” he said in a southern drawl, […]
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The Vikings Are Too Far Down the McCarthy Path To Hit Reverse
By Tom Schreier - Feb 12, 2026
Coaches and executives around the NFL had ominous words about J.J. McCarthy when Mike Sando interviewed them for his annual quarterback tiers piece on The Athletic. “I […]