Minnesota Twins have ten days to rest injured players
September 23, 2010 by Sara Marsh
Filed under Blog Network, Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins have ten days left to prepare for the playoffs, and they’ll need all ten to rest both healthy and injured starters. The new magic number for the Twins is three: the number of Twins wins and/or Texas Rangers loses that will result in home field advantage for the Minnesota Twins for the first round of the playoffs. Since we’ll probably be facing the very tough Tampa Bay Rays, the Twins could use home field advantage, too. In the meantime, here are the injuries plaguing the Twins right now: 1) Joe Mauer’s knee. Apparently, Joe Mauer has been playing with a sore knee – on and off – for most of the season. The Twins didn’t tell us about this until Mauer left the Twins game against the Athletics earlier this week. Now, Mauer has indeed received a cortisone...
