It’s been interesting. It’s been a little bit of an odd year. Regardless of what we have gone through, we seem to be resilient enough to win. And that’s what’s happened.

It’s nice to see players get rewarded. I hope he ends up in Triple-A this year. He’s put in his time.

It’s sad that it has ended this way. This is one of the saddest days in Twins history. Only 45 years old. . . . That’s way too early.

He had some faults, we knew that. But when all was said and done he would treat you as well as he would anyone else, no matter who you were.

There are certainly areas in the rotation at which we can improve, like any club. But you look at what we have and it’s something definitely we can work with. We have history and we...

Joe’s the type of human being that he’s worried about letting someone down. But it was a personal decision that he had to make and do what was in the best interest for him.

She brought my mom to life. My mom had a destiny that outlived her body.

He’s 25. He’s still a relatively young man. Sometimes, it’s healthy, repeating a league. I don’t like rushing people. We try to make people earn themselves promotions.

First off, we’re always young. We’re one of the youngest teams in the game every year. Secondly, we don’t profess to worry about home runs, and, consequently, we’ve won our share of games with pitching...

Building a bullpen calls for going from the back forward. Having an established closer like Nathan along with a reliable setup guy in Juan Rincon is a key. Then we had Jesse Crain emerge as...

Anybody that knew Kirby or has been around him, we’re all thinking about him. I knew, though, what he’d want us to do. Go out and do what you’re supposed to do here. He’d want...

We’ll start looking for a bat now. I don’t really have a timetable. I’m not concerned about when, I’m just concerned about who. I don’t have any preference on today or tomorrow or next month.

It was a little bit of a humbling year. We got what we deserved. We didn’t play well as a team.

All along the way in my cycling career, many people have been supportive in showing me the right direction. That has served as a catalyst for me to do the same thing for others.

I don’t want to hear about him coaching. His No. 1 goal right now should be playing ? getting to Triple-A and then getting to Minnesota.

I don’t think anybody is totally opposed to it. But it wouldn’t be ideal. You don’t want him sitting down in the bullpen and only pitching one inning at a time.

Every club has issues. Whether you have a $30 million payroll or $130 million, you’ve got issues,

He never changed, even after he got into the Hall of Fame. He might have changed physically, but inside he was the same guy … Everybody is going to be sad for the next couple...

He’s been in a couple of these situations recently, and there’s nobody that feels more grateful for getting this assignment than he. He’s been close a couple times, and I’m sure he was wondering if...

There’s nothing we can do about it. Every team is in the same boat. If there’s one area we have depth, it’s pitching.

We need to improve in many areas. If we aren’t going to hit it over the fence, which we have not, we need to execute the fundamentals of small ball … which have been not...

We didn’t have a good year last year. Some people in-house didn’t approach their career numbers.

Anyone who is around our organization, we have pictures up of (Puckett) and Rod Carew and Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva. We’ve done a great job of bridging the gap between when Kirby played and...

All he does is drive in runs. If he gets 90 RBI out of the seven or eight hole in the lineup, we’ll be receptive to that.

We’re aware of what he’s gone through and overcome. It’s a tremendous tribute to him that he’s here.

We’ve certainly seen all the additions that the White Sox and the Indians have made with their clubs. We feel like we match up with them quite well and that we are off to a...

Unfortunately, I suspect he might end up in the bullpen. We’ll adjust.

When you take clubs like Minnesota, Oakland, many of these small-market teams, you’re going to have some changeover,

Last year we won 83 games, which was a huge disappointment for us. Eight, nine years ago I would have been thrilled to win 83. That’s no longer the case.

He had a nice year (in the minors) and an even better fall, but as far as him being ready for that (major league) level, I don’t want to burst anybody’s bubble.

I’m more disappointed in myself than any fan is going to be, … Nobody has more at stake in what happens with this organization than me. [The fans] have every right to be disappointed.

He’s got a history of power. His average amount of home runs would lead our team. We feel pretty good about this move overall.

If you look at his numbers, people would say no wonder you talk about him. But the first thing you talk about with him is, No. 1 he’s left-handed and No. 2, he throws hard....

There were some tempers that flared and got out of whack for about two days and then festered some over the winter, which did concern me. It’s been taken care of now.

Kenny Williams has always been very gracious in talking about us, which is flattering. And he says he’s doing things that we have done and so forth, and that’s awfully gracious of him. But he’s...

This opportunity to compete for the right-field spot might give Michael a chance to relax a little bit. It’s been the opinion of those around him that he is better at the plate when he...

We’ll let the market decide where he’s going to be at.

He’s creative. He finds ways to get contracts done.

The best example of that is when we added Shannon Stewart. He fit right in. Almost every year, this club has turnover. It’s a way of life.

I hear those sarcastic remarks throughout the game. People say that the Twins got a bad batch and all that. I hear that stuff. But who cares? All I care about is winning.

If I was a left-handed pitcher coming into this camp, I’d be very excited.

I was not going to go through the tender process with him in December, and I wanted to give him every opportunity to get on with somebody else.

It was complicated — so many teams, … I can see why things get bogged down. I don’t know if deadlines are a good thing or not, we were real close.

Forget speculation. Let’s talk about reality. People were talking about Brad Radke being traded seven years ago, and he’s been with us for 11 years.

Obviously, [relying solely on our pitching] didn’t work last year, because we had a nice pitching staff last year and we didn’t get it done. You can’t have just a fantastic offense or a fantastic...

Shannon Stewart is a good hitter. Last year he didn’t put up the type of numbers he is accustomed to. I anticipate him having a good year.

He’s bounced around too much. It’s about his turn.

He’s prepared. He’s done about everything you can do except sit in the (general manager’s) chair. I’m proud of him, but we’re losing a good man.

He’s never been one to micromanage. Yet he’s about as competitive a guy as I’ve seen.

Almost any decision that I ended up making in the baseball part of our operation Wayne was involved in at some point.