It’s been an extremely rare year where you saw very little movement, … I don’t have an explanation for it. It was just one of those years where people didn’t want to move players. I...

He got his feet wet. Everybody’s in consideration right now.

You’re starting to see this team formulate. If nothing becomes available, what you see is what you’re going to get.

He did some damage to us. That was the type of scenario where you could envision him doing that for us. No doubt that will be fresh in many people’s minds.

If you go out and get an outfielder, and all of a sudden Stewart comes back healthy, then what? … Do you sit him?

That’s the best news we’ve heard. That puts him right on schedule. He’s going to be used for them just like he’s going to be used for us.

Well, … we’re not going to whine about it. What good does that do? You can find ways to say, ‘Woe is me.’ But this is the system we’re under right now, and there are...

It’s tough to take. When you’re around him, he makes you feel pretty good about yourself. He can make you laugh. He can do a lot of things that can light up a room. He’s...

It was apparent last year that if we would have hit a little bit more and executed a little bit better, our win mark would have been in the 90s.

It’s a blow to us, but there’s no better feeling than seeing a guy who has worked to earn this type of opportunity get an opportunity. I know he’s ready.

I was having knee issues and began riding. I started out with a mountain bike; (I) started riding on the roads and quickly realized I needed a road bike. It’s been a very steady progression...

I hope we get lucky, because we’re certainly a good fit. He’s going to be over in that dugout and the opposing manager’s going to know it and he could cause some havoc. Just like...

If he’s not stretched out, that’s going to be an issue. But we can’t request a guy not go. I encourage him to go. Let’s take the high road here. This might be a good...

Right now, he’s in trouble.

I know it’s tough to justify, but sometimes your 20th draft pick becomes as important as your first. It’s a mistake judging an entire draft class by what the first guy does.

He was not comfortable in leaving camp to play. He wanted to make sure that he would be fresh for an entire year.

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.