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Minnesota Twins MLB 13: The Show Franchise

Posted on April 17, 2013 at 12:59 AM.

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Offseason Review and 2014 Season Preview

2013 Season Review
The Twins went 95-67 in 2013 and won the AL Central. Minnesota went to the World Series and ultimately lost in seven games to the San Francisco Giants. Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers also won the Triple Crown for the second consecutive year. Here are the award winners from 2013.

2013 MLB Award Winners
Award	Player	Pos	Team
AL Most Valuable Player	Miguel Cabrera	3B	Detroit Tigers
AL Cy Young Award	Jared Weaver	SP	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
AL Rolaids Relief Award	Glen Perkins	CP	Minnesota Twins
AL Rookie of the Year	Aaron Hicks	CF	Minnesota Twins
AL Hank Aaron Award	Miguel Cabrera	3B	Detroit Tigers
NL Most Valuable Player	Joey Votto	1B	Cincinnati Reds
NL Cy Young Award	Cliff Lee	SP	Philadelphia Phillies
NL Rolaids Relief Award	Craig Kimbrel	CP	Atlanta Braves
NL Rookie of the Year	Travis D'Arnaud	C	New York Mets
NL Hank Aaron Award	Joey Votto	1B	Cincinnati Reds

2013 MLB Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winners
American League	Pos	National League
Taylor Teagarden (BAL)	C	Christian Bethancourt (ATL)
Mike Napoli (BOS)	1B	Casey Kotchman (MIA)
Dustin Pedroia (BOS)	2B	Donovan Solano (MIA)
Danny Valencia (BAL)	3B	Greg Dobbs (MIA)
Pedro Ciriaco (BOS)	SS	Brandon Crawford (SF)
Jackie Bradley Jr. (BOS)	OF	Skip Schumaker (LAD)
Adam Jones (BAL)	OF	Ben Revere (PHI)
Nick Markakis (BAL)	OF	Carlos Beltran (STL)
Clay Buchholz (BOS)	P	Anthony Bass (SD)

2013 MLB Silver Slugger Award Winners
American League	Pos	National League
Joe Mauer (MIN)	C	Buster Posey (SF)
Edwin Encarnacion (TOR)	1B	Joey Votto (CIN)
Dustin Pedroia (BOS)	2B	Rickie Weeks (MIL)
Miguel Cabrera (DET)	3B	Ian Stewart (CHC)
Jose Reyes (TOR)	SS	Hanley Ramirez (LAD)
David Murphy (TEX)	OF	Andrew McCutchen (PIT)
Aaron Hicks (MIN)	OF	Jason Heyward (ATL)
Josh Hamilton (LAA)	OF	Ryan Braun (MIL)

Despite making it to the World Series in 2013 and losing to the Giants, the expectations are not extraordinarily high for the Minnesota Twins in 2014. The Twins will have four rookies starting this year. Oswaldo Arcia in right field, Miguel Sano at DH, and Alex Meyer and Danny Hultzen in the starting rotation.

Notable Offseason Moves
Re-signed: SP Vance Worley for 5 years, $16.8 million
Re-signed: CF Aaron Hicks for 2 years, $780 thousand
Re-signed: 3B Miguel Sano for 2 years, $4.1 million
Re-signed: CF Byron Buxton for 4 years, $2.98 million
Re-signed: SS Francisco Lindor for 4 years, $2.18 million
Signed: 2B Aaron Hill for 5 years, $13.99 million
Traded: C Ryan Doumit to the Seattle Mariners for SP Danny Hultzen

2014 Lineup
1. Aaron Hicks, CF
2. Francisco Lindor, SS
3. Joe Mauer, C
4. Nick Swisher, 1B
5. Aaron Hill, 2B
6. Miguel Sano, DH
7. Josh Willingham, LF
8. Oswaldo Arcia, RF
9. Trevor Plouffe, 3B

2014 Depth Chart

Minnesota Twins Depth Chart - 2014

Catcher
Joe Mauer
Josmil Pinto

First Base
Nick Swisher

Second Base
Aaron Hill
Brian Dozier

Third Base
Trevor Plouffe

Shortstop
Francisco Lindor

Left Field
Josh Willingham

Center Field
Aaron Hicks
Darin Mastroianni

Right Field
Oswaldo Arcia (R)
Chris Parmelee

Starting Pitcher
Vance Worley
Danny Hultzen (R)
Kyle Gibson
Alex Meyer (R)
Cole De Vries

Relief Pitcher
Scott Diamond
Kevin Correia
Casey Fien
Brian Duensing
Mike Pelfrey
Jared Burton

Closer
Glen Perkins

Designated Hitter
Miguel Sano (R)

Comments

# 1 shadow2201 @ Apr 17

Any thoughts on when Buxton will be up for you? Not a Twins fan but love what he brings to the table in real life! Your OF seems pretty set, but didn't know if Arcia struggles early if you'll give him a shot or if he's gunna spend another year in the Minors?

# 2 thegna4 @ Apr 17

I love what Buxton does as well. I'll probably bring him up later this year and move him to left because Josh Willingham keeps regressing and Hicks has a better arm for center. Burton's a 77 overall right now and is progressing quickly so he'll probably be up pretty soon. If Arcia struggles I'll probably put Buxton over there and leave Willingham in the lineup or start Parmelee in right.

# 3 thegna4 @ Apr 17

Made a typo in there. Not Burton it's supposed to be Buxton