--RHP Pat Neshek, hoping to avoid surgery and return next spring from a partially torn elbow ligament, completely tore the ulnar collateral ligament during a rehab session in Florida in early November. 

A year after doing a near-total overhaul of their roster, and obsessing for four months over a Johan Santana trade, the Twins enter the offseason with far less work to do on a team that nearly won the AL Central. 

The Twins' front office doesn't care what the voters decide every year -- they think they employ the American League's best manager. 

Dustin Pedroia is a deserving winner, but in this tightest of AL MVP races, Ken Rosenthal explains why someone else got his vote. 

--RHP Pat Neshek, hoping to avoid surgery and return next spring from a partially torn elbow ligament, completely tore the ulnar collateral ligament during a rehab session in Florida in early November. 

A year after doing a near-total overhaul of their roster, and obsessing for four months over a Johan Santana trade, the Twins enter the offseason with far less work to do on a team that nearly won the AL Central. 

--RHP Pat Neshek, hoping to avoid surgery and return next spring from a partially torn elbow ligament, completely tore the ulnar collateral ligament during a rehab session in Florida in early November. 

A year after doing a near-total overhaul of their roster, and obsessing for four months over a Johan Santana trade, the Twins enter the offseason with far less work to do on a team that nearly won the AL Central. 

The Twins' front office doesn't care what the voters decide every year -- they think they employ the American League's best manager. 

The Twins' front office doesn't care what the voters decide every year -- they think they employ the American League's best manager. 

A year after doing a near-total overhaul of their roster, and obsessing for four months over a Johan Santana trade, the Twins enter the offseason with far less work to do on a team that nearly won the AL Central. 

A year after doing a near-total overhaul of their roster, and obsessing for four months over a Johan Santana trade, the Twins enter the offseason with far less work to do on a team that nearly won the AL Central. 

The Twins' front office doesn't care what the voters decide every year -- they think they employ the American League's best manager. 

--RHP Pat Neshek, hoping to avoid surgery and return next spring from a partially torn elbow ligament, completely tore the ulnar collateral ligament during a rehab session in Florida in early November. 

The Twins' front office doesn't care what the voters decide every year -- they think they employ the American League's best manager.