Joe Christensen of the Star Tribune writes about what’s going on with the Twins:

Christensen believes that free agent Jim Thome will return to the Chicago White Sox despite rumors last week regarding the interest from the Twins.

Joe Mauer’s family will not be pressuring him to stay in Minnesota despite Mauer being born and raised there. During the BBWAA awards in New York over the weekend, comedian Bill Scheft told Mauer that all the New York airports were closed and he’ll have to stay until 2015.