August 20: Roden will indeed have surgery, reports Dan Hayes of The Athletic. It’s nevertheless a frustrating situation for Roden, who would have had an opportunity to play regularly down the stretch.

Things aren’t always as they appear in baseball or in life. We’re taught at an early age not to judge a book by its cover, but in a line of work where you’re ranking and evaluating young players, ...

Outfielder Alan Roden’s first three weeks at Triple-A Buffalo following a mid-June promotion did not go to plan. He hit just .153 in his first 18 games in the International League, a stretch that was ...

DETROIT — Less than a week ago, Alan Roden joined a Minnesota Twins team with myriad opportunities but also a clubhouse processing a madcap 48-hour period in which a meltdown ensued and a roster was ...

Roden, after a dozen games with the Twins, was shut down for the rest of the season with a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his left thumb.

Alan Roden, who was recently acquired by the Minnesota Twins, has been placed on the injured list after sustaining a left thumb sprain. Roden was acquired at the trade deadline by Minnesota from the ...

Roden might do things differently, but the results have been largely the same. His scouting report starts with how well he can hit. He’s a career .302 hitter in the minor leagues who has the potential ...

Roden went 2-for-5 in Friday's Grapefruit League loss to Boston. Despite hitting .323 (10-for-31) with a home run this spring, both Matthew Leach of MLB.com and The Athletic project Roden to not make ...