https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/24006-frank-viola-vs-johan-santana/This is a comparison I’ve been wanting to tackle for a long time. In part due to the legendary status of Johan Santana amongst Twins fans. Santana was the greatest pitcher in MLB for a very short time, and a lot of Twins fans look back with a fascination focused on a Twins starter who was a legitim...24006Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:48:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23944-bean5302s-2024-2025-twins-offseason-plan/The first step in any offseason plan is identifying the needs and the wants for the organization. The only real needs are a payroll of $130MM or less, and a full 26 man roster with 13 or more position players to meet MLB rules. While ownership is on record saying they don’t expect to cut payroll fu...23944Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:13:21 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23908-twins-payrolls-since-1988-vs-mlb-cheap-pohalds/I don't know how many times I've seen the Twins' ownership all lumped together as a singular, static entity. Similar to the entity known as "Falvine" or that childhood couple who got the blended name like Nateiffer or whatever. The perceived sins of the father infect the rest of the family by assoc...23908Sat, 03 Aug 2024 06:27:48 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23907-do-the-twins-have-an-ace-how-do-their-starters-stack-up/What is an “Ace”? There is no accepted definition for a pitcher earning the moniker “ace” which leads to all kind of friendly to less friendly debates when the declaration pitcher A is or is not an “ace.” For me, an ace pitcher needs to have a few things on their resume. 1. An ERA of 3....23907Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:34:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23351-state-of-the-twins-farm-system-6-years-into-falveys-reign/Jim Pohlad made the decision to hire Derek Falvey 6 years ago after a disappointing 2016 season where expectations were raised based on improvements seen in 2015. The primary decision to choose Falvey was modernizing the player development system with analytics so the Twins' farm system could susta...23351Wed, 03 Aug 2022 20:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23321-the-most-important-blog-what-to-eat-at-target-field/Since I've already stirred enough pots in regard to heated on the field debates, it's time to take it off the field to the stands! There have been a number of posts regarding the cost of food and drink at Target Field scaring away the fans, but I'm going to give a run down on many of the items and...23321Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23316-grading-falveys-drafts-mid-2022/Towards the end of last year, I decided to evaluate Falvey's draft record at the time. As I noted, it was a work in progress and there has been quite a bit of shifting around this year. I postulated this year would be a critical year for Falvey's future with the Twins as fans, and I'm sure owners,...23316Sun, 19 Jun 2022 22:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23153-royce-lewis-the-man-the-leg-kick-the-shortstop/Lewis is undeniably the highest ceiling prospect in the Twins’ system. Drafted #1 overall with a collection of physical tools often boiled down to just “athleticism” but what that actually means is Lewis possesses elite speed, a strong arm, quick feet and raw power. Lewis also has the work ethic an...23153Thu, 04 Nov 2021 03:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23131-josh-donaldson-crushed-baseballs-in-2021/Many people are down on Donaldson thanks to his good, but not exactly great performance at the plate this year compared with his $21MM payday over 2021 and still guaranteed for the next two seasons. The expectation is his legs have all but given up with him coasting into his mid 30s on a big contra...23131Fri, 15 Oct 2021 05:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23120-is-trevor-larnach-better-than-his-stats/Like Brent Rooker, Trevor Larnach has failed to impress in his rookie season, but Larnach has a lot more wiggle room for many fans. Larnach is, after all, 2 years younger than Rooker and Larnach barely played above the A+ ball level with only 181 plate appearances in AA in 2019. The loss of the 202...23120Tue, 28 Sep 2021 20:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23119-is-brent-rooker-better-than-his-stats%C2%A0/Among Twins fans, few players have been given a shorter leash despite showing flashes of solid play than Brent Rooker. While Rooker’s results in 2021 have hardly been inspiring, the underlying data says Rooker may be much better than his weak triple slash has shown so far.  So what are his “re...23119Mon, 27 Sep 2021 21:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23115-grading-falveys-drafts/Grading Derek Falvey's Drafts With the minor leagues essentially done for the year, it’s a fair time to review the Derek Falvey’s performance through the drafts. Falvey has been in charge of the Twins’ front office for 5 drafts now, though there’s not close to enough data to judge the 2021 dra...23115Tue, 21 Sep 2021 22:40:17 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23110-no-top-fa-starters-are-not-risky/With the 2021 season just about wrapped up for the Minnesota Twins, here’s yet another article to talk about starting pitching and why dumpster diving or even mid-tier free agent starters are actually much riskier than the top free agent starters with those big contracts. Conventional Twins wi...23110Fri, 10 Sep 2021 04:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23107-which-prospect-anchors-2022s-rotation/The Twins' 2022 rotation has been a hot topic all year and has managed to reach molten lava temps lately with Kenta Maeda confirmed out with a hybrid UCL reconstruction surgery having just been performed. An absolute best case scenario is Maeda returning in June of 2022, but even with no setbacks,...23107Sun, 05 Sep 2021 00:29:00 +0000