https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/page/8/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/infield-shifts-shading-royce-lewis-carlos-correa-defensive-positioning/Until 2023, the Derek Falvey and Thad Levine-led Twins were aggressive in the deployment of defensive shifts on the infield. This season, new rules prohibited that--but the Twins kept innovating and pushing the envelope. In 2022, the Minnesota Twins used an infield shift in MLB's sixth-highe...15409Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:12:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/royce-lewis-launch-angle-spray-chart-swing-video/To obliterate an obdurate futility state, sometimes you have to elevate and celebrate. The Twins' top celebrity brought the levity by leveraging some vicious rotation in the exercise of his frustration.  When you think about it, Royce Lewis's 2023 season is pretty crazy. After spending...15390Fri, 08 Dec 2023 15:18:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/the-third-warp-gives-a-new-perspective-on-the-twins-present-and-future-r15344/Two formulations have the lion's share of the market for Wins Above Replacement player metrics on the baseball internet. There's a third robust model out there, though, and studying it can help us see why teams' choices sometimes defy the orthodoxy prescribed by the first two. Though no long...15344Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/organizational-depth-a-look-at-hitters-throughout-the-twins-system-r15308/Twins fans rightfully are excited about having high-quality pitchers and pitcher depth. However, what makes that even more exciting is that they have done so while continuing to get strong performances from young hitters too.  The Twins could always draft or sign and then develop position pl...15308Fri, 17 Nov 2023 13:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/organizational-depth-a-look-at-pitching-throughout-the-twins-system-r15307/In recent years, the Twins have not been afraid to make trades to bring in pitchers and hitters. The ideal situation is trading from an organization's position of strength to acquire players from positions of need. To do so, a team must be honest in evaluating their positions of strength and the...15307Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:45:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/ranking-the-twins-10-most-valuable-trade-candidates-r15298/If the Twins are thinking ambitiously about trade targets this offseason, these are the types of players they'll need to consider parting with. Here in the month of November, Twins Daily is providing offseason preview coverage with a phased thematic approach. Last week we took a deep dive on...15298Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/free-agency-starting-pitchers-pitch-types/The Twins have set themselves some difficult constraints for offseason shopping, but they still need to make additions. Looking at the things the team does well and the things they look for in pitchers of whom they can make projects, we can try to identify some viable targets on the free-agent s...15291Sat, 11 Nov 2023 17:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/targeting-free-agent-hitters-to-suit-the-twins-needs-r15286/From a position-player perspective, the Twins have a pretty simple and straightforward set of needs. They don't need catchers or infielders – if anything, it makes more sense to subtract at those spots via trade than add via free agency. They also don't need left-handed hitting corner outfielder...15286Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/the-twins-free-agent-pitcher-hunt-too-hot-too-cold-or-just-right-r15270/The Twins suffer from Goldilocks syndrome: they won't pay for "too good" but try to stay away from "too bad." Let's see which of MLB's top 20 free agent pitchers would be "just right?"  The Twins' pursuit of free agent pitchers under Derek Falvey has yet to be particularly fruitful in any se...15270Wed, 08 Nov 2023 13:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/twins-payroll-analysis-decisions-before-decisions-r15269/The stakes are high this offseason, and some big decisions loom before the real work begins. Every year, Twins Daily's Offseason Handbook starts with the Twins' Back-of-the-Napkin Payroll Analysis because we believe it provides the structure within which the Twins' front office makes i...15269Mon, 06 Nov 2023 13:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/how-sonny-gray-turned-the-corner-r15152/If you don’t look closely enough, you’ll miss it. The differences between Sonny Gray’s 2022 and 2023 seasons are so subtle that you could fool yourself into thinking he’s the same guy, only healthier. It ain’t so. Last December, I wrote about Sonny Gray and the Twins’ persistent problem wit...15152Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/caretakers/the-twins-two-strike-approach-do-everything-the-same-r15110/The Twins strike out, walk, and hit home runs. It's mostly worked for them thus far. Infamously, Twins batters not only struck out more than any other team in MLB this season, but set the all-time record in that category. We live in the age of the strikeout, but even within it, this season h...15110Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:48:01 +0000