https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1006/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/on-pitch-framing-and-glen-perkins-r4037/In an interesting development this week, the Minnesota Twins’ source of SABR-friendly quotes, Glen Perkins, has elaborated his position on the importance of pitch framing. What makes this particularly intriguing is because a little over a year ago Perkins had explained that he felt that catcher Jo...4037Wed, 12 Aug 2015 16:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-209-buxton-gets-arcia39d-r4036/Aaron and John get together for a special midweek episode and talk about Byron Buxton disappearing from the Twins' immediate plans, the possibility of trading Trevor Plouffe, Max Kepler's breakout season, Kurt Suzuki being skeptical of numbers, buying a mattress from Casper, clearing the 2016 outf...4036Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/coming-soon-jose-berrios-r4034/This season we have already seen two of Minnesota's "Big Three" prospects debut in the majors, with Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano both taking the big step. It's beginning to look very likely that we will see the third in a Twins uniform in the near future – perhaps as soon as this weekend. After d...4034Wed, 12 Aug 2015 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-expected-fall-what39s-next-r4025/Prior to the All-Star break, the Twins owned one of the best records in the American League. They were in the driver's seat for an American League wild card spot, and baseball was once again great in the Twins Cities. Since then, Minnesota is 6-16 and has yet to grab a series victory in seven trie...4025Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-bullying-typist-r4031/I planned to write four columns for four Twins games attended in eight days, but I got stuck after running Fifteen's 5K before the last game and ended up skipping the game and staying home. The Twins lost, but my experience running into Target Field and getting closer Glen Perkins to sign my medal...4031Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/switching-gears-r4030/Ten days ago, the Twins were holding strong to the second AL Wild Card spot. Twins fans watched the July 31 trade deadline pass and all they got was a t-shirt. Wait. No, they got reliever Kevin Jepsen, but that certainly wasn’t going to be a difference-maker. Optimists pointed out that the Twins h...4030Tue, 11 Aug 2015 12:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/game-thread-twins-v-rangers-811-710pm-ct-r4029/My thoughts are negative so let's counter that with some positive thinking to begin with: -The Road Trip is over. The Twins have come home and they have a much better home record. -The Twins are still in contention for a wild card spot. -Cold Streaks often end quickly and Hot Streaks can begin as...4029Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/that39s-the-ticket-battling-for-the-wild-card-r4026/On July 20th, the Rangers were five games under .500, and nine games back in the AL West and seven games back of the second Wild Card spot, held by the Minnesota Twins . With the trade deadline approaching and “sell” trade rumors swirling around their pitcher Yovanni Gallardo, it looked like the R...4026Tue, 11 Aug 2015 02:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-transactions-buxton-activated-optioned-to-aaa-r4027/Minnesota Twins activate OF Byron Buxton from DL, option him to AAA-Rochester. I'm surprised there is any controversy about this whatsoever. But controversy there is. Buxton can only play in four positions – the three outfield spots and designated hitter - and three are filled with some of the bes...4027Mon, 10 Aug 2015 21:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-have-been-broken-since-the-break-r4023/Prior to Sunday's series finale against the Indians, Paul Molitor expressed confidence that starting pitcher Phil Hughes would be able to provide a little relief for a beleaguered staff that had been battered for 26 runs on 33 hits between Friday and Saturday. Modestly setting the expectation at f...4023Mon, 10 Aug 2015 01:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-episode-208-free-fallin39-r4022/Aaron and John talk about the Twins' collapse, rotation ugliness, Jose Berrios' timetable, Byron Buxton's rehab, Aaron Hicks' extreme splits, Tyler Duffey's rough debut, Chris Herrmann vs. Eric Fryer, Carlos Correa being a superstar already, the Tigers firing Dave Dombrowski, and reviewing Lollapa...4022Sun, 09 Aug 2015 23:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/why-weren39t-the-twins-pitchers-more-aggressive-r4017/The Minnesota Twins retreated from Canada on Thursday night, soundly defeated by the Toronto Blue Jays over four games. In the process they lost their postseason position and winning record. Reflecting back on what they could have done better to quiet the Blue Jays’ mighty lumber, the Twins admitt...4017Fri, 07 Aug 2015 14:27:00 +0000