https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1021/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/on-unsustainable-success-and-traps-r3739/A victory over Toronto on Sunday that capped off a 20-win month and left the Twins with the best record in the American League suddenly catapulted them into the national consciousness, with Minnesota gracing the front page of ESPN.com's MLB section on Monday morning and appearing across all sorts...3739Wed, 03 Jun 2015 03:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-draft-preview-jon-harris-r3738/Between drafting Kyle Waldrop in 2004 and Kohl Stewart in 2013, the Twins made 10 first-round selections. Of those 10, four were college pitchers. (The rest were prep position players, with the exception of Levi Michael.) But the Twins haven’t drafted a single college pitcher since Alex Wimmers wa...3738Wed, 03 Jun 2015 02:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/no-juice-podcast-57-setting-the-playoff-rotation-r3735/On this week's NO JUICE PODCAST, Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman talk about the first-place Minnesota Twins which leads to a discussion about what the team's playoff rotation would look like. LISTEN UP. Other topics include Terry Ryan on stats and more. Listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher: N...3735Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-draft-preview-kyle-tucker-r3732/As far as adding position players to their system, the Minnesota Twins could do a lot worse than high school outfielder Kyle Tucker. The six-foot-five outfielder from Hillsborough County outside of Tampa -- a sun-soaked and highly competitive baseball region -- has all the projectability in the wo...3732Tue, 02 Jun 2015 05:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/dear-negative-twins-fan-get-over-yourself-r3730/Dear Negative Twins Fan, I understand keeping a level head about things, a wait-and-see approach. I understand looking at advanced stats which say these first-place Twins will probably regress to the mean.But I don’t understand reacting to an incredible 20-win month with this attitude: “The losing...3730Tue, 02 Jun 2015 03:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/episode-195-you-can-rub-anything-for-luck-r3728/Aaron and John talk about the Twins' pitching depth vanishing with one Ricky Nolasco injury, whether Oswaldo Arcia is even wanted back, Casey Fien's return to the bullpen, Chris Colabello hurting and helping his old team, sending kids off into the world as adults, Trevor May's new approach, Tassel...3728Mon, 01 Jun 2015 03:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-vs-yankees-part-1-the-rise-of-the-damn-yankees-r3727/The Minnesota Twins’ dislike of the Yankees predates the Minnesota Twins. That’s because the Twins team that moved to Minnesota in 1961 was the Washington Senators franchise, and the Senators consternation with the Bronx Bombers goes back at least 80 years. That’s why the musical “Damn Yankees” fe...3727Mon, 01 Jun 2015 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-draft-preview-10-round-twins-mock-r3726/It was nearly one year ago today that I correctly predicted that the Twins would draft Nick Gordon in the first round of the 2014 draft and Max Murphy in the ninth round. I also suggested that the Twins could look at converting “a gajillion college relievers.” While I was off by a dozen or two on...3726Mon, 01 Jun 2015 01:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/possibility-of-a-six-man-rotation-for-the-twins-r3713/Earlier this week, it was announced that the Mets would start using a six-man rotation. Their plan is to stick with having an extra starter in the rotation through early-to-mid-August. New York's reasoning behind the move is to shave innings totals without the need to shut down pitchers before the...3713Sun, 31 May 2015 02:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-draft-preview-aiken-amp-allard-r3723/As recently as a few month ago, many Twins and draft fans would have been shocked and ecstatic if told there was a possibility that either Brady Aiken, last year’s first overall pick, or Kolby Allard, the top prep pitcher in the class, would be available at pick #6. But both would be available? Yo...3723Sat, 30 May 2015 22:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/mauer-productive-season-or-worst-season-r3710/I was having a discussion with an old friend of mine over a beer last night. I was drinking a Guinness and he was having a Bell’s Two-Hearted. We were talking about Joe Mauer, and we had very different perceptions about what kind of year number 7 was having. As I recalled several key hits he’d ha...3710Sat, 30 May 2015 17:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/evaluating-the-twins-bullpen-part-1-r3699/This is the first part in what I envision being a three part examination of the Twins bullpen. In Part I, I will look at the 2015 Twins bullpen as a whole, and compare it to the other bullpens in MLB. In Parts II and III, I will look at the performance of the individual members of the Twins bullpe...3699Sat, 30 May 2015 05:42:00 +0000