https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1042/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-reach-out-to-new-fans-with-weekend-warrior-package-r3360/The Minnesota Twins’ attendance, not surprisingly, has reflected the struggles of the team. That creates a unique challenge, a challenge that must be addressed before a single game is played, since attendance is almost completely determined by ticket sales in the offseason. Last year, 83% of the T...3360Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-180-pitching-fatherhood-and-drunken-rappers-r3359/Aaron and John talk about projecting the Twins' rotation and bullpen, Parker Hageman fathering another human, whether the Twins could have and/or should have signed James Shields, getting razors delivered from Harrys.com, burning cars, betting millions on Tommy Milone, baby-making and baby-sleepin...3359Mon, 09 Feb 2015 02:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-6-john-schuerholz-r3357/This post is part of a series in which Mark Armour and I count down the 25 best GMs in history, crossposting from our blog. For an explanation, please see this post. John Schuerholz spent 26 seasons as a big league GM, winning 16 division titles, six pennants and two World Series. In Kansas City h...3357Sun, 08 Feb 2015 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/pace-of-play-and-the-twins-r3342/Bud Selig is out as commissioner and Rob Manfred has a variety of issues to tackle as he takes over the reins of America's pastime. One issue at the forefront is trying to find a way to speed up the pace of play for major league games. Last year the average MLB game lasted over three hours. This c...3342Sat, 07 Feb 2015 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-7-buzzie-bavasi-r3352/This post is part of a series in which Mark Armour and I count down the 25 best GMs in history, cross-posting from our blog. For an explanation, please see this post. Buzzie Bavasi masterfully presided over a Dodger team that won eight pennants (and twice lost pennant playoffs) and four World Seri...3352Sat, 07 Feb 2015 13:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/forum-friday-02062015-r3356/Welcome to the new “Forum Friday” series! Every Friday we’ll take a look at the best forum threads from each week and post excerpts with links. If you have suggestions on which threads to highlight each week, shoot me a message or email me at brock@twindaily.com by Thursday evening and I’ll add i...3356Fri, 06 Feb 2015 13:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/sizing-up-the-competition-cleveland-indians-r3355/Last year, in a division that featured Max Scherzer, Chris Sale, James Shields and (eventually) David Price, few would have guessed that the best starting pitcher would come out of Cleveland. But the Indians did end up boasting the AL Central's best starter, and arguably its best position player t...3355Fri, 06 Feb 2015 05:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-extra-calvin-griffith-r3353/This post is part of a series in which Mark Armour and I count down the 25 best GMs in history, cross-posting from our blog. For an explanation, please see this post. Along with our countdown of the greatest 25 GMs in history, we occasionally plan to write about some people who did not make our li...3353Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/5th-starter-candidate-alex-meyer-r3354/Yesterday, we looked at one candidate for the Minnesota Twins’ fifth starter job out of spring training, Mike Pelfrey. Today, we continue this series by looking at another candidate. He’s the tallest candidate, but he also has the biggest fastball and the most devastating slider. Can Alex Meyer st...3354Fri, 06 Feb 2015 03:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-25-best-gms-in-history-8-harry-dalton-r3349/This post is part of a series in which Mark Armour and I count down the 25 best GMs in history, cross-posting from our blog. For an explanation, please see this post. Harry Dalton was the GM for three teams over a 25 year period, winning five pennants and contending for several others. His claim t...3349Thu, 05 Feb 2015 05:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/5th-starter-candidate-mike-pelfrey-r3351/Last week I looked at the Minnesota Twins’ centerfield position and provided several options for what could happen in spring training. One other position that will be up for grabs in spring training is the fifth starter role. Unless there is an injury, we know that Phil Hughes, Ervin Santana, Kyle...3351Thu, 05 Feb 2015 04:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what-happened-to-joe-mauer-r3348/If the 2015 Minnesota Twins have any hope of contending in the AL Central it requires Joe Mauer's level of offensive productivity to return to his career norm. Certainly a gross oversimplification considering he can’t pitch or cover the outfield but the lineup functions much better when he is heal...3348Wed, 04 Feb 2015 14:52:00 +0000