https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/1056/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/postseason-review-phil-hughes-r3146/Barring injury, Phil Hughes will be the opening day starting pitcher for the Twins in 2015. Hughes pitched in 2014 as a 28-year old, so he was one of the younger free-agent signees inked in the offseason. He was the Twins best and most reliable starting pitcher last year by far. Hughes was signed...3146Sun, 19 Oct 2014 20:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/winter-meetings-major-and-minor-league-rosters-r3141/Reports have estimated that as many as 100 members of the Twins staff may participate in the meetings this week. That's a lot of people, but then it's a big job. In Part 1, we covered the manager and coaching staffing issues. In Part 2, we look at roster matters at the major league and minor leagu...3141Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-widening-search-for-a-new-twins-manager-r3145/While they initially appeared to have emerged as front-runners, and still may be, things have been quiet on the Paul Molitor and Doug Mientkiewicz fronts. That's because the Twins, true to their word, have expanded the scope of their manager search substantially, with numerous outside names enteri...3145Fri, 17 Oct 2014 04:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/contemplating-the-royals-and-the-twins-r3144/The Kansas City Royals are going to the World Series. The AL Central team that was seemingly in a perennial rebuild suddenly has put itself in a great position. They won the 1985 World Series and this is the first time since then that they've been back in the playoffs. They have now gone 8-0 this...3144Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/left-field-in-need-of-upgrade-r3143/If there is one position that will be different for the Minnesota Twins in 2015, it appears that it will be left field. And if the team wants to reward it’s pitching staff, it should be a defensive-minded individual. In 2014, the position originally was intended for the incumbent Josh Willingham...3143Wed, 15 Oct 2014 06:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-painful-truth-r3142/Terry Ryan has formed a rock-solid reputation during his decades in the game of baseball, in large part because of his integrity and honesty. Say what you will about the man, but he will always give you his sincere opinion. Sometimes, that honesty isn't so refreshing. Here are three quotes that R...3142Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/no-juice-podcast-25-talking-with-terry-ryan-r3139/On this week’s No Juice Podcast Dan Anderson and Parker Hageman talk about Parker's interview with Twins general manager Terry Ryan that will be released for the upcoming Twins Daily Offseason Handbook. Listen below. Other topics include the Vikings loss to the Lion and how awful announcer Mike...3139Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/winter-meetings-organizational-to-do-list-r3137/The Minnesota Twins are holding their annual “organizational meetings” in Fort Myers this week. As newsworthy baseball stories go, that bit of information ranks quite a bit below the MLB postseason games and their seemingly nightly extra-inning games and walk-off finishes. What exactly are the org...3137Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/postseason-review-josmil-pinto-r3134/The controversy over Pinto concerns both his offense and his defense. How good a hitter can he be with regular at-bats? He could be very good. He is strong and has demonstrated extra-base power for the Twins in his stints with the club. He also has a good idea of the strike zone and will take a wa...3134Mon, 13 Oct 2014 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-166-overunder-recap-at-612-brew-r3135/Aaron and John and are joined by Robert Kasak of 612 Brew and revisit their preseason predictions, find out how one makes "pre-prohibition" beer, talk about the latest developments in the Twins managerial search and wonder at the daring and brilliant strategies of Ned Yost. You can listen by downl...3135Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/postseason-review-danny-santana-r3133/In 2014, I saw Danny Santana play in a lot of games in spring training. I was impressed with his swing and his speed, but thought that he was a long way from helping the Twins in 2014. But, Santana showed the baseball world that he was ready when he was recalled in early May. He hit early and con...3133Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/postseason-review-aaron-hicks-r3132/"Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you". Aaron Hicks has been the starting center fielder for the Twins the last two opening days. He was a thorough disappointment in 2013, eventually getting demoted to AAA and not being recalled in September. With the bar set considerably lower i...3132Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:00:00 +0000