https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/254/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/expectation-vs-reality-comparing-preseason-projections-to-whats-happened-so-far-r16181/With 40 games in the books, we are now almost exactly one quarter of the way through the Twins 2024 season. It seems like a good opportunity to look back at how this team was projected heading into the campaign, and how reality has matched up thus far. Before the start of the season, I wrote...16181Tue, 14 May 2024 13:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-minor-league-week-in-review-57-513-everyones-a-winner-r16179/For the first time this season, five of the six Twins affiliates were in action. With the Complex League squad joining the full-season teams, only the Dominican Summer League has yet to kick off. A star pitching prospect showed out, and a gigantic outfielder for Wichita had an insane stretch....16179Mon, 13 May 2024 21:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/3-twins-takeaways-from-new-bat-tracking-data-r16182/There are brand-new ways to (publicly) quantify and evaluate hitting skills. Let's take a quick look at three insights they yield for the Minnesota Twins. Bat-tracking data has been the next big thing for which lovers of baseball data hungered for over a year, and on Sunday, Baseball Savant...16182Mon, 13 May 2024 16:40:20 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/episode-3-off-mothers-day-r16180/Episode three of the Off-Daily Podcast comes at you... on an off-day. Sweet Lou Hennessy, Cody Schoenmann, Matt Braun, and Greggory Masterson recap three series wins against the Red Sox, Mariners, and Blue Jays. This one right here goes out to all the baby's mamas, mamas, mamas mamas, baby m...16180Mon, 13 May 2024 13:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/eduardo-escobar-trade-turned-into-a-coup-for-minnesota-r16154/The 2018 Minnesota Twins found themselves in an interesting position as the trade deadline approached. Derek Falvey made a difficult decision to rip off the band-aid of a fan favorite, but it resulted in a massive gain for the Minnesota Twins. Losing Eduardo Escobar hurt at the time, but the fra...16154Mon, 13 May 2024 13:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-strikeout-rates-improvements-from-2023/One of the Minnesota Twins’ most frustrating traits last season was the club’s propensity to strike out. Flash forward to 2024, and their punchout rates have dropped dramatically. What’s changed, and can it continue? For baseball fans, strikeouts can be one of the game’s most frustrating asp...16173Mon, 13 May 2024 11:18:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/week-review-kepler-jeffers-playoff-competition/The good times continue to roll for the Minnesota Twins, who logged another winning week and, in doing so, ascended near the top of the AL Central standings. To the extent this incredible ongoing run could have previously been attributed to low-grade competition, that's no longer the case,...16178Mon, 13 May 2024 01:48:49 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/make-it-official-twins-5-blue-jays-1-ober-dominates-twins-win-sixth-straight-series-r16174/The Twins coughed up a six-run lead on Saturday, but thanks to Bailey Ober, there would be no such offensive onslaught from the Jays today. Carlos Santana had a big three-run home run and Max Kepler added the insurance as the Twins ruined Alek Manoah's best start in 20 months, notching their 17t...16174Sun, 12 May 2024 19:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/margot-misfortune-could-provides-keirsey-opportunity-r16153/The Minnesota Twins employ arguably the best defensive center fielder in baseball. Byron Buxton has been able to lay claim to that title for a while now, but he hasn’t remained on the field to show it off. In needing backup options for his services, Manuel Margot was tabbed as an answer this off...16153Sun, 12 May 2024 13:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/blue-jays-10-twins-8-early-lead-falls-apart-r16170/The Twins turned to Simeon Woods Richardson, and despite putting up eight runs and knocking Kevin Gausman out of the game early, they simply fell apart. With low-leverage bullpen options unable to do their jobs, and a lineup that went dormant after the 4th inning, Minnesota wasn't able to hang o...16170Sat, 11 May 2024 22:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/make-it-official-twins-3-blue-jays-2-joe-ryan-gem-fuels-yet-another-twins-win-r16167/It didn't have to be that dramatic at the end, though.  Box Score Joe Ryan: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Home Runs: Carlos Santana (5) Top 3 WPA: Joe Ryan (.366), Jhoan Duran (.140), Carlos Santana (.091) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The game started quickly. Instea...16167Sat, 11 May 2024 01:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-offense-turnaround-hot-streak-power-hitting/If you've followed baseball for any length of time, you've seen no shortage of teams going from hot to cold, and vice versa. But the degree to which the Twins offense slingshotted from one of the league's absolute worst to one of the absolute best, and the suddenness of it happening, is truly st...16166Fri, 10 May 2024 20:47:00 +0000