https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/320/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/ranking-the-top-5-twins-performances-in-the-wild-card-round-r15133/You don’t win a playoff round without big performances from players in big moments. Let’s look at the five best performances from Twins players in the Wild Card Round. Plenty has already been written about the incredible Wild Card series victory by the Minnesota Twins over the Toronto Blue J...15133Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-the-geek-twins-versus-houston-astros-preview-r15138/Aaron and John review the Twins Wild Card Series win over the Toronto Blue Jays and break down facing the Houston Astros in the ALDS. You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click this link. 15138Fri, 06 Oct 2023 16:12:13 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/byron-buxton-bailey-ober-and-other-alds-roster-decisions-r15127/The Twins are moving on to the ALDS to face the defending World Series champions. What decisions must the team make when finalizing its roster for the second round? The Wild Card series is a condensed three-game set that requires different roles on the 26-man roster. Teams need fewer startin...15127Fri, 06 Oct 2023 15:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/houston-astros-fading-dynasty-justin-verlander/The old trope 'This ain't your grandfather's [whatever],' which muses on how things change over time, doesn't feel quite apt when describing the very recently unstoppable Houston Astros.  So we'll use a more proximate hypothetical relation in driving at this basic point: Houston looks like...15132Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:30:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-2023-awards-most-valuable-player-r15088/A year after the Minnesota Twins found themselves watching a postseason berth slip out of their grasp, they have instead flipped the script and utilized depth to capture an AL Central Division title. With the regular season complete, there are a handful of players who most contributed to such a...15088Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-front-office-stubborn-conviction-kepler-pagan/Redemption was the story of the season for the Minnesota Twins front office, whose signature stubborn streak helped facilitate the end of an infamous (and equally stubborn) postseason losing streak. Stubbornness is often framed as a bad thing: having or showing dogged determination not to ch...15130Thu, 05 Oct 2023 20:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/carlos-correa-is-proving-he-is-worth-every-penny-r15122/While his regular season didn’t exactly meet expectations, the past two days have shown exactly why you sign Carlos Correa to a $200 million contract. Heading into the postseason, Carlos Correa was coming off of the worst regular season of his professional career. In 135 games, Correa posted...15122Thu, 05 Oct 2023 17:21:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-do-everything-right-against-blue-jays-r15123/The Minnesota Twins came into the postseason with nothing more important than winning a game. Looking to end the 0-for-18 streak, this team needed to do everything it could to distance itself from that history. Not only did they accomplish that reality, but it seems they could make serious noise...15123Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-2023-awards-best-pitcher-r15120/The Twins had two starters and a closer that rank among baseball's best during the 2023 season. Here's how the Twins Daily writers decided who should be named the team's best pitcher.    Minnesota has been striving to build a competitive pitching staff since the current front office reg...15120Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:21:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-wild-card-series-should-end-the-quick-hook-baldelli-myth-r15124/In Game 2 of the Wild Card series, Minnesota Twins fans saw the "quick hook" of pulling a pitcher too early that many have been criticized Rocco Baldelli for throughout the 2021 and 2022 post-Covid and post-lockout seasons. The only problem? It wasn’t Baldelli doing it. In what will be an in...15124Thu, 05 Oct 2023 11:23:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-2-blue-jays-0-minnesota-wins-first-playoff-series-in-20-years-behind-dominant-pitching-r15121/The 2023 Twins continue to make history. After snapping an 0-18 playoff losing streak on Tuesday, Minnesota prevailed again against the Toronto Blue Jays in game two of the Wild Card series, securing their first playoff series win since 2002. They move on to face the Houston Astros in the Americ...15121Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/where-were-the-twins-daily-writers-for-the-last-twins-playoff-win-before-yesterday-r15113/Since the Minnesota Twins last playoff win - before yesterday - was many years ago and in a baseball stadium far, far away, we decided to take a look at where some of the Twins Daily writers were in their lives in 2004.  On Tuesday, the Twins topped the Blue Jays 3-1 in Game 1 of the Wild Ca...15113Wed, 04 Oct 2023 19:36:00 +0000