https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/394/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/kenta-maedas-discouraging-spring-r13890/Kenta Maeda will be 35 years old shortly after the season starts and is coming off of Tommy John surgery. While spring training numbers are to be taken with a grain of salt, should Maeda’s spring performance carry any weight? Kenta Maeda is roughly a year and a half removed from Tommy John s...13890Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/saints-unveil-new-food-options-for-2023-r13894/The St. Paul Saints will be kicking off their 2023 regular season next Friday in Toledo. On Tuesday, April 4th, they will be opening their home schedule with six games against Iowa. This afternoon, the Saints shared some of their new food options this year at CHS Field..   For the past...13894Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:21:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/4-non-roster-invitees-that-can-still-make-the-twins-opening-day-roster-r13888/Injuries have reared their ugly head with the season’s start quickly approaching. Here are four non-roster invitees who can make the Twins’ Opening Day roster. Over the weekend, Derek Falvey told reporters that Jorge Polanco is behind on his preparation for Opening Day. The team has other op...13888Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/caleb-thielbar-trade-monty-hall-problem/The wise know what to do with a closed door.  The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser loosely based on a segment of the gameshow “Let's Make a Deal.” On the show, there is a game in which a contestant must choose one of three doors that has a prize behind it. After picking a door, the host...13889Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-bullpen-2023-duran-lopez-pagan/Trepidations about the bullpen are natural, especially after some of last year's low points, but this unit actually performed quite well in the second half and shapes up as a sneaky strength for the Twins in 2023.   Projected Bullpen: Jhoan Durán, Jorge López, Griffin Jax, Caleb Thielba...13887Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/who-are-the-twins-road-warriors%C2%A0-hitter-edition-r13880/As I outlined earlier this off-season, the Twins’ road woes in 2022 legitimately cost them the season. This led me to ask the question: As we prepare to welcome the 2023 version of the Twins into the new season, what position players on the current roster stands out as a “road warrior,” and who...13880Tue, 21 Mar 2023 16:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/royce-lewis-is-ready-to-rock-r13885/The Minnesota Twins watched Royce Lewis fill in for Carlos Correa last season and quickly seem to settle into Major League life. As soon as it started, it was then over, but he appears ready to roll in 2023.   For Rocco Baldelli’s Twins, Carlos Correa is back and here to stay at shortst...13885Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-starting-pitching-2023-gray-ryan-lopez/The Twins are as deep in starting pitching as they've been in at least 15 years. Which is good, and necessary, because the top end of their depth chart is riddled with question marks. Projected Starters: Sonny Gray, Pablo López, Tyler Mahle, Kenta Maeda, Joe Ryan Depth: Bailey Ober, Louie Va...13876Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/no-polanco-now-what-r13878/The Minnesota Twins are less than two weeks from Opening Day and trending toward a Kansas City road trip without their starting second baseman. So what will they do at the position? Despite an insistence from the Twins brass that Byron Buxton, Alex Kirilloff, and Jorge Polanco were tracking...13878Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:30:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/podcast-jorge-polanco-replacements/There are lots of options. Some of them are promising. The Twins are having more internal discussion, and this time it's about their options if Jorge Polanco is not fully read to play on Opening Day. In this 9-minute clip from our latest Patreon episode, Aaron Gleeman and I examined the Twin...13884Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:36:17 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/projecting-the-twins-2023-opening-day-roster-final-decisions-r13881/Spring training is quickly coming to a close, leaving the Twins' front office with some final decisions about the Opening Day roster. Here are my updated projection for the 26 players coming north with the team next week. Last season, the lockout forced MLB to allow teams to begin the year w...13881Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/a-check-in-on-the-cleveland-guardians-r13873/With baseball awakening from its slumber, join us on a trip through the AL Central, observing what each team has done—and still needs to do—in order to claim the division crown. How did last season go? In a surprising breakout year, Cleveland escaped AL Central mediocrity to claim their fi...13873Mon, 20 Mar 2023 13:22:01 +0000