https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/518/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/draft-changes-as-result-of-new-cba-r11961/The new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the MLB and players included some changes to the annual MLB Draft. While there are some interesting new wrinkles, there is still one big missing piece. The biggest, most significant change will be the introduction of a Draft Lottery begin...11961Fri, 11 Mar 2022 18:25:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-568-play-ball-r11960/Aaron and John (live from a ferry!) talk about the long-awaited end of the MLB lockout, the upcoming start of the Twins' season, and the many changes to the CBA, big, small, and unintended.  You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio or find it at GleemanAndTheG...11960Fri, 11 Mar 2022 15:19:12 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/reevaluating-minnesota%E2%80%99s-draft-picks-2005-2009-r11953/Every team makes mistakes, but organizations find long-term success by avoiding poor first-round draft picks. As the Metrodome era ended, Minnesota made some draft mistakes. Drafting baseball players isn’t an exact science as teams employ different strategies. Minnesota missed out on basebal...11953Fri, 11 Mar 2022 13:35:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-offseason-news-lockout-over/Major League Baseball has finally struck a new CBA deal with its Players Association, and suddenly spring training will be underway in days.  A frenzied flurry of free agency and trade action is anticipated over the weekend. Let's get up to speed with where things stand for the Twins going...11959Fri, 11 Mar 2022 07:14:53 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/now-the-frenzied-work-of-roster-building-resumes-for-twins-front-office-r11958/Early in December, Major League Baseball’s owners locked out the players. Nearly 100 days later, the two sides agreed to a new five-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). A ton of work has been done by both players and owners over the past two weeks (after owners didn’t make any attempt for...11958Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/mlb-and-mlbpa-reach-agreement-r11925/We have baseball! Or, we don’t have a lockout! Or, both, eventually. Today Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) reached an agreement on the parameters of a deal to put a new CBA in place. Baseball is back for 2022. While there’s still a signif...11925Thu, 10 Mar 2022 20:25:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/reevaluating-minnesota%E2%80%99s-draft-picks-2010-2015-r11947/Baseball’s draft is tricky because many players are years away from impacting big-league rosters. Back in the early 2010s, the Twins struggled to identify the best available players in the draft. Mid-market teams like the Twins need to succeed through scouting and the draft. The five years o...11947Thu, 10 Mar 2022 14:35:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/10-years-ago-drafting-byron-buxton-r11951/It’s hard to believe we’re nearing the 10 year anniversary of the Twins selecting Byron Buxton with the #2 overall pick in the 2012 draft. But, at the same time, considering the journey of Buxton’s career and the crazy times we’ve lived through recently, it also seems like it was forever ago....11951Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:05:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/mlb-lockout-diaries-week-fourteen/Dear journal, It's been 98 days since darkness fell upon the world of baseball. We're closing in on triple digits, as the assurance of a shortened (at best) season sets in and the two sides continue to spin their wheels in contentious negotiations. Tuesday and Wednesday brought glimmers...11954Thu, 10 Mar 2022 06:42:21 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/which-twins-surpass-their-2021-numbers-r11943/Although we don’t yet have baseball in 2022, it’s more than fair to assume an entire season will not be lost. When Major League Baseball decides to lift the lockout, and we get back to action, how do a few Minnesota Twins respond in relation to their 2021 production? There’s no denying that...11943Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:05:08 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/playoff-expansion-leaves-no-excuses-for-twins-front-office-r11952/With recent reports of a playoff expansion all but assured, the Twins have more reason to compete in 2022. Maybe the idea that the Twins had little chance in a five-team American League playoff field was accurate. But if it was, it wasn’t a slam dunk proclamation, and with an extra team (or...11952Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:45:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-college-baseball-notebook-week-3-r11949/It was an action packed weekend full of upsets in college baseball, as Twins fans started to see more glimpses of players the organization might select at number eight in June. Here's a round up of the week in college baseball. This was a great weekend in college baseball. As usual, there we...11949Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:35:09 +0000