https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/578/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/are-the-twins-not-using-spin-to-win-r10896/Major League Baseball is in a bit of a self-made crisis when it comes to pitchers and their use of substances to generate spin. With baseball starting to crack down, are the Twins not using enough spin to try and win? Offense has been down across baseball this year as pitchers have dominated...10896Tue, 15 Jun 2021 02:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/one-reliever-the-twins-gave-up-on-too-soon-r10895/Minnesota’s relief core has struggled through much of 2021. It doesn’t help to see a former Twins pitcher finding success after the team gave up on him and got nothing in return. Relievers can be one of the trickiest groups for teams to evaluate. One relief pitcher can look great, and anothe...10895Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:36:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-530-its-over-r10894/Aaron and John come to grips with the lost season for the Twins and what that means for the trade deadline, plus the latest on Byron Buxton and Kenta Maeda, a breakdown of Rocco Baldelli's controversial bullpen moves, and MLB's ongoing foreign substance controversy. You can listen by downloading...10894Mon, 14 Jun 2021 11:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/week-review-depth-nelson-cruz-josh-donaldson/The Minnesota Twins are a bad baseball team. This was made painfully clear during another losing week in which they were thoroughly outplayed by two plainly superior contending clubs. Where do we go from here?  Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 6/7 through Sun, 6/13 *** Record Last Week: 2-4 (O...10893Mon, 14 Jun 2021 04:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/game-recap-astros-14-twins-3-r10891/The Twins fell in a blowout to the Astros 14-3, losing the series two games to one, and falling to 26-39 on the season. Read about the game in today’s recap. Box Score Michael Pineda: 4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (60.9% strikes) Homeruns: Jeffers (3), Cruz (13) Bottom 3 WPA: Dob...10891Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:30:38 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/game-recap-twins-5-astros-2-r10889/José Berríos threw one of his greatest games of the season and big, timely hits from Miguel Sanó and Jorge Polanco helped drive the Minnesota Twins past the Houston Astros Saturday evening. Oh, and Nick Gordon was a major factor on the base paths and in centerfield. Box Score José Berrí...10889Sun, 13 Jun 2021 02:40:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/down-on-dobnak-r10884/This winter the Twins showed their faith in Randy Dobnak by giving him a 5 year $9.5m extension. It was an unexpected move but a welcome one after the sinkerballer had been so successful in his first two years. Things have not gone according to plan since then however. No player in baseball...10884Sat, 12 Jun 2021 16:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/on-rocco-baldelli%E2%80%99s-bullpen-management-last-night-r10887/The Minnesota Twins have a bad bullpen. Whenever that’s the case, it’s challenging for a manager to navigate things a game. All you can do is look for good decision-making processes and hope the players perform. I don’t think Rocco Baldelli had a good night in the 6-4 loss to Houston yesterday e...10887Sat, 12 Jun 2021 14:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/game-recap-astros-6-twins-4-r10885/Bailey Ober had his best outing in the majors and the Twins once again showed they had some fight in them late, but the now reliever Matt Shoemaker allowed Houston to regain the lead with a two-run ninth and Minnesota drops the series opener against the Astros at Target Field. Box Score Ob...10885Sat, 12 Jun 2021 03:22:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-have-one-final-chance-to-turn-it-around-r10883/The Minnesota Twins finally got some revenge on the Yankees with a dramatic walkoff win. When Cruz was rounding the bases I thought "Well... what if?" and that is a dangerous path! Let's explore it! If you've been paying any attention at all to the Twins this season you know this team simply...10883Sat, 12 Jun 2021 01:44:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/3-michael-pineda-trades-the-twins-should-target-r10882/With the Twins out of playoff contention, Michael Pineda is a candidate for a strong return at the trade deadline. Here are 3 destinations and 3 trade packages Pineda could net the Twins. I recently wrote about the Twins’ conundrum in dealing with Michael Pineda. The Twins rotation faces unc...10882Fri, 11 Jun 2021 23:45:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/nick-gordon-is-carving-out-a-role-in-the-big-leagues-r10881/It took him seven years to get there, but Nick Gordon has found himself on the Twins’ Major League roster. Not only that, the former first round pick is showing that he has what it takes to stick in the Big Leagues.   The career path for Nick Gordon hasn’t been an easy one. After being...10881Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:20:01 +0000