https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/677/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/projecting-the-twins-30-man-opening-day-roster-r9499/With baseball back on the horizon and an Opening Day set for the end of July, Rocco Baldelli’s Minnesota Twins will return with high expectations. Coming off a 101-win campaign a year ago, and entering a season with lots of unknowns, who fills out the 30-man roster? Thanks to COVID-19 we aren’t c...9499Fri, 26 Jun 2020 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what-history-tells-us-to-expect-from-a-60-game-season-r9501/With Major League Baseball having officially enacted a 60-game regular season on Tuesday, we finally have some clarity on what the 2020 MLB season will look like. One of the concerns for many fans is how will this shortened season impact their team’s playoff chances. So, I decided to look back at...9501Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/5-non-twins-who-could-decide-the-twins39-season-r9498/Eight months after the Nationals won the World Series, the MLB announced the return of America’s favorite pastime. The Twins are slated to play 40 of the 60-game season against the AL Central, with the remaining 20 spread among the NL Central. The abbreviated schedule puts much more emphasis on ea...9498Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/a-closer-look-at-the-minnesota-twins39-2020-schedule-r9494/Alas, baseball is here. Finally, we can talk about real rosters, real games, and real schedules. In the midst of all of the announcements regarding the upcoming 60-game season, we have learned how the MLB schedule will look and who the Twins will be facing in 2020. While we still don’t know the e...9494Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-show-must-go-on-game-163-r9496/I can't believe it. In the absence of an actual 162-game season in 2020, we've been progressively simulating one here on Twins Daily. Over the course of 17 installments, commenters have helped guide our virtual team through a thrilling back-and-forth battle with Cleveland for first place. Now, wit...9496Fri, 26 Jun 2020 00:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/which-twins-will-make-the-60-man-roster-r9492/This weekend, the Twins have a roster deadline. Building their list of eligible players will be an interesting exercise. This Sunday, the Twins will need to submit a 60-person list to Major League Baseball. Only the players on that list will be eligible to play during the frantic 60-game season t...9492Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/reviewing-the-twins-offseason-and-how-each-move-is-affected-by-a-short-season-r9491/Baseball is back! Let’s get a little refresher on everything that happened leading up to spring training. I’ll also look at how each move is affected by a 60 game season. The Twins did a lot, will it pay off for this short season? Twins bring back Jake Odorizzi and Michael Pineda: When Odorizzi a...9491Thu, 25 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/5-reasons-the-twins-are-a-good-bet-to-succeed-in-a-shortened-season-r9483/As sports begin to ramp back up, so will MLB betting. Coming into 2020 the Minnesota Twins looked like a good bet to win the AL Central and beyond, but with a shortened season comes increased uncertainty. Fear not Twins territory; our team is built to succeed. On the surface, the variability of a...9483Wed, 24 Jun 2020 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/paving-a-path-women-in-baseball-britt-ghiroli-r9486/While we’ve waited on baseball to return, an enhanced focus has been placed on many important cultural causes and discussions. Although the negatives for baseball have taken place at the bargaining table, it’s within the game itself that this topic derives. Women remain underrepresented across th...9486Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/get-ready-for-a-60-game-sprint-twins-fans-r9489/In 2006, after 60 games, the Minnesota Twins were 27-33. They were fourth in the division, and 10 1/2 games out of first place. Under the parameters of the planned 2020 season, they'd have been dead in the water. Of course, as we now know, that '06 team ended up with 96 wins, the second-highest t...9489Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/mlb-to-impose-60-game-season-upon-players-covid-still-not-participating-in-negotiations-r9485/This all started March 26, and appears to be ending with the exact agreement made on that date. In between then and now lies a long, petty and public fight between MLB owners and the Players Association that took place in the midst of a pandemic. But, here we are … (?) In case you’ve missed any o...9485Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/sano-and-kepler-are-missing-their-age-27-peak-season-in-2020-r9482/Miguel Sano and Max Kepler (along with Jorge Polanco) were all part of a tremendous international signing class back in 2009. Flash-forward 11 years and the Twins were expecting big things from two of the roster’s core members. Unfortunately, most, if not all, of the 2020 season won’t be happening...9482Tue, 23 Jun 2020 02:30:00 +0000