https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/748/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-alds-roster-announced-r8495/On Friday morning, the Minnesota Twins announced their ALDS roster. There were some surprises. Luis Arraez is in. Ehire Adrianza is in. Martin Perez and Willians Astudillo are out. See below for more. Here is the roster that the Twins will take in to the Bronx starting tonight. 12 Pitchers Jose B...8495Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/five-reasons-the-twins-can-beat-the-yankees-r8490/The last couple decades of this matchup have been hard to watch if you’re a Minnesota fan. Even though the Twins won 101 games this season, they enter this series decided underdogs once again. You need a reason to buy in to this year being different. Here are five of them. 1987. That Twins team...8490Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/how-the-twins-can-beat-james-paxton-r8494/Since the beginning of August, the New York Yankees’ American League Division Series Game One starter, James Paxton, has been one of the most effective pitchers in the American League. Over his last 11 outings Paxton had held opponents to a .177 average against -- fifth-best in baseball behind suc...8494Fri, 04 Oct 2019 05:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/alds-game-1-preview-twins-at-yankees-r8492/Hello darkness, my old friend. I've come to talk to you again. Fifteen years of futility follow the Minnesota Twins into this showdown against familiar foes. But as Rocco Baldelli insistently reminds us, the past has no bearing on today. This is a fresh slate. And this ain't your father's Twins li...8492Fri, 04 Oct 2019 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-bomba-squad-vs-the-bronx-bombers-r8491/There are so many similarities between the Twins offense and the Yankees offense in 2019 While the Yankees have the names that are known nationally, hopefully this series can put the names of several Twins players into the limelight. As we eagerly look to tonight’s Game 1, lets take a look at two...8491Fri, 04 Oct 2019 02:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/attacking-the-heart-of-the-yankees-order-part-2-r8489/If you haven’t already read Part 1 of this series, I highly recommend that you go and do so. In that installment, I broke down the strengths and weakness of three Yankee hitters (DJ LeMahieu, Gary Sanchez and Giancarlo Stanton) to help devise an effective game plan for the Twins pitchers and field...8489Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/alds-preview-this-is-it-r8487/So, after nine years of waiting (and mainly losing), the Twins reach their first playoff series since the inaugural season of Target Field. A great number of things have occurred since that series in 2010 including the death of Osama Bin Laden, the official ending of the Iraq war, and about 20 ter...8487Thu, 03 Oct 2019 15:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/minnesota-has-the-best-catcher-in-the-bronx-r8486/When the Minnesota Twins kick off the 2019 American League Division Series against the New York Yankees they’ll do so with a matchup advantage that would not have been present a year ago. Looking through the lineup, rotation, and bullpen these two squads have plenty in common. That also rings true...8486Thu, 03 Oct 2019 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/yankees-weaknesses-pitching-r8488/The Twins can do their best to limit the Yankees lineup, but the Bomba Squad will need to outslug the Bombers to win the ALDS. So what weaknesses can one find on the Yankees pitching staff? There are at least a couple. The Yankees Are Not A Great Pitching Staff We’re sweating the Twins pitching s...8488Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/looking-at-when-odorizzi-should-pitch-in-the-playoffs-r8485/Jake Odorizzi has been one of the Twins best starting pitchers this season, and will definitely have a huge role in these upcoming playoffs. Rocco Baldelli has said he has a rotation basically set, but is not releasing it yet so I took a look at when Jake should be pitching to maximize his potenti...8485Thu, 03 Oct 2019 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/yankees39-weaknesses-the-lineup-r8484/Achilles has his heel. Samson has his haircut. Superman, his kryptonite. We build our myths with their weaknesses, and so it is with baseball’s myth, the Yankees. A high-level overview of the Yankees lineup reveals some strategies for approaching the Evil Empire. For even more detail I highly reco...8484Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/attacking-the-heart-of-the-yankees-order-part-1-r8482/The New York Yankees lineup is set up in a way to strike fear in the hearts of opposing pitchers. Their relentless barrage of slugger after slugger helped them score more runs this season (943) than any team since 2007. They also hit a staggering 306 home runs, a number topped only by this year’s...8482Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000