https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/804/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/report-from-the-fort-looking-for-a-bounceback-part-2-r7540/FORT MYERS - Somehow a season that starts well and devolves is a more damning narrative than a season which never gets on track. If a player’s season just stinks from start to finish, the reaction is “how can he get back on track” or “he’s a good buy-low candidate, because that had to be an aberra...7540Wed, 20 Feb 2019 03:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/report-from-the-fort-looking-for-a-bounceback-part-1-r7538/FORT MYERS - SanoBuxton. BuxtonSano. To hear the coverage of the 2018 Twins season, one might think they were the only Twins that struggled, and they’re the only bounceback seasons that matter. That is far from the truth. Over the next two couple days, we’ll examine a few other Twins that faced un...7538Tue, 19 Feb 2019 04:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/mailbag-extension-palooza-infield-log-jam-new-spring-format-r7535/Spring training has started, but there are certainly plenty of questions to be answered about the club. Over the next few weeks, the roster will be finalized and some of the club’s best prospects will find out where they will be playing this season. So what kind of questions were in the mail this...7535Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/video-willians-astudillo-just-took-jose-berrios-deep-r7536/BASEBALL IS BACK. On the first day of full squad workouts this year, the Twins open up Hammond Stadium for an open house. Fans can walk all around eat half-price concessions and watch Twins pitchers face Twins hitters. The first matchup of the day was Jose Berrios versus Willians Astudillo. The se...7536Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/a-guide-to-and-plea-for-attending-twins-spring-training-r7534/I don’t remember which year I first attended spring training, but I remember the exact date when I decided I would never miss it again: February 28th, 2014. I remember that date because we all remember the winter of 2013-14, or as Minnesotan’s refer to it: “that really awful winter a few years bac...7534Mon, 18 Feb 2019 05:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-412-live-from-fort-myers33-and-minneapolis-r7532/Aaron and John talk about one of them being in Fort Myers for Twins spring training, contract extensions for Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler, the odds of Jose Berrios soon joining the extension club, news that Fernando Romero is headed to the bullpen, Miguel Sano showing up in better shape, and Rocco...7532Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what-might-a-jose-berrios-contract-extension-look-like-r7531/The Twins locked up outfielder Max Kepler and shortstop Jorge Polanco to long-term contract extensions this past week. The logical question is: Will there be other more young core players extended before the season starts? Specifically, will they be able to sign All-Star pitcher Jose Berrios to an...7531Sun, 17 Feb 2019 22:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/who39s-on-first-cron39s-no-sure-thing-r7530/We never expect players signings not to work - but some of them just don’t. Last year was a lesson for Twins fans in that sense, with big splashes like Lance Lynn, Logan Morrison and Addison Reed underperforming. A lot of people would include Jake Odorizzi in that category too, though he was acqui...7530Sun, 17 Feb 2019 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-and-their-brothers-in-arms-or-xwoba-r7529/It was brought to my attention the other day that, by xwOBA, the unluckiest hitter in all of MLB in 2018 was Logan Morrison. Let me back that up a little because I’m sure my dad just had an aneurysm trying to read “xwOBA”. Let’s start with the wOBA part before x gives it to ya. wOBA stands for wei...7529Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/long-term-deals-highlight-key-truths-r7528/Yesterday, we discussed how the Twins’ and Max Kepler’s unusual long-term contract was a result of him being a somewhat unusual candidate to receive a long-term deal. The Twins also announced a long-term deal with Jorge Polanco. The deals' similarities and differences reflect a few truths about th...7528Sun, 17 Feb 2019 05:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/kepler39s-unusual-contract-r7527/The Twins announced long-term deals with Max Kepler and Jorge Polanco yesterday. Both are somewhat unusual players with whom to sign to a long-term deal, and thus required an unusual deal, which is fantastic, because truth is often found at the edges. Let’s look at how these contracts usually are...7527Sat, 16 Feb 2019 04:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/hot-spring-9-twins-takes-to-rev-you-up-for-baseball-r7525/Spring is here! You wouldn't know it from looking out a window in Minnesota, but fortunately, beat reporters and Twins writers who have arrived on the scene in Fort Myers (including our own John Bonnes, who lands on Friday) are serving as our windows to warmth and workouts in sunny southwest Flori...7525Fri, 15 Feb 2019 03:58:00 +0000