https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/814/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-meltdown-is-sold-out-but-you-can-still-get-a-free-ticket-r7391/The Winter Meltdown is sold out, but you can still get tickets AND honor Joe Mauer AND support a good cause. Just join Joe, Twins Daily writers and Twins players and staff in fighting some terrible diseases by attending the 2019 Diamond Awards. John and other Twins Daily writers will host exclusiv...7391Sun, 09 Dec 2018 19:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/replicating-the-relief-success-in-minnesota-r7389/Prior to the 2018 season the Minnesota Twins acquired a few free agent relief arms on one-year deals. Needing to shore up the bullpen, and close the widening gap in that area, the goal was to give Paul Molitor a better arsenal. Fast forward to 2019 and relief help is a necessary target once again....7389Fri, 07 Dec 2018 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/is-mitch-garver-still-a-catcher-r7390/In a dispiriting 2018 season that was direly short on bright spots, Mitch Garver was unequivocally one of the best stories, progressively improving over the course of the summer and posting an .814 OPS in the second half. But a concussion suffered in September casts a cloud of uncertainty over the...7390Fri, 07 Dec 2018 02:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-sign-infielder-ronald-torreyes-r7388/The Minnesota Twins announced the signing of infielder Ronald Torreyes to a Major League contract. Jon Heyman has reported that the deal is believed to be for about $800,000. The former Yankees and Dodgers utility man puts the Twins at 39 on their 40-man roster. Torreyes is a 26-year-old from Ven...7388Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-sign-2b-jonathan-schoop-r7387/The Twins appear to have found their second baseman. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported that the Twins are finalizing a one-year deal with recently non-tendered second baseman Jonathan Schoop. The deal will be worth $7.5 million, plus incentives. Schoop appeared to have a breakout 2017 season...7387Thu, 06 Dec 2018 21:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/rundown-on-trading-kepler-drc-lemahieu-and-more-r7386/Dan Hayes of The Athletic wondered if the Twins might trade Max Kepler to address some other areas of need. It’s a good piece, as Dan hashes out all the reasons to believe the best is yet to come for Max, but he also writes that the Twins would find the possible returns enticing. There is Aaron Hi...7386Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/carlos-santana-is-a-perfect-fit-for-the-twins-r7385/Nick did a nice job highlighting the Twins’ need for OBP in a piece earlier this week. His focus was on potential upgrades among the free agent options. I’d like to add a potential trade target for consideration: Carlos Santana. But wait, didn’t Santana just get traded? Yup, to the Seattle Mariner...7385Thu, 06 Dec 2018 04:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what39s-there-to-say-about-ehire-r7384/There are some players who are simply around to fill out a roster. The technical baseball term for these kind of players would be replacement level, but let’s be real, they’re basically the Major League definition of blah. Ehire Adrianza is one of those players. He's not going to help the Twins se...7384Wed, 05 Dec 2018 03:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/rundown-twins-cold-stove-new-beat-writers-and-more-r7383/As we get closer to the Winter Meetings more rumors are starting to swirl, but it’s nearly impossible to find anything specifically related to the Twins. Maybe that’s because this is a tight-lipped front office, maybe it’s just because they haven’t made much progress on anything yet. Then again, d...7383Tue, 04 Dec 2018 19:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/where-are-we-now-r7382/Starting this weekend, baseball will hold its annual Winter Meetings in Las Vegas. The event will get started on Sunday night and wrap up next Thursday with the Rule 5 drafts. It's been a busy offseason already for the Twins as they have fired a manager, hired a manager and filled his coaching sta...7382Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-401-the-cron-zone-r7381/Aaron and John talk about the Twins adding C.J. Cron as Joe Mauer's replacement, non-tendering Robbie Grossman, where Tyler Austin stands, picking through the best of the non-tenders, why Cron might be closer to Eddie Rosario than to Logan Morrison, mailbag questions from listeners, and why the Bo...7381Mon, 03 Dec 2018 03:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/where-can-the-twins-find-some-obp-for-their-lineup-r7380/It is well understood (and intuitively obvious) that on-base percentage correlates highly with run-scoring. In fact, looking at this year's MLB results, you'd conclude it simply correlates with winning. Thirteen of the top 14 teams in OBP finished above .500, and 10 made the playoffs. The Twins no...7380Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:51:00 +0000