https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/847/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/min-7-cle-4-escobar-%C3%A9-o-fogo-r6829/The Twins needed a spark, Eduardo Escobar brought the whole fire. Escobar blasted a three-run home run in the first that really seemed to loosen up the Twins and added another mammoth homer in the seventh for insurance. When asked by FSN's Marney Gellner if he got all of that second homer, Escobar...6829Sat, 02 Jun 2018 03:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-anatomy-of-a-failing-offense-r6823/How could we have all been so wrong? Riding a wave of offseason optimism into the beginning of 2018, Twins fans wouldn’t have been unreasonable to be confident about the state of their team's young offensive core, on the back of an incredible second half of 2017 resplendent with breakout performan...6823Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/cle-9-min-8-twins-fight-back-fall-short-r6826/When the pitching is good, the bats go cold. When a starter gets shelled, the offense ignites. What is going on here? Yesterday, the Twins trailed 8-0 after two innings, but stormed back to score the next seven runs. Tonight, they trailed 8-0 after four innings and managed to tie the ballgame. Unf...6826Fri, 01 Jun 2018 04:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/joe-mauer39s-concussion-symptoms-return-r6824/The bad news continues to mount for Twins fans. Earlier this week, the news came out about Ervin Santana being sent back to doctors for his ailing finger and Byron Buxton is heading back to the DL for his broken toe. Joe Mauer was supposed to be close to returning to the field but now his concussi...6824Fri, 01 Jun 2018 03:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/a-solution-for-the-twins-outfield-r6821/The Minnesota Twins had to place Byron Buxton back on the disabled list as of May 30. Playing through a broken toe, the pain was simply too much to bear and the decision needed to be made. With center field now up for grabs at the big league level, there appears to be a set of players that could m...6821Thu, 31 May 2018 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/when-it-rains-it-pours-r6822/“There are three things you can do in a baseball game. You can win, or you can lose, or it can rain” --- Casey Stengel, Hall of Fame Manager Rain might have been the best thing that could have happened to the Twins on Wednesday night. Twins fans saw Fernando Romero struggle for the first time in h...6822Thu, 31 May 2018 17:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/kc-11-min-8-we-can%E2%80%99t-have-nice-things-r6820/Fernando Romero gave up eight runs and only recorded five outs, putting the Twins in a deep hole they couldn’t climb out of, though they gave it their best shot. Byron Buxton was placed on the DL, creating a spot for Aaron Slegers to join the club, and my did he come in handy tonight. Snapshot (c...6820Thu, 31 May 2018 03:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/2018-mlb-draft-top-50-prospects-1-10-r6819/With the 2018 MLB Draft less than a week away, it is time to reveal my top ten prospects that are available in this year’s draft. While it’s hard to envision most of these guys being available when the Twins make their pick at 20, as it always the case with the MLB Draft a couple of these guys wil...6819Thu, 31 May 2018 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-minor-league-report-530-bencomo-dazzles-while-miranda-launches-r6817/Today was filled with early action on the farm for the Minnesota Twins affiliates. Each of the four minor league teams played afternoon matinee games, and there was plenty of action. With Omar Bencomo replacing Aaron Slegers at Triple-A, and Jose Miranda putting on a show for the Kernels, highligh...6817Wed, 30 May 2018 20:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/kc-2-min-1-every-game-is-the-same-game-r6816/The Twins got a great start from [insert starting pitcher] and the bullpen was solid, but the bats couldn’t get anything going and the Twins fell [insert score] to the [insert team] on a walk-off loss. But hey, things are bound to turn around, and at least the Twins have loads more of these games...6816Wed, 30 May 2018 05:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-roundtable-minnesota39s-all-star-selection-r6813/Twins Daily Roundtable is a new weekly series. As part of this series, a question will be posed to the site’s writers and they will respond in 200 words or less. This will give readers an opportunity to see multiple points of view and then add their own point of view in the comments section. It’s...6813Wed, 30 May 2018 01:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/min-8-kc-5-bats-break-out-r6812/This is exactly what the Twins needed. Miguel Sano hit a home run, Brian Dozier had three hits and Lance Lynn delivered a quality start. The Twins didn’t exactly coast to victory in this one, but the offensive outburst was a welcome sight. Snapshot (chart via FanGraphs) Current record: 22-27 Lanc...6812Tue, 29 May 2018 02:49:00 +0000