https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/860/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/week-in-review-we-have-lift-off-r6604/Baseball is back. The Minnesota Twins have launched into the new season with an impressive showing of power, both from their bats and arms. Here's a rundown of everything that's happened so far and a look ahead to what's next. Weekly Snapshot: Thursday, 3/29 through Sunday, 4/8 *** Record...6604Sun, 08 Apr 2018 23:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-363-take-me-to-church-r6603/Aaron and John talk about the Twins playing home games in between snowouts, the Fernando Rodney Experience, the John Bonnes College Experience, changing plans for Phil Hughes, reports that Byron Buxton, Jose Berrios, and Max Kepler turned down contract extensions, bullpen leverage, agreeing to do...6603Sun, 08 Apr 2018 23:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-almanac-for-april-8%E2%80%9314-r6599/This week's Almanac features notes on former Twins Dan Gladden, Kirby Puckett, Bob Allison, Ron Coomer, Drew Butera, Dean Chance, Roy Smalley, Greg Gagne, Shane Mack, Bob Casey, Pedro Ramos, Jim Kaat, Shannon Stewart, and Jim Perry, and Minnesotan major leaguers Dave Winfield, Julie Wera, and Walt...6599Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/sea-11-min-4-that-escalated-quickly-r6601/The Twins pitching staff entered today with the lowest batting average on balls in play in all of baseball at .200. They were not as fortunate this afternoon, as the Mariners scored 11 runs on 12 hits. After falling behind 5-0 early, the Twins managed to pull within two runs of Seattle, but a huge...6601Sat, 07 Apr 2018 21:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/dozier-mauer-approaching-milestones-r6600/Joe Mauer and Brian Dozier are both playing in the last year of their contracts. If 2018 is their last season in a Twins uniform, there are still plenty of records in sight for each of them. Both players are two of the longest tenured members of the organization, so it make sense that some records...6600Sat, 07 Apr 2018 18:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/jason-castro-and-a-cup-of-coffee-r6597/I was sitting down the third base line at Target Field on April 5th, giving me an excellent view of Mitch Garver’s timely first big league home run. This got me to thinking about Jason Castro, and catching in general. OK. Let’s get weird. When I first moved to the US, I worked in an upscale deli....6597Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/proven-leadership-will-set-tone-for-2018-red-wings-r6595/On Friday evening, the 2018 version of the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings will kick off their season. After a season in which the club finished 80-62, good enough for third place in the International League, this year’s version will look to expand upon that success. Although it’s some of the lower a...6595Fri, 06 Apr 2018 00:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/min-4-sea-2-bombs-and-bullpen-r6594/The Twins hit three more home runs, including the first of Mitch Garver’s career, and the bullpen delivered 4.2 shutout innings of one-hit ball to help lift Minnesota to victory on the home opener. It was a day of firsts, as Zach Duke earned his first win as a Twin and Fernando Rodney recorded his...6594Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-vs-mariners-series-preview-r6592/Despite the, well, actually not all that surprising April snow storm Minnesota got hit with this week, it looks like the Twins will be able to play their home opener on Thursday as scheduled. This will be the Twins first series of the year that matters for more than just the win/loss record, as th...6592Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/game-thread-twins-vs-mariners-45-310pm-ct-r6593/This winter has been a little different than past winters. A typical winter would have the occasional 30 below days and the occasional 30 above days. Neither of those extremes happened this year. Instead, it was a constant below average all winter long, never extremely cold or unseasonably warm, j...6593Thu, 05 Apr 2018 11:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/min-7-pit-3-rosario-sparks-comeback-inspires-some-head-scratching-r6590/This was one of those Eddie Rosario adventure games. You know the ones. Rosie can do it all on the diamond, and he played a big role in the Twins picking up a win tonight. But, he does stuff on a regular basis that leaves you scratching your head, which also happened tonight. Snapshot (chart via...6590Thu, 05 Apr 2018 02:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/blackmon39s-deal-with-rockies-sets-precedent-for-dozier-r6589/Brian Dozier wants get paid what he's worth. As he should. The superstar second baseman has earned a relative pittance in his MLB career up to this point. Trouble is, in a suddenly fluctuating player market, it's a bit tricky to assess just what his worth is, practically speaking. But a new $108 m...6589Wed, 04 Apr 2018 23:14:00 +0000