https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/869/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/report-from-the-fort-joe-mauer-will-give-up-hitting-when-you-pry-the-bat-from-his-cold-dead-hand-r6479/FT. MYERS — Joe Mauer doesn’t sound like a guy who is ready to retire. “There’s going to be a day where I won’t be able to come in here and put the uniform on,” Mauer reflected. “That’ll be a sad day for me. That’s kind of the mentality I have right now: just keep enjoying every day, enjoying goin...6479Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/new-injuries-nick-gordon39s-defense-amp-lineup-speculation-r6478/FT MYERS - John recaps the day following the Twins with lots of notes on a some new injuries, an amped up lineup, and where shortstop prospect Nick Gordon should play this year. To ask an audio question for tomorrow night's show, click here. You can listen immediately by clicking here, or subscrib...6478Wed, 07 Mar 2018 23:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/report-from-the-fort-peeking-ahead-at-payroll-r6476/FT. MYERS - If you think the shopping was good this offseason, wait until you look at next offseason. A little back-of-the-napkin figuring shows that the Twins could have upwards of $30-40M to spend in the 2019 offseason, and be looking for basically one bat. Or at least that’s one option. Let’s l...6476Wed, 07 Mar 2018 04:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/who-will-be-crowned-sire-of-fort-myers-r6473/The gang over at 1500 ESPN, along with other members of the Vikings media, made it a tradition to name a “Mr. Mankato” each year at training camp. The honor was designed to recognize the player who entered camp under the radar but emerged with an eye-opening performance. Well, I figured it would b...6473Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-2018-position-analysis-first-base-r6474/Who is Minnesota's heir apparent at first base? The answer is unclear at this moment, but should come into focus by summer's end. As Joe Mauer approaches the finish line of an historic contract and faces an uncertain future, the question is indeed a pertinent one. Projected Starter: Joe Mauer Lik...6474Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/seth39s-twins-on-deck-podcast-episode-9-r6472/On Monday night, Seth was joined by three new guests on Episode 9 of his weekly Twins On Deck Podcast. Leading off the show was Gophers junior shortstop Terrin Vavra. He was followed by Twins right-handed pitching prospect Randy Dobnak. The final guest was the Twins Scouting Director Sean Johnson....6472Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-difficult-dozier-decision-r6471/Brian Dozier has been part of some bad Minnesota Twins teams. However, Dozier has also been part of a rebuild that seems to be headed into a new era of Twins baseball. At season’s end, Dozier seems destined to hit the free agent market. Minnesota hasn’t approached him about a contract extension an...6471Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/report-from-the-fort-gibson39s-arbitration-r6464/FT. MYERS - Twins fans can be forgiven for not paying much attention to the arbitration process. The Twins haven’t gone to arbitration with any player since 2006, when they lost to Kyle Lohse. But that changed this year, and it was odd; the Twins went to arbitration over a fairly small amount, jus...6464Tue, 06 Mar 2018 02:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/buxton-extending-into-the-future-r6470/Over the weekend, Jim Bowden of The Athletic tweeted that the Minnesota Twins and star centerfielder Byron Buxton have a mutual interest when it comes to figuring out a long-term extension. Quickly, local names like Mike Berardino and Darren Wolfson noted that while true, that's quite a ways from...6470Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-358-daniel-adler-r6469/Aaron and John chat with Twins Director of Baseball Operations Daniel Adler over beers at Modist Brewing. Sponsored by Harry's Razors. You can listen to the episode here. listen to it immediately here or subscribe to it on iTunes here, so you don't miss an episode all season. http://traffic.libsy...6469Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-2018-position-analysis-catcher-r6468/In the coming weeks, leading up to the start of the regular season, we'll take an in-depth look at every position for the 2018 Twins, breaking down the strengths, weaknesses, depth, and outlook for each. Today we kick off this new series by analyzing the catcher position, where Minnesota's reignin...6468Mon, 05 Mar 2018 02:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/report-from-the-fort-a-market-squeezed-r6463/FT. MYERS - The Twins signing of Logan Morrison was sudden and unexpected, but it was the result of forces that have been developing for years and even decades. This historically slow offseason has been analyzed by many, but perhaps none have had more incentive to decipher it than the Major League...6463Mon, 05 Mar 2018 02:19:00 +0000