https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/875/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/in-the-zone-twins-among-best-at-avoiding-bad-pitches-r6385/When fans think back on the 2017 campaign, most are going to remember the breakout performances by young players like Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano. Other position players like Eddie Rosario and Max Kepler also enjoyed solid seasons. All of these players were under the age of 25 with plenty of area...6385Mon, 05 Feb 2018 13:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-secret-to-ervin-santana%E2%80%99s-success-r6378/Over the past couple of seasons, Ervin Santana has been one of the lone bright spots in an organization that is starved for starting pitching. In 2016, Santana put up the Twins’ lowest ERA from a qualified starting pitcher, at 3.38, since Johan Santana’s 3.33 in 2007. He followed that up in 2017 b...6378Sun, 04 Feb 2018 22:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/adalberto-mejia-high-floor-or-more-r6382/Few moments in life result in genuine anticipation. For me, they are predictable. My wedding day, the birth of my daughter and waiting for a starting pitcher to sign this offseason. In an effort to fill this continually unexciting, and harrowingly stagnant alternate reality in which starting pitch...6382Sun, 04 Feb 2018 21:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/free-agent-starters-by-the-numbers-part-ii-war-and-projections-r6384/It’s been another painfully quiet week for the free agent market, with Yu Darvish at the center of another series of rumors. Last week I wrote about how the top free agent options stack up by various rate stats, and it was clear by those metrics that Darvish stands well above the rest of the free...6384Sun, 04 Feb 2018 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/top-10-minnesota-twins-commercials-r6374/Diehard football fans may disagree, but to a lot of people the best part of the Super Bowl is the commercials. I'm sure there will be some great ones tonight, but in the meantime I figured it’d be a good time to take a look back at my all-time favorite commercials featuring Twins players. The team...6374Sun, 04 Feb 2018 19:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/top-10-twins-world-series-performances-per-wpa-r6381/With the Super Bowl in town, it feels like as good a time as ever to revisit some of the greatest World Series performances by Twins players. There are a lot of ways someone could attempt to compile such a list, but I’m going to be using a stat called Win Probability Added. WPA tries to put into...6381Sun, 04 Feb 2018 17:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-best-twins-team-that-ever-wasn39t-r6383/There's already been talk at the site this morning about some of the greatest Minnesota Twins teams there ever were. Well, I present you with the best Twins team that there ever wasn't. This is a full 25-man roster filled with the greatest players in team history. From the Met to the Dome to Targe...6383Sun, 04 Feb 2018 16:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/to-the-victor-go-the-spoils-and-special-sections-r6379/A new NFL champion will be crowned in at US Bank Stadium later this evening, which will set off a massive celebration in the new champ’s home city. Parties, parades, more merchandise than you can imagine and, of course, commemorative souvenir special sections in their newspapers. Let’s take a quic...6379Sun, 04 Feb 2018 15:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-twins-almanac-for-february-4%E2%80%9310-r6380/This week's Almanac includes Minnesotan major leaguers Julie Wera, Milt Nielsen, Jack Morris, Ben Hendrickson, and Mark Hamburger, and Twins stars Al Worthington, Chuck Knoblauch, Eric Milton, Cristian Guzman, and Max Kepler. February 4 Happy 37th Birthday, Ben Hendrickson It's the birthday of...6380Sun, 04 Feb 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/1961-welcome-to-the-big-leagues-r6375/In 1961, Minnesota joined the ranks of Major League Baseball and the National Football League. It might be hard to believe today, but before that there were no Twins and Vikings in the state history, unless you buy the story of the Rune Stone in Alexandria and those Vikings might have tossed rocks...6375Sun, 04 Feb 2018 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/mlb-shift-driving-market-realities-r6377/This offseason free agents across Major League Baseball have felt a squeeze of sorts. Now into February, more than 50 quality big leaguers still remain out in the cold with respect to playing destinations for the upcoming season. While I will always argue in favor of millionaire players over billi...6377Sat, 03 Feb 2018 16:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/2018-twins-super-bowl-predictions-r6376/Minneapolis is the home to Super Bowl LII. OK, that’s enough about football… But, lots of baseball fans and baseball players are a fan of football, and millions upon millions will be watching the game on Sunday. As we have done the last few years, we have collected the predictions of many current,...6376Sat, 03 Feb 2018 05:47:00 +0000