https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/882/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-to-sign-zach-duke-maintaining-interest-in-mike-napoli-r6287/Twins fans are still anxiously awaiting a big splash, but the team has taken another step toward beefing up its bullpen. Late Christmas afternoon, Paul Lambert (aka Meat Sauce) of KFAN reported that the Twins had an agreement to sign veteran left-handed reliever Zach Duke. It was a busy day for Tw...6287Tue, 26 Dec 2017 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/tunnels-and-the-hall-mauer-and-santana-r6282/With a slow offseason thus far, especially for the Minnesota Twins, the main talking points have resided around the Hall of Fame ballots made public thus far. Ryan Thibodaux (@NotMrTibbs) continues to run an incredible tracker on Twitter, and so far for Minnesotans, there’s a disappointing develop...6282Fri, 22 Dec 2017 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/tampa-open-to-trades-r6285/Earlier this week, Tampa Bay made an organization-altering trade. Evan Longoria has been the face of the Rays organization for the majority of the last decade. The Rays dealt Longoria to the Giants as he enters his age-32 season. It will be weird to see him in different colors than Tampa’s but the...6285Fri, 22 Dec 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/building-a-super-bullpen-r6284/Bullpens have continued to evolve in recent years. Gone are the days of starters pitching eight or nine innings on a regular basis. This means bullpens are forced to pitch more often and for more innings. Late inning pitchers might be asked to pitch more than one inning. Some teams are ahead of ot...6284Thu, 21 Dec 2017 15:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/what-do-the-twins-see-in-tyler-kinley-r6281/It's no secret around here that I have mostly been a fan of what Derek Falvey and Thad Levine have done since taking over the Twins front office. Their decisions seem to be consistently guided by good data, intel, and intuition. So when I see a perplexing course of action like this year's Rule 5 d...6281Wed, 20 Dec 2017 04:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-prospect-spotlight-series-travis-blankenhorn-r6280/As a way to look back at a great minor league season and look ahead toward the release of the 2018 Twins Prospect Handbook, I’ve been writing a series of features on prospects I seem to be especially high on. The final player to receive the spotlight treatment is infielder Travis Blankenhorn. Ran...6280Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/diving-into-the-offseason-an-eduardo-escobar-extension-r6279/Earlier this offseason, I wrote about what potential long-term contract extensions might mean for Brian Dozier and several of the young core players. If you read my 2018 Twins Offseason Blueprint, you saw that I wanted to work out extensions with a couple more players. Today, I wanted to further d...6279Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/running-down-the-hall-of-fame-ballot-r6277/Over the last handful of weeks, I have made a clear case for Johan Santana’s inclusion in Cooperstown. If I had a ballot, his would be one of the ten names I would pencil in. He might not survive his first trip through the Hall of Fame process but others in this year’s class will be enshrined. Deb...6277Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-gifts-for-the-holidays-r6278/If you’re panicked about what to buy the Twins fan on your holiday list (or your friends or family is panicking on what to buy you), here are some gift ideas from some folks that have supported Twins Daily in one way or another this year. Tickets to this year’s Winter Meltdown make a great stockin...6278Tue, 19 Dec 2017 01:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-348-fernando-rodney-is-friday-night-pizza-r6276/Aaron and John talk about the Twins optimism surrounding signing Yu Darvish, a summer of the Fernando Rodney Experience, the future-oriented baseball deal for Michael Pineda, the Twins gains and losses in MLB Rule 5 draft and their secret admirers in the Nippon Ham Fighters front office. Sponsore...6276Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/winter-meltdown-presale-is-right-now-thru-xmas-eve-r6274/Twins fans, Twins writers, Twins executives, Twins prospects and Twins players all have joined Twins Daily's Winter Meltdown. And thru Christmas Eve you can reserve your spot for, well, kinda for free. This week only, through 12/24, you can buy presale tickets to January 20th's Winter Meltdown at...6274Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-must-get-creative-to-lure-darvish-r6275/If you're having a hard time wrapping your head around this, I can't blame you. But there is mounting evidence that the Minnesota Twins are indeed very serious about trying to sign Yu Darvish. Yes, the Twins – notoriously risk-averse in free agency – are making a run at the top name on the market....6275Sun, 17 Dec 2017 23:39:00 +0000