https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/910/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/three-unique-all-star-journeys-r5830/"If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."--- Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Famer and 18-time All-Star Each professional baseball player's journey takes him down a different path. Some players seem destined for glory with a high signing bonus and top prospect label attac...5830Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-322-heroes-amp-villains-r5829/Aaron and John talk about the Twins signing Bartolo Colon and calling up Zack Granite, review the Twins' first half by picking team MVPs, biggest disappointments, and biggest surprises, plus go over which prospects might get the call in the second half, Byron Buxton's amazing sprint home, break do...5829Mon, 10 Jul 2017 03:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/st-paul-saints-stars-of-the-north-r5828/A Player of the Month, three All-Star nods, the longest home stand of the season and a little bit of magic sum up the past two weeks for St. Paul’s boys of summer. With that much good to tell you about, let’s get right into all the action. The awards and accolades continue to roll in for the 2017...5828Mon, 10 Jul 2017 03:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/deadline-primer-are-twins-buyers-or-sellers-r5826/As the Minnesota Twins head into the All-Star break, two games above .500 and very much in the postseason mix, they are coming up on some important decisions that could help shape the final months of this season, and beyond. Above all, they must take a hard look at who they are, and where they're...5826Mon, 10 Jul 2017 01:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/orioles-11-twins-5-granite%E2%80%99s-great-catch-highlights-final-game-of-first-half-r5825/Kyle Gibson got clobbered for seven runs, posting his shortest start since returning from Rochester. The Twins will limp into the All-Star break having suffered two-straight losses, but what a first half it has been as a whole. The Twins are 45-43, just three games out of first place in the AL Cen...5825Sun, 09 Jul 2017 22:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/orioles-5-twins-1-sano-homers-twins-leave-11-men-on-base-r5823/The Twins got an early lead thanks to Miguel Sano’s 21st home run of the season, but were unable to add anything else on the rest of the contest. Not that there weren’t opportunities, the team left 11 men on base. Adalberto Mejia went 6.2 innings but gave up four runs, including two on one of the...5823Sat, 08 Jul 2017 22:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/daayyaam-byron-buxton-is-fast-r5822/MLB’s StatCast division recently released a new metric - SprintSpeed - which hoped to measure who the fastest runners are in the game. To no one’s surprise, the Minnesota Twins’ Byron Buxton was in the top two. While viewers have come to recognize Buxton as a burner for awhile now, he continues to...5822Sat, 08 Jul 2017 05:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-9-orioles-6-twins-rally-back-from-6-run-deficit-r5821/We should know better by now than to count out this Twins team. Felix Jorge gave up homers to the first two batters he faced and Baltimore built a 6-0 lead. But despite not having the luxury of hitting a home run themselves, the Twins rallied back to score nine unanswered runs to snatch a victory...5821Sat, 08 Jul 2017 04:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-sign-ancient-pitcher-to-minor-league-contract-r5819/Let’s all welcome the Big Sexy to the Minnesota Twins organization. On Friday night, the Twins announced they have signed the 44-year-old right-handed pitcher Bartolo Colon to a minor league contract. Colon will report to Rochester over the next few days with the intention of working toward a spot...5819Sat, 08 Jul 2017 01:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/reflecting-on-the-draft-1-month-later-r5818/Nearly one month after the Minnesota Twins surprisingly selected Royce Lewis with the No. 1 pick in the MLB Draft, their decision has come into clearer focus... and is only looking better with hindsight. Sure, it helps that Lewis has been tearing it up since joining the pro ranks, with a .303/.39...5818Fri, 07 Jul 2017 14:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/sano-the-sleeper-of-the-derby-r5815/When Miguel Sano was named to the home run derby, I imagined an event with a handful of young stars. Right now, major league baseball is being paced by that type of talent in the long-ball department. The field has some interesting inclusions, Sano, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, and Cody Belling...5815Fri, 07 Jul 2017 09:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-6-orioles-4-twins-use-big-inning-to-top-orioles-r5816/After winning two out of three at home against the Angels, the Twins welcomed the Baltimore Orioles to Target Field on Thursday night. The Twins were able to win the first of this four-game series, the final series before the All-Star break. Jose Berrios picked up another win and Brandon Kintzler...5816Fri, 07 Jul 2017 03:48:00 +0000