https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/913/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/three-bagger-tos-troubles-bad-belisle-amp-hello-hildy-r5775/The troubling trend of TOS surgery survivors, a veteran reliever headed toward an unceremonious exit, and a new side-arming righty bringing back memories good and bad. We'll cover three trending storylines in the latest Three-Bagger below the fold. * Dillon Gee's time on Minnesota's 25-man roster...5775Wed, 28 Jun 2017 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/how-fast-is-byron-buxton-r5773/Major League Baseball’s Advanced Media arm released a new set of data to the public on Tuesday: the Sprint Speed metric. Sprint Speed was introduced in April but was limited, showing the speed of outfielders and defense only at that time. After some modifications and additions, the group has added...5773Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-minor-league-report-626-lewis-homers-granite-keeps-hitting-r5770/The Twins opened a series in Boston on Monday night and the affiliates played eight games, six of which will be profiled here. (The two DSL games from Monday are linked here and here.) The Twins optioned Dillon Gee after Monday night’s game to make room on the roster for Hector Santiago. Let’s che...5770Tue, 27 Jun 2017 04:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/searching-for-relief-r5768/'The two most important things in life are good friends and a strong bullpen.'--- Bob Lemon, Hall of Fame Pitcher The Twins bullpen would hardly be called strong this season. In fact, Minnesota's relief core has been somewhat of a revolving door with a well-worn path between Rochester and Target F...5768Tue, 27 Jun 2017 03:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/red-sox-4-twins-1-sale-outduels-berrios-r5769/5769Tue, 27 Jun 2017 02:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/game-thread-twinsred-sox-626610pm-ct-r5765/One of the great thinkers of our time… Eddie Vedder once said: “The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself”. Take that Cleveland! Jeremy spoke in class this weekend and he said “We’re Still Alive”. I wish we had someone on the team named Jeremy because this section would have tied together...5765Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-318-cleveland-rocked-r5764/Aaron and John about the Twins sweeping the Indians and re-taking first place, the tough upcoming schedule giving little time to celebrate, spending over slot to sign the draft class, getting to know Alan Busenitz and Trevor Hildenberger, the legalities of the Indians' mascot with Bye, Goff, and R...5764Mon, 26 Jun 2017 02:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/kintzler-has-been-twins-bullpen39s-unlikely-hero-r5762/His palms are sweaty. Knees weak, arms are heavy. There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti. He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready. The lyrics of Brandon Kintzler's entrance song, 'Lose Yourself' by Eminem, describe an overwhelmed emcee struggling to control his nerv...5762Mon, 26 Jun 2017 01:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-4-cleveland-0-what-a-difference-a-week-makes-r5761/Last Sunday, it seemed obvious the Twins just couldn’t hang with Cleveland. After a four-game sweep in which the Twins relinquished the division lead, it appeared the team was destined that to be looking up at Cleveland for the rest of the season. Well, that feeling lasted all of a week. Minnesota...5761Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-4-cleveland-2-skeleton-crew-beats-kluber-allen-r5759/Miguel Sano, Max Kepler and Eddie Rosario were unavailable to start and the Twins were facing arguably the best pitcher in the American League. But thanks to a plus performance from the pitching staff, a key managerial decision, big hits in big situations and amazing defense, the Twins pulled out...5759Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-5-cleveland-0-mejia-battles-through-hildenberger-debuts-r5757/Maybe the Twins should just play all the rest of their games on the road. Just a few days after completing a nightmare series against Cleveland at home, the Twins headed to their place and took Game 1 in convincing fashion. Adalberto Mejia threw five scoreless, Jorge Polanco hit a big home run and...5757Sat, 24 Jun 2017 02:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/first-wins-amp-conundrums-r5756/A common conundrum for official scorers (and my last story) surrounds which pitcher gets a “Win.” This happened again twice last Saturday, June 17, as the Twins lost two games to Cleveland. The latter of these decisions led to a milestone win for a reliever, and kept him from climbing towards a re...5756Fri, 23 Jun 2017 20:31:00 +0000