https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/956/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/rebuilding-the-rotation-r4957/Rob Antony's first big move was a tough one to criticize. The interim general manager flipped Eduardo Nunez at peak value and got back an impressive pitching prospect in return. It's not clear that Antony will remain in the GM's chair long-term, but he's operating with an acute focus on the organi...4957Mon, 01 Aug 2016 01:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/report-twins-recalling-jose-berrios-r4955/4955Sun, 31 Jul 2016 04:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gm-for-a-deadline-r4952/This offseason I played the part of GM For a Day and swung a bunch of trades and made Joe Mauer my new right fielder. The Twins didn’t follow my directions, have fired their GM and still haven’t contacted me about joining the front office before the trade deadline. So since it’s not a secret, I’ll...4952Fri, 29 Jul 2016 22:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/where-should-jorge-polanco-play-r4951/Seemingly a minor note in the Thursday night news that the Twins had traded Eduardo Nunez for Adalberto Mejia was the fact that Jorge Polanco was recalled to the big league roster. But now what? Will Polanco finally get an opportunity to play every day for the Twins? The initial thought when the...4951Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gamethread-twins-v-white-sox-729-710pm-ct-r4950/The Twins will open a weekend series with the White Sox tonight. Things always seem to get strange with the White Sox and it is certainly strange days in the White Sox clubhouse right now. It has been strange to hear rumors of a possible Sale trade. Strange that they would consider trading Sale in...4950Fri, 29 Jul 2016 12:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/nunez-traded-to-giants-for-lhp-prospect-r4948/Following the Twins 6-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night, the team announced that All Star Shortstop Eduardo Nunez has been traded to the San Francisco Giants. In return, the Twins received left-handed pitcher Adalberto Mejia. He just turned 23 years old. In 18 starts between AA...4948Fri, 29 Jul 2016 02:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/evaluating-deron-johnson39s-drafts-r4947/As the Minnesota Twins are evaluating their front office, I would like to take the opportunity to evaluate the performance of certain parts of their front office for which there might be appropriate objective evaluation criteria. Deron Johnson, the Twins scouting director since 2008, has been prim...4947Thu, 28 Jul 2016 19:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-267-twins-top-ten-r4945/In a special midweek podcast, Aaron and John visit Kyatchi on 38th and Nicollet and rank the Twins ten most valuable players, discuss Harry's Razor's new blades, watch their significant others geek out over Pokemon Go, and discover that Aaron is turned on by sushi. You can listen by downloading us...4945Thu, 28 Jul 2016 03:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-trade-deadline-tidbits-r4943/The August 1st non-waiver trade deadline is only five days away. Here's a rundown of the relevant rumors and rumblings regarding the Minnesota Twins and interim general manager Rob Antony. * Since dismissing Terry Ryan as GM, Twins ownership has made some remarks that I would generously refer to...4943Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-daily-rallying-around-morethanwords-r4935/Vikings bloggers from several sites are helping the community, and we would like to invite Twins Daily and Wild Xtra members to join the fun. For the next few weeks, we’ll be helping raise money for Vikings coach Mike Zimmer’s foundation whose mission is to better the lives of children through the...4935Tue, 26 Jul 2016 09:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/brandon-kintzler-proven-closer-r4938/Proven closer... In a baseball world full of analytics and new statistical analysis, what does the term "proven closer" even mean? Old-school baseball minds would tell you that a "proven closer" is the player a manager always turns to in the ninth inning of a close game. He has experience collecti...4938Tue, 26 Jul 2016 01:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/parting-gifts-ryan39s-5-best-final-moves-r4937/In the wake of his dismissal as general manager, there has been much discussion of Terry Ryan's missteps. Rightfully so. But despite the poor results this year, Ryan did make a few notably good moves, and many were the apparent result of savvy scouting. Amidst the focus on his shortcomings, we'll...4937Mon, 25 Jul 2016 05:10:00 +0000