https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/976/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/may%E2%80%99s-mentality-much-needed-in-pen-r4536/When Trevor May is pitching in relief, he ditches his slider and sinker. How come? "Neither one of those are swing-and-miss pitches really,” he says, "and that’s more what I’m trying to do in the bullpen.” That mindset is exactly why the Twins need May in that role, even if it means delaying the s...4536Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/trending-324-roster-battles-r4534/After a one week absence, Trending is back and better than ever. (But only because it’s better than the first and only week it has appeared.) Let's take a look at some of the roster battles that are going on. The Starting Rotation All along the general consensus was that Tyler Duffey would be in...4534Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/wednesday-camp-notes-tides-changing-r4533/Suddenly, the race for the Twins fifth starter job has gotten rather interesting. Three weeks after Paul Molitor said it would take “something fairly significant” for Tyler Duffey to miss out on a rotation spot, the right-hander has a 6.48 ERA through three Grapefruit starts, and he got shelled on...4533Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/tyler-duffey-uneven-in-minor-league-start-r4532/At the beginning of the month it was assumed that Tyler Duffey would be enjoying crab cakes and Flying Dog with the rest of the Twins rotation when the season started in Baltimore. After all, manager Paul Molitor said that it would take something “fairly significant” to not have Duffey as one of h...4532Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/roster-cuts-narrow-bullpen-competition-r4531/The Twins optioned two players from camp this morning and reassigned four others. Taylor Rogers, J.R. Graham, Buddy Boshers, Carlos Paulino, Buck Britton and Wilfredo Tovar were all shipped out, trimming the number of remaining players to 37. This round of cuts brings more clarity to the bullpen...4531Wed, 23 Mar 2016 14:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/player-predictions-2b-brian-dozier-r4530/As we continue to work our way around the diamond, today we arrive at second base where Brian Dozier has played for the Twins the last three seasons. After being selected by Jose Bautista for the 2014 Home Run Derby at Target Field, he was named an all-star in 2015. He even got into the game and h...4530Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/beating-vegas-seattle-mariners-r4529/Beating Vegas: The Seattle Mariners Show us you can beat Vegas and you can win a Harry’s Razor starter kit! After missing the Wild Card by a single game in 2104, the Mariners entered 2015 with high hopes. They ended the season with 76 wins, a new GM and a lame duck manager. The offseason produced...4529Wed, 23 Mar 2016 11:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-banking-on-murphy39s-growth-r4528/Prior to attending TwinsFest in January, John Ryan Murphy had only visited Minnesota once in his life. It was last summer, when the Yankees faced the Twins at Target Field, and it was a memorable trip for the young backstop. He hit the biggest home run of his career on a Saturday night in late Jul...4528Wed, 23 Mar 2016 03:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-twitter-origins-r4526/On Monday, the social media platform Twitter celebrated it's tenth birthday (Here's a link to the first tweet ever sent). In the last decade, Twitter has become one of the premier places for "Tweeters" to get instantaneous news and for the world to follow events in real-time. For baseball fans and...4526Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/tuesday-camp-notes-splitsville-r4527/Today was a split-squad today for the Twins, with Phil Hughes and a few regulars heading to Clearwater to face the Phillies while most of the positional mainstays remained in Fort Myers for a match-up against the Orioles at Hammond. The Twins won 5-1 in their home park, with Joe Mauer and Trevor P...4527Tue, 22 Mar 2016 20:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/player-projections-1b-joe-mauer-r4525/Yesterday, I posted my projections for the 2016 Minnesota Twins catchers, Kurt Suzuki and John Ryan Murphy. Today, we move to first base where Joe Mauer will again be the primary option. Byung Ho Park will also get some time at first base, though he’ll be the designated hitter most days. We’ll pos...4525Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/major-minnesotans-hy-vandenberg-r4524/March 17th is the birthday of Washburn High School (Mpls) alumnus and Major League pitcher, Harold "Hy" Vandenberg, born in 1906. He made his Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1935 at age 29, though he wouldn't win his first game until 1940 with the New York Giants, and his 2nd not unt...4524Tue, 22 Mar 2016 02:51:00 +0000