https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/page/991/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/let-the-sano-buxton-park-era-begin-r4303/The Minnesota Twins held a press conference Wednesday morning to introduce their newest addition to the family, Korean slugger Byung Ho Park. The hope is that Park can approach the level of production he showed in Korea and, if so, join potential stars Miguel Sano and Byron Buxton as cornerstones...4303Fri, 04 Dec 2015 03:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-bite-sized-history-part-5-gene-mauch-rod-carew-and-the-lumber-company-r4305/Following their 1970 Division Championship, the Twins would remain marginally competitive over the next decade or so, but injuries and age would chip away enough to lower them from elite to mediocre. Killebrew turned 35 in 1971 and would never again hit even 30 home runs in a season. Oliva hurt hi...4305Thu, 03 Dec 2015 15:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/misconceptions-r4304/This week, Byung Ho Park came to Minnesota, agreed to a deal, and yesterday met the Twin Cities media in a press conference. Since news broke that the Twins had signed Park to a four year, $12 million contract (with a fifth-year option that could make it 5 years, $18 million) plus incentives, ther...4304Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/2016-max-kepler39s-role-r4300/In 2015, Twins outfield prospect Max Kepler had his long-awaited breakout season, primarily with the Class AA Chattanooga Lookouts. He was the Southern League Player of the Year and, immediately after his Lookouts team won the Southern League Championship, Kepler was on his way to join the Twins f...4300Thu, 03 Dec 2015 01:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/joe-benson-and-the-twins39-hitting-philosophy-r4302/As your turkey and pumpkin pies were still being digested from Thanksgiving dinner, you may have missed the news that the Minnesota Twins had signed old friend Joe Benson to a minor league contract. Benson, you may recall, was a promising center fielder in the organization who was ranked in Baseba...4302Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/the-state-of-the-lefty-reliever-market-r4301/Now that he has addressed the needs for a catcher and power bat with the additions of John Ryan Murphy and Byung Ho Park, one of Terry Ryan's top priorities will be finding an impact lefty for the bullpen. Here's the latest on some candidates as next week's Winter Meetings approach. * According t...4301Wed, 02 Dec 2015 02:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-have-deal-with-byung-ho-park-r4299/The Twins have reached agreement on a contract with Korean 1B/DH Byung Ho Park, according to multiple sources. Jon Heyman of CBS Sports first reported the deal and Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports followed up with the specifics: four years, $12 million. The contract also includes a $6.5 million team op...4299Tue, 01 Dec 2015 20:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/to-tender-or-not-to-tender-r4298/By Wednesday night at 11:00 p.m., the Twins – and every other MLB organization – will need to decide whether or not to offer arbitration to their eligible players. The Twins have six players who are eligible for arbitration. Some of the decisions are easy. Some may not be quite so straightforward....4298Tue, 01 Dec 2015 08:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/three-bagger-park-arrives-making-room-amp-zim-r4295/Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. Let's get caught up on some of the latest Twins-related offseason stories as we prepare to flip the calendar to December. * Korean slugger Byung Ho Park is traveling to Minnesota this week, where his side will meet with the Twins in efforts to hamme...4295Mon, 30 Nov 2015 03:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/twins-give-plenty-of-reasons-for-thanks-giving-r4290/Whether you're new here or not, a quick glance at a handful of the articles at Off The Baggy should give you a glimpse of what I'm about. Not a full-blown sabremetrician, I find myself using statistics to tell a big story more often than not. In this post however, there's very little reason for nu...4290Thu, 26 Nov 2015 12:00:55 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/looking-back-twins-40-man-roster-additions-r4289/Since last Friday when the Minnesota Twins announced they were adding seven players to their 40-man roster, there has been a lot of debate. Who was added? Who shouldn't have been added? Who could be lost in next month's Rule 5 draft? I thought I'd take a look at who the Twins chose to add in recen...4289Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/minnesota-twins-news/twins/can-the-twins-have-an-elite-bullpen-in-2016-r4288/When the Kansas City Royals won the World Series earlier this month after coming up just short in 2014, it spawned an army of articles on how every other team could learn from their success and implement aspects of their blueprint. In reality, the foundations of Kansas City's rise to the top have...4288Tue, 24 Nov 2015 04:27:00 +0000