https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/?d=1News: Twins Daily Caretakersenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/report-from-the-fort-sunshine-skepticism-and-a-new-pohlad-presence-r19820/FORT MYERS - Minnesota Twins baseball returned on Friday night, though it won’t count even in spring training’s Grapefruit League standings. The Twins beat the University of Minnesota’s Golden Gophers baseball team, with Zebby Matthews starting and Cole Sands following him on the mound.  Go...19820Sat, 21 Feb 2026 01:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/trevor-larnach-accident-hitter-and-whats-gone-wrong-with-twins-player-development-r19003/Few hitters in baseball have changed as clearly and concretely as Trevor Larnach has this season. That transformation began last year, when Larnach learned to slightly dampen his whiff rate on breaking and offspeed pitches by getting slightly more aggressive within the strike zone. It was last y...19003Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:04:31 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/one-weeks-worth-of-evidence-that-carlos-correa-needs-to-move-to-third-base-r18620/It was not a good week for Carlos Correa at shortstop. In fact, it hasn't been a good month, and (despite a few strong plays and his ironclad reputation) it hasn't been a good year, either. At 30 years old, the Twins' star shortstop is looking less and less like one—a shortstop, that is, althoug...18620Mon, 30 Jun 2025 13:05:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/how-willi-castro-is-back-in-all-star-form-propping-up-struggling-twins-lineup-r18528/We've never seen Willi Castro quite like this. Even last year, en route to his first-ever All-Star Game, he wasn't producing the way he's done it this season. In 197 plate appearances, Castro is batting .290/.365/.483, with seven home runs. More impressively, perhaps, a bunch of that production...18528Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:12:32 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/pablo-l%C3%B3pez-saw-flashes-of-what-move-across-rubber-could-do-for-him-but-has-come-home-again-r18391/Last month, I wrote—well, in fact, I wrote twice—about Pablo López moving from the first-base side of the pitching rubber to the middle of it. It's always interesting and valuable to know when pitchers make such moves, and López himself had a lot to say about why he was trying out the move at th...18391Wed, 28 May 2025 16:27:58 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/whats-wrong-with-carlos-correa-at-the-plate-thanks-to-new-statcast-data-we-have-new-insight-r18355/Carlos Correa isn't right at the plate. This much, you already know. Last year, though his season was effectively cut in half by plantar fasciitis, the Twins' superstar shortstop batted .310/.388/.517, earning his third All-Star nod and powering the lineup until his feet betrayed him and he had...18355Thu, 22 May 2025 16:39:18 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/bullpen-depth-fueled-twins-long-winning-streak-cole-sands-is-the-embodiment-of-that-depth-r18336/The Twins finally lost on Sunday, for the first time since May 2 in Boston. Four of the five runs they allowed were let in by starter Zebby Matthews, though, so the team still boasts a 0.89 reliever ERA since May 3. That fortnight and change, in which they've gone 13-1, has been characterized by...18336Mon, 19 May 2025 17:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/doing-95-in-your-blind-spot-the-pitch-twins-pitchers-use-to-make-opposing-hitters-cover-a-bigger-zone-r18190/18190Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:11:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/shades-of-gray-how-the-twins-most-extreme-defensive-alignments-differ-from-other-teams-r18139/If you just watch Twins games on TV, you might not even notice it. In our heads, we've all gotten used to mentally categorizing the alignment of the infield defense based on a simple test: can I see a middle infielder's head at the bottom of the screen, as we watch from the center-field camera?...18139Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/the-secret-ingredient-that-gives-pablo-l%C3%B3pezs-new-change-its-kick-a-new-position-and-a-new-angle-r18064/Say what he will about meditation, the nature of pressure in athletic endeavors, and being a self-possessed, well-rounded person, Pablo López is not immune to FOMO. When he came to the Twins in the offseason before the 2023 season, he and the team acted quickly to suit him up with the newest tre...18064Tue, 08 Apr 2025 14:02:41 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/ryan-jeffers-changes-everything-with-two-strikes-and-it-works-beautifully-r17973/On Sunday night, Baseball Savant rolled out their latest set of new data, offering us a new kind of insight into baseball. The numbers indicate where a batter sets up in the batter's box, how they orient their body, and where they make contact with the ball. It's immensely valuable, because it l...17973Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/watch-out-world-reliever-mode-louis-varland-has-a-jhoan-duran-caliber-curveball-r17837/Whether he and the Twins are ready to say so out loud or not, Louis Varland is now a reliever, in full. He was the (count 'em) fifth pitcher into the fray in Tuesday afternoon's spring training contest with the Yankees, working a clean sixth inning and striking out two. That's not bad news, thou...17837Wed, 26 Feb 2025 15:08:01 +0000