https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/page/2/?d=1News: Twins Daily Caretakersenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/does-cole-sands-have-a-future-in-the-minnesota-twins-starting-rotation-r17694/The transformation of Cole Sands might, in a crowded field of contenders, be the most impressive thing an already-impressive Twins pitching development group did last year. He began the season as a fringe guy and ended it as, arguably, the second-most reliable reliever on the team. A big boost i...17694Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:25:25 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/what-can-new-arsenal-metrics-teach-us-about-key-minnesota-twins-pitchers-r17669/Last week, Baseball Prospectus released a slew of new arsenal metrics to add to their suite of pitching numbers. The aim of arsenal-based metrics, in general, is to overcome the limitations of pitch models, which largely measure the effect of each pitch in isolation. The advantages of having a d...17669Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:06:48 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/byron-buxton-and-the-reverse-zoolander-r17598/For as long as he's been a big-leaguer, Byron Buxton has been one of the best center fielders in baseball. Truthfully, he was probably one of the best in baseball long before he was a big-leaguer; his offensive issues and injury trouble just slowed him down. In the only thing anywhere near a ful...17598Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/weve-been-underselling-austin-martins-upside%E2%80%94but-so-has-he-r17572/  In 257 plate appearances during his rookie campaign of 2024, Austin Martin batted .253/.318/.352. He was a versatile stopgap for a team that encountered numerous injury issues, but he didn't exactly seize the chances he got. The stat line he posted could have been acceptable, had he been...17572Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/the-x-factor-in-the-2025-starting-rotation-david-festa-demands-a-closer-examination-r17492/Most conversations about the Twins' starting rotation for 2025 center on the big three veterans at the front end of that group. Undeniably, Pablo López, Bailey Ober and Joe Ryan are solid, playoff-caliber hurlers, but the key to the team having a great overall rotation might very well be sophomo...17492Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:28:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/it-was-too-short-but-carlos-correas-2024-season-was-marvelous-r17501/What with the injury and the trade rumors and the gut-wrenching slow-motion trainwreck that was the final quarter of the Twins’ season, this article is here just to serve as a simple reminder: Carlos Correa had an absolutely bonkers 2024. According to FanGraphs, Correa put up 4.3 WAR in 2024 des...17501Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:03:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/meaningless-minnesota-twins-facts-to-get-you-through-the-winter-r17456/Did you know that in 2024, Byron Buxton was the best ground-ball hitter in baseball? Of course you didn’t know that. Why would anyone know that? It’s information that offers no tangible benefit to anyone. It barely qualifies as trivia. But now you know it. In 2024, Buxton hit 75 ground balls, an...17456Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:07:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/will-the-twins-make-their-first-rule-5-draft-pick-in-seven-years-whom-could-they-target-r17461/The Minnesota Twins have not made a Rule 5 selection since the Dec. 2017 draft. Could this be the year that they choose to select a player again? And if so, who are a few names to know? Whom could the Twins consider taking?  To make a pick in the Rule 5 draft, the team must have room on the...17461Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/how-a-minor-timing-problem-snowballed-into-a-major-derailment-for-royce-lewis-r17429/Royce Lewis is a freak. He put up historic numbers during the first year and change of his big-league career, and the raw production came with huge hits in key moments; playoff heroism; and no small dose of swagger. Lewis oozed confidence up there. He owned the box, and even the opposing pitcher...17429Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:29:43 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/what-team-stats-can-tell-us-about-the-twins-pitching-philosophy-r17417/I don’t know if I’m alone in this, but I love looking at the pitching or hitting stats for an entire team. I think it might have started because of the 2023 Braves, who just raked all season long from top to bottom, but I love going over to the League Statistics pages on Statcast and sorting by...17417Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:28:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/offseason-handbook-ranking-6-minor-league-free-agents-who-could-bolster-twins-pitching-staff-r17352/A dearth of viable pitching depth did in the Twins down the stretch in 2024. After Joe Ryan went down with injury, the team's overreliance on young hurlers became glaringly apparent. David Festa, Simeon Woods RIchardson, and Zebby Matthews were all asked to do just a bit too much, and when they...17352Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:03:52 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/the-twins-had-one-of-baseballs-best-pitching-staffs-in-2024%E2%80%94just-dont-look-at-their-era-r17336/The Twins' pitching staff ran a 4.26 ERA in 2024. That ranked just 21st in baseball, and it was one of the reasons they missed the playoffs. In fact, here’s the list of playoff teams that had a worse ERA than the Twins: nobody. Not a single playoff team had a worse ERA than the Twins. Want to pl...17336Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:07:01 +0000