https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/page/4/?d=1News: Twins Daily Caretakersenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/giancarlo-stanton-freddie-freeman-home-runs-world-series-history-1960/When Game 1 of the 2024 World Series began, there had been 20 home runs in the history of the Fall Classic that took a team from behind to ahead, in the sixth inning or later. There have been more go-ahead home runs than that, of course, but it's easy to forget just how many of them came with th...17277Sat, 26 Oct 2024 07:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/yankees-vs-dodgers-previewing-the-2024-world-series-r17271/Why does it affront so many fans when big-market teams succeed? That question is rhetorical, but not sneering, because once you think about it a bit, the reason is both obvious and reasonable: it makes us all feel small. Every baseball fan holds equal worth, and no team's worth and value depends...17271Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:11:41 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/how-the-four-seam-fastball-has-changed-and-how-the-twins-are-changing-with-it-r17260/Last week, in watching an old Twins game against the Red Sox, I found myself thinking a lot about all the information we didn't get about games played as recently as 2007, but which we can obtain with a few well-directed clicks for any game of the last 17 seasons. It's obvious, to anyone who gre...17260Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:13:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/the-twins-led-the-league-in-optimized-contact-so-how-do-they-get-better-next-year-r17243/So let’s start at the beginning. Going by weighted on-base percentage (wOBA, if you’re in a hurry), here’s the value of each kind of batted ball during the 2024 season. Groundball: .228 Line Drive: .642 Fly Ball: .420 Popup: .014 Fly balls are good. Line drive...17243Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/jhoan-durans-fastball-shape-is-a-moving-target-is-that-a-problem-r17210/Last week, Matthew Trueblood wrote about the importance of fastball shape, highlighting the particular attributes that the Twins prize most highly. Today, I’d like to look into the shape of the team’s most exciting fastball: Jhoan Durán’s four-seamer. First, let’s address the elephant in the roo...17210Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/the-twins-talk-a-lot-about-fastball-shape-what-do-they-mean-and-which-one-do-they-like-r17186/The analytics revolution has brought a wealth of new buzzwords into the pitching lexicon. Teams latch onto certain terms, and public-facing analysts repeat them. The terms are often helpful and illuminating, but their ubiquity stems from the need for those who are deeply involved in pitching ana...17186Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:35:40 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/a-quick-glimpse-at-a-different-carlos-correa-r17130/Something changed a few days from the end of the year, for Carlos Correa. Well, something changed back. Correa has been excellent all season, but he was even better after his return from the IL on Sept. 14. He ran a 172 wRC+ over the final fortnight, up from 153 before the injury, and his on-bas...17130Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/so-royce-lewis-isnt-slump-proof-now-what-r17097/On Jun. 18, Royce Lewis went 0-for-5 with a pair of strikeouts against Tampa Bay. The very next day, he went 3-for-4 with a home run. Afterward, he told reporters that “I don’t do that slump thing,” and proceeded to launch two more home runs in each of the next two games for good measure. T...17097Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:07:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/the-twins-missed-carlos-correa-and-byron-buxton-but-letting-them-get-healthy-was-the-right-call-r17077/Since returning from a two-month absence due to plantar fasciitis, Carlos Correa has only played in four games, one of them as a designated hitter. In those four games, though, he has looked comfortable. He’s coming off a three-hit game on Wednesday and a two-walk game on Thursday. In that tiny...17077Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/is-ronny-henriquez-like-really-good-now-r17065/I'm not a betting man, but I want to make a bet. Honor system; no cheating. I will bet that, when you think "elite fastball characteristics", you don't think about Twins reliever Ronny Henriquez. And since this medium is really a one-way communicative forum, I'm going to go ahead and assume I ju...17065Wed, 18 Sep 2024 15:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/pablo-lopez-curveball-stuff-plus-movement-changes-playoff-ace/I don’t need to tell you that Pablo López is back on top. He’s won his last four starts and his last five decisions. Over his last 16 starts, he’s 10-2 with a 2.75 ERA, while striking out more than a batter per inning. A couple weeks ago, John Foley detailed several things that have gone differe...17036Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:08:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/caretakers/the-twins-are-a-tired-team-and-tired-teams-chase-r17003/Rocco Baldelli didn't just call his team's performance over the weekend in Kansas City disappointing or weak. He chose the word 'unprofessional'. To a hard-nosed New England baseball man, the cardinal sin in the game is not a failure to be good enough, but a failure to show adequate intensity, p...17003Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:18:19 +0000