https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/page/26/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/ed-edouard-julien-eddie-rosario-eduardo-escobar-ed-twins/The Twins have a new Ed. We celebrate him, the Eds that came before, and the Eds yet to come. Edouard Julien has made his case. Batting over .500 for weeks will do that. Fielding questions notwithstanding, it’s safe to declare that not only is he a borderline Rookie of the Year candidate, he...14655Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/person-who-has-never-heard-of-any-of-these-guys-furious-over-twins-draft-r14620/“Typical Twins,” said the bozo. Unlike the NFL or NBA drafts, where players spend time in the national spotlight in college (and even high school for some basketball standouts), the Major League Baseball draft centers prospects from high school and the less glamorous college baseball ranks....14620Fri, 14 Jul 2023 11:12:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/weird-nerd-mad-about-shutout-r14562/Joyless Hopkins man wants to remind you about a couple things. Twins starting pitcher Pablo Lopez was dialed in on Wednesday night, striking out 12 and allowing four meager hits in a complete game, 100-pitch shutout victory. Lifelong Twins fan Ethan Sudbury couldn’t be angrier. “It was...14562Fri, 07 Jul 2023 11:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/new-girl-characters-ranked/Nothing about the Minnesota Twins is fun right now. Let’s rank the main characters on a sitcom that’s been off the air for years instead. The Twins are depressing right now. You read this site every day. You know this. The AL Central is actually more depressing, in that no one can do any bet...14515Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/hater-shelves-%E2%80%98byron-suxton-tweet-until-next-slump-r14464/‘I’m still mad and way too online for my own good, don’t get me wrong,” said Herbst. In the wreckage of Minnesota’s 10-4 humbling at the hands of the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday, one glimmer of hope shone through: Byron Buxton ended an epic slump with a long home run. The succeeding games have...14464Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-keeping-kepler-in-lineup-%E2%80%98just-to-spite-gleeman-at-this-point-r14426/‘We’re aware we have many better options but sticking it to that guy is what gets me up in the morning,’ said a front office source. For a Twins offense that’s struggled mightily in 2023, Max Kepler has set the pace, a pace he’s arguably been setting for years. His replacement-level performa...14426Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/t-ball-tee-notches-first-big-league-victory-over-twins-r14378/“Tip your cap to the Jugs A0400, it had us guessing all day,” said Baldelli. The Tampa Bay Rays were in a jam on Thursday when starting pitcher Yonny Chorinos was a late scratch. With a quick afternoon turnaround following a night game, Tampa opted to give the bullpen a rest and turned to th...14378Fri, 09 Jun 2023 10:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/royce-lewis-teaches-minnesotans-to-love-again-r14342/"I have a coffee date on Saturday. My co-workers tell me I’m smiling again. Thank you, Royce.” One year after tearing his ACL for the second time, Twins top prospect Royce Lewis has returned with a vengeance, keying two major victories against division rivals Cleveland and defending champion...14342Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/man-who-calls-in-sick-for-hangovers-wonders-why-correa-wont-play-through-stabbing-pain-of-plantar-fasciitis-r14290/“Players are just soft these days,” he said from his couch. Carlos Correa was already slumping. And the diagnosis of an arch strain and plantar fasciitis lends credence to the theory that he was playing through pain. Luke Kelso is having none of it. “When you sign a $200 million de...14290Fri, 26 May 2023 11:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/what-is-the-al-central-most-like-r14250/The worst division in baseball leaves a wide berth for comparisons and metaphors. Twins Daily investigates the most apt ones. Going into the season, the consensus was that the American League Central would be average at best and that only two or three teams had a realistic shot at clearing t...14250Fri, 19 May 2023 06:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/mlb-storyline-creators-reject-2023-twins-season-as-too-unrealistic-r14210/“No one is going to buy this,” said Cadwallader. Veteran Twins fans are used to patchwork rotations. They’re accustomed to competent, sometimes even brilliant, offenses. Sun rises in the east, sun sets in the west, early-to-middle of the order is pretty good, the third starter is Sidney Pons...14210Fri, 12 May 2023 10:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/satan-%E2%80%98pleased-with-white-sox-r14168/“It’s not even Mother’s Day, so no one is in panic mode, not even the vile wretches who follow this team” said the King of the Netherworld, Destroyer of Souls. Satan, the Dark Prince and Enemy of All That Is Good, couldn’t have been happy with the godless Chicago White Sox, his loyal subject...14168Fri, 05 May 2023 11:15:00 +0000