https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/page/5/?d=1News: Minnesota Twins Satireenhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/new-year-new-resolutions-and-the-same-old-twins-r19591/The start of a new year is supposed to bring optimism, fresh goals, and the belief that this time things will be different. For the Minnesota Twins, that optimism usually lasts until about mid-April, when the weather is bad, the bats are cold, and everyone is already checking the wild-card stand...19591Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:22:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/couchbound-fan-still-did-more-over-the-holidays-than-twins-r19592/Adam Pietrich is what some would call an avid indoorsman. The Minneapolis native and Twins fan enjoys hunkering down for the winter in his one-bedroom apartment with his cat, Brad Radke. He orders a lot of take out, takes PTO from his IT gig from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day, and general...19592Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/succession-at-target-field-r19560/The camera opens on a quiet conference room overlooking Target Field. It is pristine. It is calm. It is absolutely not calm. This is Succession, Minnesota style. There is coffee. There are spreadsheets. There is a faint sense that someone is about to be told they are still family but no longer i...19560Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:12:37 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/awkward-tom-pohlad-asks-derek-falvey-if-he-kept-receipt-for-mickey-gasper-r19577/December 26th is known as Boxing Day in Great Britain, but in America, it’s when you exchange the duplicate gift or ill-fitting sweater you received for Christmas. And for at least one MLB franchise, it’s when you attempt an outside-the-box roster move that may very well be illegal and viol...19577Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/a-twinsmas-carol-r19575/Gleeman was dead, to begin with.  Well, maybe he wasn’t dead, but he had officially decided to fully buy in to the “never leaves his home” hermit bit, and to end his involvement in his longstanding and ever-popular Twins podcast, Gleeman and the Geek. So effectively, we’ll say he was pretty...19575Fri, 26 Dec 2025 01:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/derek-falvey-waits-until-the-last-minute-again-r19559/If there is one tradition Derek Falvey truly embraces, it is waiting until the absolute last possible moment. Roster decisions, offseason direction, and now Christmas shopping all follow the same internal clock. With Christmas lights already boxed back up at Target Field, the Twins front office...19559Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:29:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/local-man-unable-to-enjoy-christmas-because-of-the-twins-r19553/Gerald Knutson, 42, has had his holiday season ruined. Twins Daily once again supplied me with the funds to interview one local fan about his feelings about the ballclub. Unfortunately, Gerald hasn’t watched an inning since they traded Brusdar Graterol away to Los Angeles. Fox Sports North...19553Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:41:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-daily-investigates-just-how-many-pohlads-are-there-r19558/Not only did the Twins finally reveal their minority partners this week, they also announced that Tom Pohlad would assume the role of the ownership group’s Executive Chair, previously held by his younger brother, Joe. Beyond the Succession-esque family drama, this led many observers to ask...19558Fri, 19 Dec 2025 14:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/the-twins-bullpen-search-has-reached-the-joey-gallo-stage-r19529/The Minnesota Twins spent last summer trading away nearly every living relief pitcher in the organization. Fans watched as the front office moved five arms at the deadline, several of them with multiple years of team control, and then acted surprised when the bullpen depth chart looked like a ga...19529Sun, 14 Dec 2025 20:24:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/pohlads-dont-know-why-its-called-a-lottery-when-you-have-to-spend-money-r19528/Despite the division-rival Chicago White Sox nabbing the top pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, most Twins fans (and the front office) were pleased to land at No. 3, behind only the (formerly) godless South Siders and Tampa Bay. There was a notable exception. “Winning the lottery is supposed...19528Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/twins-ask-wolves-for-draft-lottery-advice-regret-it-immediately-r19504/The MLB Draft Lottery arrives on Tuesday at 4:30 PM Central, and the Minnesota Twins enter with the second-best odds to land the first overall selection. It should be a moment of optimism. It should be the kind of scenario where a franchise dreams of future superstars. But this is Minnesota, and...19504Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:14:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/just-for-fun/fangraphs-projects-local-fan-will-regret-eating-all-those-helmet-nachos-r19488/FanGraphs pleasantly surprised some Twins fans recently, projecting the troubled squad to finish 82-80 in 2026, thanks to their (for now) sturdy rotation depth. Also surprising was an addendum to the projection, however, calling out Marcus Otto, a Twins season-ticket holder, for a litany of issu...19488Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:07:02 +0000