https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1003/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-intro-r3294/The most common approach to assessing general managers objectively has largely been based on wins per payroll dollar. This is interesting and can be informative, but the goal is to win, not necessarily to win cheaply. Moreover, regardless of the money available, the challenge of building a team is...3294Sat, 10 Jan 2015 21:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rocking-the-boat-r3292/On January 5, after going 1-2 to start the round-robin postseason tournament, Indios de Mayaguez fired their manager Carlos Baerga. According to local rumblings in Puerto Rico, Vargas was one of three players who was cited as being a contributing factor in Baerga’s ousting. ElNuevoDia.com reported...3292Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-2015-value-for-youngsters-r3290/Each of these three players will have a role in the Twins getting back to playing winning baseball. This makes it interesting to consider which player could end up providing the most value in 2015. According to Baseball Reference, these three combined for a 5.1 WAR last season. Santana ranked thir...3290Thu, 08 Jan 2015 00:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/td-mailbag-mauer39s-future-and-prospect-timelines-r3289/Twins Daily Member Kirby_waved_at_me: How bad does Ricky Nolasco have to be to lose a spot in the Twins' rotation? Conversely, how good does Alex Meyer have to pitch to earn a spot? If Nolasco pitches as badly as he did last year, they're going to remove him. But if that's the case, some sort of...3289Wed, 07 Jan 2015 04:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sorting-through-the-2015-hof-ballot-r3285/I am a member of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance and a different approach was taken this year to avoid the roster crunch. Members were asked to make a simple "Yes" or "No" vote in relation to every man on the ballot. The results for my ballot were 13 names but I will pick out the top 10 names I wou...3285Tue, 06 Jan 2015 18:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/keep-playing-oswaldo-arcia-continues-to-battle-injuries-in-venezuela-r3288/UPDATE [1/12]: Oswaldo Arcia, who was expected to return to action this past Saturday, has not reported back to his team and will sit out the remainder of the postseason. Last week Arcia had informed his team that he was ready to play but requested Thursday and Friday off due to "family commitment...3288Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-37-tornado-mauer-r3287/The guys also realize that their show is the opposite of the Bill Swarzki's Superfans. But if they did model their show after the SNL bit, they chose a Minnesota sports power animal equivalent to Hurricane Ditka. Other topics include the Gophers bowl game, how to party on New Years and more. L...3287Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-roster-projection-2015-version-10-r3286/When a player becomes a “given” for the roster (in my opinion), I will highlight the player’s name in red. Trades and signings can happen at any time between now and spring training and then opening day, but that just means that “givens” change. We will also be able to learn, over time, what it is...3286Tue, 06 Jan 2015 06:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-176-hughes-and-stauffer-r3284/You can listen by downloading us from iTunes, Stitcher or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. Or just click the Play button below. http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_176_Hughes_and_Stauffer.mp33284Mon, 05 Jan 2015 02:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/late-inning-gas-is-coming-get-ready-r3283/The hierarchy moves two directions: long relievers want to be starters, 7th inning and set-up guys want to be closers (I don’t know what to say about the aspirations of LH specialists- they are special). Very few teams ever seem very interested in or able to utilize a closer by committee type of l...3283Mon, 05 Jan 2015 00:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-on-twitter-r3282/1/3 Update AJ Achter @ajachter35 1,355 Jason Adam @Jason_Adam9 2,455 Oswaldo Arcia @arciaoswaldo 4,567 Ivan Arteaga @IvanArteaga 98,529 Luke Bard @Luke_Bard 1,065 Mat Batts @MBatts28 421 DJ Baxendale @DBax24 4,483 James Beresford @JamesBeresford2 1,539 Doug Bernier @dougbernier 955 J.O. Berrios @J...3282Sat, 03 Jan 2015 22:35:15 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/extensions-for-dozier-and-plouffe-r3280/I wondered how players currently around 33 years old have aged. With the help of play index from Baseball Reference, I searched for all players who had seasons with an OPS+ of 100 or better in 2006-7 as 26- or 27-year-olds. There were many others that were below that level but they were probably n...3280Fri, 02 Jan 2015 23:05:00 +0000