https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1004/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/walking-away-gave-blaine-boyer39s-career-a-second-life-r3498/Beginning in 2011, Boyer was constantly finding a new employer every few months. FIrst it was several months with the Mets, then the Pirates, followed by the Cardinals (who had him for exactly the month of May in 2009). In August 2011 he was released by St. Louis and decided that he would put his...3498Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2015-projections-and-rankings-joe-mauer-r3495/MINNESOTA TWINS – JOE MAUER After ten years as a major league catcher, foul tips to the mask finally caught up to Mauer and he made the move to first base in 2014. Did the concussion(s) affect the beginning of Mauer’s 2014 season at the plate? I think it would be hard to argue that it didn’t, and...3495Tue, 31 Mar 2015 15:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tuesday-notes-changeups-cuts-pinto-amp-destroyed-bats-r3497/Pitchers Buying In On Changeup One of the bigger stories of the year has been the hiring of Neil Allen who brings with him the change-up secrets from the Rays organization. Over the last three seasons, no team has thrown more change-ups than Tampa Bay -- almost 1,000 more than the next closest tea...3497Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2015-projections-and-rankings-kurt-suzuki-r3494/Today we start by looking at the starting catchers. MINNESOTA TWINS – KURT SUZUKI The 31-year-old catcher is coming off of his first All-Star season. He came to the Twins with an assumption (by many fans) that he would tutor Josmil Pinto. However, he had his best season in about five years and was...3494Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-187-roster-reactions-amp-dozier-deal-r3493/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_187_Roster_Moves_and_Dozier_Extension.mp33493Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ryan-and-pelfrey-have-a-%E2%80%9Chealthy-exchange%E2%80%9D-r3492/READ: SUNDAY NOTES “It’s one of those situations and I listened and it was a healthy exchange. That’s as much as I can say,” Ryan said of his conversation but wouldn’t address whether or not the topic of a trade came up. Following Sunday's game Pelfrey said he was happy with the outcome of the mor...3492Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sunday-notes-nolasco-pelfrey-pinto-and-more-r3491/Ricky Nolasco Rebounds After Rough First Inning The fifth start of Nolasco’s spring did not begin the way he would have liked, allowing back-to-back home runs to Adam Jones and Travis Snider to put the Orioles up 3-0 in the first inning “He tried another curveball on Jones after he had a pretty go...3491Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-say-now-is-not-the-time-for-trevor-may-r3490/According to ESPN/TruMedia, May’s 9.8 K/9 in September was the ninth-best among all American League pitchers with four starts or more. In all of 2014, with the exception of May, not one Twins starting pitcher managed to eclipse that nine strikeouts per nine innings mark in a single month. His 12%...3490Sun, 29 Mar 2015 04:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-reduce-clarity-with-roster-cuts-r3489/Among the roster moves this morning, the Minnesota Twins elected to send out position players Eddie Rosario and Aaron Hicks. Both outfielders will head to Triple-A Rochester to begin the 2015 season. Relief pitcher Mark Hamburger was also optioned, as well as starter Trevor May. Both pitchers will...3489Sun, 29 Mar 2015 01:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-make-cuts-name-starters-r3488/Twins Trim Roster To 31 The Twins trimmed their roster to 31 this morning with the announcement that Aaron Hicks, Eddie Rosario and Trevor May will be optioned, while Mark Hamburger will be reassigned to the minor league camp. Hicks acknowledged that players have to continue to show results but di...3488Sat, 28 Mar 2015 15:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mlb-has-no-plans-for-killing-the-shift-r3486/There is precedent to embrace the shift. For example, according to Baseball Info Solutions, shifting has been rewarding to the teams who move their players around the most, those having “saved” an average of 8 runs per season or a rough translation of about one win per season. Data-driven teams sa...3486Sat, 28 Mar 2015 03:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notes-from-pohlad-ryan-amp-manfred-r3485/Total Flexibility The Twins payroll is in excess of $100M as the they enter the 2015 season, but if the team finds itself competitive, Pohlad would love to see them add players, even if it costs money. “That would be a great situation,” said Pohlad before today’s game, “and there would be total fl...3485Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:55:00 +0000