https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1006/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/extension-candidate-oswaldo-arcia-r3473/Oswaldo Arcia debuted early in the 2013 season out of pure necessity. He has spent parts of the last two seasons in the minor leagues. He strikes out more (244 big-league K's) than (insert your least favorite Twins blogger here) did in college. He teases with 34 MLB home runs, but more than mitiga...3473Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/embracing-substance-over-style-r3470/Watching Eduardo Escobar play shortstop on Friday afternoon, it’s understandable why he does not excite a lot of people. He isn’t smooth. He is not stylish. You catch yourself holding your breath watching him … (I’m having coming up with a verb here. He doesn’t race. Stumble is too harsh. Let’s go...3470Mon, 23 Mar 2015 03:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-from-the-fort-john-bonnes-r3472/3472Mon, 23 Mar 2015 03:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-186-stathead-molitor-dad-gardy-amp-overunders-r3471/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_186_AL_Over-Unders.mp33471Mon, 23 Mar 2015 02:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-waiting-watching-and-wanting-r3469/About the only question that seems to be answered is who the starting shortstop will be. Manager Paul Molitor says he still wants the competition between Danny Santana and Eduardo Escobar to play out, but all indications are that it will be Santana. Escobar has continued to hit well, but so has Sa...3469Sun, 22 Mar 2015 20:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beating-vegas-the-new-york-yankees-r3468/Year In Review Like the fall of most empires, it wasn't a huge implosion, but a series of ever-widening cracks that led to deterioration. Vegas watched the Yankees offseason spending spree and set a number in the mid to high 80s to meet, but a lot of the big signings came up short. Biggest among t...3468Sun, 22 Mar 2015 17:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/five-tool-talents-r3467/TYREE DAVIS Though he played shortstop through his career at Centennial High School in Compton, California, Tyree Davis moved to centerfield during his professional debut in 2014. Davis was the Twins 37th round pick in 2014. His high school team had serious potential and talent. According to Davis...3467Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trevor-may-states-his-case-r3466/So why was he lifted? The Twins certainly wanted to get some innings for relievers Mark Hamburger, Aaron Thompson and AJ Achter, who are all competing for a bullpen role. But manager Paul Molitor added that May’s pitches were changing and elevating in the fourth inning. “Out of the stretch, he sta...3466Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/beating-vegas-the-devil-rays-r3465/Year In Review Year after year, as free agent after free agent left the Rays, we would see stories about how the Rays successful run was over and a betting line that matched it. And year after year, that meant easy money for anyone betting the "over." Finally, last year, that was not such an easy...3465Sat, 21 Mar 2015 18:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sorting-out-the-bullpen-r3464/First, a quick look at the guys who are essentially locks: Glen Perkins, LHP Perkins was slowed early in camp by an oblique strain, but he pitched in a minor-league game on Thursday with no issues, and is expected to make his Grapefruit League debut this weekend. Both he and Terry Ryan have expres...3464Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/initial-thoughts-from-the-fort-r3463/It's everything you want it to be. It's warm. It's having both road and away games within driving distance, every day. It is peeks of minor leaguers and up close access to major leaguers. It is watching Byron Buxton glide into a triple and Tom Kelly feeding fungoes and encouragement to Kenny Varga...3463Sat, 21 Mar 2015 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-pitching-woes-2013-and-2014-r3439/I'm always interested in new pitching metrics development, and not only because I have myself taken part in the endeavor. This is an interesting metric, albeit much more complex than PE and xPE. It also correlates well with SIERA, which along with xPE (because it is easy to calculate) are my two f...3439Fri, 20 Mar 2015 21:40:00 +0000