https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1015/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sizing-up-the-competition-chicago-white-sox-r3347/2014 Record: 73-89 Runs Scored/Allowed: 660 / 758 Key Additions: Jeff Samardzija (SP), Melky Cabrera (OF), David Robertson (RP), Adam LaRoche (1B), Zach Duke (RP) Key Departures: Paul Konerko (1B), Marcus Semien (IF) Why They'll Be Better Chicago lost 89 games last year despite boasting the Rookie...3347Wed, 04 Feb 2015 05:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-41-sunday-at-jl-beers-r3345/Other topics include super hot Super Bowl Media Day takes, revisited the Manziel vs Bridgewater scenario, talked Twins first round draft struggles and the Timberwolves trolling Kevin Love. Mike Evans from JL Beers joins the show to introduce the outstanding burger and beer bar in Northeast Minneap...3345Tue, 03 Feb 2015 14:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-10-frank-cashen-r3343/Cashen spent 17 years as a sportswriter in Baltimore, earning a law degree at night. In the late 1950s he went to work for Jerry Hoffberger, a long-time minority owner of the Orioles, first running a couple of race tracks and later working as the advertising chief for Hoffberger’s brewery. When Ho...3343Tue, 03 Feb 2015 01:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-179-meltdown-recap-amp-roster-projection-r3335/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_179_Meltdown_Recap_and_Roster_Projection.mp33335Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:55:55 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sizing-up-the-competition-detroit-tigers-r3341/2014 Record: 90-72 Runs Scored/Allowed: 757 / 705 Key Additions: Yoenis Cespedes (OF), Anthony Gose (OF), Alfredo Simon (SP), Shane Greene (SP) Key Departures: Max Scherzer (SP), Rick Porcello (SP), Torii Hunter (OF) Why They'll Be Better The Tigers have been one of the American League's best offe...3341Mon, 02 Feb 2015 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-players39-super-bowl-predictions-r3340/AJ Achter – 46th round pick in 2010, Achter was my choice for Twins minor league reliever of the year in 2012. He reached AAA in 2013 and debuted with the Twins in September of 2014. Patriots 28-20 Jason Adam – 23 year old righty came to the Twins in August for Josh Willingham. He had made eight a...3340Sun, 01 Feb 2015 06:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-11-billy-beane-r3339/while those who applaud it have treated Beane like their heroic surrogate. His ranking here indicates that we believe the introduction of analytics has advanced front office decision-making, which we do, but we also believe his impressive record fully justifies his standing. A former first-round d...3339Sun, 01 Feb 2015 04:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-12-sandy-alderson-r3338/and he was the first young executive of the modern era hired to run a major league team’s baseball operations without coming from a baseball background. After Alderson had his success in Oakland, baseball front offices would never again be the same. Before Alderson, general managers had been hired...3338Sat, 31 Jan 2015 04:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sizing-up-the-competition-kansas-city-royals-r3337/2014 Record: 89-73 Runs Scored/Allowed: 651 / 624 Key Additions: Edinson Volquez (SP), Kris Medlen (SP), Alex Rios (OF), Kendrys Morales (DH) Key Departures: James Shields (SP), Nori Aoki (OF), Billy Butler (DH) Why They'll Be Better The Royals have a fairly young roster, with a number of players...3337Fri, 30 Jan 2015 14:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-bite-sized-history-a-rocky-start-r3336/The St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athletics, New York Giants, and Cleveland Indians had been wooed unsuccessfully. In their pursuit, the Twin Cities sibling rivalry flared up so that each built a major league stadium–but neither had a major league team. Civic leaders went so far as to back a new...3336Fri, 30 Jan 2015 13:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dozier39s-expected-extension-r3333/What would a Dozier extension look like? Last year the Cleveland Indians locked up their All-Star second baseman Jason Kipnis with a $52.5 million, six-year contract. The deal also included a club option for a seventh year. If the Twins followed a similar format, they would be buying out all of Do...3333Fri, 30 Jan 2015 05:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-13-al-campanis-r3334/For this exercise, we will ignore all that and consider his years as GM (1969-1987), when he won four NL pennants and the 1981 World Series. Campanis had a brief major league career (seven games for the 1943 Dodgers) and a minor league career most interesting for his role in helping Jackie Robinso...3334Fri, 30 Jan 2015 04:05:09 +0000