https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1018/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-23-john-hart-r3304/Cleveland had brought Hart to the big leagues after several years managing in the Orioles minor league system. When the Indians fired manager Doc Edwards late in the 1989 season, the team named Hart, then the third base coach, to finish out the final 19 games. Hart moved to the front office after...3304Thu, 15 Jan 2015 16:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-phil-hughes-and-regression-r3303/During the team’s conference call with the media, when asked about the additional years, general manager Terry Ryan said that there are always risks associated with pitchers. Signing a pitcher is like buying a used car -- eventually something is going to break and you just hope it is nothing major...3303Wed, 14 Jan 2015 14:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-24-john-quinn-r3301/Hardcore fans argued about players, and maybe even the manager. But unless a big trade happened, most of the GM’s work was out of sight. But the job was no less critical than it is today. Part of a distinguished family of baseball executives (father Bob Quinn, son Bob Quinn, and son-in-law Roland...3301Wed, 14 Jan 2015 12:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-secure-is-suzuki39s-starting-job-r3302/At the trade deadline in 2014, with Suzuki's name floating around in rumors, Terry Ryan decided instead to lock up the veteran backstop with a two-year extension. At the time, Suzuki was batting over .300 with an above-average OPS, and his strong first half had even earned him an All-Star appearan...3302Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/arbitrary-predictions-r3300/When it comes to arbitration, there are ways to guess and predict where the values will come in. It is based on career numbers to that point, but there can also be some attention placed on most recent performance. It will be interesting to see if baseball's increased revenues will have any impact...3300Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-177-jacque-jones-and-meeting-the-in-laws-r3299/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_177_Jacque_Jones_and_Meeting_The_In-Laws.mp33299Tue, 13 Jan 2015 06:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-best-25-gms-in-history-25-andy-macphail-r3297/He lived up to his surname, and his surprisingly quick success cemented a wave of extremely young GMs, a couple with similar front office bloodlines. Coming out of college in 1976 MacPhail knew he wanted a career in a baseball front office and thought he had lined up a position with the Montreal E...3297Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-38-marney-gellner-r3298/Other topics include North Dakota State football, the Minnesota Timberwolves and life inside the local media. Her kids made an appearance as well and we made some predictions for the National Championship Game. Listen below, on iTunes or on Stitcher: NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #38: MARNEY GELLNER...3298Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:21:00 +0000https://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 +0000