https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1022/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/report-twins-pushing-to-sign-rhp-ervin-santana-r3244/Joel Sherman first tweeted that Ervin Santana was hearing to the Twins. Later Sherman took a step back, tweeting "Going to rephrase on Ervin Santana: Hearing #Twins pushing to get deal with Santana." The Twins went after Santana really hard a year ago before he decided to sign a one-year contract...3244Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/slow-going-at-the-winter-meetings-r3243/Francisco Liriano, who had oddly been painted as a player of interest to Minnesota in recent days, came off the market Tuesday when he signed a three-year, $39 million deal to stay in Pittsburgh. Regardless of how much weight those faint rumors held, Liriano was the most high-profile pitcher that...3243Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/molitor39s-management-style-r3242/“I think whoever believes in that sabermetrics stuff never played the game and won’t understand it. There’s no way you can measure playing outfield. Only eyes can do that,” the 39-year-old Torii Hunter told a room full of media onlookers, whirling recorders and broadcasting cameras last Wednesday....3242Wed, 10 Dec 2014 07:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/white-sox-winning-winter-meetings-through-day-1-r3241/OVERVIEW The Winter Meetings were originally set up as a meeting for all minor league teams. Then major league teams started crashing the party and since then, it has become a media Mecca. Contrary to popular belief, it isn’t just a place where GMs meet with agents and other GMs. Front offices of...3241Tue, 09 Dec 2014 06:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-33-baseball-talk-with-amelia-rayno-r3240/NO JUICE PODCAST, EPISODE #33: BASEBALL TALK WITH AMELIA RAYNO Rayno, the Gophers Men's Basketball beat writer for the Star Tribune, shares her impressions on the press conference from the perspective of a reporter. In 2011, she wrote a fantastic profile on former Minnesota Twin Chuck Knoblauch,...3240Tue, 09 Dec 2014 02:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-thegeek-episode-173-talking-torii-r3238/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Talking_Torii.mp33238Mon, 08 Dec 2014 19:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-preparing-to-make-their-pitch-r3237/As discussed on Friday, the Twins have no fewer than seven starters in the mix who arguably deserve a shot, creating an interesting dynamic as they seek to address the club's most problematic unit. La Velle E. Neal III reports that the team has interest in bringing back Francisco Liriano, who is r...3237Mon, 08 Dec 2014 06:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/connect-with-baseball-history-through-sabr-r3236/One of our projects is called the Origins of Baseball in Minnesota Project, where you can select a city to research. Because my parents have a cabin on Lake Vermilion I am up in the Iron Range area frequently so I chose Chisholm. (Yes, insert obligatory Moonlight Graham reference here...) I visite...3236Sun, 07 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-the-rotation-already-full-r3235/The first was the Torii Hunter signing. Though it's a one-year deal, the team committed a whopping $10.5 million to the outfielder for 2015, making him the third-highest paid player on the roster. If previous comments from Jim Pohlad and Terry Ryan suggesting that their budget will essentially rem...3235Fri, 05 Dec 2014 06:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-32-cole-devries-r3233/"The big thing that pitching coaches are told when you get to pro ball is not to hurt anyone," DeVries told the No Juice Podcast on his sentiments towards pitching coaches and their influence over the staff in light of the recent hiring of Neil Allen as the Twins pitching coach. "If it was someone...3233Thu, 04 Dec 2014 07:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/where-are-we-now-what39s-next-r3232/With the addition of Hunter along with the six arbitration-eligible players being tendered contracts, let’s take a look at what the current 25 man roster could look like. POTENTIAL LINEUP: SS – Danny Santana 1B – Joe Mauer 2B – Brian Dozier DH – Kennys Vargas RF – Torii Hunter LF – Oswaldo Arcia 3...3232Thu, 04 Dec 2014 04:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/torii-hunter-in-the-outfield-just-how-bad-can-it-be-r3230/At 39-years-old, there is little question that the tools that had at one time made him an elite defender -- a blindingly quick first step and the closing speed -- has been left behind in some old Angels uniform pants. Every stat that measures range has painted him a liability in right field. Ulti...3230Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:29:00 +0000