https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1023/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-146-quarter-season-analysis-and-media-call-outs-r2632/Aaron and John talk about the Twins' surprisingly decent first quarter of the season, management calling out Aaron Hicks through the media, Brian Dozier being one of the league's best players, Oswaldo Arcia going back to the minors, Chris Colabello turning back into a pumpkin, Kurt Suzuki proving to...2632Mon, 19 May 2014 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/in-the-delivery-phil-hughes-secondary-pitch-r2631/Sponsored by Surdyk's Over his career, Phil Hughes has seemingly been one solid secondary pitch away from taking over the world. Since his prospect days, his curveball was considered this dangerous weapon. For Hughes, unfortunately, the pitch never manifested into that killer pitch as projected....2631Mon, 19 May 2014 02:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-big-switch-brian-dozier-r2635/Sponsored by Switch My Trip In his entire minor-league career -- which spanned 365 games over four seasons -- Brian Dozier hit a total of 16 home runs.I keep coming back to that astonishing number as the second baseman launches bomb after bomb after bomb for the Twins. After going deep twice at...2635Mon, 19 May 2014 01:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twinsdaily-mock-draft-v10-r2630/The people have spoken. If it's mock drafts you want... well, that's what you're going to get. 1. Houston - Carlos Rodon, LHP, NC State - The Astros have employed two very different strategies the last two years: They drafted Carlos Correa who wasn't perceived to be the top prospect to save money...2630Mon, 19 May 2014 01:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/shortstop-pecking-order-r2629/Right now, the Twins have a wealth of shortstop candidates. Conventional wisdom is that shortstops aren't platooned because working with the keystone partner is so important. Here is a short tutorial of the shortstop options and my best guess as to what will happen. I invite anyone else to commen...2629Sat, 17 May 2014 17:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/chris-colabello-and-fastballs-r2628/If you can still remember early April, Chris Colabello was a monster. He was hitting .346/.386/.577 through the first 20 games of the year. He had nine multi-hit games, and went hitless just four times. He was the darling of the American League for a while due to some timely hitting and a bunch of...2628Sat, 17 May 2014 15:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/lost-playing-time-hurting-top-twins-prospects-r2625/It has been a rough season for some of the top position players in the Twins minor league system. Eddie Rosario is serving a 50-game suspension after he tested positive for marijuana use. Miguel Sano had to undergo Tommy John surgery and the earliest he could be on the field is very late in the summ...2625Sat, 17 May 2014 02:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/revisiting-aaron-hicks-and-switch-hitting-r2623/It appears that the Twins are running out of patience with Aaron Hicks. Last year, through 29 games, the outfielder was batting .133/.239/.214. This year, at the same point, his line is .170/.315/.239. While Hicks has shown an improved approach at the plate, he simply is not hitting the ball. T...2623Fri, 16 May 2014 14:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-do-you-like-chris-parmelee-now-r2620/With just a few days remaining before the Twins were to travel to Chicago to begin the 2014 season, Chris Parmelee got the sickening news that his services would not be needed at the major league level. Out of options, the Twins were willing to expose him to waivers and risk losing him to another or...2620Fri, 16 May 2014 05:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thats-the-ticket-the-king-and-summer-r2622/Sponsored by Ticket King It's no secret: the hot ticket for this weekend's Mariners' series is Sunday’s afternoon game. Let’s see why:Series Preview Seattle isn't terrible. They enter this series a .500 team, which puts them in the middle of the AL West and the midst of a very large pack of tea...2622Fri, 16 May 2014 01:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/draft-series-part-4-five-for-45-r2616/This is the fourth in a series of (somewhat) weekly installments leading up to the June 5th through 7th draft. The focus is intended to be very Twins-specific. Part 1: Locals Part 2: The Top Part 3: What's New? --- While you may read the title and think I’m referring to a 10-game Pedro Florimon str...2616Thu, 15 May 2014 02:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-bagger-wristy-business-jason-k-ampamp-mauer-being-mauer-r2612/* Florida's Jose Fernandez is the latest young star pitcher to be tabbed for Tommy John surgery, so elbow injuries have been the talk of baseball this week. Minnesota has plenty of experience in that department, most recently with first-round picks Kyle Gibson and Alex Wimmers. But currently, it'...2612Wed, 14 May 2014 04:36:00 +0000