https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1025/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/draft-series-part-3-whats-new-r2596/This is the third 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 ---   Thursday is Draft Day! Well, the NFL Draft anyway. We're also within a month of the MLB draft. Time to...2596Wed, 07 May 2014 23:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-tortured-minnesota-sports-fan-inventory-r2589/You've heard of the MMPI? Well, here's the TMSFI! You haven't heard of the MMPI. Here: wikipedia. I know, I know, this is supposed to be a Twins blog. Really, my blog is hardly that at this point, but you know what I'm generally trying to do. Thing is, with rain, days off and my own illness,...2589Wed, 07 May 2014 21:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-to-do-with-chris-parmelee-r2587/He's at it again. Chris Parmelee's 2012 season could be looked at in two different ways. On the one hand, you had a rookie hitter who looked overwhelmed against major-league pitching. On the other hand, you had a 24-year-old absolutely demolishing in his first exposure to Triple-A pitching. He was f...2587Wed, 07 May 2014 04:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ricky-nolasco-and-the-declining-strikeout-rate-r2586/The Minnesota Twins’ starting pitching shortage of strikeouts has continued into 2014. That’s not anything new but it makes you wonder if the fumes from the garbage burner are causing pitchers to simply lob the ball into the strike zone. As of Tuesday, the Twins were owners of the bottom three strik...2586Tue, 06 May 2014 18:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-hangouts-tuesday-may-6-r2584/Seth and Jeremy will be live at 9pm on Tuesday. Right around the time the Twins are hopefully locking up their fourth consecutive win. We'd love to take your questions and you can leave them down below. Some topics we'll likely cover are: -How about this string of starts? -What's up with Josmil Pi...2584Tue, 06 May 2014 15:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ten-questions-with-trevor-may-r2580/Photo Courtesy of Joe Territo/RedWingsBaseball.com Entering his seventh professional season, Rochester Red Wings pitcher Trevor May is hoping this is the year he gets his chance to pitch with the Minnesota Twins. One of the key pieces sent back from Philadelphia in the Ben Revere trade, the hype ar...2580Tue, 06 May 2014 02:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-episode-144-mauers-back-and-stellas-r2578/Aaron and John review a plethora of weird roster moves, wonder about the impact of Joe Mauer's bat, discuss pineapple sauce with Lindsay Guentzel, endorse Eduardo Escobar, compare John's facial hair to Jack Morris' and interview Aaron's favorite bartender at Stella's. You can listen by downloading u...2578Mon, 05 May 2014 05:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cliff-notes-to-the-2014-twins-ch-1-april-r2577/We know how it is. Life is busy: with work and family and social engagements, there are a lot of demands on your time. So, if you've missed some developments in the first month of the season, you're perfectly normal. Missing baseball games is not unlike missing reading assignments for school, so we'...2577Mon, 05 May 2014 02:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/riffing-on-the-rotation-r2574/As April has shifted into May, the Minnesota offense has cooled off a bit but continues to get the job done. On Friday they were shut out for just the second time all year, but they bounced back to score 11 runs in a pair of wins on Saturday and Sunday. The series victory over the weekend brought th...2574Mon, 05 May 2014 02:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-big-switch-the-sun-r2600/Sponsored by Switch My Trip May arrived three days late, but Saturday The Sun found clouds it could occasionally hurdle. The gloom passed and Twins Territory awoke from abad dream, one filled with wind and rain and Dodgers and losing baseball stacked on top of losing baseball on top of desperate ros...2600Sun, 04 May 2014 16:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-53-pinos-still-perfect-r2573/Something clearly hadn't been right with Mike Pelfrey in his recent starts and the Twins finally did something about it Saturday morning. Pelfrey was placed on the disabled list with a left groin strain. Sam Deduno will take Pelfrey's spot in the rotation as he has continued to pitch well out of the...2573Sun, 04 May 2014 16:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/some-samples-no-longer-small-pitchers-r2572/Sample sizes for a few ratios are becoming large enough to consider as reliable. For pitchers, strikeout rate stabilizes at 70 batters faced (BF) and ground ball and fly ball rates stabilize at 70 balls in play. By stabilizing, that doesn’t necessarily mean it is the new expected rate. It does mean...2572Sun, 04 May 2014 01:05:00 +0000