https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1029/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/postseason-review-eduardo-escobar-r3128/The early season gave Escobar his chance. Pedro Florimon, already seen as a subpar hitter, got off to a woeful start and Escobar got several early starts at shortstop. The rest is, as they say, history. Escobar hit .357 in April and backed that up with a .322 (.865 OPS) May. Florimon was demoted a...3128Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fantasy-perspectives-2014-minnesota-twins-r3129/There are many types of fantasy leagues and each league can alter its rules, so the below won’t be an exact representation of every type of league. These are the rankings by position according to the rules of one of my leagues. The league is a weekly points league. Hitters score points for total b...3129Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/if-i-owned-the-twins-r3125/the concessions would run on wind power generated from Twins bats whiffing, and the lights would be powered with solar panels on the empty seats. I would also buy carbon offsets to power Brian Dozier’s hairdryer. If I owned the Twins I would fine anyone who bunts. I would fire any manager who orde...3125Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-will-be-the-twins39-identity-r3127/You can draw some similarities between the Orioles and Royals, but in many ways they are polar opposites. Baltimore is built around power. They led the majors with 211 homers and ranked last with 44 steals. Not one player on the O's roster swiped more than eight bases this season. This is a ploddi...3127Wed, 08 Oct 2014 02:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/postseason-review-joe-mauer-r3122/I was among those who thought that Mauer would be able to play more games and provide more power when he abandoned catching. For the 2014 season, I was wrong. Mauer had a career-low .277 batting average and managed only 518 plate appearances. Mauer's OPS and OPS+ approached career lows, as well, a...3122Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/postseason-review-brian-dozier-r3121/In 2014, Dozier had an up and down season. He started slowly, lifted his average through June and then tailed off. Dozier hit a bunch of homers early and continued hitting an occasional long ball until the All-Star break. The power tailed off from there and he was stuck on 20 homers for a long tim...3121Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-amp-the-geek-ep-165-mike-berardino-and-manager-searches-r3123/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/Ep_165_Mike_Berardino_and_Manager_Searches.mp33123Tue, 07 Oct 2014 04:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/no-juice-podcast-24-goodbye-gardy-hello-_____-r3120/Guentzel talks about her time with the MLB FanCave, her experience as a pregame show host for the Twins Radio Network and drops all of the names. Pettersen shares his thoughts on targeting a manager that can relate to the Latino players, his inside sources that are close to Paul Molitor and the sh...3120Mon, 06 Oct 2014 13:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/latest-on-the-twins-manager-search-r3118/* Bob Nightengale of USA Today tweeted on Friday that "Doug Mientkiewicz has emerged as the favorite, ever so slightly over Paul Molitor." Earlier in the week, Nightengale had named Mientkiewicz and Molitor as finalists for the job. Although he's a national reporter, Nightengale has been the first...3118Mon, 06 Oct 2014 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/buxton-and-sano-maybe-the-time-is-now-r3119/True, General Manager Terry Ryan has some time before he has to give much thought to such an un-Twins-like idea. (This article was originally posted at Knuckleballsblog.com)Ryan can spend October finding a manager, gathering with his staff for organizational meetings in Florida and putting togeth...3119Mon, 06 Oct 2014 03:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2014-post-mortem-trevor-plouffe-r3115/Plouffe came to camp looking strong and had a decent spring. He started out the regular season strongly as well. Trevor hit .307 in April with a robust .892 OPS. Plouffe had his ups and downs during the season and hit the disabled list in mid-June. From then on, he played almost every day until he...3115Sat, 04 Oct 2014 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2014-post-mortem-oswaldo-arcia-r3114/Arcia has been in the Twins' system for seven years. In his minor league career, Oswaldo had an OBP of .376 and a batting average of .314. His top home run season was 17 in 124 games, but home run power seems to be his primary asset as a major leaguer. I submit that his batting percentage and OBP...3114Fri, 03 Oct 2014 16:10:00 +0000