https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1035/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/glen-perkins-signs-extension-with-twins-r2404/Contract extensions are usually popular with fan bases, which is not the norm for financial transactions. It’s easy to see why – all the ingredients are there. People love to emotionally project a popular and productive player to be popular and productive for years. An extension does that, provided...2404Fri, 14 Mar 2014 21:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-james-beresford-r2403/The Minnesota Twins have certainly had a strong connection to Australia, especially the past dozen years. They have signed pitchers such as Michael Nakamura, Grant Balfour and Liam Hendriks. They have even signed hitters like Glenn Williams and Luke Hughes. In 2005, the Twins signed an infielder fro...2403Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/join-the-twins-daily-youtube-channel-r2402/As Twins Daily covers Twins Spring Training from Ft Myers throughout March, we'll be posting video to our newly-minted YouTube Channel. We encourage you to sign up and get alerts as we post clips from player interviews. As a primer, here are several brief interviews from Seth Stohs, directly from t...2402Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/notebook-twins-fall-8-4-to-pirates-r2401/The Minnesota Twins returned to Hammond Stadium on Wednesday to play their first game there since Sunday. The Twins lost 8-4 to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Things didn’t go well for Kevin Correia or Vance Worley in the game, but Oswaldo Arcia returned from his food poisoning time off. Aaron Hicks was no...2401Thu, 13 Mar 2014 04:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-doug-bernier-r2400/As you’ve noticed, I enjoy writing stories about guys that don’t get as much attention. It’s why I cover the minor leagues. It’s because I enjoy the human interest side of baseball. Sure, we’ll write about the big stories too here, but getting to know the other guys who are putting in work every day...2400Wed, 12 Mar 2014 21:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-hangouts-311-seth-in-florida-episode-r2406/It's a special Spring Training episode with Seth live in Fort Myers. If you have questions or comments, please leave them below. You can view and all other episodes on our YouTube channel, download our shows on iTunes, or listen to them on our webpage.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVTyvoEZREk2406Tue, 11 Mar 2014 23:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-episode-136-spring-training-and-memorable-butts-r2395/Aaron and John talk about going to Twins spring training in Florida, Byron Buxton and the first batch of Twins cuts, drunken women debating the quality of their butts, Johan Santana signing with the Orioles, hanging out at Mason's Restaurant downtown, housewarming gifts, singing bartenders, the Migu...2395Mon, 10 Mar 2014 05:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kepler-impressed-in-spring-stays-positive-r2393/Max Kepler got the news this morning that he was likely dreading, but expecting. He was optioned by the Twins and will report to minor league camp on Tuesday. He had gone 5-11 in his limited plate appearances in his first big league camp. Not a bad showing for a 21-year-old who played ball in Low-A...2393Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twinsphillies-undecided-after-nine-r2392/The Twins saw a couple of familiar faces on the other side of the diamond when they squared off against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sunday afternoon in Ft. Myers. However, at the end of the day, er.. game, there was no winner. The game ended after nine innings with a 1-1 tie in front of a Hammond S...2392Sun, 09 Mar 2014 20:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/payroll-and-roster-notes-r2394/The Twins made their first round of cuts this morning. I figured this was as good of time as any to highlight some things that are important (to nerds like me) as the regular season opens and progresses. The Roster and Payroll page has been updated to include a lot of new information. It was mostly...2394Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/buxton-meyer-sano-among-16-sent-to-minors-today-r2390/The Twins just announced that 16 players were told this morning they will be sent to minor league camp. Seven 40 man roster guys were optioned. So were nine non-roster invitees, including the team's top three prospects. Byron Buxton homered yesterday and was sent down this morning. So was Miguel San...2390Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/busy-first-day-in-ft-myers-r2389/My flight arrived in Ft. Myers at about 5:00 p.m. local time on Friday night. Pick up the car. Find the lodging. Find something to eat. Crash. On Saturday morning, I actually was able to wake up after hitting snooze just twice. I was pretty proud of myself. Despite a GPS error that sent me the wrong...2389Sun, 09 Mar 2014 13:31:00 +0000