https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1035/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-to-make-of-jordan-schafer-r3020/There are plenty of scouts in the Braves, Astros and Twins organizations who would say they knew he was capable of this type of production. Once upon a time, Schafer was a top-50 prospect in the Braves system but that promise never came to fruition in two stints in Atlanta which sandwiched time i...3020Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/vikings-journal-top-10-r3017/7. What’s trending, what’s worth defending and what might be ending? 8. Can Cordarrelle Patterson to reach 1000 yards receving? 9. Adrian Peterson is drinking the purple Kool-Aid. 10. Long interviews with offensive coordinator Norv Turner and defensive coordinator George Edwards.3017Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/only-one-spot-to-address-for-2015-r3014/Here's the lineup that Ron Gardenhire has written out for each of the last three games: Danny Santana, CF Brian Dozier, 2B Joe Mauer, 1B Kennys Vargas, DH Oswaldo Arcia, RF Trevor Plouffe, 3B Kurt Suzuki, C Eduardo Escobar, SS Jordan Schafer, LF Each of those players remains under team control for...3014Wed, 27 Aug 2014 01:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-in-arizona-r3013/The plan is for Byron Buxton to repeat in Arizona after playing well there last year. It’s been a long, frustrating season for the outfielder. In his 2013 season, split between Cedar Rapids and Ft. Myers, he was named the Twins minor league hitter of the year and in the offseason was the consensus...3013Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trevor-plouffe-third-base-or-utility-role-r3010/Plouffe has improved his overall hitting and his defense. He has made far more good plays and botched far fewer routine ones. He has hit better with runners on base, he has hit better against right handers and seems fundamentally sound finally. For all the years that Plouffe has played third, he h...3010Tue, 26 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-no-juice-podcast-episode-18-touch-39em-all-crawl-recap-r3009/Joining the pair was a live studio audience of Tim Rollwagon and Jordan Johnson who helped piece together the previous day's events. Other non-pub crawl related topics included the latest with the Minnesota Twins, the preseason happenings of the Minnesota Vikings and going to Kid Rock concerts at...3009Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-plan-for-pinto-r3008/Pinto had been slumping after a red-hot April, so to some extent, his demotion was intended to get his bat back on track. But the bigger issue was that he was rarely catching with the Twins, giving him little opportunity to improve defensive skills that were drawing critical reviews from both coac...3008Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-159-what-to-watch-in-september-r3006/http://traffic.libsyn.com/gleemangeek/GATG_082414_complete.mp33006Mon, 25 Aug 2014 01:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/say-quothiquot-at-today39s-touch-em-all-pub-crawl33-r3004/We’ll meet up at noon at Barrio Tequila Bar in Lowertown, which also has been awarded some of the best Mexican food in the Twin Cities. They’re hinting at an all-you-can-eat taco special to gear us up for the trip ahead and a raffle for some free pizzas from Papa Johns. Also, Aaron Gleeman has pro...3004Sat, 23 Aug 2014 15:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-ten-overachieving-managers-all-star-selection-bias-r3002/It turns out there actually is a very strong step up in average winning percentage for each incremental All-Star a team has. Roughly this: one All-Star – average winning percent of .458; two All-Stars, .501; three All-Stars, .542; four All-Stars, .557, and so on. The problem with using this inform...3002Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/talk-to-contact-episode-96-rob-neyer-and-paul39s-potty-mouth-r2999/We discuss why we hate the teams we hate and then jump into all of the Twins news from the last week. Most of it involves pitchers, and most of those pitchers have been bad. But not Joe Mauer. Joe Mauer has been vintage Joe Mauer. Tune in for all the fun. Enjoy the show. You can follow Cody on Twi...2999Sat, 23 Aug 2014 12:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/oswaldo-arcia-and-crushing-in-august-r3001/Oh, and one of those home runs? Yeah, that hit Target Field’s flag pole just like former Twins bruiser Jim Thome. It has been his ability to drive the ball with total disregard for human life that has made his plate appearances “must see” events, as far as “must see” events go this season, anyway...3001Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:40:00 +0000