https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1042/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/draft-series-part-1-locals-r2595/This is the first in a series of weekly installments leading up to the June 5th through 7th draft. The focus is intended to be very Twins-specific.   --- As we are all well aware, the Twins have been very active in drafting players out of their own backyard. While this includes Joe Mauer and Glen P...2595Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-episode-141-mauer-dl-moves-and-babygirl-r2502/Aaron and John's take a break from KFAN at Mason's and walk through the Twins various DL moves, review the trade for Eduardo Nunez, convince David Brauer to listen to the Talk To Contact podcast, wonder at the world going bat s*** crazy about Joe Mauer, notice Brian Dozier's power surge, call random...2502Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-big-switch-kyle-gibson-r2509/~ Sponsored by Switch My Trip ~ Maybe the Twins knew what they were doing when they brought Kyle Gibson north from spring training. The Twins switched their plan by including Gibson on the roster and he switched around the direction of their homestand. They had signed four free agent pitchers ove...2509Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-i-always-come-back-r2514/It hasn't been easy being a Twins fan the last few years (though if you're committed enough to the team to find my little corner of the blogosphere, I hardly need tell you that). It's been even less easy to be a positive Twins blogger, to dedicate time and energy to finding the silver linings in a t...2514Sat, 12 Apr 2014 19:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jason-kubel-off-to-a-fast-start-r2498/Let’s just say Jason Kubel’s return to Minnesota was not exactly met with wild enthusiasm from Twins fandom. Based on the previous season’s production -- a stomach-turning batting line of .216/.293/.317 (avg/obp/slg) with just five home runs in 290 plate appearances -- you could not fault anyone on...2498Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/samuel-deduno-and-strange-decisions-r2495/In 2013, the Oakland Athletics averaged 9.7 runs per game in their seven tilts against the Twins, and 4.5 runs per game against all other opponents. Oakland's reign of terror against the team that ruined its happy ending in Moneyball continued this week, as the A's thoroughly dismantled Minnesota in...2495Fri, 11 Apr 2014 03:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ticket-king-2014-schedule-r2858/~ Sponsored by Ticket King ~  [TABLE=width: 645] DATE TIME (CST) OPPONENT TICKETS RESULT Monday, Mar 31 3:10 at Chicago Sox [/TD] L 5-3 Wednesday, Apr 02 7:10 at Chicago Sox L 7-6 Thursday, Apr 03 1:10 at Chicago Sox W 10-9 Friday, Apr 04 2:05 at Cleveland L 7-2 Saturday, Apr 05 1...2858Fri, 11 Apr 2014 02:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thats-the-ticket-being-the-royals-r2494/~ Sponsored by Ticket King ~ “And we'll never be Royals” - some singer on the radio For the last decade, Lorde’s lyric would have been a comfort to Twins fans; as bad as things would ever get, at least the Twins were never going to be the Royals. Minnesota dominated the matchup for the decade...2494Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-is-joe-mauer-such-a-lightning-rod-r2497/It happened again on Tuesday. A local mainstream writer put out a column that was, to some extent, critical of Joe Mauer, and the reactions from fans were highly visceral on both sides. The piece in question came from Patrick Reusse, suggesting that the onus is on Mauer (who still hasn't driven in...2497Wed, 09 Apr 2014 14:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-rundown-shortstop-shakeup-r2490/On Tuesday, Jason Parks and the Baseball Prospectus prospect staff wrote an article assessing the industry’s views on baseball’s four shortstop uber-prospects: Francisco Lindor, Carlos Correa, Javier Baez, and Addison Russell. That quartet, along with Red Sox rookie Xander Bogarts, comprise the str...2490Wed, 09 Apr 2014 10:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hangout-and-talk-twins-48-r2487/Join Seth and Jeremy tonight at 9pm. We'll talk all about the activity over the last seven days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7oH_iXkAW0 [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]Here's the event page if you would rather watch it there. If you have questions or comments, please leave them below.2487Tue, 08 Apr 2014 22:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/chris-colabello-finds-comfort-at-the-plate-r2486/Of course, playing professional baseball on the Korean Peninsula was not Colabello’s lifelong dream. He stayed with the Twins, even if that meant another season in the minors or the possibility of being cut in spring training. This plight had become standard practice for Colabello in his career....2486Tue, 08 Apr 2014 03:32:00 +0000