https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1048/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-finally-assembling-starting-pitching-depth-r2206/In their first turn through the rotation this past season, the Twins sent out Vance Worley, Kevin Correia, Mike Pelfrey, Liam Hendriks and Pedro Hernandez. Opening the year with multiple backup plans already plugged into the starting five set the stage for a tumultuous campaign that exposed the...2206Wed, 04 Dec 2013 05:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hangout-and-talk-twins-episode-4-r2205/Join Seth and I tonight at 8:30 as we're joined by ESPN1500's Brandon Warne. We'll recap the flurry of activity we've seen since last Tuesday night as well as wrap up what's been going on in the catching market over the last couple of days. I'm sure we'll also talk about starting pitching and devia...2205Tue, 03 Dec 2013 23:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-twins-be-interested-in-aj-pierzynski-r2204/On Monday night, the Pioneer Press's Mike Berardino tweeted that an MLB Official told him that the Twins were no longer "in the mix" on AJ Pierzynski. In recent days, it had been reported that the Twins and Pierzynski's representatives were making progress in contract discussions. UPDATE - Monday mo...2204Tue, 03 Dec 2013 03:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-arbitration-predictions-r2203/The Twins (and all of the teams in baseball) have until 11 p.m. central time tonight (Monday) to decide whether or not to offer arbitration to their arbitration-eligible players. For the Twins, those players are Trevor Plouffe, Brian Duensing and Anthony Swarzak. My first prediction is the Twins wil...2203Mon, 02 Dec 2013 15:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/expectations-and-phil-hughes-r2202/There are plenty of reasons to celebrate this impending Phil Hughes deal as a coup for the Twins. After all, Hughes is a relatively young pitcher who has potential upside and, as a fly ball pitcher, he finally gets to leave the launching pad in the Bronx (not to mention, away from the beasts of the...2202Mon, 02 Dec 2013 06:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/these-aint-your-old-twins-r2201/Answering the same question over and over again had to be growing tiresome for Twins officials. Because baseball fans in general are becoming increasingly analytical in the way they watch the game (this site serves as a great example), and because the organization has earned a reputation for taking...2201Mon, 02 Dec 2013 04:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-episode-122-ricky-nolasco-and-phil-hughes-r2200/Aaron and John talk about the Twins signing Ricky Nolasco and Phil Hughes for a combined $73 million, a possible A.J. Pierzynski reunion, what the rotation might look like in 2016, how to have a successful first date, rooting against Mike Pelfrey's return, recapping Thanksgiving, secondary stats ver...2200Sun, 01 Dec 2013 23:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/i-like-phil-hughes-r2199/Where were you when the Twins became a completely different franchise? In the last 72 hours or so, the Twins have doled out $73 million in long-term contracts, surpassing their previous off-season record by nearly $300 billion dollars (if you believe some fans). On Wednesday, the Twins signed Rick...2199Sun, 01 Dec 2013 19:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-to-sign-phil-hughes-r2198/Similar to the consumption habits of most Americans during Thanksgiving, the Minnesota Twins are devouring free agent starting pitching at a frenzied pace. On Wednesday, it was Ricky Nolasco. On Saturday, the Star Tribune’s LaVelle Neal reported that they were in agreement with Phil Hughes on a thre...2198Sun, 01 Dec 2013 04:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-make-statement-with-nolasco-signing-r2197/Looking over the front page of the Star Tribune's sports section on Thanksgiving morning, I couldn't help but notice the irony. The top story: Pat Reusse's annual "Turkey of the Year" column, in which the longtime scribe called out Terry Ryan as the top goat in Minnesota sports for the past year. J...2197Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ricky-nolasco-is-excited-r2196/News broke yesterday that former Marlins/Dodgers pitcher, Ricky Nolasco will be signing with the Twins. There are many things to consider in this signing: the sudden acquisition of a (relative) strike out artist for a "pitch-to-contact" team; the possible commitment through 2018 (making Nolasco one...2196Thu, 28 Nov 2013 22:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/john-bonnes-alex-meyer-and-a-turkey-talk-to-contact-r2195/No news is good news. Not a lot of Twins news coming out this week, lots of rumors and rumblings about free agent starting pitchers and catchers, but nothing concrete. At the 33:00 mark, Paul and Eric are joined by Twins Geek, John Bonnes (@TwinsGeek) from Twins Daily to discuss the origins of both...2195Thu, 28 Nov 2013 05:45:00 +0000