https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1055/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/off-day-story-time-the-day-i-caught-a-foul-ball-r2569/My girlfriend had gotten us tickets for the game in May, and as soon as I saw where the tickets were I started teasing her about how we were going to be in the line of fire. As has happened many times in my life, I was exactly right. (Pause, just to let that statement sink in). http://cdn.fansided.c...2569Tue, 29 Apr 2014 03:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kurt-suzuki-makes-changes-at-the-plate-r2553/When the Minnesota Twins signed Kurt Suzuki this past offseason the focus was on his defensive capabilities and his offensive abilities were basically an afterthought. “We wanted to add some leadership to help the pitching staff,” Twins assistant general manager Rob Antonysaid in March. “We went out...2553Mon, 28 Apr 2014 05:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-143-not-swinging-and-built-like-a-fire-hydrant-r2551/Aaron and John talk about th Twins' no-swing approach, Alex Meyer's new pitch, car problems, dumping Mike Pelfrey, waiver wire madness, Josmil Pinto's first 40 game, ugly rotation numbers, seeing each other out in the wild, Paul McCartney, and how not to party. You can listen by downloading us from...2551Mon, 28 Apr 2014 03:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/finding-room-for-arcia-r2552/A right wrist injury that bothered Oswaldo Arcia late in the 2013 season flared up again earlier this month, causing the young outfielder to miss a couple weeks of action just as his season was getting started. Now, Arcia is by all accounts ready to put the wrist ailment behind him. He took batting...2552Mon, 28 Apr 2014 03:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-big-switch-trevor-plouffe-r2554/~ Sponsored by Switch My Trip ~ From condemnation to redemption. Trevor Plouffe traveled that path over the span of three innings in Wednesday’s win over the Rays. It also appears he may be well along that path in his Twins career. It isn’t often that a player goes from goat to hero in the same g...2554Mon, 28 Apr 2014 02:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/market-inefficiency-creativity-needed-r2549/Right now, one of the thirty best shortstops in the game, coming off a championship season - who should be earning a multi-million dollar salary and starting on a daily basis - is cooling his heels without a team. Other, inferior players occupy starting spots on teams across the league, including, m...2549Sat, 26 Apr 2014 14:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/five-players-the-twins-gave-up-on-waaaaaaay-too-early-r2545/Pining for the past is something we're all guilty of. It's hard to see guys like Torii Hunter, David Ortiz and Carlos Gomez enjoying success with other franchises and not wonder what could have been. When those former players are breaking out or enjoying pseudo-Hall of Fame careers, it's hard to j...2545Sat, 26 Apr 2014 04:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-are-winning-by-walking-r2543/Despite the fact that more than half their games have been on the road and five of their seven series have been against clubs that finished with winning records last year, the Twins are above .500 after 21 games. They've managed to win despite starting pitching that has been astonishingly bad. Near...2543Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thats-the-ticket-battle-for-the-al-central-r2540/sponsored by Ticket King Your first place Minnesota Twins? Not yet, but with Detroit coming to town retaining a one-game lead, you could be hearing that phrase as early as tonight. In fact, if you don’t hear it Friday night, you might need to wait a while, because the Tigers are bringing out thei...2540Fri, 25 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-home-field-advantage-freehouse-r2542/sponsored by Freehouse When it comes to bars and restaurants around their ballpark, baseball fans like their institutions. There is something comforting about finding a place that fits them, a place they can share with their kids, both now and later, the same way they share their favorite game. I...2542Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/draft-series-part-2-the-top-r2594/This is the second in a series of (somewhat) weekly installments leading up to the June 5th through 7th draft. The focus is intended to be very Twins-specific. --- We’re getting to the point of the draft season where the focus really gets focused down to a handful of players. Teams drafting at or n...2594Fri, 25 Apr 2014 03:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mike-pelfreys-stuggles-small-sample-or-larger-concerns-r2564/The Twins raised some eyebrows during the offseason after they signed Mike Pelfrey to a two year, $11 million deal. While there was little doubt the Twins needed to address their rotation questions, there was doubt whether the answer to those questions was Mike Pelfrey - not to mention the need to c...2564Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:45:00 +0000