https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1078/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-activate-trevor-plouffe-demote-chris-herrmann-r1651/The Minnesota Twins have announced that they will activate third baseman Trevor Plouffe in time for Saturday night's game. To make room for him on the 25-man roster, they optioned Chris Herrmann to AAA-Rochester. Plouffe has been out of the lineup since he suffered a concussion on May 21st when he w...1651Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-need-more-from-morneau-and-willingham-r1650/On Tuesday night the Minnesota Twins were mounting an assault in the eighth inning on Phillies reliever Mike Adams. Having just relinquished the tying run the half-inning prior, the Twins had runners on the corners and one out. The Outfield’s “Your Love” blasted over Target Field’s sound system ind...1650Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-cards-determine-the-top-10-twins-r1649/Ranking players is the single most important thing we can do as fans. If we don't know when players are better than other players, how can we properly argue about things? I certainly do not want to live in a world where rankings don't matter. However, the traditional measures - WAR, height, pants le...1649Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-twins-vs-tigers-614-616-r1648/The Detroit Tigers, de facto leader of the AL Central in 2013, come to town again to face the Twins in a three game set. Minnesota has not fared particularly well against their division rival this season, going 4-6 against them over their first ten matchups. The good news is that the Twins will not...1648Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/weekly-links-n-thinks-r1647/After a rough road trip over the last week, the Twins returned home to face a Phillies team with it's own struggles. Minnesota won the first two games of the series but both games were close. The Tigers come to town for Father's Day weekend and this marks the start of nine straight games against AL...1647Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-human-fan-condition-twins-versus-phillies-recap-r1645/Run(s) Scored (Twins 3 Phillies 2) Run(s) scored. When my team is at bat, I add up all the players and figure out how many runs could’ve gone on the scoreboard. I assume the highest number possible. But when it’s the other team . . . As soon as “Run(s) scored” appears on my smartphone screen all so...1645Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-last-five-words-on-the-2013-draft-r1642/It's that time once again, every year we "analyze" the Twins' drafting decisions by summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of players. Rather than do that with any depth, direction or purpose (which is soooooo not our style), we rapidly blurt out 5 words and pass them off as "analysis" or "humorou...1642Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins39-broadcaster-dick-bremer-discusses-advanced-stats-in-the-booth-r1638/With the exception of one seasons in the early 1980s, Dick Bremer’s rich, jovial voice has been the definitive sound of summer for Minnesota Twins fans in the Upper Midwest since 1983. His professionalism, knowledge and ability to entertain a wide audience for many years are the reasons the Minnesot...1638Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:07:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-twins-vs-phillies-611-613-r1634/No matter how bad the 2013 Twins look, at least they're not the Phillies.   Philadelphia, once a perennial contender for the National League pennant, is seeing diminishing returns as they struggle to keep their head above water this season. Mired with the third-highest payroll in the game, Phillies...1634Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-center-field-depth-is-tested-r1632/At the end of last season, the Twins had plenty of options in center field. Denard Span and Ben Revere spent most of the year manning the position. Darin Mastroianni made a good fourth outfielder because he could play center field when necessary. Joe Benson and Aaron Hicks were on the 40-man roster...1632Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/podcast-sunday-minor-league-report-and-draft-thoughts-r1629/On Sunday night, Twins Daily's draft expert Jeremy Nygaard and myself put together a 35 minute podcast in which we dove into several topics. First, we discussed all that happened in the Twins minor league system on Sunday. You may have heard that a certain 3B prospect was promoted to New Britain, as...1629Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/morning-madness-june-10-2013-r1628/The Scott Diamond Matrix? I made you a matrix: [TABLE=class: grid, width: 439] [/TD][TD]Plus Command Average Command Plus Stuff Jordan Zimmermann Sam Deduno Average Stuff Scott Diamond Rich Robertson [/TABLE] I chose to use the word "average" to be kind to all stakeholders. By average, I mea...1628Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:42:00 +0000