https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/109/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-minnesota-twins-quietly-became-american-leagues-best-baserunning-team-no-really-r18176/For years, the Minnesota Twins have been plagued by poor baserunning. Whether it was missed opportunities to take the extra base, ill-timed steals, or grounding into double plays at alarming rates, the Twins' deficiencies on the bases were a constant source of frustration for fans and an Achille...18176Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-there-a-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-for-twins-fans-r18165/Twins Daily is, above all else, a fan site. It was founded by fans, it is fueled by fans. We do not try to spin toward objectivity or neutrality: we filter everything through the lens of the fan experience. And so, while mainstream outlets are doing an excellent job covering and analyzing the ev...18165Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-ace-pablo-lopez-set-to-rejoin-rotation-this-week-after-brief-il-stint-r18167/The Twins got a rare bit of good news Tuesday. Pablo López will be activated from the injured list after something very close to a minimum, 15-day stay. In his postgame press conference Tuesday night, Rocco Baldelli announced that Chris Paddack will make the start Thursday, which means...18167Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/it-was-like-slow-motion-all-the-thoughts-and-actions-center-fielders-learn-to-fit-into-44-seconds-r18172/Sport, like war, is all about grace and guile under pressure. That parallel is uncomfortable for many people, because it seems to overdramatize sport or glorify war, but if you refuse those connotations and examine it as a factual contention, it holds up well. Games and fights have always been t...18172Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:12:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-4-white-sox-2-byron-buxton-is-superman-hes-superman-r18168/Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 6.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (87 pitches, 62 strikes (71%) Home Runs: Trevor Larnach (2) Top 3 WPA: Ober (.248), Larnach (.171), Louis Varland (.119) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)    Bailey Ober looked to build upon his first win of the season...18168Wed, 23 Apr 2025 02:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/defcon-2-minnesota-twins-in-must-win-territory-this-week-r18160/To say the Twins have stumbled out of the gate wouldn't be right. It would indicate they were on their feet and walking in the first place. Instead, this team is still on their backs after the historic collapse last season, and the playoff odds at Baseball Reference are taking note of all the cl...18160Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:08:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-danger-of-losing-the-next-generation-for-the-minnesota-twins-r18163/Over the last year and a half, the Minnesota Twins have gone from the emotional high of their first postseason series win in 21 years to the uneasy realization that an entire generation of fans may be drifting away. As attendance and engagement plummet, Target Field now feels more like an empty...18163Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:31:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dont-look-back-in-anger-r18159/Your 2025 Minnesota Twins are off to an abysmal start. No amount of cognitive behavioral therapy or ventures into various coping mechanisms can soothe the reality that this team is, at best, disappointing. Nevertheless, we here at Twins Daily will relentlessly continue to cover every possible po...18159Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/surprisingly-david-festas-fastball-stinks-heres-why-its-not-an-easy-fix-r18162/Ten innings into 2025, a concerning trend with David Festa is continuing: his fastball isn’t cutting it. He’s allowing a .357 batting average against the heater, and the under-the-hood stats suggest it isn’t a fluke; that pitch is just far too hittable. If he wants to become a regular in the Twi...18162Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:30:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/if-hes-fired-rocco-baldelli-will-only-be-minnesota-twins-%E2%80%9Cfall-guy%E2%80%9D-r18156/Before we begin Rocco Baldelli’s defense portion of this trial, let's play the side of the prosecution. Like all managers—nay, people—Baldelli is not perfect. Does he lean too much into matchups at times, in lieu of letting his best batters hit? Yep. Is he guilty of not giving his starting pitch...18156Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:04:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2017-mlb-draft-retrospective-missed-opportunities-and-mistakes-define-a-once-tantalizing-class-r18147/Major League Baseball’s amateur draft is unlike those of the other major American men's pro sports leagues. Organizations must draft the right players, and it takes multiple years of development before players can have a major-league impact. Still, certain drafts serve as inflection points for a...18147Mon, 21 Apr 2025 15:05:15 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-fans-really-really-dont-like-the-pohlad-familys-ownership-r18146/For those paying attention at home, over the past 18 months, the Pohlad family ownership group has run the Minnesota Twins fanbase's morale into the ground, in a number of ways. Recently, Twins Daily introduced a polling feature into the site, and you all have weighed in on a number of topics. O...18146Mon, 21 Apr 2025 13:15:01 +0000