https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1090/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/wha-happened-3-vs-mets-and-angels-r1381/The Twins finished their home stand with two wins, two losses and 16 frost-bitten digits. Let's recap: Game 10 Mets 16 - Twins 5 Yeah...that happened. But on the plus side, at least our name isn't a shortened form of the snobby title "Metropolitans". As in: "Oh, how droll! The Metropolitans have bes...1381Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/weekly-links-n-thinks-420-r1380/The week was dominated by the horrific bombings at the Boston Marathon, but there were numerous positive stories coming out of the tragedy, such as when a former New England Patriots lineman carried a woman to safety. Many teams around the world of baseball paid tribute to Boston. "Sweet Caroline,...1380Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-you-should-expect-a-rebound-from-brian-dozier-r1378/[ATTACH=CONFIG]3807[/ATTACH]Let’s just say Brian Dozier has had a slow start to his 2013 season. Repping a less than stellar.189/.279/.243 batting line through his first 44 plate appearances, the Twins’ second baseman has been extremely inoffensive and has statistically continued where he left off d...1378Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-twins-white-sox-419-r1377/After having two games postponed and a scheduled day off in the last week, the Twins look to pick up where they left off against the Angels and carry their two game winning streak into US Cellular Field to face their division rival, the Chicago White Sox.   Joe Mauer was on fire against the struggli...1377Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/international-signing-preview-r1376/Over the course of the last week or so, a lot of news regarding the International Signing Period has come out. Up until July of 2012, International Free Agency has been a free-for-all. In the 2010-11 period, the Mariners spent $6.47 million. Four teams spent $5 million or more. Five teams spent...1376Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-oswaldo-arcias-ascension-mean-josh-willinghams-exit-r1374/Despite the Minnesota Twins' up and down start this year, it is most likely that the team will be sellers at the trade deadline. There will be plenty of talk about Justin Morneau being dealt in the coming months since his contract is up at the end of the year. Another name which will draw much specu...1374Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-isnt-jamey-carroll-playing-r1373/In 2012 infielder Jamey Carroll played in 138 games (second-most of his career) and racked up a career-high 537 plate appearances. He was the Opening Day shortstop but that was the position that he played the third-most. He played 66 games at second base, 44 games at third base and 37 games at short...1373Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-mauer-and-catcher-framing-r1369/Catcher framing is extremely popular in baseball research circles right now. Go over to Fangraphs.com or BaseballProspectus.com and you will find several studies and articles on the subject. It’s Hansel hot right now. While we can determine which catchers are better at getting more out-of-zone pitc...1369Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-being-crushed-by-constant-contact-r1367/During spring training, I observed a trend. It seemed that, all too frequently, a Twins starting pitcher would get knocked around in an outing and then remark after the game that he felt good about his performance. He executed his pitches and just didn't get results. I asked a beat reporter in Ft. M...1367Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:06:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cups-of-coffee-for-the-twins-r1365/Last night (April 15) Oswaldo Arcia made his major league debut and was sent down after the game. This puts him in select historical company - a Minnesota Twins player who had just a "cup of coffee" with the club. Arcia was called up by Minnesota when Wilkin Ramirez went on the paternity list. With...1365Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-the-greatest-game-r1364/Baseball is the greatest of the games for many reasons. It’s great because it’s a marathon and not a sprint. It’s great because it is the world’s greatest players. It’s great because of its willingness to respect and appreciate its great history including on Monday when all players wore #42 on their...1364Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-twins-vs-angels-415-r1362/It has been a rough week for the Twins. After opening the season 4-2 with series wins over Detroit and Baltimore, the Twins have reeled off five losses in a row against the Royals and Mets. Thankfully, the Angels have been just as bad this season. With only four wins in their first 12 games, Los Ang...1362Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:48:00 +0000