https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1090/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-twins-vs-white-sox-618-620-r1663/Looking to get back on track after a disappointing series against the Tigers, the Twins and White Sox square off in a three game battle royale for sole possession of the American League Central cellar.   The Twins will miss Jake Peavy (15 Day DL) but get the chance to face Chris Sale in game two of...1663Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/those-damn-yankees-the-twins-and-yankees-go-way-back-r1662/"Those Damn Yankees" is a series about Twins-Yankees history by some of our favorite Twins Daily writers, leading up to the Bombers four-game visit July 1st to the 4th. For a large fraction of Minnesota Twins fans, the Yankees clearly represent three things: a franchise that has a bottomless pit...1662Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-future-of-trevor-plouffe-r1661/Plouffe re-entered the Twins line-up this weekend with a bang. This was great to see from the former first round pick but one has to look at the future of Twins' baseball and wonder what his place will be. It seems as if the Twins are still a couple years away from contending and that could mean cha...1661Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/morning-madness-wrapping-up-the-twins-tigers-r1660/The Twins dropped two of three from the Tigers this weekend, falling to 7.5 games out of a division that they were never going to win. While the Twins have played better in 2013, they still do not have the talent to match the Tigers over a full season. Yet, there were some positives from the weeke...1660Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-on-twitter-mid-june-update-r1658/It's been about six weeks since we last updated which people in the Minnesota Twins organization are on Twitter. Since that time, several players have started tweeting while other players are new to the organization. This list does include several of the Twins 2013 draft picks. If they choose not to...1658Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rochester-recap-continuing-to-turn-things-around-r1657/Rapidly approaching the midpoint of the season, the Rochester Red Wings sit just two games short of the .500 mark at 34-36 after sweeping four games against the Gwinnett Braves this weekend. Currently in fourth place in the Northern division, seven games back, it seems it was ju...1657Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/those-damn-yankees-the-cuzzi-call-r1656/Love 'em or hate 'em, the Yankees are headed to town in the beginning of July. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the first of four Twins postseason defeats at the hands of the Bronx Bombers, so we thought we'd take the opportunity to look back at what has been a lopsided -- but always enter...1656Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-98-mr-sunshine-and-the-grump-r1655/Aaron and John talk about their night in a Target Field suite, praying for Samuel Deduno, Oswaldo Arcia showing he belongs again, Clete Thomas subbing for Aaron Hicks, the Byron Buxton experience, Trevor Plouffe coming off the disabled list hot, grumpy Bonnes and sunny Gleeman, starting a team f...1655Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thoughts-and-players-to-watch-r1654/The Twins have played the fewest games in the AL (along with the White Sox) and after 66 games they are about what I thought they would be at this point: fourth in their division and are within sight of everyone but Detroit. Big picture: fine with me. I want to see this team sell at the trade deadl...1654Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:17:00 +0000https://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 +0000