https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1094/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-to-roll-with-vance-worley-for-opener-r1295/Minnesota Twins manager Ron Gardenhire confirmed a floating rumor this afternoon that Vance Worley will be indeed be the Twins’ Opening Day starter. The 25-year-old right-hander, who had tossed five innings of seven hit, two run ball with five strikeouts this afternoon, has had an up-and-down spring...1295Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-do-you-feel-about-this-years-roster-r1294/About a year ago, the Minnesota Twins left Florida with a roster of 25, bound for the Twin Cities and, ultimately, the basement of the American League Central. Quite a bit of turnover has occurred from that collection of individuals – a whopping 12 from the 2012 Opening Day roster are no longer with...1294Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:54:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-analysis-starting-pitcher-r1292/If ever there was a clear culprit for a ruined season, it was the Twins' starting pitching corps in 2012. While reasonably decent in the lineup and bullpen, the team stood no chance of competing thanks to an outrageously bad year from the rotation. Pinpointing exactly what went wrong within that uni...1292Wed, 27 Mar 2013 02:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twinsdaily-get-12-off-season-kickoff-party-with-paul-molitor-r1291/Let's see how you schlubs cleanup.... Twins Daily readers have been offered a big discount for an exclusive event. On Wednesday 4/10, Tix for Tots and the Minnesota Twins are having a Season Kickoff Party featuring Paul Molitor in the Metropolitan Club at Target Field. It's baseball. It's a good cau...1291Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rotation-becomes-clear-as-minnesota-twins-cut-two-more-r1290/The Minnesota Twins announce today that they have send pitchers Samuel Deduno and P.J. Walters to AAA, leaving 29 players on the active roster. A tweaked groin during his last start in the World Baseball Classic derailed Deduno’s chances of making the rotation to open the season.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]...1290Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-stories-for-2013-what-to-expect-from-the-middle-infield-r1289/The Twins have long credited themselves with being able to throw strikes and then catch the ball. It’s well known that it is very important to be strong up the middle. In 2012, the Twins middle infield was a mess which didn’t help a pitching staff that was already behind the eight ball.[PRBREAK][/PR...1289Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-86-hello-hicks-demoted-drew-and-schmoozing-r1288/Aaron and John talk about the Minnesota Twins officially naming Aaron Hicks their starting center fielder, Drew Butera's demotion to Triple-A, the Twins Daily get-together at 612 Brew, the rotation with Scott Diamond on the disabled list, meeting podcast listeners and smart fans, realistic expec...1288Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-analysis-right-field-r1287/Likely Starter: Chris Parmelee 2012 Stats: .229/.290/.380, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 18 R   Potential Backups: Darin Mastroianni, Wilkin Ramirez, Ryan Doumit One of the big storylines for the Twins this year will be the trio of former first-round draft picks getting opportunities to prove their worth in the maj...1287Tue, 26 Mar 2013 03:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/roster-becomes-clearer-with-more-transactions-r1286/On Monday morning, the Minnesota Twins made several very telling roster decisions.The Twins optioned catcher Drew Butera. They also reassigned catcher Dan Rohlfing, infielders Ray Olmedo and Jeff Clement, and outfielder Brandon Boggs. The roster is now at 31. The news is good for outfielder Wilkin R...1286Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-analysis-center-field-r1285/Likely Starter: Aaron Hicks 2012 Stats (AA): .286/.384/.460, 13 HR, 61 RBI, 100 R Potential Backups: Darin Mastroianni, Joe Benson Those who were eager to see an intense and compelling spring competition for the starting center field job have surely been disappointed. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Aaron Hick...1285Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fan-forum-conference-call-brunansky-and-steinbach-r1284/The Twins conducted another Fan Form conference call for season-ticket holders, this time featuring new hitting coach Tom Brunansky and new bench and catchers' coach Terry Steinbach. I furiously scribbled notes as fast as a could so I can recap the call for you. As always, I'm pretty crappy at takin...1284Sun, 24 Mar 2013 14:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/and-then-there-were-two-joe-benson-optioned-to-rochester-r1283/The Minnesota Twins made three roster moves today, the most significant of which was optioning outfielder Joe Benson to AAA-Rochester.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] Benson had been nominally competing for the Twins centerfield spot with Aaron Hicks and Darin Mastroianni this spring. In addition, left-handed pi...1283Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:08:00 +0000