https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1097/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospects-who-have-made-underappreciated-improvements-r1834/Here are four prospects showing major signs of improvement who have generally gone unnoticed: JaDamion Williams 2012 (A): 9.6%BB, 28.3%K, .34BB/K, .106 ISO, 9.6%IFB, .651OPS. 2013 (A): 14.5%BB, 20.7%K, .70BB/K, .180 ISO, 5.3%IFB, .852OPS. JD Williams has made significant improvements in both his BB...1834Fri, 19 Jul 2013 14:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/20-twins-trades-2-trades-for-1-in-2001-r1832/The 2001 season was the first in what would become a nearly decade-long turnaround of the Twins' franchise. For the first time in ages, the Twins were in a position to buy, rather than sell, at the trade deadline. This exciting season was about to get more exciting! Two separate trades signified...1832Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:43:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handing-out-twins-first-half-awards-r1831/At the beginning of the season, I devoted an entire week to predictions about the upcoming MLB season. These predictions can be fun, especially with the surprises that surround the game of baseball. I had the Toronto Blue Jays winning the AL East... oops. There are going to be a few swings and misse...1831Fri, 19 Jul 2013 09:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-look-at-joe-nathans-hall-of-fame-chances-r1828/Last night we saw future Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera be the set-up man for former Twins closer and current Texas Ranger Joe Nathan. Rivera was in the game in the eighth inning to secure his appearance in the game, but is it possible we saw a one-two punch of future Hall of Famers? It's tough for re...1828Thu, 18 Jul 2013 03:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/casey-fien-has-been-a-find-for-the-twins-r1825/The Minnesota Twins have excelled in certain areas of team-building. While they may be light years behind in developing starting pitchers, their ability to identify inexpensive bullpen talent has been impressive. Casey Fien is one such find.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] For less than a million dollars of sala...1825Wed, 17 Jul 2013 05:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-talk-cleveland-indians-r1824/Buyers or Sellers Just 1.5 games behind Detroit in the Central and three out in the Wild Card race, Cleveland has been the American League's biggest surprise. Staring up at a stacked Tigers squad that last year pulled away with a 44-32 record in the second half en route to a World Series berth,...1824Wed, 17 Jul 2013 02:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-does-the-twins-roster-shake-up-mean-r1823/The Twins needed to make some kind of change during the All-Star break after the team scuffled in the weeks leading up to the Mid-Summer Classic. There were going to be some players sent packing to Rochester and some fresh faces on the MLB roster. It had to happen. There has been pressure on multipl...1823Tue, 16 Jul 2013 14:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-talk-detroit-tigers-r1822/Buyers or Sellers The Tigers are certainly buyers at the trade deadline. They have completely stocked up over the last two seasons to make a World Series run. They acquired and then retained Anibal Sanchez. They added Torii Hunter this offseason. After missing all of 2012, Victor Martinez is back i...1822Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/lets-not-forget-mauer-is-a-projected-hofer-r1821/At work today I was clicking around Baseball Reference’s website and stumbled across an interesting section of that website that I had not previously explored. If you scroll to the bottom of a player’s profile page you will see a section titled Hall Of Fame Statistics, which is a bunch of sabermetri...1821Tue, 16 Jul 2013 11:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/comparing-rosario-to-top-2b-prospects-r1818/Heading into the 2013 season, there were five 2B prospects who were generally considered to be among the top 100 prospects in baseball: Jedd Gyorko of the San Diego Padres, Nick Franklin of the Seattle Mariners, Kolten Wong of the St. Louis Cardinals, Jonathan Schoop of the Baltimore Orioles, and D...1818Mon, 15 Jul 2013 23:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-102-first-half-review-ampamp-mid-show-moves-r1817/With John Bonnes on vacation in San Francisco (and presumably trapped in an opium den), on this week's "Gleeman and The Geek" episode Parker Hageman of Twins Daily subs in and topics included the Twins finishing the first half by beating the Yankees, Ron Gardenhire on the hot seat, Oswaldo Arcia and...1817Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trading-perkins-makes-too-much-sense-r1816/I've tried to rationalize my way out of it. I've tried reconciling the deep divide between my heart and my brain. Truly, it has been one of the most difficult instances of my emotions as a fan clashing with my insights as an analyst. But at the end of the day, I can't escape from what I know deep do...1816Mon, 15 Jul 2013 14:39:00 +0000