https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1106/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/would-a-six-man-rotation-make-sense-r1096/The Twins have taken a "quantity, not quality" approaching in assembling their starting rotation this winter, piling up numerous pitchers with limited upside and low price tags. Several of the hurlers that will be in the mix for starting jobs in the spring happen to be tagged with question marks...1096Fri, 04 Jan 2013 05:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pitching-central-r1094/A new year is upon us, and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine the Twins' resolution for 2013: Get better. After consecutive putrid seasons that were essentially over by the All-Star break, the club is aiming to field a more competitive group in the coming campaign and beyond. Certa...1094Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/where-are-the-twins-at-with-statistical-analysis-r1093/When asked how he feels that the outsider perception of the Twins’ use of statistical analysis is behind the rest of the game, Jack Goin, the team’s Manager of Major League Administration and Baseball Research, simply replied “That’s fine.” Goin cites the St. Louis Cardinals as an example of how he...1093Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-terry-ryan-leaving-gardenhire-hung-out-to-dry-r1091/The New Year generally brings with it new beginnings. As we enter into a new year of Twins baseball, I can’t help but think Twins Manager Ron Gardenhire might be a little concerned about a new beginning in his future. For the first time in his decade-plus tenure as manager, Gardenhire will enter the...1091Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2013-roster-ampamp-payroll-page-r1089/1089Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/willingham-mauer-lead-headlines-of-2012-r1088/2012 has come and gone and there were plenty of story lines that comprised the year that was for the Minnesota Twins. After a decade of winning baseball, the Twins have suffered through back-to-back losing seasons for the first time since 2000. Minnesota has been the worst team in the American Le...1088Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-roster-payroll-2013-r1087/  Pos No. PAYROLL 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 C 7 Joe Mauer $22,748,634 $23,000,000 $23,000,000...1087Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-episode-74-pitching-preferences-payroll-and-hicks-r1086/With Mr. Bonnes still out of town, I stood in as the geek of the week with Aaron Gleeman for the latest GATG podcast. We spent about 100 minutes babbling about baseball and the Twins, discussing our favorite free agent pitching deals thus far and talking big picture for the local nine. Check out the...1086Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-do-we-care-about-the-twins-r1084/I’ve been pretty critical of the Twins front office lately. I’m not alone in that, of course. Quite a number of fans, including many who are far more informed and better able to communicate than I, feel that the Twins have simply not done enough to improve the team this offseason. Over this Chris...1084Thu, 27 Dec 2012 15:03:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ryan-doumits-strange-but-true-feat-r1083/Jayson Stark of ESPN likes to try and find some strange but true things that happened in the baseball season. He picks out his strange but true player of the year, game of the year, injury of the year, etc. There are some entertaining items included in his list and I encourage you to check out his...1083Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/happy-holidays-from-twins-daily-r1082/The Twins Daily personnel want to extend our best wishes for a very Happy holiday season to all of our readers. As I mentioned last week, the holidays start to signal that baseball season is approaching. The Minnesota Twins Winter Caravan will begin in the middle of January. That leads up to Twins F...1082Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-ink-rich-harden-to-minor-league-deal-r1081/The Minnesota Twins continue to stockpile arms for what could be an interesting competition for a rotation spot this spring. First reported by the Star Tribune’s LeVelle Neal yesterday, the Twins moved quickly and signed right-handed starter Rich Harden to a minor league deal to include a spring tra...1081Fri, 21 Dec 2012 16:36:00 +0000