https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1117/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/thinking-the-unthinkable-trade-joe-mauer-r930/This article was originally posted at Knuckleballsblog.com. This is what happens when the offseason rolls around and I really have no rooting interest among the four remaining MLB teams in the respective League Championship Series. I write 2000 words about something that will never, ever happen. At...930Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/delmon-young-detroits-mr-october-r928/Originally posted at nodaktwinsfan.com A strange thing happened during the first game of the American League Championship Series over the weekend. For Twins fans, a man familiar to their organization became the all-time leader in postseason home runs for a team with a history that stretches back to...928Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/where-should-payroll-sit-in-2013-r927/Since they moved into Target Field, the Twins have seen payroll rise and fall, from $96 million in the opening season, up to $112 million the following year, down to $94 million in 2012. The rise to $112 million last year was purportedly the result of a push to take the next step after falling short...927Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-do-twins-fans-boo-derek-jeter-r926/Last night, in Game 1 of the ALCS, the New York Yankees lost an extra-inning game to Delmon Young and the Detroit Tigers. More important, they lost their captain Derek Jeter for the rest of the season because of a broken ankle. The news is devastating considering he is one Yankees hitter who is act...926Sun, 14 Oct 2012 20:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-63-sabr-school-r925/Aaron and John talk about the incredibly exciting postseason, the Twins' improved farm system, reveal what they're reading and listening to, give a quick tutorial on a bunch of sabrmetric stats and concepts, and note the many ex-Twins in the playoffs. Here are: the podcasts the rss feed if you wa...925Sun, 14 Oct 2012 19:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/%E2%80%9Cj-nix-at-shortstop%E2%80%9D-the-end-of-an-era-in-new-york-r924/Originally posted at theunplayable.com For a while last night, it looked like the same old story: (insert Non-Yankee baseball team name here) has a lead in the Bronx in a playoff game, and it’s late in the game. You think you have them, and then it all goes horribly, horribly wrong. The Tigers had t...924Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/awardin-r923/End of year awards are fun. That is really all they are, but fun is fun. So I thought I might share my award winners and have some fun. My 5th grade gym teacher always said, "if you had fun, you won." So, I win. Fun = Won. We'll start with the most fun award and move down the list. NL Cy Young...923Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trout-posey-were-top-players-in-12-r922/At the conclusion of every season, the members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) are asked to submit their ballots for the top awards across baseball. You can find more about them here. Today marks the final day of the awards and the other announcements from the BBA should be coming in the ne...922Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/improving-twins-offense-is-greek-to-me-r921/For the past four years, we have produced an Offseason Handbook to put fans in the driver’s seat of the Twins franchise. Within it, we highlight all of the winter’s impending free agents, potential trade targets and review the organization’s strengths and weaknesses from top to bottom. This culminat...921Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/verlander-dickey-ascend-list-of-aces-r920/At the conclusion of every season, the members of the Baseball Bloggers Alliance (BBA) are asked to submit their ballots for the top awards across baseball. Each of these awards is named in honor of a player that epitomized the role in Major League Baseball. Over the course of the week, I will relea...920Thu, 11 Oct 2012 20:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/when-can-the-twins-compete-again-r919/The Twins season ended a week ago, and we’ve all had a chance to look back at another 95+ loss season. Likely, you’ve also already started thinking about what you would do to get the Twins back to being a perennial contender in the AL Central. The question I have for readers today is: If you were i...919Thu, 11 Oct 2012 04:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/lottery-tickets-r918/Five spots in next year's rotation. One guy locked in. It's hard to look at the daunting uncertainty in Minnesota's rotation as a good thing, but there are some fringe benefits to the situation. One is that it may be easier for Terry Ryan to lure in pitchers who are left without a seat and forced to...918Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:06:00 +0000