https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1120/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/year-in-review-twins-hitters-in-the-clutch-r889/Oddly, a lot of sabrmetric geeks I know don’t like the Win Probability Added (WPA) statistic. I don’t want to speak for them as to why, but the comment I hear that drives me the craziest is something like “All you have to do is see that Erik Komatsu was more valuable then Ben Revere to understand th...889Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/matt-capps-and-his-looming-option-year-r888/In last night's loss to the New York Yankees, Matt Capps made his return to the field after missing almost the entire second half of the season. It was the first action for Capps after not appearing in a game since the middle of July. The season has been injury plagued for the 29-year old relief...888Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-would-you-do-jared-burton-r887/On Sunday night, it was Glen Perkins who got the final three outs in the tenth inning to record the save in game two of a double-header sweep of the Detroit Tigers in Comerica Park. However, with a tied score in the bottom of the ninth, Jared Burton came into the game to face the Tigers 3, 4 and 5...887Tue, 25 Sep 2012 05:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cabrera-vs-trout-the-mvp-debate-for-the-ages-r886/Over the weekend, the Twins got a first-hand look at one of the front-runners for the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Miguel Cabrera is trying his best to be the first Triple Crown winner in the American League since Carl Yastrzemski won it back in 1967. There are other deserving cand...886Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-reader-survey-r885/Last week, I had an interesting conversation with a potential sponsor. It went something like this: Sponsor: We need to know something about your readers. Me: Sure, what do you want to know? Sponsor: Well, who comes to your site? Me: Well, there's Jim, who watches baseball in Iowa and Shane who talk...885Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/where-does-carroll-fit-in-r884/During the first half of the season, Jamey Carroll seemed to be showing his age. By the All-Star break, he was hitting .234 with a brutal .597 OPS, and he had long since lost his job as the team's starting shortstop. He was certainly making his two-year, $6.5 million contract look like a poor invest...884Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-60-tickle-me-pink-r883/Aaron sips a pink libation. John begs their listeners to take a quick survery for recruiting sponsors. Then they chat about whether Sam Deduno belong, whether the Twins can and should re-sign Scott Baker, how one characterizes the starting pitching market, Liam Hendriks first "W," the MLB televis...883Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/friday-links-n-thinks-r882/A couple of milestones happened for the Twins during the past week. The team won a series against the Indians but as part of that series, Josh Willingham crushed his 35 home run of the season and Liam Hendriks picked up his first victory at the big league level. These might not seem like very import...882Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-samuel-deduno-a-lock-for-the-2013-rotation-r881/The front office will likely do some shopping-n-swapping to infill the rotation this winter however one member of the Twins staff who is almost certain to get an opportunity to win a role next spring is Samuel Deduno. For the most part, Deduno’s unexpected and head-scratching success has continued a...881Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/career-of-lost-opportunities-for-alexi-casilla-r880/As the offseason is approaching, there are plenty of decisions the Twins will have to make in the coming months. The team needs to address some gapping holes in the starting rotation, there are issues with the middle infield, and even the training staff might need to be replaced. There are plenty...880Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:27:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-hammer-pounds-again-r879/Rightfully so, the big story from the Twins 6-4 win in Cleveland was Liam Hendriks. The right-hander won his first big league game in his 18th big league start. It was a tremendous moment for the Australian. However, it was also a huge night for another Twins player. He went 4-5 with a home run and...879Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/deep-starting-pitching-market-is-a-lucky-break-for-twins-r878/I may have exaggerated a little. I know – shocking for a blogger. For months I’ve been saying that this free agent class of pitchers is almost historically deep. That might be a little strong, unless you think history only goes back as far as 2007. Because based on the dollars that were thrown aroun...878Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:55:00 +0000