https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1131/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-writing-coaching-and-paul-molitor-r916/“If I want to write about baseball, what should I do?” It isn’t uncommon that I’m asked this question by some well-meaning younger person who is trying to find their spot in what feels like a crowded world. Bluntly, but as tenderly as I can, I usually say: “Write. Preferably, about baseball.” I’m bl...916Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/estimating-starting-pitching-contracts-r915/Each year in our Offseason Handbook, we put together a list of all the upcoming free agents at every position. Beyond the write-ups and statistical breakdowns for each player, we estimate the contract we expect them to get, so that armchair GMs can fit prospective acquisitions into their budgets. Th...915Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-and-the-geek-ep-62-coaching-changes-and-seth-stohs-r914/The Minnesota Twins blow up their coaching staff, so Seth Stohs joins Aaron and John to talk about Ron Gardenhire's leash, the TwinsCentric Offseason Handbook, what the shopping plans are for free agent pitching, casting ballots for team MVP, why no one seems to want Paul Molitor, the futures of...914Mon, 08 Oct 2012 00:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ch-ch-ch-changes-r913/Originally posted at Knuckleballsblog.com. I didn’t rush right out to post reactions to the Twins’ coaching changes as the information came out on Thursday, which is probably a good thing. StarTribune beat reporter LaVelle E. Neal III was obviously wired in to the situation at Target Field and st...913Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/chicks-dig-the-infield-fly-rule-sometimes-r912/Originally posted at k-bro's baseball blog An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, when first and second, or first, second and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher an...912Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-you-know-r911/Joe Mauer hit just one infield fly ball all year making his 1.0% infield fly rate the second lowest in all of baseball. That’s a significant increase over his totals last year when he did not hit a single fly ball to anyone in the infield. See, there is still plenty of reason to boo him. Mauer is of...911Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bloodbath-r910/After approaching 100 losses in back-to-back seasons, the Twins clearly needed to make some changes. As we put it when introducing our Offseason Handbook yesterday, complacency was not going to be an option this winter. They wasted little time shaking things up, parting with their entire coaching s...910Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-triple-crown-still-matters-r908/I have been meaning to write a blog or an article on this topic for days. Thankfully, Kurt Mensching from the terrific Tigers blog Bless You Boys wrote it for me! (http://www.blessyouboys.com/2012/10/3/3448684/the-triple-crown-still-matters-dont-let-anybody-tell-you-otherwise) Sure, he's a Tigers b...908Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-defensive-player-of-the-year-denard-span-r907/On Monday, ESPN's Mark Simon wrote an article naming Mike Trout as the "Defensive Player of the Year" for MLB. Throughout the season, he and a team of twelve voters had picked out the best defensive player for every month and their overall choice for the year was Mr. Trout. This got me to thinkin...907Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:46:00 +0000