https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1133/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-killer-speed-of-byron-buxton-r893/World came out on Tuesday morning that Byron Buxton had been named by Baseball America as the top prospect in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League. Last year's first round pick for the Twins didn't spend the entire season in the GCL but it was long enough to make his mark on the league. In 27 game...893Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/quick-hits-perkins-saves-burton-under-pressure-and-hendriks-struggles-r892/Since assuming the closer’s role for good, Glen Perkins has been absolutely brilliant, now converting 11 consecutive save opportunities. There was one semi-minor hiccup – allowing a solo home run to Andruw Jones to bring the Yankees within one of the Twins. The pitch was clearly a slider which was i...892Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sabr-book-signing-event-thursday-night-r891/Thursday night, which is an off night for the Twins, can still be full of baseball. At 7PM at the Barnes and Noble in Har Mar Mall, there will be a book signing of Short But Wondrous Summers: Baseball In The North Star State by several of the writers who contributed, including myself. The book, all...891Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/homer-happy-hendriks-r890/It is easy to despair over Liam Hendriks after starts like the one he turned in on Monday night against the Yankees, when he coughed up four homers en route to his eighth loss in 15 tries for the Twins this year. Certainly the right-hander has offered little cause for encouragement here in his first...890Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:02:00 +0000https://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 +0000