https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1138/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/competition-for-plouffe-r1042/Throughout the offseason, Terry Ryan has continued to say that he is looking for a third baseman to provide competition for Trevor Plouffe. He says that Plouffe will go into spring training as the Twins starting third baseman. However, as the Twins media contingent in Nashville last night met with t...1042Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:39:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rock-versus-hard-place-r1041/One of the more interesting times in every offseason is when the rhetoric goes away and the choices become, often painfully, clear. Rock, meet Hard Place. The Hard Place is where the Twins are: fronting a rotation with Scott Diamond next year. Diamond, by Twins general manager Terry Ryan’s own analy...1041Tue, 04 Dec 2012 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/in-terry-i-trust-r1039/If you were surprised in any way by return in the Denard Span trade, you shouldn't have been. Terry Ryan told us this was coming four months ago. Back in July, with the trade deadline approaching, Ryan spoke about his approach: [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK] The general manager's recent quotes after trading Sp...1039Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winter-meetings-time-for-terry-ryan-to-step-up-r1038/Baseball’s Winter Meetings get in to gear down at the Gaylord Opryland hotel in Nashville on Monday and that’s got me a bit nervous. The Twins, at least at the Major League level, are in a sorry state, having come off a 96-loss season which followed a 99-loss season. It just doesn’t get much wor...1038Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-ryan-doumits-catching-a-critical-liability-r1037/"I don’t say this about many decisions, but starting Doumit at catcher might be a fireable offense. In 60 games at catcher for Pittsburgh in 2011, his framing cost the Pirates 20 runs. In 59 games for Minnesota in 2012, his framing cost the Twins 21 runs. All told, his framing has subtracted 98 runs...1037Sun, 02 Dec 2012 16:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/talk-to-contact-ep-15-getting-denarded-with-seth-stohs-r1035/Episode 15 of the Twins baseball podcast, Talk To Contact (@TalkToContact), is now available for download via iTunes or by clicking here. This week Eric and Paul are joined by Twins prospect guru, Seth Stohs (@SethTweets), of TwinsDaily.com to discuss the Twins trade with the Nationals, his blog...1035Sat, 01 Dec 2012 22:46:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-episode-70-denard-span-for-alex-meyer-r1034/Aaron and John record an emergency podcast to talk about the trade sending Denard Span to the Nationals for pitching prospect Alex Meyer, what it means for Chris Parmelee, how Span went from prospect bust to underrated big leaguer, why letter grades for prospects can lead to arguments, dropping...1034Sat, 01 Dec 2012 04:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/meet-alex-meyer-r1033/Yesterday, the Twins traded a known commodity in center fielder Denard Span for the potential of right-hander Alex Meyer, a 6-foot-9, hard-throwing and former first round pick with talents that have impressed prospect pundits.   While the Nationals get immediately better, the Twins will have to wai...1033Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-look-back-the-denard-span-era-r1032/Last week, the Twins announced that they had signed Jeff Clement, the team’s 12th round pick in the 2002 draft. Clement chose not to sign with the Twins, instead going to USC and later signing with the Mariners as the #3 overall pick in 2005. Following the Twins Thursday trade of Denard Span to the...1032Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winter-meetings-set-to-commence-r1031/Last weekend, I traveled down to Nashville to see one of my best friends get married. The fantastic event took place at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, which coincidentally is where general managers and other key executives from around baseball will congregate next week for th...1031Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-denard-span-for-nationals-2011-first-round-pick-r1030/The Twins announce that they have have traded Denard Span to the Washington Nationals for pitcher Alex Meyer, a 2011 first round draft pick (23rd overall). The big-bodied Meyer, 6'9" and 220, spent last year split between A and High-A, striking out 26.6% of batters faced, walking just 8.6% and produ...1030Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winter-meeting-rumor-mongering-thursday-edition-r1029/Lord help me, but I love offseason speculation. It’s a weakness. If you really want to immerse yourself in the offseason rumor mill, the Twins Daily forums are the place to be. Below are some of the highlights from the last 24 hours. As always, have fun and play nice. Was Francisco Liriano offered...1029Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:17:00 +0000