https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1143/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-claim-rhp-josh-roenicke-if-thomas-field-from-colorado-r970/According to the Troy Renck, the Twins have claimed RHP Josh Roenicke and Infielder Thomas Field from the Colorado Rockies. Last year in Colorado, Roenicke went 4-2 with a 3.25 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP. In 88.2 innings, he walked 43 and struckout 54. Looks awful Jeff Gray-like to me. I wouldn't be surpr...970Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-rising-cost-of-relief-pitching-r969/If you were going to create a list of the Twins' offseason needs, you would likely write in big, bold letters STARTING PITCHING and underline it twice and put some exclamation points next to it for safe measure. Clearly this area of the team put the Twins in significant default night after night. S...969Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:56:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-rising-cost-of-relief-pitching-r968/If you were going to create a list of the Twins' offseason needs, you would likely write in big, bold letters STARTING PITCHING and underline it twice and put some exclamation points next to it for safe measure.   Clearly this area of the team put the Twins in significant default night after night....968Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/did-the-twins-miss-out-on-mike-redmond-r966/The biggest news from the Twins universe in the last 24 hours was the hiring of former Twins catcher Mike Redmond as the new Miami Marlins manager. He spent the last two years managing Toronto's Class A Dunedin squad so he will be making quite the jump to the big leagues. He was 40 games over the...966Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:48:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mike-redmond-the-anti-ozzie-r965/Originally posted at theunplayable.com With a new stadium, a new star in Jose Reyes and new life in South Florida last off-season (not to mention a new “location” as the “Miami” Marlins) the Marlins wanted to make a big splash in selecting a new manager. The splash they made in hiring Ozzie Guillen...965Thu, 01 Nov 2012 23:47:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/whats-next-for-delmon-young-now-that-tigers-wont-bring-him-back-r963/As reported in the Detroit Free Press, Tigers' GM Dave Dombrowski (who I occasionally confuse with this guy or this guy) announced that the Tigers weren't planning to bring back American League Championship Series MVP Delmon Young next season. Young, playing out a 1-year 6.75 million dollar contract...963Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/glen-perkins-set-up-to-be-closer-r962/For the first time since Eddie Guardado, the team will enter next season with a homegrown pitcher as the closer. Glen Perkins exploded onto the scene in 2011 and he continued that success into 2012 by providing dominant relief. All of this came after he failed to sustain success as a starter and...962Thu, 01 Nov 2012 13:33:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/state-of-the-twins-bullpen-r961/In the recent Twins Daily interview with Twins GM Terry Ryan, it was surprising to hear him say that his Number Two priority, after starting pitching, was the bullpen. He followed by using the old “You can never have enough pitching” cliché. It is a cliché, of course, because it has proven true ove...961Thu, 01 Nov 2012 07:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/capps-redux-r960/In recent days, the Twins have announced a few procedural moves that weren't especially surprising. Among them were the decisions to decline 2013 options for Scott Baker and Matt Capps, which would have paid $9.25 million and $6 million, respectively. With both hurlers coming off seasons severely af...960Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-much-is-it-worth-to-twins-to-avoid-multi-year-contracts-r959/Jon Heyman notes the Angels are looking to trade Dan Haren and/or Ervin Santana. Both have option years for 2013, and if their options are picked up both are fairly pricey: Haren's is for $15.5 million and Santana $13 million. Neither had fantastic years (Santana in particular, who also experience...959Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-announce-2012-diamond-awards-r958/The Twins Cities chapter of the Baseball Writers of America voted for the Twins 2012 Diamond Awards They will be presented at the Diamond Awards Ceremony on Thursday, January 24th at Target Field, kicking off Twins Fest weekend. Feel free to discuss: MVP - Josh Willingham Pitcher of Year - Scott Di...958Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-will-seek-competition-for-trevor-plouffe-r956/In the TwinsCentric interview with Terry Ryan last week, (the 9-page entirety of which you can find in the 2013 Offseason Handbook), we asked about his confidence in Trevor Plouffe. John Bonnes: Are you comfortable with [Trevor] Plouffe at third base? Terry Ryan: Well, he needs some work too. Defen...956Tue, 30 Oct 2012 02:59:00 +0000