https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1150/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/weekly-minnesota-twins-podcast-r276/On Tuesday night, Seth was joined by Topper Anton (Curve for a Strike) on the SethSpeaks.net Weekly Minnesota Twins Podcast. Topper spent time in Ft. Myers last week and reported on what he saw at minor league camp and at a couple of Twins games. The rest of the show, Seth answered questions from t...276Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:55:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/five-things-to-watch-as-you-watch-this-april-r275/While many fans will be focusing their attention on the more mainstream topics such as Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau’s health, Denard Span’s lingering concussion effects and Francisco Liriano’s resurgence, here are five things you can point out to your buddies as you watch games this month to make yo...275Wed, 04 Apr 2012 03:38:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-blog-spotting-4312-r274/Here at Twins Daily, you can read some terrific Twins content just by reading the front page. You can converse and discuss our favorite team in the Forums, and we definitely encourage you to share and express your thoughts and opinions there. However, Twins fans who come to Twins Daily should be sur...274Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:50:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-35-scholarships-and-access-with-ben-goessling-r272/Pioneer Press sports reporter Ben Goessling joins Aaron and John to talk about the Twins final roster decision and media access. Here are: the podcasts the rss feed if you want to subscribe and the podcast on iTunes (where you can also subscribe and leave reviews).272Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/doumit-demonstrating-patience-r270/When the Twins signed Ryan Doumit, they gained a switch-hitter who had a moderate level of pop and decent batting average ability thanks to a high line drive rate. What they did not necessarily sign was a patient hitter who has been able to coax walks. The former Pittsburgh Pirate has held a 6.8% w...270Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/liam-hendriks-2011-minor-league-pitcher-of-the-year-r269/The following story was originally published in January, in my Minnesota Twins Prospect Handbook 2012. The day after the 2011 season ended, I named the SethSpeaks.net Twins Minor League Player of the Year (Brian Dozier), the Minor League Starting Pitcher of the Year (Liam Hendriks) and the Minor Lea...269Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-orioles-by-the-numbers-r268/I know the Twins still have five days until they get to play the Orioles, but I can’t wait. The roster is set. There are a couple more meaningless games against the Rays, because you can’t play enough meaningless games against the Rays. And then a game versus the Miracle? Really? I’ll be damned if I...268Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-bagger-two-catchers-dozier-ampamp-parmelee-r267/* The Twins made their final round of cuts yesterday, sending Brian Dozier, J.R. Towles, Casey Fien and Brian Dinkelman to Rochester. With that, the season-opening 25-man roster has come into clear focus; it will include four starters, eight relievers and – surprisingly – only two catchers. Drew But...267Mon, 02 Apr 2012 03:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-cut-four-more-roster-set-r265/On Sunday morning, Brian Dozier, JR Towles, Brian Dinkelman and Casey Fien were all re-assigned to minor league camp. The moves have mean that the Twins roster is essentially set. Dozier came into camp hoping to make a strong impression and it would be an understatement to say he did. He displayed...265Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-set-rotation-hendriks-is-in-r262/According to Joe Christensen, Ron Gardenhire detailed the plan for the Twins early-season rotation in his post game talk. The Twins will start with a four-man rotation for their first four games and and then switch to a five-man rotation for the second cycle. The dark horse who will be added is Lia...262Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/butera-waldrop-holliman-out-burroughs-likely-in-for-opening-day-roster-spot-r260/(Editors note: Updated at 10:30 with additional information from Joe Christensen's blog.)   The Twins announced via Twitter this morning that they had optioned backup catcher to Rochester, reassigned utility infielder Mike Hollimon and placed relief pitcher Kyle Waldrop on the 15-day disabled list r...260Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tempered-expectations-for-parmelee-r259/[Originally published at Twins Fan From Afar] Chris Parmelee should be fine. He looked great last September in a Twins uniform, and was a bright spot during an otherwise dismal time. Of the three prospects called up -- Parmelee, Joe Benson and Liam Hendriks -- Parmelee looked the most ready for the...259Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:55:00 +0000