https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/1172/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-blue-jays-series-preview-r407/The Twins just finished a three game series against the Angels, and on Thursday night, they will start a four game set at Target Field against the Toronto Blue Jays. To say that the Blue Jays have had the Twins numbers in recent years is a massive understatement. Let’s take a look: [TABLE=align: cen...407Thu, 10 May 2012 04:58:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/valencia-optioned-to-rochester-more-moves-maloney-mastroianni-walters-r405/Immediately following the Twins loss tonight against the Angels, the team announced that they had optioned 3B Danny Valencia and Designated LHP Matt Maloney for Assignment. The selected the contract of RHP PJ Walters and OF/2B Darin Mastroianni. Valencia has really struggled with the bat and glove...405Thu, 10 May 2012 03:24:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-happened-to-chris-parmelee-r404/Only eight short months ago, Chris Parmelee was the talk of what was left of this baseball town in the aftermath of a 99-loss season. A September call-up, straight from Double-A no less, Parmelee went out and mashed pitching at the major league level. In a short span of time, he impressed people by...404Wed, 09 May 2012 05:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-history-lesson-twins-pitching-draft-edition-r403/I was scanning through box scores this morning, pausing on the box score of the Twins' latest defeat and suddenly I had a particular curiosity. After writing yesterday about how an organizational change in philosophy is needed, I thought, "Besides the Twins current lot of mediocre pitchers, who...403Wed, 09 May 2012 04:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/contact-kings-r400/The true importance of the strikeout is a subject of much debate in baseball circles. It is generally agreed, though, that the K is a powerful weapon for pitchers, one with strengths (it's the most reliable method of recording an out) and weaknesses (pitching for strikeouts requires more pitches and...400Wed, 09 May 2012 04:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/opening-presents-too-early-r399/Brian Dozier turns 25 next Tuesday. That’s not young for a prospect. This spring he barely made the cut of Baseball America’s top 10 Twins prospects. Above him on that list were Chris Parmelee (who is hitting .203), Liam Hendriks (who is being demoted to AAA-Rochester) and Joe Benson (who was demote...399Tue, 08 May 2012 03:40:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/get-to-know-brian-dozier-r398/Tonight, Brian Dozier made his Major League Baseball debut. He fielded a ground ball off the bat of Albert Pujols in the first inning and made all of the plays throughout he game. He was hitless in his first three at bats against Jered Weaver. In the bottom of the 8th inning, he singled right up the...398Tue, 08 May 2012 03:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dozier-wont-be-savior-of-twins-offensive-woes-r395/Original post from North Dakota Twins Fan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FFgRnR1HgUo/T6bT_Z9h9VI/AAAAAAAABP8/F-u9e8GnaoA/s320/DozierTwins.jpg The offense for the Minnesota Twins has been horrendous in recent games with Jered Weaver throwing a no-hitter and Felix Hernandez tossing a one-...395Mon, 07 May 2012 12:36:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dark-days-in-minnesota-r394/Well, I never expected it would be this bad. Sure, I had plenty of doubts about these 2012 Twins. I realized I was being somewhat optimistic when I projected them to finish around .500, and I also realized that there was a chance injuries could pile up and send the club into the same sort of spiral...394Mon, 07 May 2012 03:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hope-ampamp-weekend-links-r393/Even just looking back at the last 10 or so stories, I find several worth featuring. Remember, if you're not checking out the blog page, you're missing a lot of up-and-coming independent baseball writers. This weekend's entries had a common theme: hope. Looking for some immediate hope? James Richte...393Mon, 07 May 2012 00:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-ampamp-the-geek-ep-40-morneau-down-dozier-up-r392/Aaron and John talk about Justin Morneau's latest injury, Brian Dozier's arrival, swapping Clete Thomas for Erik Komatsu, giving Scott Diamond a chance in place of Liam Hendriks, their new PickPointz game, Ron Gardenhire's job security, bad news for Danny Valencia and Alexi Casilla, answering qu...392Mon, 07 May 2012 00:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-live-chat-saturday-at-noon-r388/On Saturday at noon (central time), Seth will be taking your Twins-related questions and answering them. He'll answer questions for at least an hour, but he's willing to answer for as long as necessary depending on how many questions he gets. There are plenty of Twins topics to discuss from the majo...388Sat, 05 May 2012 15:30:00 +0000