https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/121/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-rallying-back-to-relevance-r18288/The Weekly Nutshell: As they stumbled through the first month of the season, the Twins had their occasional moments of positivity and progress, but those fleeting bursts of momentum never seemed to sustain. Finally, it is now happening here in May. After winning a couple of close games to take...18288Mon, 12 May 2025 01:29:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-7-giants-6-dashawn-keirsey-jr-snaps-slump-twins-sweep-and-extend-streak-r18286/Box Score: Starting Pitcher: Pablo López: 6 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 6 K (91 Pitches, 55 Strikes, 60.4%) Home Runs: Brooks Lee (3) Top 3 WPA: Brooks Lee (.412), DaShawn Keirsey Jr. (.311), Danny Coulombe (.134) Win Probability Chart (Via Fangraphs): The Twins haven't lost in a while,...18286Sun, 11 May 2025 21:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2-giants-1-larnach-powers-the-twins-past-the-giants-r18281/  Box Score SP: Joe Ryan 6 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K (76 pitches, 46 strikes (60.5%) Home Runs: Trevor Larnach (6) Top 3 WPA: Ryan (.240), Larnach (.230), Cole Sands (.118) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)  Joe Ryan looked to give a repeat of Chris Paddack's performan...18281Sun, 11 May 2025 01:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-joe-mauer-and-a-dying-breed-across-baseball-r18273/  Baseball’s loyalty landscape has transformed dramatically since the mid-1970s, when true free agency emerged, empowering players to test the open market. At the same time, the absence of a hard salary cap has allowed payrolls to diverge widely, with franchises like the Dodgers and Mets ou...18273Sat, 10 May 2025 19:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-three-offseason-additions-have-already-outplayed-their-contracts-r18276/Late last offseason, Minnesota Twins Executive Vice President Joe Pohlad greenlit extra spending room for President of Baseball and Business Operations Derek Falvey, allowing the long-time Twins decision-maker to sign veterans Danny Coulombe, Harrison Bader, and Ty France to one-year contracts w...18276Sat, 10 May 2025 12:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-3-giants-1-chris-paddack-dominates-to-extend-win-streak-to-six-r18279/Box Score Chris Paddack: 7 ⅓ IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K Home Runs: None Top 3 WPA: Chris Paddack (.305), Byron Buxton (.143), Carlos Correa (.095) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) After a tepid start to the season, fortune seems to have found the Twins. Yet another uninspi...18279Sat, 10 May 2025 02:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-twins-jhoan-duran-has-adjusted-to-lower-velocity-to-remain-elite-r18274/An interesting thing happened in Sunday’s game against the Red Sox. Jhoan Duran came into the game for a save opportunity with a one-run lead on the line. He threw nine pitches, closed out the game, and didn’t throw a single four-seam fastball. What should we make of this, and what does it tell...18274Fri, 09 May 2025 14:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-twins-and-the-orioles-can-match-up-on-a-joe-ryan-trade-r18268/The MLB trade deadline may be nearly two months away, but unique circumstances could push teams to be active earlier, rather than later. The Minnesota Twins and Baltimore Orioles present a tantalizing potential trade match. Flush with offensive talent in its farm system, Baltimore could use a fr...18268Fri, 09 May 2025 11:30:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-orioles-2-twins-complete-sweep-of-orioles-thanks-to-brooks-lees-late-inning-heroics-r18272/Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 5.0 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (91 pitches, 60 strikes (66%)) Home Runs: Trevor Larnach (5) Top 3 WPA: Brooks Lee .279, Ty France .144, Griffin Jax .105 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs):   The Twins came into Thursday’s series finale against the...18272Thu, 08 May 2025 21:08:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-time-run-out-for-these-two-twins-r18266/A pair of previously promising hitters are now settled in St. Paul, and if the parent club enjoys even moderately good health, they'll be there for the foreseeable future. Each of them struggled mightily to begin the season, after two different but similar sagas of highs and lows in 2023 and 202...18266Thu, 08 May 2025 14:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-early-season-twins-numbers-that-could-be-cause-for-alarm-r18267/The Minnesota Twins have had a tumultuous start to the 2025 campaign, with an up-and-down performance that has made it difficult to gauge whether this team is a contender or a pretender. There have been positives, with the team’s starting pitching, Byron Buxton’s health, and various other parts...18267Thu, 08 May 2025 11:31:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-orioles-2-buxton-and-bader-bombs-varland-goes-rolling-all-the-way-to-a-win-r18264/Box Score SP: Simeon Woods Richardson: 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 61 pitches, 33 strikes (54.1%) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (9), Harrison Bader (4) Top 3 WPA: Byron Buxton (.225), Harrison Bader (.145), Danny Columbe (.112) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs):  Mr. So...18264Thu, 08 May 2025 02:12:00 +0000