https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/133/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-are-runners-so-aggressive-against-matt-wallners-99th-percentile-arm-r17717/It would be natural to assume a strong correlation between the strength of an outfielder's arm and the advance attempt rate against that defender. That is to say, we might assume that the stronger the outfield arm, the more conservative baserunners will be. However, while that might prove mostly...17717Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-return-of-the-short-king-say-hello-to-a-different-danny-coulombe-r17706/Minnesota Twins fans know Danny Coulombe, in the sense that he has put on a Twins jersey in the recent past. Even though Coulombe was with the Twins club as recently as spring training 2023, however, he has developed into a considerably different pitcher in two short seasons. (Well, all seasons...17706Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:07:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-bullpen-is-already-full-how-does-danny-coulombe-fit-r17707/On Tuesday morning, the Twins made their first major-league signing of the offseason. It only took three months, but by gum, they’ve done it. Danny Coulombe, the prodigal son, has finally returned to Minnesota. But in the numbers game that is a modern bullpen, there is no room at the inn, no sea...17707Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/free-agent-signing-danny-coulombe-2-million-bullpen/The Twins signed left-handed reliever Danny Coulombe to a one-year, $2.5-million deal Tuesday, multiple sources told Twins Daily. It's a move to balance the bullpen, and it does little or nothing to deepen whatever pressure the team already felt to clear some salary this winter. Our sw...17705Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-the-twins-make-a-late-play-for-red-sox-slugger-triston-casas-r17723/We're at the stage of the offseason where the Minnesota Twins, under Derek Falvey, have been known to get creative with stunning blockbuster moves that seemingly materialize out of nowhere. While this front office has been dormant for two full years now, I can't shake the feeling that some type...17723Tue, 04 Feb 2025 12:37:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/diamondcentric-roundtable-what-do-we-do-about-financial-inequality-in-mlb-r17719/Matt Trueblood: So, first of all, I want to hear whether any of you changed what policy prescriptions (if any) you advocate or oppose now that you didn’t before digging into this. Did anyone see a new dynamic in the positions of big- and small-market teams or the union that they could particular...17719Tue, 04 Feb 2025 00:07:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-the-twins-catcher-positioning-is-scaling-improvements-for-the-pitching-staff-r17713/We’ll start by digging into how the Twins' approach to positioning behind the plate has changed in the last five years. If you go back to 2021, Ryan Jeffers was 72nd percentile in MLB in framing (stealing strikes for pitchers by subtly bringing the ball back toward the middle of the zone to blur...17713Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pecota-2025-minnesota-twins-take-the-american-league-central-crown-r17718/Baseball Prospectus (BP) has released their PECOTA projections for the 2025 season, and their thousands of simulations project the Minnesota Twins to win the American League Central with 86 wins (5th in AL, 11th in MLB), five more than the second place Kansas City Royals. PECOTA gives the Twins...17718Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/x-factors-one-make-or-break-focus-for-each-twins-hitter-this-year-r17711/Make-or-break feels like the theme of the 2025 Twins season. The current group of players offers plenty of proven high-end potential, but so many of them finished the previous season on sour notes and face big question marks heading into the new one.  Let's explore one crucial X factor that...17711Mon, 03 Feb 2025 12:53:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/youve-gotta-rate-why-the-splashy-move-and-the-daring-rule-change-are-the-way-of-the-future-r17714/Don't get it twisted: It has always been important to make good TV, in order to make money in TV. Beginning around the year 2000, when MLB settled in as a cable product and teams started making deals to sell their broadcast rights to various partners for production and distribution, it did matte...17714Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-are-projection-systems-so-high-on-jhoan-dur%C3%A1n-and-griffin-jax-r17709/You might have heard that the Twins are projected by FanGraphs to have the No. 1 bullpen in baseball this season. It's been a frequent talking point, both because fans have little else to discuss and because there seems to be a broad disconnect regarding the caliber of this unit. Today I wanted...17709Sat, 01 Feb 2025 14:31:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reviewing-potential-positional-changes-for-the-2025-twins-r17698/During last season’s second-half struggles, the Twins were forced to experiment with defensive alignments in an effort to keep their best bats in the lineup. Royce Lewis became the center of some of those discussions, as he was reluctant to move to second base in the middle of a playoff chase. W...17698Sat, 01 Feb 2025 12:55:01 +0000