https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/147/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reflecting-on-positives-from-the-pohlad-familys-ownership-of-the-minnesota-twins-r17206/The Pohlad family’s tenure as the owners of the Minnesota Twins has spanned four decades, during which the team has experienced both very high highs and very low lows. Earlier this week, the Twins and the Pohlads announced that the team is exploring selling the team. While criticism is often lev...17206Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-excited-should-fans-be-about-pohlad-family-plans-to-sell-minnesota-twins-r17205/For the second time in 2024, a Major League Baseball organization is up for sale. You might remember that the Baltimore Orioles sold earlier this year, in what was just the “fifth time since 2013 that a control ownership stake in an MLB team was sold”, according to Sportico. The previous four sa...17205Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:05:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/game-changer-pohlad-family-announces-they-will-explore-selling-twins-r17203/No team has been more antonymous with change over the last four decades than the Twins. The Pohlad family has presided over a long period of conservative stewardship, in which changes in the front office, the field staff, and even the roster tended to come more slowly than almost anywhere else i...17203Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:26:42 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/these-were-the-twins-best-graded-pitches-in-2024-r17199/From FanGraphs glossary, “Pitching+, is a model that uses the physical characteristics (Stuff+), location (Location+), and count of each pitch to try to judge the overall quality of the pitcher’s process.” As you’ll see later in this article, a good Pitching+ grade doesn't always correspond to g...17199Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:09:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-awards-2024-pitcher-of-the-year-r17190/  Twins fans have been clamoring for a pitching pipeline since Derek Falvey took over the team’s top baseball operations role. The 2024 season saw that pitching pipeline put into action, with multiple rookies occupying starting spots by the season’s end. Other veteran pitchers made strides...17190Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-the-twins-might-need-to-trade-carlos-correa-r17193/Major decisions are looming over the franchise as the Twins head into the offseason. After a year that ended in bitter disappointment, ownership and the front office face the dilemma of maintaining a competitive roster while dealing with budgetary constraints. One option that could shift the tea...17193Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-biggest-roster-needs-for-2025-r17189/  It's easy to forget that the Minnesota Twins were a playoff-caliber team for the vast majority of the 2024 season. For better or worse, they have the option to run it back with almost the same team in 2025--with the exception of Carlos Santana, who will trundle back out into free agency....17189Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:03:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/will-twinstv-save-the-twins-a-look-at-the-financial-future-r17197/It's the announcement that feels finally a decade in the making: Minnesotans can finally stream Twins games. As the Bally Sports bankruptcy court threw a wrench in recent weeks, three teams—the Twins, Guardians, and Brewers—have officially partnered with MLB for broadcasts in 2025. This fol...17197Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:18:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-rookie-of-the-year-2024-r17184/  The end of the season ushers in many things—offseason predictions, complaining about how the year went, etc, etc, etc—and one of those great processions is our Awards voting. Yes, we, the writers at Twins Daily, gathered in a great session, only exiting when white smoke augured our shared...17184Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:23:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/griffin-jax-christian-vazquez-kevin-alcantara-brody-mccullough-trade-rumors-payroll/The first thing you need to know about this potential trade is that it's just a sketch, meant to bring light to a couple of more important issues affecting each team. While I would find this specific trade proposal compelling, it's unlikely that either side would actually pull the trigger on it,...17194Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-leaving-bally-sports-north-new-tv-partner-will-be-mlb-itself-blackouts-are-gone-r17196/  On Tuesday afternoon, the Twins announced that they will be leaving the Diamond Sports Group and have their game broadcasts produced and distributed by MLB itself. In addition to the Padres, Rockies, and Diamondbacks, who played the entire 2024 season under this arrangement, the Twins...17196Tue, 08 Oct 2024 19:14:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/christian-vazquez-ryan-jeffers-trade-rumors-payroll-arbitration-raise/Following the collapse of the 2024 Twins, everyone involved--from ownership down--agreed on one thing: the 2025 team will be better. That said, there are two facts that make this endeavor more easily said than done. First, the Twins will face similar payroll constraints to the 2024 season. Secon...17187Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:07:01 +0000