https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/152/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/make-it-official-twins-8-marlins-3-not-dead-yet-r17118/Box Score SP: Simeon Woods Richardson - 1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K ( 36 pitches, 23 strikes (64% Strikes) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (18),  Top 3 WPA: Trevor Larnach .238, Carlos Correa .151, Christian Vazquez .144  Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Desperation Mode Turns D...17118Thu, 26 Sep 2024 02:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-unexpected-twist-that-gives-the-twins-one-last-shot-at-the-playoffs-r17111/It’s painful to admit, but the Minnesota Twins’ playoff hopes seem to dwindle by the day. Whether it's the injury bug that bit too deep or key players simply not performing, the reality is hard to ignore: making the playoffs now feels like grasping at straws. Thanks to the way the schedules for...17111Wed, 25 Sep 2024 22:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/has-edouard-julien-played-his-way-out-of-the-twins-future-plans-r17109/Edouard Julien’s 2024 season has not gone how he, the Twins, or fans expected. Sent down twice this season, his current stint on the major-league roster started Aug. 15, and the results haven’t been pretty. He’s played in just one game over the past 10 days, evoking the question: What should fan...17109Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:05:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/as-mlb-touts-attendance-surge-twins-are-left-out-of-the-fun-r17106/Earlier this week, MLB.com wrote about the league's rising attendance this season, including reaching a new milestone. It will be the second consecutive year that attendance has risen, and MLB believes those increases are tied to the rule changes instituted leading into the 2023 campaign. Accord...17106Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:03:23 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/louie-varland-the-twins-next-griffin-jax-is-ready-to-shine-in-the-bullpen-r17107/Across two seasons and 114 1/3 innings as a starter in the big leagues, Louie Varland has posted a 5.27 ERA. While he's shown flashes of brilliance, those moments are too often overshadowed by an inevitable blow-up inning where things spiral out of control. When Varland unravels, it’s usually vi...17107Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/in-a-way-the-twins-made-the-playoffs-last-night-r17110/One of the things we ask of baseball is, not to dissociate us from the real world or spare us from it, but to give us a break from the otherwise unrelenting awareness of the gap between how the world is and how we want it to be. Great thinkers from the Buddhists to the Stoics to the best philoso...17110Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:11:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/marlins-4-twins-1-woof-r17108/Box Score: Starting Pitcher: Bailey Ober: 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 7 K (89 Pitches, 58 Strikes, 65.1%) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Ober (-.217), Kyle Farmer (-.110), Ryan Jeffers (-.083) Win Probability Chart (Via Fangraphs): If the Twins' season was a single game, they fell b...17108Wed, 25 Sep 2024 02:31:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/if-the-twins-get-in-can-they-find-the-right-october-recipe-r17101/There are no dominant teams in baseball. This will be the first season since 2014 where no club will finish with 100 wins. The last season without a 100-win team saw the Giants and Royals face off in the World Series, and both teams failed to win 90 games in the regular season. Only six 100-win...17101Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-debate-why-the-twins-should-prefer-to-face-the-orioles-in-the-playoffs-r17102/[Ed. note: If you missed it earlier this morning, check out the counterpoint to this piece, from our Eric Blonigen, arguing that the Twins would be better off facing the Astros. Here's Matt making the case for taking on Walltimore.] For much of the season, fans have been eyeing the AL West...17102Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-debate-why-the-houston-astros-are-the-better-wild-card-opponent-for-twins-r17104/[Ed. note: In a spasm of optimism, we're kicking off Tuesday with a pair of pieces examining the two most likely candidates to host the Twins in a Wild Card series, should they get there. Check back later this morning to read Matthew Taylor's perspective on why the Orioles would be the more suit...17104Tue, 24 Sep 2024 13:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-of-rocco-baldellis-apparent-strengths-can-also-be-a-major-weakness-r17103/Pending one last week of games, Manuel Margot just set the record for the worst pinch-hitting season in baseball history. He has both the most plate appearances (35) and the most at-bats (30) as a pinch-hitter without a hit in baseball history, within a single season. You might be tir...17103Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rocco-baldelli-zebby-matthews-cole-irvin-three-batter-minimum/Before diving into whether it was the correct decision, let's lay out the logic behind Rocco Baldelli’s move. First, Zebby Matthews had just given up a double to Ceddanne Rafaela, the No. 9 hitter in the Boston lineup. Next up? Jarren Duran, the Sox's leadoff hitter, for the third time in t...17099Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:10:01 +0000