https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/170/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2023-rangers-september-slump-playoff-success/The 2024 Minnesota Twins may be in a rough patch right now, but if there’s one thing baseball teaches us every year, it’s that the postseason is a fresh slate. It’s easy to feel like the sky is falling when the team is stumbling toward the finish line, but before jumping ship, consider last year...17008Tue, 10 Sep 2024 11:18:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-2-angels-6-festa-falters-early-and-twins-unable-to-rebound-r17009/Box Score SP: David Festa: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K (66 pitches, 41 strikes (62.1%) Home Runs: Kyle Farmer (4) Bottom 3 WPA: David Festa(-0.213), Royce Lewis (-0.091), Ronny Henriquez(-0.084) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)  After a weekend of losing and a team meeti...17009Tue, 10 Sep 2024 02:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/carlos-correa-byron-buxton-payroll-strategy-injury-risk-roster-building/While the Minnesota Twins have put together a season of competitive play—much more competitive than we thought second or third in the AL Central would be, in the bigger picture of baseball—one issue has continued to rear its ugly head season after season, and seems to mute the team’s successes:...17004Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/searching-for-replacement-value-on-the-twins-roster-r16987/Carlos Correa, Byron Buxton, and Joe Ryan have all carried the Twins through different parts of the 2024 season. The trio stands atop the team’s leaderboard for fWAR. Correa was an All-Star in the first half, but plantar fasciitis is preventing him from making any impact in the second half. Buxt...16987Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:08:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/dashawn-keirsey-replacement-byron-buxton-center-field/Twins fans are no strangers to this scenario – their star center fielder on the shelf when it matters most. In past seasons, the Twins have needed to rely on players like Jake Cave, Kyle Garlick, Gilberto Celestino, and Mark Contreras in Buxton’s absence. It hasn’t gone well. Looking at those pl...16989Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-slump-physical-grind/After missing the first two months with a quad injury suffered on Opening Day, Royce Lewis picked up where he left off in 2023: a relentless offensive force, hitting for average and power with a ferocious yet controlled approach. He homered in his first at-bat back on June 4th, and continued to...17000Mon, 09 Sep 2024 11:24:50 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/and-now-for-some-good-news-walker-jenkins-promoted-to-double-a-wichita-r17002/Walker Jenkins was drafted out of South Brunswick High School in North Carolina just over a year ago in the 2023 amateur draft. With the Twins picking fifth due to a stroke of good fortune in the first year of the current draft lottery system, the draft class was loaded with five elite prospects...17002Mon, 09 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/week-in-review-coming-undone-r16999/Weekly Snapshot: Mon, 9/2 through Sun, 9/8 *** Record Last Week: 2-5 (Overall: 76-67) Run Differential Last Week: -13 (Overall: +38) Standing: 3rd Place in AL Central (5.5 GB)  Game 137 | MN 5, TB 4: Key Hits and Clutch Relief Lift Twins Game 138 | TB 2, MIN 1: Bats Unable to Awak...16999Sun, 08 Sep 2024 23:05:53 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royals-2-twins-0-what-in-the-name-of-oklahoma-joe-is-going-on-here-r16997/Box Score: Starting Pitcher: Simeon Woods Richardson: 4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K (70 Pitches, 44 Strikes, 62.8%) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Edouard Julien (-.223), Trevor Larnach (-.124), José Miranda (-.116) Win Probability Chart (Via Fangraphs): Visions of 2022 were s...16997Sun, 08 Sep 2024 20:25:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-positive-spin-on-max-keplers-impending-departure-r16982/Max Kepler has had many ups and downs in his Twins career, but it’s impossible not to recognize his contributions to a decade of Twins baseball. His longevity has placed him on several leaderboards in Twins' history.  Twins fans are well aware that Max Kepler isn’t without blemishes in his...16982Sun, 08 Sep 2024 14:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/david-festa-sure-looks-like-a-major-league-starter-r16983/Normally, I fancy myself as someone who stays out of the predictive riff-raff of sports. I mean, what, does the world really need another dude who thinks their opinions are gold? It’s madness. But there’s something so immediately special about David Festa that I must dedicate 600 words to talkin...16983Sun, 08 Sep 2024 12:18:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royals-4-twins-2-bailey-obers-brilliant-start-wasted-by-bullpen-blow-up-r16994/Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER,  0 BB,  7 K (83 pitches, 59 strikes (71%)) Home Runs:  -0- Bottom 3 WPA: Griffin Jax (-.468), Jhoan Duran (-.241), Royce Lewis (-.128) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Edouard Julien has not been in the leadoff position for so...16994Sun, 08 Sep 2024 01:40:00 +0000