https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/194/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/make-it-official-twins-11-padres-4-twins-get-back-up-off-the-mat-r16882/Box Score SP: Simeon Woods Richardson - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K (101 pitches, 69 strikes (68% Strikes) Home Runs: Matt Wallner (8) Top 3 WPA: Woods Richardson .162, Austin Martin .149, Willi Castro .122 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Who Would Deliver the Knuckle San...16882Thu, 22 Aug 2024 01:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/from-griffin-jax-down-to-steven-okert-twins-bullpen-confidence-rankings-r16879/How many of the Twins relievers do you believe in to get the job done 80-85% of the time?  A study done by Retrosheet several years ago showed that when a team holds a one-run lead going into the ninth inning, they win about 86% of the time. If they lead by two runs, the team wins about 94%...16879Wed, 21 Aug 2024 22:09:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/simeon-woods-richardson-twins-playoff-starter-gears-up-for-unexpected-challenge-r16875/Simeon Woods Richardson began the season as the Twins’ likely seventh starter, behind Pablo López, Joe Ryan, Bailey Ober, Chris Paddack, Anthony DeSclafani, and Louie Varland. Fast-forward past some injuries and ineffectiveness, though, and Woods Richardson is now the Twins' third starter. He li...16875Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trevor-richards-twins-deadline-role-leverage/At the end of July, as contending teams across the league hustled and haggled to upgrade their rosters for the stretch run, the Minnesota Twins mostly stood pat, amid reports of continuing ownership-imposed spending limitations. Their lone move: adding a mediocre veteran reliever named Trev...16874Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-state-of-the-twins-defense-and-the-prospects-for-improvement-r16873/The 2024 Minnesota Twins are a solid defensive team, on paper. Unfortunately, the team has dealt with several injuries at critical positions, forcing new faces to step up and fill in, so the paper is getting a bit rumpled and covered with crossed-out corrections. A Royce Lewis injury opened the...16873Wed, 21 Aug 2024 13:10:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-manager-rocco-baldelli-needs-to-trust-veteran-reliever-caleb-thielbar-more-r16809/As the MLB trade deadline passed on Jul. 30, the Minnesota Twins made headlines for their inactivity. The front office essentially stood pat, despite the apparent need to bolster their bullpen, particularly with a lefthander. Many fans wondered how the team would address its late-game pitching c...16809Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:45:40 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/padres-7-twins-5-bullpen-and-baserunning-blunders-abound-r16878/Box Score: Starting Pitcher: Bailey Ober: 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 5 K (83 Pitches, 56 Strikes, 67.4%) Home Runs: Ryan Jeffers (20) Bottom 3 WPA: Steven Okert (-.721), Ober (-.160), José Miranda (-.147) Win Probability Chart (Via Fangraphs): In what felt like a blink of an eye, a f...16878Wed, 21 Aug 2024 04:12:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/letting-byron-buxton-and-carlos-correa-take-things-slow-only-strengthens-twins-for-october-r16872/One of the primary benefits of giving younger players increased playing time is the opportunity to build depth, and one thing that the organization certainly has is depth. The Twins' lineup has long relied on the contributions of veteran leaders, but playoff success often hinges on the ability t...16872Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:07:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/welcome-back-edouard-julien-thank-goodness-youre-alright-r16867/Some players shy away from the word "yips". Some call the hideous, mortifying, often career-ending disease of mind and body that robs a pitcher of their control and makes them a laughingstock at whom no one can even bring themselves to laugh "the thing," instead. "Yips" is too cute. The reality...16867Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:14:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/padres-5-twins-3-zebby-matthews-makes-his-own-mess-r16865/Box Score SP: Zebby Matthews: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K (92 pitches, 59 strikes (64.1%) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Zebby Matthews (-0.354), Carlos Santana (-0.083), Willi Castro (-0.077) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs)  This week, there's plenty of opportunity t...16865Tue, 20 Aug 2024 04:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/updated-sdi-rankings-put-multiple-twins-in-the-gold-glove-conversation-r16846/Defensive metrics have come a long way over the last decade. With Statcast tracking every batted ball, the amount of information available to fans is at an all-time high. To put that better data to work during awards season, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) developed the SABR De...16846Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:04:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/griffin-jax-most-valuable-reliever-twins-leverage/A bad bullpen that constantly blows late leads can be demoralizing. Twins fans have lived through it in the past, and other franchises have had it much worse over the years. (Paging the Philadelphia Phillies.) When relievers melt down in crunch time, it can erase strong starts and big offensive...16860Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:32:01 +0000