https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/211/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-randy-dobnak-resurrect-his-career-in-2024-r15900/Randy Dobnak has been named the St. Paul Saints starter for the home opener. Then, after exactly the kind of twist we should have learned to expect from his career, inclement weather delayed that opener, and when it came, David Festa got the honor of toeing the rubber first. Dobnak responded wit...15900Sun, 31 Mar 2024 15:30:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-minnesota-twins-players-project-willians-astudillo-jose-miranda-lew-ford-r15914/Six days ago we launched the Minnesota Twins Players Project. Since that time, we've seen about 50 people contribute to the project, adding players, editing biographies, and finding cool links to share about their favorite players. What is the Players Project? It's a community-driven, wiki-...15914Sun, 31 Mar 2024 13:24:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/5-predictions-sure-to-go-right-for-the-2024-twins-r15895/Baseball fans made it through the long winter months, and now, each team is beginning a journey toward October. As a friendly reminder, enjoy the upcoming regular season. Nothing is guaranteed in baseball, and only one fan base will be happy when the season concludes. Appreciating the regular se...15895Sun, 31 Mar 2024 11:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/make-it-official-twins-5-royals-1-byron-buxton-doubles-down-for-minnesota-r15911/Box Score Joe Ryan: 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Top 3 WPA: Ryan .265, Buxton .257, Castro .232 Win Probability Chart: Following an Opening Day victory in which Pablo Lopez made his opening statement towards a Cy Young award, the focus of the off day was how Minnesota would...15911Sat, 30 Mar 2024 23:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-prospect-retrospective-austin-martin-r15907/The Toronto Blue Jays drafted Austin Martin with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 MLB Draft. That specific draft class will be uniquely viewed because the players drafted had little or no spring seasons due to the pandemic. Martin was arguably the top hitter in his draft class after he hit .36...15907Sat, 30 Mar 2024 20:04:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/everything-we-currently-know-about-royce-lewiss-quad-injury-and-timeline-r15910/President of Baseball Operations Derek Falvey labeled Lewis's injury as "severe" and "serious"  but did not provide a grade for the strain, the traditional way for communicating the extent of a soft tissue injury. According to The Athletic's Dan Hayes, surgery was never considered. Sof...15910Sat, 30 Mar 2024 19:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/austin-martin-is-prepared-for-whatever-role-the-twins-ask-ahead-of-his-mlb-debut-r15909/Many people, including Austin Martin, knew that his MLB debut would be a matter of when, not if, in 2024. With fellow infielder Royce Lewis going down with a quad injury on Opening Day Thursday, the opportunity came sooner than what Martin had expected as he will be joining the Twins on Saturday...15909Sat, 30 Mar 2024 16:21:19 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mickey-hatcher-a-capable-player-during-some-of-the-twins-darkest-days-r15881/Michael Vaughn Hatcher was born on March 15, 1955, in Ohio. An article at The Oklahoman states that he chose the nickname Mickey after his idol, another player you might have heard of—Mickey Mantle. At some point, his family moved west, and he graduated from high school in Mesa, AZ. After high s...15881Sat, 30 Mar 2024 15:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-twins-promote-top-prospect-austin-martin-to-minnesota-r15902/Royce Lewis started his first Opening Day in a fashion that only he can. Stepping in for his first at bat against Cole Ragans, Lewis launched a solo home run over the wall to put Minnesota on the board first. Unfortunately the good vibes didn’t last long as he came up limping following an RBI do...15902Sat, 30 Mar 2024 14:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/st-paul-saints-announce-2024-roster-r15904/Tickets are still available on the Saints website for both games. It should be a fun season with the Saints as they will be Minnesota’s primary source of prospect depth.  While it’s a new year for the Saints at CHS Field, there are plenty of fresh faces. Multiple Twins top prospects will do...15904Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:14:23 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-injury-buxton-correa-stewart-healthy/Once the games start mattering, nothing else does. Spring training stats and storylines go out the window when the heat is on and the results count. Royce Lewis gave us a fine reminder of that on Thursday. After a hugely encouraging and productive spring camp, he declared himself ready to silenc...15905Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/is-willi-castro-a-better-defensive-option-at-third-base-than-kyle-farmer-r15901/When starting third baseman Royce Lewis injured his right quadriceps aggressively rounding second base (with hopes to score) on a double down the left-field line by star shortstop Carlos Correa, manager Rocco Baldelli's immediate response was to shift second baseman Kyle Farmer to third and inse...15901Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:16:31 +0000