https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/212/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pablo-lopez-jhoan-duran-velocity-slump/With just a couple of weeks left until the All-Star Break, Rocco Baldelli’s club is quickly approaching the halfway point of the major league season. On pace to put up a solid result in the wins column, they will need to push for a bit more consistency and just a bit better results if they are g...16453Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:18:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/handing-out-first-half-awards-for-the-2024-minnesota-twins-r16490/The Twins reached the halfway point of the season on Thursday with a 45-36 record. On pace for 90 wins, the Twins are ahead of last year’s 87-win pace and outpacing their pre-season projections. Minnesota started the year in a miserable 7-13 slump but has turned things around in a big way. Since...16490Sat, 29 Jun 2024 11:50:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/final-mariners-3-twins-2-minnesota-misplays-cost-a-victory-r16493/Box Score SP: Bailey Ober 6.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K (88 pitches, 59 strikes) Home Runs: Carlos Correa (9) Bottom 3 WPA: Christian Vazquez (-.214), Griffin Jax (-.212), Cole Sands (-.196) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Ober, Correa, Go Deep Through the first f...16493Sat, 29 Jun 2024 04:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-buxton-festa-and-lee-r16491/16491Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:53:35 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-dangerous-way-to-live-well-twins-on-record-setting-hbp-pace-for-good-and-ill-r16488/Willi Castro had a chance to break the game open against the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was the top of the 10th inning. Although the Twins had brought a run across the plate, the automatic runner in extra innings meant no guarantee of a win. Castro fell behind early with two strikes, but then got a...16488Fri, 28 Jun 2024 13:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-royce-lewis-extension-would-need-to-happen-soon-can-the-twins-execute-one-r16482/The Minnesota Twins selected Royce Lewis with the first overall pick in the 2017 Major League Baseball Draft. He was immediately a top-100 prospect, and seen as an athletic freak who would certainly influence the game at whatever level he competed. His road to the big leagues has been winding, b...16482Fri, 28 Jun 2024 11:36:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-nl-teams-and-six-players-the-twins-should-watch-as-the-trade-deadline-approaches-r16477/Looking at Baseball Prospectus's PECOTA system and their projected playoff odds for each team, the Giants (12.1%), Nationals (1.6%) and Reds (5.5%) are all longshots. Coming into the season, the Giants and Reds were expected to be playoff contenders, whereas the Nationals were fully expected to...16477Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:06:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/make-it-official-twins-13-diamondbacks-6-festa-earned-first-mlb-win-with-a-lot-of-help-from-his-friends-r16486/Box Score SP: David Festa - 5 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 2 K (78 pitches, 53 strikes (67.9%), 6 whiffs) Home Runs: Byron Buxton (7) Top 3 WPA: Carlos Correa (.109), Willi Castro (.101), Royce Lewis (.080) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Happy Festa-val Day!!   Everyone’s...16486Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:53:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-guardians-are-why-baseball-is-great-and-i-hate-it-r16469/Have you ever played tennis against someone just one step worse than you? Not saying you’re Roger Federer and they’re Jerry’s tennis instructor on Seinfeld, but y’know, you have a real stroke to your shots, you can put some top spin on them, maybe you took some lessons at some point. And your op...16469Thu, 27 Jun 2024 13:12:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/simeon-woos-richardson-swr-rookie-of-the-year-roy/Of course, Minnesota would have hoped that Miguel Sanó, José Berríos, Byron Buxton, Royce Lewis, Joe Mauer, or any of their other top prospects could have won an American League Rookie of the Year Award. Unfortunately, none of them could generate enough positive statistical momentum to be in the...16478Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:37:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/make-it-official-twins-8-diamondbacks-3-willi-castro-bona-fide-star-r16481/Box Score SP: Simeon Woods Richardson 5.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (90 pitches, 57 strikes (63.3% strikes)) Home Runs: Willi Castro (7) Top 3 WPA: José Miranda .162. Woods Richardson .125, Carlos Santana .090 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Road Bumps Don’t Swerve Woods...16481Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/david-festa-gets-the-call-to-the-big-leagues-maybe-for-good-r16466/In the middle of May, I penned a piece for Twins Daily, arguing not only that David Festa is a top-100 overall prospect in the sport, but also that he’s MLB-ready. This week, he’ll make his debut for the Twins, seemingly affirming that the team feels the same way. Now that he’s here, what should...16466Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:22:31 +0000