https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/214/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-the-twins-avoid-the-blue-jays-stall-and-widen-their-competitive-window-r15843/Baseball is a game of winning windows. Most teams attempting to contend will cycle through winning and losing seasons. During the losing seasons, a team can replenish their farm system with higher draft picks and trade away veterans headed for free agency. Teams can trade for MLB-caliber talent...15843Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-reassign-dinged-up-top-prospect-brooks-lee-to-minors-camp-r15868/Brooks Lee, Twins Daily’s second-ranked prospect, left Thursday’s game against the Nationals with back spasms. He will be looked at by the Twins’ training staff to determine the next course of action. His reassignment is unrelated to the injury, but he is unlikely to play in any games between no...15868Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:15:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/lets-road-trip-2024-trip-12-from-the-trop-to-the-kauff-tampa-and-kansas-city-september-2-8-r15833/Tampa Bay Rays – September 2-5 Tropicana Field: Capacity 42,735 2023 Attendance: 1,440,301, up from 1,128,127 in 2022 (Averaged 17,781, ranked 13th in AL, 27th overall MLB) It made sense on paper. Home of spring training and epi-center of major league baseball for two months each year, so w...15833Fri, 22 Mar 2024 18:15:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-2024-twins-season-preview-r15867/15867Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:21:40 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/2024-minnesota-twins-opening-day-roster-projections-injury-impacts-r15855/Every team deals with injuries during the course of the 162-game season. For the Twins, the front office has focused on adding depth in recent years after the club struggled with injuries in 2022. However, the team likely didn’t want to dig into that depth before the regular season began. On Mon...15855Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/louie-varland-is-cleared-for-takeoff-poised-for-full-starting-role-r15854/Louie Varland has been here before. Last season, the electric righthander wasn’t viewed as worthy of one of the five slots in the Opening Day rotation, but he found himself starting a bundle of games throughout the year, and then dominated in a cameo in the bullpen at the end of the season....15854Thu, 21 Mar 2024 21:48:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/injuries-pressure-desclafani-payroll-buxton-correa-lewis/FT. MYERS, FL - Fans were riding high when the 2023 Minnesota Twins concluded their season with a postseason series sweep over the Toronto Blue Jays and a hard-fought elimination at the hands of the Houston Astros. The organization had seen heights it hadn’t reached in decades, and 2024 would br...15850Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-preview-2024-relief-pitcher-duran-jax-stewart-thielbar/A deep, powerful bullpen can help you take over a game, and teams are embracing this as a potential market inefficiency. The Rays had one of the league's most effective staffs last year while ranking second among AL teams in relief innings, a model the Twins seem keen to adopt based on their off...15860Thu, 21 Mar 2024 13:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-reasons-the-twins-keep-trading-for-injured-pitchers-r15859/Earlier this week, the Twins announced multiple injury updates for pitchers who will begin the year on the IL. Jhoan Durán might be the most significant loss for the Twins, but the hope is that he can return in 4-6 weeks. For fans, Anthony DeSclafani’s injury might be the most frustrating, becau...15859Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:15:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/destination-the-show-episode-29-r15858/In episode 29 of Destination: The Show, Jeremy and JD review the inaugural spring breakout games for the Twins and Brewers. The guys then complete a 16 pick mock MLB draft, alternating picks to help listeners get familiar with the top of the class before ending with listener questions. 0:00...15858Wed, 20 Mar 2024 20:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-do-the-minnesota-twins-have-cooking-on-the-back-fields-in-spring-training-r15856/FT, MYERS, FL - In the later stages of spring training, the regulars start playing full contests on the big field at Hammond Stadium. For discerning, future-obsessed fans, though, the real action is on the back fields, where minor-league games have begun. This week, there were a few cameos made...15856Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:10:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/position-preview-2024-starting-pitcher-lopez-ober-ryan/Sonny Gray was not only Minnesota's best pitcher last year but also the team MVP. Replacing the void he left atop the rotation is one of the Twins' biggest challenges following an offseason that yielded no outside additions designed to do so. The front office is hoping that increased roles...15857Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:23:01 +0000