https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/237/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-trevor-larnach-solve-his-problem-with-soft-stuff-r15490/When Trevor Larnach was drafted 20th overall by the Twins that year, the hope was that the Oregon State Beavers product would move quickly through the organization and provide the team with a solid power/contact combination from the left side of the plate. While Larnach has shown flashes at time...15490Wed, 10 Jan 2024 12:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/five-observations-from-the-twins-2024-zips-projections-r15517/Dan Szymborski created ZiPS in the early 2000s, and it became publicly available in 2005, which means ZiPS is celebrating its 20th anniversary this season. ZiPS is a computer projection system with some distinguishing characteristics, relative to other ones around the web. Szymborski wrote, “At...15517Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/catching-up-with-former-twins-rhp-prospect-sawyer-gipson-long-r15522/Sawyer Gipson-Long was the Twins' sixth-round draft pick in 2019, out of Mercer University. The Georgia native signed with the team, and after being waylaid by the pandemic, he eventually reached Double-A Wichita with the Twins in 2022.  At the July trade deadline, he was sent to the Tigers...15522Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/hindsight-2023-looking-at-how-the-twins-opened-2023-for-clues-to-2024-r15501/When the Twins' 2023 campaign opened at Kauffman Stadium on a chilly Thursday, Mar. 30, expectations were tempered. The Cleveland Guardians entered the season with a slight edge in the AL Central odds race, with the Chicago White Sox also in the mix. The Twins were right there in the conversatio...15501Tue, 09 Jan 2024 18:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-table-setter-jan-9-what-to-do-with-trevor-larnach-r15516/You know how people sometimes say, "What a time to be alive"? This is not one of those exciting times. What a time it isn't. Baseball Apathy This is the least I’ve thought about baseball in an offseason. I think some combination of classist team spending and Minnesota’s announced vow of a...15516Tue, 09 Jan 2024 14:12:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-replacements-arraez-julien-lopez-berrios/You have to give to get, and that reality makes high-profile trades in MLB a dangerous dance for front offices. Giving up high-caliber talent is a risky play, leading to heavy criticism and scrutiny when it goes wrong. Traded players going on to have success elsewhere is especially tough to stom...15510Tue, 09 Jan 2024 12:35:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-intriguing-pitchers-the-twins-could-sign-to-minor-league-deals-r15507/Since the Twins signed reliever Josh Staumont to a one-year, $950,000 contract on December 27, the Atlanta Braves traded Vaughn Grissom to the Boston Red Sox for Chris Sale; the Seattle Mariners traded Robbie Ray to the San Francisco Giants for Mitch Haniger and Anthony DeSclafani; 10-foot-tall...15507Mon, 08 Jan 2024 18:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-down-the-twins-organizations-talent-landscape-entering-2024-r15499/At the start of each new year, I take a shot at creating a hierarchical inventory of the top 20 players in the Twins organization, based on their distinct value to the franchise and its future. While far from a scientific exercise, it provides an opportunity to think about all players and prospe...15499Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/table-setter-free-agency-teoscar-hernandez-dodgers-sean-manaea-mets-joe-mauer-hof-voting-tracker/This weekend saw a couple of sizable trades and a few more free agents come off the board. So far, Minnesota has agreed to just a single major-league deal, and that came in under $1 million. There are more than a few storylines worth catching up on, however. Twins Address the Pen While th...15512Mon, 08 Jan 2024 14:09:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-candidate-jorge-polanco-edouard-julien-brooks-lee-veteran-presence/The Twins are in an envious position. All but a handful of MLB teams would swap their current state of affairs for a locked-in core of Royce Lewis, Edouard Julien, Carlos Correa, Ryan Jeffers, Byron Buxton, Pablo López, and Jhoan Durán, not to discount an additional two top-20 prospects in Walke...15508Mon, 08 Jan 2024 12:23:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/greatest-twins-teams-of-all-time-2019-r15500/Not that many baseball teams get a nickname. The 2019 Twins weren't quite Murderer's Row or the Big Red Machine, but they were every bit as good as Harvey's Wallbangers and the South Side Hitmen. That earned them a their own sobriquet. Overview The Twins were at a critical juncture enteri...15500Sun, 07 Jan 2024 16:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-josh-winder-sink-to-success-r15495/Josh Winder appeared to be a late-round draft success story in 2021 when he posted a sub 2.00 ERA in Double-A while striking out more than a batter per inning. Health has gotten in his way since, as has a fastball that has been crushed when he’s been healthy. Now a reliever, Winder appeared to f...15495Sun, 07 Jan 2024 13:18:01 +0000