https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/242/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/billions-buxton-and-trade-value-r15450/15450Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:46:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-candidate-graham-ashcraft-controllable-starting-pitcher-matt-wallner-reds/The Major League Baseball trade market is like a well. Parched front offices visit that well, hoping to find a player to quench their thirst and strengthen their team for a reasonable cost. Recently, the Cincinnati Reds have been a one-team well the Twins front office has often visited for start...15444Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/strikeouts-hitting-approach-rocco-baldelli-philosophy/Fans were understandably exasperated by the amount of whiffing they witnessed from Twins hitters this year. Minnesota set Major League Baseball's all-time strikeout record in the regular season, and the team's playoff run ended with a parade of punchouts as they scrambled futilely to get a runne...15435Fri, 22 Dec 2023 12:50:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tyler-mahle-worst-trades-twins-history-delmon-young-scott-erickson-jj-hardy-carlos-gomez/On Dec. 14, Tyler Mahle signed a two-year contract with the Texas Rangers for $22 million. He’ll miss the start of the 2024 season as he completes his rehab from Tommy John surgery. Expectations are for him to be able to return around the All-Star break, which is near the time the Rangers expect...15437Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-candidates-starting-pitchers-logan-gilbert-edouard-julien-max-kepler/Good teams are hard to sustain in baseball. The Padres, for instance, got to the NLCS in 2022 and added Xander Bogaerts, got Fernando Tatis Jr. back from suspension, and missed the playoffs entirely in 2023. You just never know what a new season will bring. The Twins were one of the best te...15432Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:37:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/corbin-burnes-trade-rumors-jorge-polanco-david-festa-connor-prielipp/The 2022-23 offseason saw the Minnesota Twins make one of the most polarizing trades in franchise history, when they dealt reigning batting champion Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins to bolster their rotation by adding Pablo Lopez. Arráez and López each went on to have great success for their new...15439Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:34:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mitch-garver-free-agency-fit-first-base-catcher/Drafted back in 2013, Mitch Garver spent a substantial amount of time in the Twins organization. He was a key member of the 2019 Bomba Squad, alongside sluggers like Nelson Cruz, Miguel Sano, and Eddie Rosario. Just two years later, though, the front office decided that Ryan Jeffers was their pr...15428Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:14:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-tv-rights-deal-payroll-bally-sports-diamond-sports-amazon-prime-streaming-bankruptcy/As reported by John Ourland in Sports Business Journal, Diamond Sports Group, the subsidiary of Sinclair that has handled the various regional sports networks (RSNs) and engaged in bankruptcy proceedings for over a year, has made an offer to fund most of its continuing agreements in Major League...15436Wed, 20 Dec 2023 15:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mariners-trade-candidates-logan-gilbert-bryan-woo-bryce-miller-jorge-polanco-max-kepler/After making the playoffs for the first time since 2001, the Mariners entered 2023 with high expectations. Alas, Seattle lost six of their final 10 games and finished one game behind Toronto for the final Wild Card spot. It was a disappointing end for a team that many considered ascendent, with...15419Wed, 20 Dec 2023 12:37:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/reviewing-final-inning-twins-2023-season-alds-houston-astros/The date is October 11th. The Twins are facing the Houston Astros at Target Field, hoping to stay alive in the ALDS after falling behind two games to one the previous day. Heading into the ninth inning of Game 4, Minnesota trails Houston by one. It all comes down to this. Thinking back to m...15427Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:54:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-twins-trade-for-this-baltimore-orioles-starting-pitcher-r15423/In his novel Slaughterhouse-Five, author Kurt Vonnegut depicts an interaction between the protagonist of the novel, Billy Pilgrim, and a Tralfamadorian. That's the alien species who abduct Billy, put him on display in a zoo-like dome on their planet, and teach him their philosophy on life. Durin...15423Tue, 19 Dec 2023 12:50:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/six-twins-players-receive-major-bonuses-via-new-mlb-pool-system-r15434/Under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement, the two sides (players and owners) agreed to provide bonus money for pre-arbitration eligible players who perform well based on a joint Wins Above Replacement (WAR) calculation. The idea is that these players barely make the league minimum for t...15434Tue, 19 Dec 2023 02:38:00 +0000