https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/243/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trade-candidate-jesus-luzardo-brooks-lee-emmanuel-rodriguez-matt-wallner-max-kepler/Entering the 2023 season, the Twins’ rotation was composed entirely of players acquired via trade. Pablo López, Sonny Gray, Kenta Maeda, Joe Ryan, and Tyler Mahle were the team’s five starters on Opening Day. Bailey Ober was the only homegrown option, but he started the year in St. Paul. Derek F...15424Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-table-setter-dec-18-2023-yoshinobu-yamamoto-does-new-york-r15426/Los Angeles and New York remain the foci of the baseball world. Although the Yankees haven’t spent anything in free agency, they swung a massive trade for Juan Soto. Meanwhile, the Dodgers ponied up big-time for Shohei Ohtani, and then paid Tyler Glasnow after acquiring him from the Tampa Bay Ra...15426Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:17:55 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-royce-lewis-contract-extension-possibilities/The nature of Major League Baseball's service-time system (and the way it delays significant guaranteed paydays) creates interesting leverage dynamics when it comes to negotiating long-term contracts with young players. These dynamics lead to things like Jackson Chourio signing an eight-yea...15425Mon, 18 Dec 2023 12:58:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/greatest-twins-teams-of-all-time-2023-r15422/Call them the Streak-Breakers, the Slump-Busters, or the Ponche Posse. The 2023 Twins were a fun bunch. Overview The glories of the 2019 season were far in the past. The team never put itself together in 2021 and completely fell apart at the end of 2022, and 2020 effectively never happene...15422Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:17:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/bobby-nightengale-has-settled-into-the-twins-beat-r15406/If you’ve read Major League Baseball coverage for any amount of time, you have certainly come across the name Bob Nightengale. A columnist for USA Today and the chairman for the Arizona chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of American, Nightengale is synonymous with breaking news. He isn’...15406Sun, 17 Dec 2023 16:14:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/projecting-the-2027-twins-lineup-r15413/A lot has changed for the Twins over the last calendar year, which impacts who projects to be in the team’s lineup in four years. The Twins traded away Luis Arraez, even though he looked like a core piece of the lineup for years to come. Minnesota also handed out the largest free-agent contract...15413Sun, 17 Dec 2023 12:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/offseason-status-update-attrition-by-subtraction-r15421/We all knew coming into this offseason that the Minnesota Twins were likely to move slowly and save their biggest decisions for later. This has always been their tendency and a variety of factors -- not the least of which, their revenue uncertainty -- were pushing them further in that direction....15421Sat, 16 Dec 2023 15:59:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-is-rocco-baldellis-seniority-worth-in-the-2024-al-central-r15404/After one bridge season with inherited skipper Paul Molitor, Derek Falvey turned the manager position for the Minnesota Twins over to former Tampa Bay Rays first-round pick Rocco Baldelli. The move was one of connection, mainly in hopes that the new manager would be able to both disseminate info...15404Sat, 16 Dec 2023 12:54:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-waiting-is-the-hardest-part-r15418/15418Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:58:29 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-steps-up-in-2024-r15414/The Twins needed a spark a few months into the 2023 season, and after a surprising lack of change a few months into the season, a few players found themselves with an opportunity in the big leagues. Who might we see filling these same roles in 2024? 2023 Louie Varland: David Festa Varland...15414Fri, 15 Dec 2023 16:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/delmon-young-trade-haunts-twins-matt-garza-chris-archer-jason-bartlett/The Twins were that dunderhead. Had they only been able to see into the future, they could have kept their pencil and traded up to being the proud owners of a used car. That paper clip? Delmon Young. The pencil? Matt Garza and Jason Bartlett. The used car at the end? 63.5 Wins Above Replacement...15386Fri, 15 Dec 2023 12:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-continue-to-roll-dice-on-relief-options-r15403/Since Derek Falvey and Thad Levine took over the Minnesota Twins' front office, they have not been interested in paying for relief pitchers. The one time they did so, offering Addison Reed a two-year deal shy of $17 million, it blew up in their faces. With Jhoan Duran, Griffin Jax, Caleb Thielba...15403Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:14:02 +0000