https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/245/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-mauer-hall-of-fame-weekend-twins-fans-guide-to-cooperstown/Thinking logically, Joe Mauer could be the last Minnesota Twins inductee for quite some time. Kirby Puckett was elected on his first ballot in 2001, and while Bert Blyleven talked his way in in 2011, it took committees to put both Jim Kaat and Tony Oliva in two years ago. If you’re on the f...15554Wed, 24 Jan 2024 00:50:51 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-mauer-elected-to-the-baseball-hall-of-fame-r15579/Joe Mauer received the call that every baseball player dreams of following their retirement. He will be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, as part of the Class of 2024. Some Twins fans might be surprised by his support from the baseball writers, but his résumé stacks up...15579Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-mauer-wasnt-built-to-be-a-catcher-he-became-one-by-choice-r15587/I think people forget that Carlos Delgado came up through the minor leagues as a catcher. They forget that Joey Votto signed as a catcher, and they even forget that Bryce Harper was a catcher in high school, as well as at the junior college where he played before being drafted first overall in 2...15587Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/aroldis-chapman-james-paxton-joe-mauer-tommy-edman/Yesterday, Matt Trueblood's table setter delved into a veteran pitcher who signed a deal with a contending team, a veteran pitcher who signed a deal with a non-contending team, and Joe Mauer's Hall of Fame Candidacy. Today, I am going to do the same. Why? The most likely reason is that I am an u...15586Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:21:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/top-prospect-battles-lee-jenkins-raya-festa-martin/MLB Pipeline recently surveyed baseball executives to discover which prospects had the best tools in various categories. Twins names littered the rankings, but that fails to give a complete picture of the organization. Below is a list of some of the top categories and Twins prospects battling fo...15546Tue, 23 Jan 2024 12:30:37 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-month-by-month-retrospective-of-joe-mauers-2009-mvp-season-r15567/The 2009 season was a crossroads for Joe Mauer. His years of team control were quickly dwindling, and fans had seen this story play out in the not-so-distant past. Torii Hunter left via free agency, and the front office felt forced to trade Johan Santana before his team control ran out. Mauer wa...15567Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/free-agency-target-aaron-hicks-center-field/With the center field position being a possible area of need for Rocco Baldelli’s club, it is up to the front office and their evaluation of internal options to decide if something else is needed. So far, they have passed on Kevin Kiermaier and Harrison Bader. They probably aren’t going to facto...15528Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:04:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/table-setter-1-22-24-josh-hader-robert-stephenson-joe-mauer-hof-call/Maybe that's unjustifiably unkind. The league isn't totally inert. Last Friday, the Astros signed Josh Hader to a five-year deal worth $95 million, and the Angels locked up Robert Stephenson on a three-year deal worth upward of $30 million shortly thereafter. It's just hard to figure out what an...15580Mon, 22 Jan 2024 14:24:45 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-rhys-hoskins-be-the-twins-splashy-free-agency-signing-r15574/In a recent article published on Twins Daily, writer Peter Labuza laid out how court proceedings involving Diamond Sports Group, a subsidiary of Sinclair Broadcasting and owner of the many regional sports networks better known as Bally Sports, could lead to the Twins receiving a cash infusion. T...15574Mon, 22 Jan 2024 12:31:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/greatest-twins-teams-of-all-time-1969-r15572/Overview Let’s get this out of the way now. There’s one man synonymous with this season: a certain Alfred Manuel Martin Jr., commonly known as “Billy.” Martin first earned his bread as the feisty second baseman on the Mickey Mantle Yankees of the 1950s. He didn’t hit particularly well, but his...15572Sun, 21 Jan 2024 20:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/torii-hunters-hall-of-fame-case-hinges-on-jekyll-and-hyde-career-r15564/Voters for the National Baseball Hall of Fame use a variety of criteria to decide on a candidate's worthiness for Cooperstown. Sometimes, players compile substantial offensive numbers over a lengthy career, making it easy to compare to other Hall of Fame members. The defensive side of the ball h...15564Sun, 21 Jan 2024 17:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/digging-into-the-data-of-the-cedar-rapids-rotation-part-2-r15553/For whatever the reason, Andrew Morris may be the Twins pitcher from the 2022 draft to fly most impressively under the radar, despite being their fourth round pick out of Texas Tech. Morris signed for $500,000 but missed some time early in 2023 through injury. A smaller built starter at 6 '0, 19...15553Sun, 21 Jan 2024 13:23:36 +0000