https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/26/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/international-free-agency-baseballs-most-challenging-frontier-part-1-r19584/We are already a week into January. That means we are less than a week from the start of the 2026 International Free Agent Signing Period. Clubs will be scrambling to finalize deals that had been informally agreed upon with handshakes with their prospects and finding the talent that will round o...19584Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-zebby-matthews-still-has-breakout-written-all-over-him-r19619/Zebby Matthews did not deliver the season many had hoped for in 2025, especially after his breakout minor league season. The surface numbers were rough, the contact quality was worse than expected, and the results often failed to live up to the promise that followed him up the minor league ladde...19619Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/eric-wagaman-might-be-the-next-kyle-garlick-r19613/In his review of the 2005 film “Elizabethtown,” film critic Nathan Rabin coined the phrase “Manic Pixie Dream Girl,” a term that has since become common in contemporary society to identify a stock character type in fiction novels and films. For those out of the loop, the Manic Pixie Dream Girl i...19613Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/to-address-a-shaky-offense-the-twins-have-brought-in-some-of-the-worst-hitters-in-mlb-r19610/Last season, the Minnesota Twins ranked 23rd out of 30 MLB teams in runs scored and 18th in OPS. The offense was once again a major letdown, and an area where significant improvement will be needed in order to turn around this wayward franchise. To that end, the Twins made some key changes...19610Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:28 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/introducing-wpa-won-lost-record-and-the-2025-twins-most-interesting-ones-r19614/For many of us, growing up with baseball meant spending hours on the floor of our bedroom, poring over baseball cards. You might have been one of those who adored the artistry (and especially the creative adventures) of the colorful cardboard collectibles, particularly as various types of specia...19614Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-top-minnesota-twins-player-assets-of-2026-part-4-1-5-r19598/Here at the start of 2026, we're taking stock of talent in the Twins organization by ranking their top 20 player assets. We went over the the ground rules in our introductory post on Monday, but the short version is this: We're trying to answer the question, "Which current players in the organiz...19598Thu, 08 Jan 2026 12:36:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-top-minnesota-twins-player-assets-of-2026-part-3-6-10-r19597/Here at the start of 2026, we're taking stock of talent in the Twins organization by ranking their top 20 player assets. Went over the ground rules in our introductory post from Monday, but the short version is this: We're trying to answer the question, "Which current players in the organization...19597Wed, 07 Jan 2026 13:11:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewiss-attack-angle-and-the-illusion-of-the-ideal-r19609/By one metric, Royce Lewis was on time as often as any hitter in baseball in 2025. Only the Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll edged out Lewis in Statcast's Ideal Attack Angle rate, which gives the percentage of swings on which a hitter's barrel is moving uphill at their contact point, within the rang...19609Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:19:16 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-twins-bats-that-will-decide-the-fate-of-their-2026-season-r19600/Every season brings a handful of players who rewrite their own narratives. Sometimes it's health. Sometimes it's timing. Sometimes it's simply baseball being baseball. For the Minnesota Twins, 2026 sets up as a year where several familiar names could remind the league why the expectations were s...19600Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:02:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-top-minnesota-twins-player-assets-of-2026-part-2-11-15-r19596/Here at the start of 2026, we're taking stock of talent in the Twins organization by ranking their top 20 player assets. You can read the ground rules in our introductory post from Monday, but the short version is this: We're trying to answer the question, "Which current players in the organizat...19596Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:03:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-interesting-steamer-projections-for-2026-minnesota-twins-r19604/Steamer is one of the more widely used projection systems in baseball. They use a formula that weights recent seasons, along with attempts to predict regression for players based on several factors. Looking ahead to 2026, Steamer has a few interesting predictions for the Twins roster. Luke...19604Mon, 05 Jan 2026 23:11:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-pohlad-playbook-has-not-changed-in-30-years-r19601/If Minnesota Twins fans feel like they've heard this story before, it is because they have. Nearly 30 years separate the current financial messaging from the late 1990s, but the current posture from ownership feels almost identical. The numbers have grown, the league has changed, and revenues ha...19601Mon, 05 Jan 2026 18:30:25 +0000