https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/262/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/trading-places-a-history-of-minnesota-twins-challenge-trades-r15324/No team wins every trade, but competitive teams need to win more than they lose. It's pretty straightforward to pick winners and losers when a team trades MLB contributors from a position of strength to bring in other MLB contributors for a position of need. These are often called challenge trad...15324Sun, 26 Nov 2023 15:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-offseason-update-vazquez-maeda-arbitration/There's no other way to frame it: The start of this offseason has been flat-out deflating for Minnesota Twins fans. After watching a promising ALDS fizzle out at Target Field, we've since been informed directly by the team's leadership that we can expect payroll cuts next year.  It's a spla...15338Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:48:46 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/max-value-3-reasons-why-the-twins-should-trade-max-kepler-r15330/Max Kepler has grown up in the Twins organization since signing as a teenager on the international market. There were plenty of ups and downs throughout his professional career. He was the Southern League Player of the Year in 2015 after he finished the season with a .327 batting average, nine h...15330Sat, 25 Nov 2023 17:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/could-this-los-angeles-angels-pitcher-be-the-next-pablo-l%C3%B3pez-r15334/Roughly three weeks ago, I wrote an article on three left-handed starting pitchers the Twins should consider pursuing in free agency. In the article, Blake Snell, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Jordan Montgomery were highlighted as three top-tier options that could adequately counteract the impending de...15334Sat, 25 Nov 2023 13:51:33 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/five-trades-to-add-a-starting-center-fielder-r15313/When the Twins front office gave Byron Buxton his $100 million deal, they did so knowing the discount due to his limited ability was baked in. That never became more prominent than in 2023, when Rocco Baldelli was forced to use his best outfield defender solely as a designated hitter. As his ach...15313Fri, 24 Nov 2023 17:11:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jorge-polanco-first-baseman-r15331/Jorge Polanco has cemented himself as a piece of the Twins' core. First, an All-Star caliber shortstop, then more recently, the everyday starting second baseman. Could Jorge Polanco make another change in position to address a roster need and remain in Minnesota? Edouard Julien is a core pi...15331Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-trade-targets-first-base-paul-goldschmidt-pete-alonso/Coming off a 101-win season in 2019 where their pitching fell short in the playoffs, everyone expected the Minnesota Twins to move aggressively on arms in free agency. By all accounts, they tried, but were unable to woo their top targets. So the front office pivoted. They were determined to...15335Thu, 23 Nov 2023 16:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/to-trade-or-not-to-trade-max-kepler-that-is-the-question-r15321/In the classic transcendentalist novel Walden, author Henry David Thoreau wrote, "In any weather, at any hour of the day or night, I have been anxious to improve the nick of time, and notch it on my stick too; to stand on the meeting of two eternities, the past and present, which is precisely th...15321Thu, 23 Nov 2023 13:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/mining-the-tampa-bay-rays-for-trade-targets-r15319/The Twins and Rays have made multiple trades in the past, and there are clear trade targets on the Rays that fit Minnesota’s needs. The most recent trade between these two clubs came at the 2021 trade deadline when the Twins sent Nelson Cruz and Calvin Faucher to Tampa for Joe Ryan and Drew Stro...15319Wed, 22 Nov 2023 20:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-tenders-trades-and-television-r15336/15336Wed, 22 Nov 2023 17:41:37 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/four-trades-for-the-twins-to-add-a-right-handed-power-bat-r15295/For most of last season, Rocco Baldelli found himself with left-handed power in the outfield, with Byron Buxton shelved from defensive usage. Michael A. Taylor was a right-handed centerfielder but was playing for his bat more than anything. Max Kepler, Joey Gallo, Trevor Larnach, and Matt Wallne...15295Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:54:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-yankees-starter-could-be-the-next-success-story-in-the-twins-rotation-r15333/Facing spending limitations, the Twins should turn their attention to trading for a promising starter that they can propel to the next level, just as they did with Pablo López. That means seeking out a somewhat expendable arm in a good starting rotation, who can be elevated with a tweak or two....15333Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:19:01 +0000