https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/273/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sonny-gray-jose-abreu-home-run-game-3-alds/Sonny Gray put together one of the best seasons of his career by routinely disentangling himself from the exact type of jam that he found himself in right out of the gates on Tuesday. Unlike his co-rotation leader Pablo Lopez, Gray is not a pitcher who thrived this year because of missing b...15159Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:25:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/home-plate-umpires-have-favored-twins-opponents-in-2023-playoffs-r15156/Being a major-league umpire is no easy task. It takes years of hard work and dedication to reach the big leagues, where pitchers throw triple-digit fastballs and breaking pitches with significant movement. There are also replays from multiple angles that show whether a pitch is a ball or a strik...15156Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:16:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/yordan-alvarez-has-crushed-can-the-twins-stop-him-r15158/Coming into the American League Division Series, we all expected that the most challenging bat in the Houston Astros lineup would be Yordan Álvarez. Álvarez is a tremendous hitter in the prime of his career, and is a left hander. With a playoff roster full of right handed arms, Alvarez’s elite p...15158Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-youth-burning-them-at-the-worst-time-r15157/Rocco Baldelli’s club should’ve felt a good deal of comfort going into Game 3. The Houston Astros were starting righty Cristian Javier, and despite him being incredible during the 2022 World Series run, he had been nothing close to that this season. Rather than piling on behind Sonny Gray, the o...15157Wed, 11 Oct 2023 02:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/astros-9-twins-1-alvarez-abreu-and-the-astros-deflate-target-field-twins-face-elimination-wednesday-r15155/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Sonny Gray - 4 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 6 K (83 Pitches, 57 Strikes, 69%) Home Runs: None Bottom WPA: Gray (-.302), Royce Lewis (-.152), Ryan Jeffers (-.038) Win Probability Chart (Via Fangraphs): The Twins came into Tuesday's Game 3 riding high after brin...15155Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/build-a-team-like-the-braves-the-twins-already-did-sorta-r15047/The Atlanta Braves are the class of MLB right now, and the breathless admiration of them from those in the game and those who analyze will continue whether you like it or not. The Braves tied the 2019 Twins home run record of 307 and have steamrolled the competition, including a decisive sweep o...15047Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/which-cristian-javier-do-the-twins-get-r15150/Rocco Baldelli’s squad was always going to find themselves up against a difficult situation during Game 1 facing Justin Verlander. While Bailey Ober tried to keep things close, Yordan Alvarez had other plans, and Minnesota’s 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position sealed their fate. Having kno...15150Tue, 10 Oct 2023 16:23:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/4-keys-for-the-twins-to-keep-momentum-in-alds-game-3-r15148/Minnesota announced that Games 3 and 4 are sold out at Target Field, which should help build off the tremendous atmosphere fans created during the Wild Card Series. If the Twins want to upset the Astros, the club must win its home games and avoid a return trip to Houston. Playoff games take on a...15148Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:18:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/this-series-means-more-to-jorge-polanco-r15153/You could make the case for many different Twins being the face of their ALDS matchup against the dreaded Houston Astros. The obvious choice is Carlos Correa as he takes on his former club. Pablo Lopez might have an early edge after his brilliant start in Game 2 on Sunday night. Even Royce Lewis...15153Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:23:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-everything-can-be-sonny-against-the-houston-astros-r15149/From the Twins’ perspective, it would have been great for the Twins to take the first two games in Houston. However, the Astros had the advantage by resting their players through the Wild Card Series and being able to line up their starting pitchers. In MLB’s new playoff format, this is one of t...15149Mon, 09 Oct 2023 17:14:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/target-field-crowd-provides-twins-with-10th-man-in-series-win-over-blue-jays-r15137/  A cacophony of crowd noise rained down from the Target Field seats as Jhoan Duran prepared to throw the pitch. ‘Let’s go Twins, let’s go Twins’ rang the rhythmic chant. Duran released the pitch, a 101 mph laser above the strike zone that Daulton Varsho swung hopelessly at, and inevitably...15137Mon, 09 Oct 2023 15:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-living-by-platoon-continues-to-pay-dividends-r15146/After facing two right-handed starters against the Toronto Blue Jays, Rocco Baldelli was able to go with his ideal lineup in the wild card round. Rookies Edouard Julien and Matt Wallner were routinely deployed, and youngster Alex Kirilloff was kept in the lineup. Facing a left-handed starter, th...15146Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:13:01 +0000