https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/288/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-reliever-options-the-twins-hope-can-return-from-injury-in-september-r14891/The Twins have relied heavily on specific relievers throughout the 2023 campaign, including Jhoan Duran, Griffin Jax, Emilio Pagan, and Caleb Thielbar. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli has different levels of trust in these players, which makes it tough to employ a bullpen strategy from one close ga...14891Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-pitcher-of-the-month-august-2023-r14922/Roles reversed in August, as the Twins saw their starters achieving more quality starts, while the previously lights-out bullpen stumbled in streaky fashion. As the boom or bust offense continued to seek its way, the pitching staff felt the pressure and mostly stepped up to the rubber with confi...14922Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:50:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/how-much-will-clevelands-waiver-additions-impact-the-al-central-race-r14920/On Thursday, the Cleveland Guardians claimed a trio of pitchers, one starter and two relievers, off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels. Right-handed starter Lucas Giolito will join the top of a starting rotation that includes rookie pitchers Gavin Williams and Tanner Bibee. Cleveland's bullpen...14920Fri, 01 Sep 2023 01:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/an-improving-twins-offense-could-be-the-key-to-a-less-damaging-bullpen-r14921/Over their past 16 games, the Twins have gone 9-7. In doing so, they've barely nudged their AL Central lead – from 4 ½ games on August 12th to 5 games on August 31st.  They're not in a bad situation, but it could feel a lot safer. And one can easily argue that if not for the bullpen's lapse...14921Thu, 31 Aug 2023 23:01:24 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/one-month-into-the-jorge-l%C3%B3pez-for-dylan-floro-trade-r14898/On July 28, the Minnesota Twins traded relief pitcher Jorge López to the Miami Marlins for fellow relief pitcher Dylan Floro. This week, we passed the one-month anniversary of said trade. Unlike the win-win Luis Arráez for Pablo López, Jose Salas, and Byron Chourio trade executed between Ki...14898Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:16:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-waivers-no-pickups-lopez-giolito-renfroe-grichuk/The Los Angeles Angels initiated the talent dump earlier this week, with word coming out that they were placing Lucas Giolito, relievers Reynaldo Rodriguez and Matt Moore, and outfielders Hunter Renfroe and Randal Grichuk on irrevocable waivers.  Among other players who ended up joining thi...14914Thu, 31 Aug 2023 17:26:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-greatest-twins-rookie-class-in-history-r14897/Prospects rarely develop at the same rate, and the path is almost never linear. Twins fans have seen that with everyone from Joe Mauer to Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano. Rocco Baldelli was not around for the development of those three, but he has a front row seat for Royce Lewis, Edouard Julien, M...14897Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-830-the-twins-march-for-saints-r14911/TRANSACTIONS OF Byron Buxton begins rehab assignment with St. Paul 1B/OF Alex Kirilloff begins rehab assignment with St. Paul INF Kamron Willman reinstated from the development list by Fort Myers SAINTS SENTINEL  St. Paul 6, Columbus 1 Box Score Quite possibly the mo...14911Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:13:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/does-injury-help-twins-position-for-shohei-ohtani-r14900/The short answer is probably No, but we can at least add probably in front of it with the payday becoming a bit more muted. Before Shohei Ohtani blew out his elbow, he was set to get something north of $600 million in free agency and potentially an ownership stake in a new team. With the Los Ang...14900Wed, 30 Aug 2023 21:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/guardians-5-twins-2-f10-grays-gem-goes-to-waste-in-extras-r14910/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Sonny Gray, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K (81 pitches, 56 strikes, 69.1%) Home Runs: none Bottom 3 WPA: Kody Funderburk (-.459), Jhoan Duran (-.207), Carlos Correa  (-.147) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Gray and Bibee dominate their opposing lineups e...14910Wed, 30 Aug 2023 20:41:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/staking-their-claims-r14908/The baseball world appeared shocked to learn that the LA Angels placed several of their veteran players - several acquired at the trade deadline - on waivers. A quick look at a few readily available bits of information show why it makes sense for them to do it. In addition, many other non-conten...14908Wed, 30 Aug 2023 16:26:57 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/matt-wallner-hit-by-pitch-savant-r14905/There’s an art to being hit by a pitch. While some only occasionally dabble, perfectly content with letting the pitcher hit him on the hurler’s terms, others know that there’s a successful strategy that can earn him a free—albeit painful—trip to first base. Matt Wallner is one of those players....14905Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:18:02 +0000