https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/298/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-offseason-acquisitions/The Twins traded for three MLB players, signed four MLB deals, and brought on an additional three players on minor league deals that have contributed to this year’s team. When evaluating this team, it’s worth taking stock of how the offseason moves are looking. I’ve listed the ten acquisitions b...14518Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:18:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-milb-starting-pitchers-june-2023-cory-lewis-cj-culpepper/It was a rough pitching month for starters in the upper levels of the Twins system. Minnesota has needed to dig into Triple-A depth which can impact other levels too. However, some players are compiling numbers that will put them in the conversation to start showing up on top-30 prospect lists f...14519Sun, 02 Jul 2023 11:21:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-hitter-of-the-month-june-2023-r14527/Epic legends will be written about the abyss that was "The Twins Offense in June 2023." Twins Territory used the month to clamor for the jobs of the hitting coach, manager, anyone holding a bat, front office, hot dog vendors... it was that bad. The Twins had 897 plate appearances in June, and st...14527Sun, 02 Jul 2023 00:16:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-1-orioles-0-ober-shines-gallo-delivers-as-offense-goes-back-to-sleep-r14528/Box Score: Starting pitcher: Bailey Ober: 7 IP 2 H 0 ER 0 BB 8 SO (85 pitches, 58 for strikes, 68.2%) Home Runs: Joey Gallo (15) Top 3 WPA: Ober (.371), Griffin Jax (.138) Gallo (.133) Win Probability Chart (Via Fangraphs): Coming off of a game that could not have gone any better ag...14528Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/365-days-of-byron-buxton-from-all-star-highs-to-injury-lows-r14504/Byron Buxton must have been riding high entering the 2022 season after signing a seven-year, $100 million contract extension with the Twins. He knew that the Twin Cities would be his home for most of his professional career, and his family could establish roots in the community. Buxton was comfo...14504Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:12:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-pitcher-of-month-june-2023-jhoan-duran-bailey-ober-brock-stewart-griffin-jax/Despite the Twins lineup being horrible, awful, no good, and downright bad in June, the starting rotation was once again outstanding, and the bullpen was middling around average while producing some elite performances. According to FanGraphs, the Twins were the sixth-best rotation and the 17th-b...14523Sat, 01 Jul 2023 13:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-have-finally-matched-the-yankees-offensively-r14521/  We've all heard about the New York Yankees' dominance over the Twins, but times are changing. For years and eras, the Yankees have been able to mash their way through the American League and buy their way past the Twins' homegrown talent. But no longer. For the first time in generations,...14521Sat, 01 Jul 2023 13:17:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/players-only-meeting-leads-to-offense/  Box Score Pablo López: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K Home Runs: Joey Gallo (14), Max Kepler (11), Byron Buxton (14) Top 3 WPA: Pablo López (.144), Joey Gallo (.111), Royce Lewis (.096) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The infamous players' meeting—was all anyone could talk...14524Sat, 01 Jul 2023 03:28:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/series-preview-bal-630-72-when-the-smoke-clears-will-the-twins-season-still-be-alive-r14516/Like Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, I don't have words for the last stretch of Twins baseball. That makes it challenging to write an article, but I'll do it anyway so that everyone can vent or cheer as relevant. The Twins will enter Friday night's game in first place thanks to a Guardians te...14516Fri, 30 Jun 2023 17:22:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-have-a-hitting-development-problem/Since Derek Falvey and Thad Levine took over the Minnesota front office, they tend to draft hitters in the first round. Their first selection was Royce Lewis at the top of the 2017 draft, and only once have they taken an arm. Chase Petty was a high school arm drafted for upside and ultimately be...14489Fri, 30 Jun 2023 16:24:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-gamble-on-replacing-luis-arraez-is-proving-destructive-r14512/Every offseason, Derek Falvey and Thad Levine have specifically and aggressively targeted the areas that stopped them short of a run in the playoffs in the prior year. After the Twins hit a record number of home runs (307) and won 101 games in 2019, the front office made a run at Zach Wheeler to...14512Fri, 30 Jun 2023 02:45:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/matt-wallner-does-it-again/TRANSACTIONS UT Austin Martin assigned to Low-A Fort Myers for minor league rehab. RHP Gererdo Abrego activated from IL and assigned to DSL Twins.  SAINTS SENTINEL  St. Paul 13, Gwinnett 5 Box Score Old friend Dereck Rodriguez was on the mound tonight for Gwinnett, but the S...14517Fri, 30 Jun 2023 02:39:00 +0000