https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/30/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/zips-sees-paths-forward-for-the-2026-twins-despite-familiar-questions-r19551/FanGraphs released its annual ZiPS projections for the Twins this week, giving Twins fans their first broad statistical snapshot of what the 2026 season could look like. ZiPS, created by Dan Szymborski, is a projection system that blends recent performance, aging curves, historical comps, and a...19551Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:18:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesotas-next-wave-is-built-on-infield-versatility-r19513/The Twins have been methodical in building an infield pipeline that could anchor the franchise for years, and the 2026 season marks the first true step toward that plan becoming reality. Brooks Lee will open the year at shortstop with Luke Keaschall alongside him at second base, while Kaelen Cul...19513Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:37:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/should-the-twins-extend-one-of-their-key-young-players-r19543/Some 2,500 days ago, the Twins announced a pair of five-year pacts for two of their young stars, Jorge Polanco and Max Kepler. It was a shrewd and symbolic move: the pair—signed as international players in the same class, friends as they rose through the system together—served as complementary c...19543Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:07:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-josh-bells-poor-defense-isnt-something-to-worry-about-r19549/When the Twins signed Josh Bell, it was easy to shrug. This is not the kind of move that lights up the timeline or changes preseason projections overnight. Bell is a veteran switch-hitting first baseman on his fourth team in three years, and defensive metrics have not been kind to him. If you st...19549Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:13:34 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/familiarize-yourself-with-ryan-kreidler-he-might-be-the-twins-backup-shortstop-in-2026-r19544/During last week’s Winter Meetings, MLB.com’s Matthew Leach posted an interesting response to a question posed to him on BlueSky on whether the Minnesota Twins will pursue a strong defensive middle infielder this offseason, stating the following: Admittedly, this level of aggregat...19544Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/why-the-twins-didnt-sign-luis-arraez-r19533/Luis Arraez has the highest batting average among active MLB players. His .317 is 14 points higher than the next highest, Jose Altuve’s .303 average. There isn’t another player over .300. Arraez also registered the lowest strikeout rate since Tony Gwynn in 1995, retired on strikes in...19533Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:49:14 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-alex-jackson-do-something-thats-never-been-done-r19539/In the last 50 years, only one catcher has had at least 400 big-league plate appearances in their 20s with a materially worse OPS+ than Alex Jackson's career mark of 46. Twins fans needn't strain themselves to imagine such a player, though, for that one special case was Drew Butera (36 OPS+). Th...19539Mon, 15 Dec 2025 23:13:13 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-josh-bells-signing-means-for-the-rest-of-the-twins-lineup-r19547/Josh Bell is not the kind of signing that flips an organization on its head, but he is the kind that quietly reshapes how a lineup comes together. At 33, Bell arrives in Minnesota as a known quantity. He has been an above-average hitter for nearly a decade—durable to a fault, and consistently pr...19547Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:14:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/breaking-twins-sign-first-baseman-josh-bell-to-one-year-deal-r19545/The Twins and slugger Josh Bell agreed to a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2027, sources confirmed to Twins Daily Monday morning. The first report of the deal came from ESPN's Jeff Passan, on Twitter. Bell, 33, is a 10-year veteran. A switch-hitter, he can serve as both a first baseman a...19545Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rebooting-royce-lewis-r19538/The Twins seem to be intent on trying to win in 2026 versus leaning further into a rebuild and kicking the competitive can down the road. There are good arguments against this course of action, but one of the best in its favor is the presence of Royce Lewis. The former #1 overall pick is 26 year...19538Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:34:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/same-offseason-different-winter-for-the-twins-r19540/Certainly, the list of teams that have yet to sign a major league free agent is trying to tell us something. It always is. When that list includes the Nationals and Rockies -- two clubs that spent 2025 playing out the string and still managed to finish a combined 80 games out of first place -- t...19540Sun, 14 Dec 2025 22:18:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/if-the-twins-want-to-add-thump-here-are-15-names-to-consider-r19530/At baseball’s winter meetings this week, there has been much ballyhoo about the Twins’ search to add a little power to their lineup. General manager Jeremy Zoll was quoted as saying that the club hopes to add “another bat or two with a little thump, with some impact,” and Dan Hayes reported in t...19530Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:22:02 +0000