https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/367/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/final-leg-of-twins-winter-caravan-makes-stop-in-rochester-r13628/ROCHESTER – The premier Vikings Bar in the city of Rochester became a Twins Bar for the night as the Twins Winter Caravan’s final leg made a stop at Whistle Binkies on the Lake Monday night.  Featured on this leg were Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, pitcher Louie Varland, hitting coach David...13628Wed, 01 Feb 2023 01:30:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/an-early-look-at-the-2023-draft-r13623/The Twins had luck on their side when they moved up to the 5th draft spot earlier this winter. As a result, the organization is likely going to add another Top 100 prospect to their stable. Currently, the big two names are LSU outfielder Dylan Crews and Tennessee right-hander Chase Dollander. Yo...13623Tue, 31 Jan 2023 22:06:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/lets-road-trip-2023-trip-9-kansas-city-st-louis-728-83-r13610/July 28-30 @ Kansas City Royals (3 games) Kauffman Stadium - 2022 attendance was 1,277,986 (ranked 13th out of 15 AL teams, 26th overall MLB) The Royals’ home park’s first season of use was 1973 (Royals Stadium) with artificial turf, renamed Kauffman Stadium in 1994 after the team's first own...13610Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:23:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/a-jose-miranda-breakout-to-dream-on-r13620/Following a .973 OPS across 124 games split between Double-A and Triple-A, Jose Miranda found his way into the Baseball America and MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospect lists coming into the 2022 season. Even as he tore up the two levels previously, there just wasn’t room for him on the Opening Day ros...13620Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/news-and-notes-from-twinsfest-weekend-r13627/  There is plenty to get excited about with the 2023 Twins. It has been a memorable off-season with the club signing the biggest free deal in franchise history and trading for multiple key players. Fans gathered at multiple events over the last week, including the Winter Caravan, Diamond Aw...13627Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:26:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-ryans-september-surge-a-sign-of-things-to-come-free-preview-r13619/Joe Ryan seems like a cerebral individual, especially regarding the art and science of pitching.  "I love talking pitching," Ryan told Fangraphs.com's David Laurilia in April. "I love messing around with the baseball, manipulating it in the dugout, just getting that feel. Then I get back o...13619Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:59:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/be-wary-of-michael-fulmer-r13616/  The Minnesota Twins bullpen is filling out nicely, projected as a top-five unit by some systems. They have arguably the best relief pitcher in all of baseball in Jhoan Duran and a strong supporting cast behind him, but there is plenty of noise that the Twins add one more right-handed reli...13616Mon, 30 Jan 2023 23:19:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-falvey-philosophies-part-4-please-sir-can-i-have-some-more-years-r13606/As opposed to their approach to free agency, the Twins have shown more flexibility in trading for players on longer deals, especially pitchers. Some of these "longer deals" are arbitration years, again mitigating risk, but Kenta Maeda had four years remaining on his deal (though it was an incent...13606Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-did-you-miss-in-twins-fest-live-r13614/With details emerging somewhat late for many of the events surrounding Twins Fest, there was little room to understand some of the changes this year. The Winter Caravan was back but in a significantly truncated form. The route was not nearly as long, and plenty of it was in more private or intim...13614Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:09:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/front-office-offseason-strategy-addressing-weaknesses/Reviewing the Twins offseason up to this point after a flurry of January activity, some notable trends and focal points emerge. In sizing up the front office's moves this winter, it strikes me that there was a clear intent to address six key areas that factored into last year's fade, starting wi...13613Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:42:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-winter-meltdown-returns-with-a-bang-event-recap-r13612/Taking place a few blocks away from Target Field at The Pourhouse, the 2023 Winter Meltdown brought together hundreds of people for a lively night of food, drinks, and baseball chatter.  The staff at the venue did an excellent job keeping up with a huge crowd of attendees, serving up tasty...13612Sun, 29 Jan 2023 23:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/falvey-philosophies-one-year-contracts/This is where the group leaves the biggest footprint. In the Falvey-Levine era, most of the veteran fill-ins discussed in Part 2 have come in the form of one-year contracts, or contracts with vesting, team, or mutual options for the second year. Based on my research, the breakdown in the length...13603Sun, 29 Jan 2023 17:05:02 +0000