https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/377/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/road-trip-chicago-cleveland/13472Thu, 05 Jan 2023 17:02:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/andrew-mccutchen-free-agent-2023/  At the onset of the off-season, the Minnesota Twins were in dire need of a big, right-handed bat that could be penciled into the middle of the lineup for the 2023 season and beyond. Carlos Correa was their primary target, but all signs seem to indicate he is landing elsewhere. Not o...13477Thu, 05 Jan 2023 13:59:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-top-assets-2023-lewis-polanco-ryan-buxton/  If you like, you can quickly catch up on the ground rules for this exercise in the first installment. The short version is this that we're attempting to rank Twins players and prospects through a big-picture lens in asking: Which current players in the organization are most indispensable...13469Thu, 05 Jan 2023 03:05:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-twins-free-agent-outfield-upgrades-2023/Over the last two seasons, the Twins have used Kyle Garlick as the team’s primary right-handed hitting outfielder. He has hit .233/.283/.446 (.728) with a 103 OPS+ in 102 games. Garlick performed even better when put into favorable match-ups. Against left-handed pitching, he posted an .805 OPS w...13473Wed, 04 Jan 2023 18:10:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/jorge-polanco-looming-decision-contract-extension-trade/Although the Twins may decide to deal Max Kepler this offseason rather than roster him alongside Joey Gallo, there seems to be less of an inclination that slugging second baseman Jorge Polanco is going anywhere. Although he is a failed shortstop, and has dealt with multiple ankle injuries in rec...13466Wed, 04 Jan 2023 16:12:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-top-assets-2023-arraez-miranda-duran/  If you like, you can quickly catch up on the ground rules for this exercise in the first installment. The short version is this that we're attempting to rank Twins players and prospects through a big-picture lens in asking: Which current players in the organization are most indispensable...13468Wed, 04 Jan 2023 03:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/lets-road-trip-2023-new-york-boston-413-420-r13474/April 13-16 - @ New York Yankees (4 games) Yankee Stadium: capacity 47,309 - 2022 attendance was 3,136,207 (ranked 1st out of 15 AL teams) Yankee Stadium screams “we own you” to Twins fans. Last year was the first Twins victory there since May of 2019, and the Twins have gone 3-24 at Y...13474Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:10:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/believe-in-buxton-for-2023-r13460/Realistically fans of the Minnesota Twins have been awaiting a breakout from Byron Buxton for the better part of seven years. In that time he’s either flashed ability, or shown a very brief glimpse of availability. Only once, in 2020, did we come close to seeing what it looked like together and...13460Tue, 03 Jan 2023 16:13:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-trade-value-of-twins-corner-outfielders-r13457/Shortly before the calendar turned to 2023, the Twins finalized a one-year, $11 million deal for outfielder Joey Gallo. He is coming off a terrible season where he posted a 79 OPS+ in 126 games for the Yankees and the Dodgers. However, he was an All-Star in 2021 who led the AL in walks and poste...13457Tue, 03 Jan 2023 14:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/caleb-thielbar-2022-great/If things had gone differently, Caleb Thielbar might have been in South Dakota, conducting recruiting visits and game-planning for a Division II baseball program as Augustana’s pitching coach.  If he didn’t seek help from Driveline Baseball, he might not have added the necessary velocity or...13471Tue, 03 Jan 2023 13:57:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-top-assets-jeffers-larnach-prielipp/  If you like, you can quickly catch up on the ground rules for this exercise in the first installment. The short version is this that we're attempting to rank Twins players and prospects through a big-picture lens in asking: Which current players in the organization are most indispensable...13467Tue, 03 Jan 2023 03:00:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/organization-to-add-talent-through-international-free-agency-r13463/No one was ever sure we'd get to this point with International Free Agency again, if we're being honest. It was the last sticking point in the CBA negotiations. But instead of letting it cause the lockout to continue, they added a summer deadline to continue to discuss an International Draft. An...13463Tue, 03 Jan 2023 00:03:02 +0000