https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/385/?d=1enhttps://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 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-glen-perkins-and-patrick-reusse-at-twins-dailys-2023-winter-meltdown-r13609/13609Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:46:30 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/forgotten-cf-gilberto-celestino/  Through the end of May, Gilberto Celestino appeared to have turned a corner in 2022. The Twins backup center fielder was slashing .324/.398/.378, 50% above league average by wRC+.With little power to speak of, Celestino was a legitimate offensive contributor for a month or two. And then i...13608Sun, 29 Jan 2023 14:02:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/who-do-the-numbers-endorse-as-twins-new-leadoff-hitter-r13601/Last Friday, the Twins finally bit the bullet and shipped Luis Arráez off to Miami in return for Pablo Lopez and two exciting prospects. It’s a sensible move, but the Twins will need to replace Arráez’s production on the field after his 3.2 fWAR 2022 season. Alex Kirilloff appears to be the...13601Sat, 28 Jan 2023 17:22:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/looking-back-on-game-163-r13600/The Detroit Tigers led the American League from May 16th to October 6th, when the game was moved from its original date of October 5th because Brett Favre and the boys had a ball game.  On September 6th, the Tigers held what seemed to be an insurmountable lead of seven games. They went 16-1...13600Sat, 28 Jan 2023 17:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-timeline-for-prospects-in-2023-r13585/Last season, Rocco Baldelli saw a significant number of players make their major-league debuts. We finally saw Royce Lewis play shortstop at Target Field, and Jose Miranda earned his way onto the roster after an incredible 2021. Simeon Woods Richardson closed out the season for the Twins, and ho...13585Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:18:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-falvey-philosophies-part-2-fixing-problem-spots-r13602/The core Falvey Philosophy is to fill out most of the Twins roster from their young core, but it is rare to see a team that manages to fill all areas of the roster with products of its own farm system, and the Twins are no different. The club generally does an adequate job of identifying areas o...13602Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:23:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-need-to-be-realistic-with-max-kepler-r13596/  There have been points this winter where we were waiting for a Max Kepler trade announcement within the coming hours, such as when Joey Gallo was signed. Here we are at the end of January, however, and not only is Max Kepler still a Twin, it appears that may not change after all....13596Fri, 27 Jan 2023 14:19:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pablo-lopezs-elite-changeup-could-take-him-to-the-next-level-r13599/Pablo Lopez may be seen as a pitcher in a similar mold to his new rotation counterparts. He, Sonny Gray, Tyler Mahle, Kenta Maeda, and Joe Ryan are all seen as solid number two or three starters but are a rung short of landing on the ace level of the pitching ladder. Lopez, however, may hav...13599Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:16:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/fun-with-player-comps-closers-r13598/In "Fun with Player Comps" I look at player comps for 30 current Twins who figure to play a role in 2023, starting with their closest age player from Baseball-Reference.com before 2022. Based on each player's general vibe, I then move into the best and worst-case scenarios. Previous installments...13598Thu, 26 Jan 2023 17:15:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-know-winning-trumps-fun-in-dealing-arraez-r13582/What Derek Falvey and Thad Levine are betting on is that winning will matter most. There is no denying that Luis Arraez is a good baseball player. He was an All-Star while winning a Silver Slugger and being crowned the American League batting champion in 2022. His .316 average and .375 on-b...13582Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:17:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-arraez-lopez-trade-hints-at-the-injury-status-of-key-players-r13572/The Twins neither had to drop one of the best bats in the American League nor acquire more pitching depth to technically have a successful off season. In fact, the hitters are now almost obviously in a worse place without Arraez leading off every day. But this is also a team prone to injuries—so...13572Thu, 26 Jan 2023 14:12:00 +0000