https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/389/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kenta-maeda-2023-rotation-bullpen/First, a quick catch-up on Kenta Maeda's history for the unfamiliar.  Signed in 2016 out of Japan by the Dodgers, his contract was laden with incentives due to questions about the health of his elbow.  Over the course of his time in Los Angeles, Maeda was often shuffled between rotatio...13301Tue, 22 Nov 2022 16:25:25 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kyle-farmer-fielding-splits/Kyle Farmer is, to be kind, an obscure baseball presence. A former catcher, raised in the blue-blood Dodgers farm system—something he has in common with his Twins garlicky brother in Kyle—Farmer’s major league impact has been a ripple, not a wave. There was the time he walked off the Giants in h...13293Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:15:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sonny-gray-contract-extension/Minnesota has multiple items on its offseason checklist, including finding a shortstop, upgrading the offense, and adding to the bullpen. It's also the time of year when teams can approach players about long-term extensions. The Twins have kept their payroll clean for multiple years into the fut...13290Mon, 21 Nov 2022 22:48:14 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-farmer-urshela-pagan-and-new-twins-uniforms-r13296/13296Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:10:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/kyle-farmer-trade-twins-defensive-role/  Acquired in exchange for minor-league pitcher Casey Legumina last week, Kyle Farmer has followed an interesting career path in terms of defensive development. Formerly a star high school baseball star and quarterback (he made a cameo in The Blind Side!), he played shortstop at the Univers...13288Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:02:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-happened-to-jose-mirandas-swing-during-the-2022-season-excerpt-r13289/Before we start disparaging Miranda’s late-season performance, let’s consider some of his strengths.  His 117 weighted runs created plus – a rate stat that takes into consideration park factors and current run environment of the league – was the seventh-best by a Minnesota Twins rookie and...13289Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/what-could-trey-mancini-bring-to-the-twins-r13273/Trey Mancini is just coming off the best feeling in the world of baseball: a World Series championship. At the beginning of the season, Mancini was with the Baltimore Orioles, the organization he had played for since they drafted him in 2013. The Orioles were just getting hot as Mancini's bat co...13273Sun, 20 Nov 2022 17:00:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/emilio-pagan-returning-twins-bullpen/  Before getting started, it's important to point that Emilio Pagán's 2022 struggles are exaggerated by the popular narrative. They just are. He did not single-handedly tank the season. He was not without redeeming qualities. In fact, at no point during the season was he even the worst...13287Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:32:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/whats-next-for-miguel-sano-r13260/Derek Falvey and Thad Levine signed Miguel Sano to a three-year extension worth $30 million right before the 2020 season. Sano was coming off a year as a key contributor to the Bomba Squad. He blasted a career-best 34 homers while playing 105 games. His .923 OPS was easily a career-high, and at...13260Sat, 19 Nov 2022 17:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-still-benefitting-from-the-pierzynski-trade-r13265/A.J. Pierzynski is a complicated player in Twins' history. He played a big part in keeping the Twins here and was an all-star catcher on the 2002 team that won the division and beat the Moneyball Oakland A’s.  Over the course of his six seasons as a Twin, he spent half that time as the star...13265Sat, 19 Nov 2022 14:20:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota-adds-farmer-to-infield-mix-r13286/The Twins reached out to a team they have become quite familiar with in trade talks in the past year. Infielder Kyle Farmer was traded to the Twins from the Reds in exchange for right-hander Casey Legumina.  The 32-year-old infielder from the University of Georgia has been the Reds primary...13286Sat, 19 Nov 2022 01:51:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-tender-contracts-to-seven-arbitration-candidates-r13285/Although the morning on Friday was spent unveiling the Minnesota Twins new uniforms, the evening was about exactly who would be playing in them. With a full 40-man roster, the Twins had seven arbitration-eligible candidates left to make decisions on. Earlier in the afternoon, they avoided a...13285Fri, 18 Nov 2022 23:48:22 +0000