https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/390/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/byron-buxton-load-management-mvp-joe-mauer/Winning a Most Valuable Player award is the pinnacle of individual achievement in baseball and most any other sport. It's the honor of a lifetime for athletes, placing their names alongside true greats in the history books while celebrating an unparalleled contribution to winning. Beyond al...13814Mon, 06 Mar 2023 02:07:50 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-methods-acquiring-ace-number-one-starter/With Jordan Balazovic sliding down the prospect rankings due to a tough 2022 season (and now a tough start to this 2023 spring), it appears that the number of organizational Twins pitchers who could reasonably project to being a top-tier MLB starting pitcher is down to two in Marco Raya and Conn...13805Sun, 05 Mar 2023 16:24:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/on-drama-and-depth-r13803/  On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. I am Carlos’s bamboo ankle. Yes, the Twins lost the second-most days to injury in the 2022 season, but that isn’t the whole truth. As a skeptic or a naysayer may remind you, players like Jhon Romero and Ran...13803Sun, 05 Mar 2023 13:19:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/sandy-valdespino-member-of-the-1965-world-series-twins-passes-away-at-84-r13807/The baseball world lost another brother in their fraternity last Sunday. Sandy Valdespino, one of Sam Mele’s bench weapons on the 1965 World Series team, passed away in Moultrie, Georgia, at the age of 84. Signed by the legendary scout, Joe Cambria, Valdespino made his American baseball deb...13807Sun, 05 Mar 2023 12:00:02 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/pivotal-year-looms-large-for-rocco-baldelli-r13776/When Derek Falvey and Thad Levine took over for Terry Ryan, the Twins ownership mandated that sitting manager Paul Molitor keep that role for one year. It was always assumed that the new front office would want to make a selection of their own, and after a short period of time, it was Rocco Bald...13776Sat, 04 Mar 2023 18:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/baseball-america-staff-draft-version-10-twins-draft-college-hitter-r13800/They carefully explain it’s not a mock draft, per se. They aren’t using any intel to try and determine who these teams are taking. They are instead taking on the role of what they would do if they were in these positions. In this first version, they have the two stud college pitchers (Paul...13800Sat, 04 Mar 2023 14:18:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/starter-or-reliever-series-cole-sands-r13789/Entering last season, Jhoan Duran had been a starting pitcher for his entire career. A lengthy injury history made the Twins reconsider his long-term role with the club. He was shifted to the bullpen and became one of the team's most valuable assets. Only some players can be as successful in tra...13789Fri, 03 Mar 2023 18:18:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/video-jose-miranda-sore-shoulder/One of the questions this year was how Jose Miranda would look playing third base everyday. We haven't seen him there. He's been playing regularly in spring training games, but always as a designated hitter. It was revealed by the team on Thursday that he's been dealing with a sore shoulder. Af...13806Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:59:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/be-prepared-for-a-new-look-twins-team-r13780/It’s not exactly a bad thing that the Twins will be looking to usher in a new look given they are coming off back-to-back seasons missing the postseason. Last year, the club was decimated by injuries and the year prior, performance left plenty to be desired. Neither of those teams truly had an i...13780Fri, 03 Mar 2023 16:20:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-geek-podcast-pitch-clock/13802Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:08:54 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/joe-pohlad-and-the-next-generation-of-twins-ownership-r13793/Jim Pohlad will still be involved with the Twins to a degree but as his 70th birthday approaches next month, he decided it was time for him to pass his day-to-day roles to Joe Pohlad. Jim Pohlad will still be the team’s representative in ownership for any league matters.  Many Twins fans po...13793Fri, 03 Mar 2023 14:15:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-return-of-kenta-maeda/While the pandemic-shortened 2020 season consisted of just 60 games, it gave Twins fans a performance that they had been begging for. Finally, a pitcher was able to break through as a true frontline starter, even if it was an abbreviated campaign.  Kenta Maeda assumed his throne that year a...13797Thu, 02 Mar 2023 18:20:01 +0000