https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/402/?d=1enhttps://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 +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 +0000