https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/422/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/forum-friday-stark-relief-r12594/Bullpen questions and suggestions are hot topics, of course, but some hitters are still rolling and trade season is starting to heat up too, so there is plenty to discuss. Using players we already have, @RaoulDuke tries to put together an admittedly premature Playoff bullpen. Unless a coupl...12594Fri, 01 Jul 2022 11:18:15 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-minor-league-report-630-wallner-wallops-and-varland-victimizes-r12592/Transactions: Kernels place INF Christian Encarnacion-Strand on IL with concussion SAINTS SENTINEL  Omaha 10, St. Paul 0 Box Score Saints starter and top Twins pitching prospect Jordan Balazovic was on the mound to start this one, and he recorded just two outs before bei...12592Fri, 01 Jul 2022 02:52:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/cole-sands-finding-success-through-consistency-r12588/  Last season Cole Sands pitched 80 1/3 innings for Double-A Wichita. He got four innings at Double-A, then in Pensacola, during the 2019 season before Covid shut down the minors in 2020. There’s no denying that Sands put up impressive numbers last season, but he wasn’t seen as a guy that w...12588Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:10:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-tidbit-the-lineup-is-heating-up-in-june-r12587/12587Thu, 30 Jun 2022 21:40:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/minnesota%E2%80%99s-return-for-berrios-continues-to-look-better-r12563/    When dealing for prospects you have to evaluate the return in terms of value at the time of the deal. How development takes place and what happens in the future remains largely difficult to project. However, Minnesota netting the Toronto Blue Jays' top prospect in Austin Martin, an...12563Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:00:12 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/4-pitchers-the-twins-could-target-in-the-2022-mlb-draft-r12578/Yesterday, we looked at hitters the Twins might target in the first round, today, we’ll look at pitchers.  A few notes before we begin. I mostly focused these two ‘overview’ pieces on who the Twins might take a number eight overall (as opposed to focusing on later picks). Additionally, I’ll...12578Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:00:29 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/the-twins-trade-manifesto-49-possible-deadline-targets-r12582/  When looking into what teams have assets, and what assets could be moved, the categorization was left entirely evaluated upon two factors: what players are good, and do they also play on a bad team. At this time, it’s fair to estimate there are something like ten bad teams and these are t...12582Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:00:15 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twinsdaily-mock-draft-v20-which-hitter-falls-to-twins-r12583/Let's kick it off. Without further adieu... TwinsDaily/Brewer Fanatic Mock Draft v.2.0. 1.) Orioles - Brooks Lee, SS, Cal Poly - There’s still so much uncertainty around what the Orioles may do, but, for me, Lee makes the most sense given their current set-up. They have their best prospect...12583Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:10:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/guardians-7-twins-6-another-bullpen-meltdown-in-extra-innings-loss-r12585/Box Score SP: Dylan Bundy: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K (83 pitches, 58 strikes (70%)) Home Runs:  Alex Kirilloff (1), Gio Urshela (7). Max Kepler (7) Top 3 WPA: Alex Kirilloff (.20), Carlos Correa (.14), Gio Urshela (.13),  Bottom 3 WPA: Jharel Cotton (-.72), Emilio Pagan (-.19), Ryan Je...12585Thu, 30 Jun 2022 04:01:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/first-2022-sdi-rankings-highlight-twins-defensive-strengths-and-flaws-r12576/Defensive metrics have come a long way over the last decade. With Statcast tracking every batted ball, the amount of information available to fans is at an all-time high. One metric developed by the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is called the SABR Defensive Index (SDI).  Acc...12576Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:20:07 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-pitchers-that-improved-under-wes-johnson-r12562/Before the 2019 season, the Twins hired Wes Johnson, which seemed like an unconventional move at the time. Few teams were looking to the college ranks for pitching coaches, and the Twins found success under Johnson’s tutelage. Since the start of the 2019 season, Minnesota pitchers rank 10th in b...12562Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:20:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/carlos-correa-will-opt-out-then-what-for-the-twins-r12565/  Over the weekend Joel Sherman wrote a piece for the New York Post taking a look at the free-agent shortstop class that was, and the one that is to come. The tandem of the two may go down to be one of the best back-to-back case studies in free-agent history. It’s not rocket science to sugg...12565Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:50:14 +0000