https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/429/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-6-rays-5-arraez-slam-leads-twins-over-rays-r12476/Box Score SP: Chi Chi Gonzalez: 4 IP, 8 H, 3R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (67 pitches, 46 strikes (68.6%)) Home Runs:  Luis Arraez (Grand Slam) (3),  Top 3 WPA: Luis Arraez (.265), Jorge Polanco (.133), Jhoan Duran (.117) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) The Rays wasted no time g...12476Sat, 11 Jun 2022 22:11:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/can-nick-gordon-carve-out-a-niche-role-on-the-twins-r12470/  Consider this author among those once skeptical of Gordon’s MLB potential. The son of longtime MLB pitcher Tom Gordon fell flat on his face at AAA in 2018 and only rebounded to respectable, not elite, numbers in 2019. His bat’s potential was less dynamic, his ability to play shortstop was...12470Sat, 11 Jun 2022 16:30:04 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/three-relievers-that-could-work-into-high-leverage-r12469/  After opening the season in near spotless fashion, the Twins bullpen has shown some significant blemishes in the form of late-blown leads in particular. Help appeared to be on the way in the form of Jorge Alcala before his rehab stint was paused due to recurring elbow pain. The pipe dream...12469Sat, 11 Jun 2022 12:02:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-twins-top-5-all-star-candidates-r12462/Earlier this week, voting opened for the 2022 MLB All-Star Game that will take place July 19th at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Voting for the starting line-ups is broken into two phases. Phase 1 started on Wednesday, June 8th, and runs through Thursday, June 30th at 1 PM CT. Phase 2 will inclu...12462Sat, 11 Jun 2022 11:22:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-9-rays-4-buxton-homers-twice-twins-offense-crushes-the-rays-r12474/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Devin Smeltzer, 6.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 3 K (96 pitches, 61 strikes, 63.5%) Home Runs: Byron Buxton, 2 (17), Carlos Correa (5) Top 3 WPA: Byron Buxton (.198), Devin Smeltzer (.110), Jorge Polanco (.082) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Over...12474Sat, 11 Jun 2022 03:20:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/snakebit-major-injuries-are-not-a-new-phenomenon-to-twins-rookie-superstars-r12472/  The Twins are no strangers to having rookies on the verge of becoming superstar players go down for a long stretch of the season due to injury. The latest of this collective is Twins top prospect Royce Lewis.  Today it was announced by manager Rocco Baldelli that Lewis has a partial...12472Sat, 11 Jun 2022 00:04:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/partial-acl-tear-ends-lewiss-season-again-r12471/It's just not fair! Why can't we have nice things? When did this start anyway? Joe Mauer was hurt in his second game, hurting his knee sliding on the Metrodome turf. That was April 2004. Since then, Jason Kubel missed over a year when he tore up his knee playing in the Arizona Fall League....12471Fri, 10 Jun 2022 22:09:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/winners-or-losers-minnesota%E2%80%99s-trade-history-with-tampa-bay-r12454/November 28, 2007 Tampa Bay Received: Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett, Eddie Morlan Minnesota Received: Delmon Young, Brendan Harris, Jason Pridie Minnesota’s first trade with Tampa Bay was its biggest as it included vital pieces from both teams’ rosters. The Twins acquired Delmon Young to be a...12454Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:45:06 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/3-observations-from-the-twins-yankees-series-r12468/ 1. The Twins can beat the Yankees. I repeat, the Twins can beat the Yankees- Never mind that pesky postseason losing streak or the Twins’ record vs the Yankees (now 38-111 since 2002). After the Game 2 blowout win, my main takeaway: was that that hard? The Twins not only beat the AL-leading Yan...12468Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:05:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/gleeman-the-geek-ep-581-damn-yankees-2022-edition-r12467/12467Fri, 10 Jun 2022 15:27:58 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/forum-friday-the-eastern-front-r12466/Recognition, results, reinforcements, and decorum were just a few of the many topics of discussion within the community this week. First, voting for next month's Midsummer Classic began, prompting @rwilfong86 to ask, Who Should Represent the Twins at the All Star Game? Perhaps surprising by...12466Fri, 10 Jun 2022 11:57:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/yankees-10-twins-7-youre-never-gonna-guess-what-happened-r12465/Box Score Starting Pitcher: Dylan Bundy, 4 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, BB, K Home Runs: Luis Arraez (2), Byron Buxton 2 (14, 15), Carlos Correa (4), Trevor Larnach (5) Top 3 WPA: Byron Buxton (.337), Luiz Arraez (.094), Carlos Correa (.068) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Dylan Bund...12465Fri, 10 Jun 2022 03:14:00 +0000