https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/434/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-daily-minnesota-twins-pitcher-of-the-month-may-2022-r12400/  At the season's start, questions swirled about whether or not the Twins starting rotation had enough to compete in the AL Central. Minnesota sits atop the division two months into the season thanks to multiple pitchers producing at a higher level than anticipated. As the calendar turns to...12400Wed, 01 Jun 2022 03:10:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/tigers-4-twins-0-listless-twins-limp-to-defeat-in-detroit-r12411/  Box Score Starting Pitcher: Sands 4.0 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 4 SO Homeruns: None Bottom 3 WPA: Sands -.249, Miranda -.055, Gordon -.051 Bottom Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) On Tuesday night, the Twins were out to try and capitalize on a victory in the first game of...12411Wed, 01 Jun 2022 01:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-8-tigers-2-smeltzer-and-kepler-dominate-as-twins-take-game-one-of-doubleheader-r12410/Box Score SP: Devin Smeltzer: 6.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, (101 pitches, 71 strikes (70.3 %)) Home Runs: Gary Sanchez (6) Top 3 WPA: Devin Smeltzer (.154), Trevor Larnach (.140), Max Kepler (.135) Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Pregame Notes After a tough loss Monda...12410Tue, 31 May 2022 20:15:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/ranking-the-top-5-performing-ex-minnesota-twins-in-2022-r12401/  The moniker, “old friend”, has been common amongst Minnesota Twins fans when talking about players who used to play for the hometown squad but have since moved on to play for a different team. Whether or not you continue to root for old friends after they leave the Twins, it’s always a fu...12401Tue, 31 May 2022 17:30:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/prospect-retrospective-jermaine-palacios-r12407/  Minnesota originally signed Jermaine Palacios back in 2013 as a teenager from Venezuela. In 2014, he made his professional debut in the Dominican Summer League, hitting .270/.404/.399 (.803) with 11 doubles and six triples. He stole 14 bases and walked 35 times in 49 games. There were ple...12407Tue, 31 May 2022 16:49:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/celestinos-strong-second-impression-r12397/It was more than evident last season that Gilberto Celestino was in over his head. The Twins were incredibly depleted and needed to call up Celestino despite having played just 21 games above Single-A. He had a .725 OPS for Wichita and looked like he had the chops to command the outfield defensi...12397Tue, 31 May 2022 16:40:05 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/improving-college-arms-the-falvey-method-r12404/  If you hadn’t been paying attention to the Twins’ minor leagues, you don’t read this site enough, which is a shame. Twins Daily has been covering the system, uhhh, daily, and there has been an apparent development so far in the season: college arms dominating. Cade Povich, Brent Headrick,...12404Tue, 31 May 2022 11:04:01 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-bullpen-regression-risk/  Monday's game against the Tigers offered ominous signs of potential things to come. Joe Smith, who allowed zero runs in his first 16 appearances of the season, has now allowed four runs in his past four. He couldn't dance his way out of a leadoff triple in the seventh at Detroit, letting...12403Mon, 30 May 2022 23:19:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-5-tigers-7-sanchez-miranda-urshela-home-runs-not-enough-as-twins-lose-on-memorial-day-r12402/Box Score SP: Dylan Bundy: 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (95 pitches, 64 strikes (67.4%)) Home Runs: Gary Sanchez (5), Jose Miranda (2), Gio Urshela (5) Bottom 3 WPA: Joe Smith (-0.300), Dylan Bundy (-0.214), Kyle Garlick (-0.149)  Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Pregame...12402Mon, 30 May 2022 20:23:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/schulfer-finally-promoted-to-st-paul-r12396/  A 19th round pick during the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, Austin Schulfer was selected out of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As a senior sign, Schulfer dominated rookie ball with Elizabethton but was over a year older than the average age for the league. In 2019 he went to Lo...12396Mon, 30 May 2022 16:20:03 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-week-review-lewis-injury/Last Week's Game Results: Game 42 | MIN 5, DET 4: Urshela Walks It Off Again Game 43 | MIN 2, DET 0: Gray Dominates in Shutout Victory Game 44 | DET 4, MIN 2: Offense Goes Cold, No Sweep Game 45 | KC 3, MIN 2: Bullpen and Bats Fall Short Game 46 | MIN 10, KC 7: Polanco, Correa Provi...12398Mon, 30 May 2022 07:19:13 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/royce-lewis-suffers-a-bone-bruise-in-his-knee-r12395/While Lewis making a trip to the 10-day IL is less than ideal, in the grand scheme, the news he and the Twins received after the game is relatively good. Or, at least, as good as could be expected. Bone bruises fall on the fracture spectrum and are so named because of the dark spot they cre...12395Mon, 30 May 2022 03:40:00 +0000