https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/page/441/?d=1enhttps://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/4-shortstop-options-for-the-2023-twins-r12479/Royce Lewis made his presence known at the big-league level in his debut. He showcased the offensive and defensive skills that made him one of baseball's top prospects. Lewis' injury sidelines him for 12 months, which can put the team's shortstop plans into question for 2023 and beyond. Here are...12479Mon, 13 Jun 2022 11:40:10 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/twins-week-review-yankees-lewis-buxton/Last Week's Game Results: Game 56 | NYY 10, MIN 4: Duffey Clobbered, Yankees Roll Game 57 | MIN 8, NYY 1: Twins Offense Blows Up in Rout Game 58 | NYY 10, MIN 7: Pitchers Waste 5-Homer Night Game 59 | MIN 9, TB 4: Buxton and Twins Ambush Rays Game 60 | MIN 6, TB 5: Arraez Grand Slam...12482Mon, 13 Jun 2022 03:44:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/rays-6-twins-0-twins-come-up-short-failing-to-get-first-sweep-of-rays-in-target-field-history-r12480/  Box Score SP: Cole Sands 4 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2 HBP (101 pitches, 64 strikes (63.4 strike %)) Home Runs: None Bottom 3 WPA: Cole Sands -.235, Gio Urshela, -.077, Byron Buxton -.071 Win Probability Chart (via FanGraphs) Cole Sands made another start, his first...12480Sun, 12 Jun 2022 22:11:00 +0000https://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 +0000